The Tyler's

Jacksons new playroom

2012-01-15T07:23:00.001-08:00

Jackson and Mckinley

2012-01-13T17:44:00.001-08:00

Snow day!

2012-01-12T12:33:00.000-08:00

He loved going sledding!
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Jackson and Daddy watching the 3 stooges

2012-01-07T09:34:00.001-08:00

Happy new year !

2011-12-31T22:29:00.000-08:00

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Jackson and Izzy

2011-12-31T15:06:00.001-08:00

Jackson with his cousin Emily

2011-12-30T10:21:00.000-08:00

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Jackson playing in Izzy's play room

2011-12-30T06:36:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas

2011-12-25T05:49:00.001-08:00

I'm wearing a hat!

2011-12-18T06:34:00.001-08:00

Jackson Crawling Around

2011-12-15T15:25:00.000-08:00

Christmas Pictures of Jackson

2011-12-09T16:11:00.000-08:00

Jackson in his toy basket

Jackson loving on Sassy

Jackson and Winston

All Bundle up for the cold

2011-12-09T05:21:00.001-08:00

Jackson with santa

2011-12-03T08:05:00.001-08:00

7 month update

2011-11-28T19:45:00.001-08:00

It has been a few months since I posted a blog. Soccer Season kicked my butt! Coaching 2 teams was much harder than I had anticipated: well mainly much harder on Emily. We could not have made it through the fall without Mom staying here, huge blessing.

Soccer has been over few a few weeks, and it has been wonderful being home. Still watching some indoor games, recruiting, and we will have off season in January. I love coaching and I have an amazing wife who supports me, might not like it, but supports me non-the-less. Next year I will just be at SCC, and not club, so life will be tough, but nothing like this past fall.

Floyd is still rocking and rolling, keeping real busy, we are heading into our first winter, so typically we slow down, but we have not hit that wall yet. The guys say we are way busier than last year, so that is good. Love what I am doing right now. I really feel that everything is jelling together and life is firing on all four cylinders.

Emily is still running...A LOT. She did 3 1/2 marathons, which is 13.2 miles in 45 days, 6 months after having a baby. I am so proud of her, she keeps me motivate to stay in shape and keep on moving.

SO, onto the important stuff: Jackson. He is crawling! He took over over Thanksgiving Break and he is fully mobile now. It has been absolutely amazing watching him change the past few months. He is clapping his hands, crawling, doing simple math, well, not the math part. But slobbering a lot, so that is close. He had pink eye in both eyes and an ear infection and hardly fussed about it. He is a rock star. So that is gone now, and he has one tooth pushed through and another on it's way. I like to think that he recognizes when the Chiefs or 49ers are playing, but I doubt it, I will keep pretending. If you have not seen his 6 months pictures, here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.995459963434.2401812.34304463&type=1&l=2d1de4d696

Thanks for all the love and support...

Keep on keeping on..

These are all MY toys

2011-11-27T12:08:00.001-08:00

I am thankful for Yogart!

2011-11-24T07:47:00.001-08:00

Look who's sitting up!

2011-11-08T16:21:00.001-08:00

2011-11-05T14:53:00.001-07:00

Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint!

Mommy and me

2011-10-31T13:33:00.001-07:00

6 month check- up

2011-10-31T13:32:00.001-07:00

Amazed by Mom's electric toothbrush

2011-10-30T07:41:00.001-07:00

Couldn't pass these up!

2011-10-22T12:38:00.001-07:00

Nap time!

2011-10-22T12:37:00.001-07:00

Jackson's first sipey cup

2011-10-16T16:22:00.001-07:00

Jackson Fishing

2011-10-13T03:05:00.001-07:00

Almost nap time

2011-10-09T11:44:00.001-07:00

I'm at the zoo!

2011-10-08T12:51:00.001-07:00

Jackson's Awesome Puma Outfit!

2011-10-01T05:58:00.001-07:00

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2011-09-22T05:32:00.001-07:00

Jacksons winter hats!

2011-09-20T06:09:00.001-07:00

Watching football with Daddy

2011-09-18T11:25:00.001-07:00

Discovered the sun roof!

