Tyler's new role in life

No, he's not going to be a big brother. :) He's a COUSIN! Tyler's very first cousin, Landon Hunter Bilyeu, was born on June 19th weighing in at 8 lbs. 1 oz. and was 20 inches long. He is the son of Travis' sister, Jenn, and her husband Brian. In addition to being Tyler's very first cousin, he is Trav's & my first nephew! We were very excited to meet Landon last Friday (on our way out of town to visit Dad & Eddie in Lynchburg). Tyler was less than thrilled to see me holding a baby again, but felt better once he was able to hold little Landon himself. Landon is a very alert little man, and absolutely adorable. We can't wait to have him grow up with Tyler. Congrats, Jenn & Brian!

Last weekend we also headed to Lynchburg to visit Dad & Eddie. We spent Saturday at Cindy's sister's house because she has a pool. It was the first pool experience for Tyler in 2009 and just like last year, he LOVED it. He was jumping in with no fear (but there was fear on all of our parts), and he wanted to swim everywhere (which made me mad that American Family Fitness wouldn't let him take swim lessons at age 2). He had a blast, and we're glad that our community association's pool is open now so that we can go on weekends. We have a water baby - er, toddler - for sure!!! We were joined that day by Cindy's great-niece KK and my dear old friend, Sarah & her little girl Kyra. What a fun day!

We also headed over to Uncle Eddie's house to visit with him & Emily. They've done a lot of work to the house, and I was anxious to see it all. Emily's done beautiful things to that house, and it's looking great! They have painted severeal of the rooms, gotten new TVs (happy early birthday little brother), added curtains, and all sorts of other things. Tyler got to visit with Maverick (Em's dog), Deacon (Eddie's cat), and Nelson (Em;s really big fish). He had a great time "walking" Maverick on his leash in the yard and petting Deacon. All in all, it was an awesome weekend.

And now we are 2 weeks away from our week in Emerald Isle with Dad, Cindy, Eddie, Emily, Mark, Dina, & Erin Hamric, and so many others! This year, the Radicks and Spivas are camping out but hanging out with us during the day, and our dear friends the Bowlers will be there that week too! Tyler will have lots of kids to play with this year and we're so excited! The countdown is on!!!