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Some firsts...

Two weeks ago, Tyler had his first run in with a dog in our neighborhood... He wanted to say hi to one of the dogs he usually says hello to, and pets... but this time the dog didn't want to be pet. He snapped at Tyler and grazed his face with his teeth. It didn't break the skin, so no stitches or visits to the Dr. were required!

Tyler was pretty upset about the whole thing, but he got over it quickly and even went back ans pet the dog... so grateful he isn't terrified of dogs now! He is completely recovered from his first bite incident...


Since we got rid of the office upstairs, the computer isn't the only thing to move downstairs. Jordan used to have his QT in the office, but now he is in the living room, where Tyler LOVES to read his Bible with him. Thanks to Uncle Kerrin's teaching, Tyler points to the pages of the Bible and says, "God says." I pray we are training him up well to spend time each day with the Lord.

He has been playing with play doh for over 20 minutes at a time! Pretty impressive. If you sit with him, and help him a little, he gets totally into it.

Still working on craft time, but he initiates playing with the play doh... so that is some progress!

Fall clothes are coming out of the closet and are so fun to wear! We recently got him some new clothes... and I LOVE his new vest... so cute! I love fall!!!


And now for the BIG one... Tyler's room is complete (minus hanging some pictures on the wall)... It took a long time to get the bed together on Saturday, but was totally worth it! He was so excited to be in his room.


He even crawled into the bed and pulled the blankets up around him... Tonight is the BIG NIGHT when we try for a night in the bed... I will post tomorrow the results! We are praying for a smooth transition from crib to bed....

Here is a little video clip of Tyler a few minutes after he saw his new bed....



Hopefully tomorrow's post will be a GOOD report!!!

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