2011-09-16T14:24:00.001-07:00

2011-09-14T15:29:00.001-07:00

Right after the photo shoot

2011-09-12T05:20:00.001-07:00

Happy birthday uncle Andy, he was more interested in eating the paper and playing with his feet then smiling for the picture

2011-09-12T05:19:00.001-07:00

Go Chiefs

2011-09-11T07:53:00.001-07:00

I'm a duck!

2011-09-09T05:20:00.001-07:00

I love my feet!

2011-09-06T15:23:00.001-07:00

Jackson

2011-09-05T16:08:00.001-07:00

Jackson rolls over the minute he is put on his back, he just can't figure out how to roll back over

2011-09-03T12:55:00.001-07:00

Jackson's First Haircut

2011-08-29T16:49:00.000-07:00

Who wants a Hair Cut?? Jackson does!

Before hand

Before his haircut

Jackson's first solid food

2011-08-29T16:43:00.001-07:00

4 months

2011-08-29T13:53:00.001-07:00

18.36 oz. 97%
28" long 99%

He will be starting stage 1 food!

Winston protecting Jackson

2011-08-21T17:06:00.001-07:00

I'm loved!

2011-08-17T12:35:00.001-07:00

Daddy's first 3 months

2011-08-14T17:24:00.000-07:00

Well, now Jackson is 3 1/2 months, but we are close enough. The past month has been amazing for me. To be honest, and I think most Dad's will agree with me, the first 2 months are a little boring. I just didn't seem to bond with Jackson the same way Emily did and I really struggled with that. I felt like a bad Dad, like I should connect more. After speaking with other Dad's, who all agreed with me, I did feel much better.

But around the 2 month mark, a light switched flipped and Jackson started changing so much every day. He smiles at me, knows my voice, giggles, looks around, lifts his head up, starting to roll over and, Sleeping through the night!
I love waking him up in the morning and seeing his smile, it is the best way to start the day.

Again, I love to thank about how blessed we are. 2 Grandma's and a Grandpa who are very involved with Jackson and love spending time with him. Jackson doesn't know it yet, but he soon will know how lucky he is. And it is nice for Mom and Dad to get out, spend some time together.

Emily goes back Monday full time, so he is with Kay during the day, she has been struggling with that, as Mom's will understand. Emily has been the Tyler's rock and will continue to be the next few months during soccer season. I am on the soccer field 6 days a week, and then games start. There are days that I don't get to see Jackson awake, which is tough on me, and a lot of to put on Emily. Grandma, who has been living here for the past 6 months, has been a HUGE blessing for us and Emily to help out. Emily is so amazing to let me pursue my dream of coaching at the college level, as tough as it may be on her. Coaching soccer has been the most fulfilling thing I have done and to continue to coach at a higher level is amazing.

Floyd is going great, we are in the back to school slow time, which has been nice to be able to come up for air and actually get stuff done. We had been going a million miles a minute for 3 months.

Alright, 3 months down only, 213 left to go!

Keep on keeping on!

School wore him out!

2011-08-11T08:30:00.001-07:00

So much better on holding head up!

2011-08-10T15:36:00.001-07:00

1st day!

2011-08-08T06:59:00.001-07:00

Jackson and Kinley

2011-08-03T06:55:00.001-07:00

Jackson's 3 months!

2011-08-02T10:32:00.001-07:00

Josh has always wanted me to join in and write on the blog, I don't think he ever thought I would actually do it, but here it is: Jackson is 3 months old now! I can't believe it, time really does fly by. In the next couple of weeks, our lives will drastically change. After being off for 15 weeks, I go back to work. I used to think that I never wanted to be a stay at home mom; I thought I would get bored and have nothing to do. Jackson has completely changed all of that. I'm completely jealous of anyone who gets the opportunity to stay at home with their children! For the past 15 weeks I have enjoyed every minute of spending time with him and watching him grow and change. My house is the cleanest and most organized it has ever been! My laundry is always caught up and the dog is always walked. I'm sure once I get back to work and see those smiling faces that I will love it too!

