Welcome Madison!

We were surprised to get a text message two Saturdays ago letting us know that Tyler's new friend Madison was here a week early! Madison's Mom Jen was scheduled for a c-section on Friday 10/16 but ended up having to go in a week early to have an emergency c-section. Mommy and baby are healthy and happy!

Tyler got to meet his new little friend when she was only 1 day old!

Even though Tyler is not even 3 months old yet, baby Madison felt so tiny to me compared to Tyler! Another reminder of just how fast he is growing!!

Madison Nicole Vertican born Saturday October 10, 2009

Baby robe

Tyler got this adorable robe from my friend Megan Lewis. She gave it to me at my baby shower. I had tried it on Tyler before, but at the time he was so tiny still that he was really swimming in the robe. I guess Scott didn't know we had it because last week he came out of Tyler's room saying that he didn't know Tyler had his own robe and why didn't I tell him about this? He was way too excited to put it on Tyler!

10.9.09

More friends & family

Amanda Brohman & her husband Kirk came for a visit from Portland.

10.8.09

Kirk Brohman

10.8.09

Christina Tucker
10.8.09

Jason Wise
10.8.09

Dorothy Gilani
10.8.09

Rachael & Jesse Stone Warshal. Rachael is Scott's cousin. They live in Culver City.
10.10.09

Sleeping

10.7.09

Strong neck

Tyler's neck has been strong since birth. He was able to hold his head up from day 1. He is doing great with his tummy time! The pediatrician said he has great head control when we went to his 2 month checkup.

Tyler got a little too relaxed in the bathtub!

All pics 10.2.09

More family

Tyler still has many relatives that he hasn't even met yet! Here are a few who came to visit him two weekends ago.

Auntie Chiyo

Ann Ota

Gordon Ota

Bear suit

Tyler's Uncle Todd & Auntie Lisa got the cutest warmest bear suit for him. The best part was Scott's reaction when he saw the outfit. His eyes lit up and got all big and he couldn't wait to put Tyler in it. He thought it was the coolest outfit!

Scott put Tyler in the outfit as soon as we got home from San Diego. It is a little big for Tyler still, but that sort of made it even cuter!

Too cute!

10.4.09

San Diego

Tyler met a few other people on his first trip to San Diego. He had a great time laughing and playing with them!

Auntie Shiela

Uncle Ronnie

Chad Yagura

Derek Yagura

Great Grandma Aiko

Last weekend Tyler went to San Diego to meet his Great Grandma. It was a special day beause it was her 91st birthday! She has been asking about him and wondering when she was going to meet him for the past few months so we were glad she was finally able to meet him!

Tyler's Grandma and Great Grandma!

Tyler's Great Grandma, Grandma, Great Uncle Les and Great Aunt Virginia.

Great Uncle Les & Great Auntie Gail

Ken & Judy

Bob & Kathleen

All photos taken on 10.3.09

Happy 2 months Tyler!

Last week Tyler turned 2 months old! We took him to his pediatrician for the 2 month check up. He weighed 10 lbs 3 oz. which puts him still in the 22% for weight. His length is 23" which is the 51st%.


So much has changed since Tyler was 1 month old! Last week he really started to be more in control of his hands. At about 5 weeks he seemed to be starting to realize that his hands were there, but in the past 2-3 weeks he has started to use them to try to grab things. He also just started to suck on his hands a lot. I think the beginning stages of teething have really started now. He has been drooling quite a bit for a while now (which the pediatrician says is early teething), but putting his fists in his hands and sucking on them seems to be really happening all the time now.

Since birth, Tyler has smiled quite a bit. However, in the past few weeks he has really started to respond to us talking to him. Often if we talk to him, he will start smiling and laughing which is so much fun! I just love it when I can make him start laughing and smiling away! Sometimes when I talk to him he will laugh and "talk" back to me with his cute little cooing noises.

Tyler used to like being held in the "cradle" position, and now he will cry if we try to hold him that way. He prefers being held on my shoulder. I think this is because he is able to see more that way. And sometimes he would just rather be put in his chair or lying on the sofa instead of being held at all. It is interesting figuring out his likes and dislikes. Which, by the way, change all the time. One day he might like one thing and the next day he doesn't like it any more. The other thing that we just started noticing about a week ago is that if Tyler feels like someone is uncomfortable holding him, he starts crying. It's like he feels uncomfortable too.

