Here she is, in all her glory with her big brother protecting her from falling, since she hasn't mastered the trick of sitting up yet. Taryn turned 6 months on the 24th of this month. I am just floored that the time has flown by so fast. She is at the "FUN" baby stage. (See I am not a fan of the newborn stage or the sort-of newborn stage.) I love this stage in my kiddos lives because they start to "babble" and laugh and act happy, instead of screaming all of the time.
She has gotten so much better since she was born. The reflux is gone and she is sleeping a little bit better. She still gets up to eat about every 3 hours in the night, but that is way better than the hourly feeding. She is also into eating pears, peas, bananas and apple sauce. She likes eating with a spoon and thinks she is a big girl, since she watches us eat and then mimics what we do. It is funny to watch.
She has learned to roll over to her stomach but she can't quite figure out how to get back over. She laughs and giggles as she rolls over to her stomach, but once she realizes that she cannot get back over she screams for help and then one of us have to turn her back over. She has also started "talking" as babies do. She mumbles and babbles and will talk your ear off. She is just like Tyson in that aspect. I wish I could stop time and keep Tyson and Taryn at their ages right now. I love being a mother!
Soon it was time to get Grandma T back to our home to pack up her bags and head to the airport. Tyson wasn't happy at all that we were taking Grandma T back to the airport. We took a few last pictures with Grandma. And the kids got lots and lots of hugs and kisses.
Tyson didn't quite understand why all the candy was hidden all over the place, or why his eggs that he had colored were hidden as well. So we had to explain that the Easter bunny hides the eggs and leaves candy. He has never had a real Easter, since his first 2 were on the island and the last one we were moving to Michigan. So we had to explain what was going on and after the 
The Easter Bunny was a slick little rabbit, he hid eggs all over the place. We had to help him find a few that were well concealed.
He picked out his basketball Easter basket. He loves anything associated with basketball. 
Tyson made a haul. What a nice Easter Bunny. We have been on a sugar high ever since.
Thanks to Grandma T, we had a family picture taken. This is a rare 
That is the 
We took one to many pictures, so by the time we got to Grandma T's, Taryn wasn't hearing it. She was ready to be done! The girl can scream as you can see by the face she is making.
Church was great and the kiddos were good. We got home, had a wonderful lunch and then Tyson fell asleep. We let him sleep for about an hour and then woke him up to go and roll Easter eggs. He had wanted us to roll them this morning but we didn't have time. So now that the light was beginning to fade, we went to go roll Easter eggs. The walk there wasn't pretty, Tyson was mad for some crazy reason. We went to the park by our house and it has a little hill, perfect for rolling eggs. He and Grandma T got to the top and the tears began to flow.
The standoff between Grandma T and Tyson. 
Check out that air! Holy Cow is all I have to say about that. Today we took mom and the family up north Michigan to a Motocross event. And WHOA was it expensive. It was 80 dollars to go in, but if you just stayed for the day they refunded 1/2 your money. GEEZ! It was a beautiful clear day, but it was not warm. It was very chilly and the wind was not helping matters. So we were bundled to the hilt.
Tyson is ready for the races to begin. He was bundled up well, funny thing is not only was it cold but the SUN was out and this mommy didn't think of sunscreen. DUH! Needless to say both of my kids and my husband were crisp critters in the face. I didn't get sunburned, because my makeup has SPF 20 in it. What are the odds!
Yes we were bundled from the cold, but she fell asleep and the side of her face closest to the sun, got FRIED!!!! Oh I am such a bad mommy!!
You can start to see the frying of the cheek. Oh those little kissable cheeks are a bit crispy!
Grandma T and Tyson. Tyson had so much fun watching all the races and he would pick out a racer, for each race and cheer them on. It was so funny. He would yell for them each time they passed by. He now informed us that he wants a motorbike. Oh no! And so it begins....
Dad and daughter. This is so cute. Taryn loves time with daddy!
Tyson picked the Tie-Dyed egg dye. It was pretty neat to watch Tyson do this all by himself.
The process consisted of him putting drops of ink into a plastic bag with the egg inside, and then rubbing the ink all over the egg, without rubbing it all over him. YA RIGHT! We had nice colored hands at the end, but what would Easter egg coloring be without colored hands. I mean come on.....live a little.
I even got into the spirit of things, and yes my hands are still colored.
The only polar bear we saw that day. The rest must have been napping.
Here is a bear napping. It took several minutes of coaxing to get Tyson this close to take a picture. He was sure the bear was going to eat us. Once I got him close enough, and he could see the big ravine between us and the bear, he was a little better about being that close to the animal.
Aren't they gorgeous? I think that Bald Eagles are the most 
Look at the size of that 
This is where Tyson was ready to bolt out of sight, and probably would have if he wasn't strapped into the jogger stroller. Even the sleeping lion scared him. He was convinced that they were coming to get him. He didn't want to stay and look for very long.
I have never seen a gorilla this close and real before. He just sat there for the longest time and didn't move. He looked almost like a statue. Then he yawned and I could see those big teeth and I knew he was real. 
Even though Tyson was scared, he did have a good time. We were there for 5 and 1/2 hours and totally forgot about lunch. Needless to say we ate in the car on the ride home. We had packed a lunch, but just got too busy to eat it. The one place Tyson didn't want to be in was the reptile house. He didn't want to see the snakes and hid his eyes when we were looking at them. And as much as he likes the fake crocodile at the mall, I just knew he would love the real ones at the zoo...not-so-much! 
After the movie and a quick lunch for all, it was time to show Grandma T where the rich people shop. I took her to the Somerset Mall. I had taken my sister Danielle out to this mall when she came a few weeks earlier and she told mom all about it. So we had to make a visit. This water fountain that she and Tyson are standing by is one of my favorite. I hope to have one like it in my front entry way someday.....someday..........
This week at the mall, since it is so close to Easter, they are featuring a little Easter Village. It was really creative. The kids could walk through the makeshift forest, like you see Tyson doing.
And they could play in the rabbit's house. Notice Taryn is totally bundled up...it was still a bit nippy today. 
The frog in the tree was animated and moved its legs and arms. It was just a fun little play area. Tyson had a good time checking it all out. We window shopped, mostly, and oohed and ahhed at the expensive stores. After about a couple of hours, Taryn was done with it all and decided to cry. She had been great, all day, up till this point. Homeward bound we went and got dinner ready and stuffed ourselves silly. Grandma T made us Vacuum Cleaner Bars for dessert. I know, sounds different....but they are exceptionally good. I recommend them. Tomorrow will be a test for Taryn and Grandma. I have to have a lot of dental work done and so Grandma T gets to watch both kiddos without me. I know Tyson will be good, it is just Taryn and her clingyness to me that I worry about. Say a little prayer for us.....YIKES!!!