Update on Jackson: He working on supporting his own head. He is such a laid back baby that every time we do tummy time he doesn't care and most of the time falls asleep. He is sleeping through the night! He goes to bed between 8-9 and sleeps till about 9 the next morning! Who can complain! My favorite part of the day is going in to get him in the morning, he always flashes me the biggest smile! He can put his legs down to scout, I'll have him on his changing mat on the floor, go throw the diaper away and he is on the hard wood floors. He loves eating his hands, not just a finger or two but the whole fist. Jackson just started to grab his toys, he tries so hard and we he finally grabs the toy, he smiles!

Look at me grabbing my toys!

2011-08-01T17:10:00.001-07:00

The look after sleeping 13 hours straight!

2011-08-01T07:32:00.001-07:00

Singing to Jackson

2011-07-30T08:21:00.001-07:00

Tummy time

2011-07-28T08:44:00.001-07:00

I love my mommy!

2011-07-28T08:16:00.001-07:00

Still sleeping and mommy is ready to play!

2011-07-27T06:45:00.001-07:00

2011-07-26T18:54:00.001-07:00

Happy Jackson

2011-07-24T17:18:00.001-07:00

Jackson's first 5K run

2011-07-23T07:51:00.001-07:00

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Love my hands

2011-07-20T07:01:00.001-07:00

I'm bored now, can we do something else?

2011-07-18T12:42:00.001-07:00

Look Winston can do it too!

2011-07-18T11:10:00.001-07:00

Crazy hair!

2011-07-14T13:39:00.001-07:00

Bath time!

2011-07-14T13:15:00.000-07:00

Deep in Thought

2011-07-13T16:29:00.001-07:00

2011-07-11T12:12:00.001-07:00

My sweet boy!

2011-07-06T14:33:00.001-07:00

Loves his new chair!

2011-07-05T13:18:00.001-07:00

Jackson's First 4th of July

2011-07-04T07:19:00.001-07:00

Uncle Jerry and Aunt Mary

2011-07-03T17:15:00.001-07:00

Uncle Jerry and Aunt Mary came over to celebrate the 4th of July weekend and met Jackson for the first time.

Aunt Mary and Jackson looking at the ceiling vans

Great Picture Of Uncle Jerry and Jackson

Afternoon nap time!

2011-07-01T11:43:00.001-07:00

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2011-06-30T08:15:00.001-07:00

Happy Baby

2011-06-28T17:19:00.001-07:00

Eating his hand is his new favorite thing!

2011-06-28T08:47:00.001-07:00

2011-06-28T06:38:00.001-07:00

Jackson went in the Pool

2011-06-26T16:58:00.001-07:00

Jackson's first trip to the pool. He didn't seem to care one way or the other. Is was nap time, so either he was going to nap in his raft, or back in the house.

Jackson wore himself out playing

2011-06-26T13:04:00.001-07:00

2011-06-24T12:04:00.001-07:00

Tummy time is a little boring....

2011-06-24T07:29:00.001-07:00

Good morning!

2011-06-22T06:18:00.001-07:00

2011-06-21T10:19:00.001-07:00

Father's Day

2011-06-18T18:50:00.001-07:00

The Kings and our family after Jackson's Dedication

The siblings after Jackson's Dedication

Jackson's Father's Day picture.

As my first Father's Day, as a Father, approaches, there are many things running through my mind.

Father's Day, for the past 14 years, has been a day of reflection for me. For a while after Dad died, it was a very rough day that I just tried to get through, but the last 10 years we have begun to celebrate Father's Day, and what Dad meant to us. Justin and I get together every year on Father's Day and enjoy the cheapest beer we can find. Dad drank cheap beer..why..I am not sure. Even later in life when Dad could afford better beer, he jumped up to Keystone. So, the beer of past has been Slitz, or PBR. Dad was Hamm's drinker, and alas, QT now carries Hamm's, for the price of water. ha ha. the drinking of cheap beer has been our way to celebrate big events that Dad would have been gleaming with joy. My wedding day, I gathered all my wedding party and we downed a Slitz. Justin brought in a case of Hamm's when Jackson was born. We enjoy Hamm's when we bought Floyd's, and one day, I will enjoy a Hamm's with Jackson.