Tyler loves to look at pictures of faces and also loves to look in mirrors. When I was giving him a bath up in Mammoth, I had his bathtub up on the counter in our bathroom which is right next to a big mirror. He was looking at me in the mirror, it seemed like he was trying to figure it all out since I was standing on the other side of him but he could see me in the mirror too...

Tyler loves going for walks. Sometimes we take the stroller, and other times he goes in the baby pouch. Either way seems to be very relaxing for him, he has never cried on a walk. He often falls asleep while we are out. It is nice to be able to take him and the dogs out.

We feel very blessed because Tyler is already sleeping for much longer periods of time at night. At around 5 weeks he started to sleep between 5-8 hours at night. Then, about 2 weeks ago he started to sleep 8-9 hours at night! I definitely feel so much better now that he is letting us get more rest!

Overall, I definitely think Tyler looks so different and much bigger than he did at just 1 month. I am falling more in love with him every day, and I feel like I am really getting to know him. It's amazing that I really feel like I know the difference between his different cries now and I can even tell when he is about to poop! It is actually really cute when he is pooping, his nostrils start to flare and he gets a concentrating look on his face and makes these grunting noises. Lol. Someday he will probably wonder why I am making his pooping public information... He is growing so fast and I am just trying to appreciate each stage that we are going through since we can't get the time back once it has passed. I can't wait to see all of the next stages that he will go through!

Mammoth Part 3

Tyler on the couch with Chloe & Aspen.

9.28.09

Tyler's first visit to The Stove in Mammoth.

9.27.09

Tyler in the Baby Pouch getting ready for a walk.

9.28.09


At Canyon Lodge on our walk. This is at the top end of our street. Very convenient in the winter time. :) Tyler will hopefully be spending lots of time here in a few years!

9.28.09

Chloe looking warm and snuggly on our couch.

9.30.09

Uncle Darrin crying it out with Tyler.

9.26.09

Uncle Darrin entertaining Tyler with Pierre, the artistic French elephant.

9.27.09

One more pic from our walk around Lake Mary.

9.26.09

Tyler hanging out while I put some laundry in the washing machine.

9.30.09

Tyler holding his own bottle.

9.26.09

Mammoth Part 2

Tyler met some more new people while in Mammoth. However, upon looking at the photos I realized that there are no photos of any of the other people who were in Mammoth on this trip. Hmmm, I need to be better about getting more photos of everyone!

Mark Friedlander

Tyler with Tyler Britz. Also this pic is the only proof that Tyler met Elias Paris who is in the background of this pic.

Tyler B & Mark


Kenny Yamasaki


Margie Fried is one of our neighbors in Mammoth. She lives there in Mammoth part time like us. The rest of the year she lives in Camarillo.




All pics taken on 9.26.09 except for the one of Margie which was on 9.28.09.

Mammoth Part 1

Last week Tyler went to Mammoth for the first time! We weren't sure how the long car ride was going to go over, but it ended up being no problem. It did take longer than normal but Tyler was a great passenger (with the help of Grandma's entertainment) and didn't cry the whole way there (or back). While in Mammoth, Tyler had his first meal out at a restaurant! He did great! It was a huge relief for us that we were able to take him out and he just hung out with us in his car seat most of the time. We also went for long walks with Tyler in his stroller. He loves going for walks both in the baby pouch or the stroller. It is very relaxing for him and often puts him to sleep.

The first day we were in Mammoth, we went for a walk around Lake Mary with Uncle Darrin, Maritza, Sachi (Darrin & Maritza's dog) and Grandma. Although upon looking through my photos, I realized that we didn't get any pics with Grandma in Mammoth. :( Oh well, I guess this just means that we will all have to go back again soon so we can get more photos!

I love this photo! Sachi surprised us all and made a bee-line straight into the ice cold (melted snow!) water. If Darrin had let him, he would have really gone for a swim and paddled out into the deeper water in the lake!


All pics taken on 9.26.09