We had a great weekend. Saturday Tyler went to two birthday parties. He was the only boy at Chloe's party and Daddy said he did a great job of dancing with all the girls...or was it that the girls did a great job of keeping him dancing with them? Tyler is at the age where you can't take your eye off him. He's fast and he's trouble on the loose, especially at other people's houses since he doesn't respond to the word No and he thinks it's funny when we chase after him to stop him from doing something bad. Daddy did a good job of watching Tyler at Chloe's but was bummed he didn't get to spend more time talking with the adults. I know that feeling well. Next, the three of us went to Conor's first birthday party. Conor lives on a lake and Tyler really wanted to walk off the edge of their backyard into the water. I'm pretty sure he was after the balloons on the dock, but I spent a lot of time chasing after him and keeping him away from the edge. I think I pulled a muscle from picking him up so many times. We'll see what the doctor says Wednesday (besides the usual 'you shouldn't be picking up anything more than 20 pounds). Yeah that's realistic. I tried wearing Tyler out by throwing a ball and him chasing it and bringing it back to me. We must have done this 20 times. I felt like I was playing fetch with Chili. We wore him out all right. He had a great day on the party circuit.

Sunday we went to Roseville Galleria where Tyler assumed the role of Greeting Committee, waving and saying 'Hi' to everyone we passed. Lots of people stopped to talk to him. Especially older ladies. He warmed their hearts. Shawn and I were cracking up and how friendly he was. He really goes out of his way to catch people's eyes and tell them hi. We took him to the playground there. The last time we were there was December and Tyler wasn't yet walking. This time, he was all over the place. Daddy was on Tyler duty since my groin was hurting and they played, climbed, crawled and slid all over that place. Tyler really liked the slide, which was a little on the sticky side. So he figured out he could walk down the slide instead of sitting and sliding down it. His adaptability is impressive, as we dragged him all over the place. We sure are lucky to have such a sweet boy and keep reminding ourselves of this as we accept the fact that someday we will be dealing with him throwing fits when it's time to leave the playground.