Father's day has lacked a lot of tradition for me. The one tradition that has held up all these year, minus one year, is that I call Butch Miller. I grew up with his daughter, Michelle. Ben Newcomb and I would be hours at their house. I spent almost as much time with the Millers as I did my own family. Butch was the closet thing to a second Father that a kid could ask for. (The Miller household is the site of the infamous treadmill experience, for those who know).

After Dad died I had 2 big role Models to help guide me, John King and my Brother. But, Butch was a Father figure to me. Someone that I could turn to for Fatherly advice, someone that if I screwed up, he would be upset with me, just as Pops would have been. As I sit on my back porch with a Hamm's in hand, I can look back and thank how blessed I was to have Butch in my life. Many kids are looking to have one Father figure in their life. I not only had an amazing Father, but blessed enough to have Butch, as another Father figure for me.

Life seems to run full circle. Butch owned Camdenton Glass for as long as I knew him. And when we bought Floyd's Glass, he was one of the first people that I called. We made a trip down to the Lake to pick his brain. It was nice seeing his approval, and just how proud he was of me. Even at 30 years old, it is nice to get approval.

This Father's Day will start out differently for me. I AM a Father, and it already has a different feeling starting out. Granted, I will spend from 8:00 am, until 8:00pm on the soccer field. But I tell you, besides spending time with my family, there is no other place that I would rather be. Soccer was my Dad and I's thing, that is what we did together, so to spend all day teaching the game that he taught me...Happy Father's Day to Me, and Pops!

Tomorrow seems to make it official that I am a Father, I have a day now. almost 7 weeks in, and for some reason Sunday, makes it official to me.

Sunday Night Justin will come over to enjoy, or choke down, a few Hamm's, and it is the most excited I have been about it in many years. We both are Father's now, it seems more of a celebration this year. 2 Father's, 2 Brothers, 2 Sons, getting together drinking a beer: Just seems very fitting for Father's Day: And what an honor and joy it will be to spend it with Justin.

Happy Father's Day to all the Father's out there. All the Mother's who have be Daddy as well. And of course, to all the sons, who have lost their Father. Tomorrow is a special day, it just took me 30 years to realize just how special it is.

Keep on Keeping on...mrrr.

2011-06-16T07:58:00.001-07:00

Sleeping beauty!

2011-06-16T05:37:00.001-07:00

Happy boy!

2011-06-15T12:17:00.001-07:00

Watching the Cards game with Daddy

2011-06-14T17:26:00.001-07:00

My boys!

2011-06-12T14:11:00.001-07:00

Jackson's Puma Outfit

2011-06-12T13:51:00.001-07:00

Baby j before dedication.

2011-06-10T15:49:00.001-07:00

Feeding Time

2011-06-10T07:41:00.001-07:00

Daily Jackson

2011-06-09T11:04:00.001-07:00

Update on the Tyler Household:

6 weeks in we can still report that Jackson is as close to a perfect baby as we can get. He hardly fusses, unless he is gassy, which his Daddy does the same thing. He is now sleeping 3 1/2 hours at a time during the night, which means we each are only getting up once. Emily goes to the gym at 5:00 and I go at 6:00, so it works out rather well.

Emily has her frist 5K July 4th weekend, so she is getting back in shape and not missing a beat. She keeps me motivated to stay in shape.

Winston is starting to be very protective over Jackson, once he realized he is not going any where. If Jackson starts to fuss and we are not right there, Winston runs over and sits by him, or by the chair he is sitting in. Jackson was taking a nap and started to wail because he was hungry. Emily was trying to make a bottle before she headed up, and when she did, Winston was sitting in the Jackson's doorway watching out.

Friday night we have Jackson's Dedication, which John King, who officiated our Wedding is coming in town. It is a small ceremony with just Family. John has played such a major part in our lives and we are very happy that he will be dedicated Jackson's life to Christ. We will post pictures of that later.

Thanks for following us.

Daily Picture of Jackson

2011-06-05T11:58:00.000-07:00

Mommy & Jackson taking a nap

Daily Jackson

2011-06-02T12:27:00.000-07:00

My new Favorite Position When my Tummy hurts.

Daily Jackson

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