Christmas!

This was a fun year for us as it was Tytan's 1st Christmas! Is there anything better than Christmas with kids of your own to spoil? Randall and I had so much fun implementing our own lil traditions for our new family. We bought and decorated our real tree, set up our nativity, made (and ate!) gingerbread cookies, wrapped presents, sang Christmas songs, and Tytan even left out cookies and egg nog for Santa! I don't have many pictures, but these few are from Christmas morning:

We woke up Christmas morning to find that Santa ate the cookies and drank the nog that Tytan left out for him!

Family Pictures!

After seeing the beautiful pictures that Natalie took for Rich and Kristin, we had to get some done of our family. She did an incredible job and was so good with Tytan. He followed her around with his eyes the whole time and smiled for every picture. Thanks Natalie for the beautiful keepsake! Below is just a small sample of the pictures Natalie took. I wish I could post them all! Enjoy...

Viva Las Vegas!

We decided to take a lil weekend trip to sin city for our anniversary. We probably should have had a romantic getaway on our own, but we couldn't stand to leave our lil boy behind so he came along. It was Tytan's first trip and he did so well! He slept the whole car ride and was so well behaved.

A lil family pic outside the Flamingo after stuffing our faces at the buffet.

Tytan and Daddy in front of Caesar's Palace.

This lil bird came running by us as we were walking around Vegas. Daddy helped Tytan get a good look at the lil bird by chasing after him. It sure was fun!

Just Like Daddy

Randall loves his Xbox and in his free time he holds Tytan and they play together. It's pretty funny to watch because Tytan actually watches the game and gets excited about it. He soon decided he wanted to try it out for himself. So he climbed into daddy's big chair, grabbed the controller, and strapped on the headset to get his game on. It was too cute! And for those who can't read his shirt, it says "Hey Baby Wanna Go Back To My Crib?". He was such a lady's man in his little tee. Thanks for the cool shirt, Uncle Edward!

One Down, 100 to Go!!

I just wanted to give a quick shout out to my husband for making the last year the best of my life. Today Randall and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary, and I am so grateful for such a wonderful husband. One year down, and an eternity to look forward to! Here are a few pics of our special day, one year ago today:

My Dark Haired Boy

On Sunday we took pictures of all 6 of the McClure Grandkids. It was so funny to see Tytan with the other blonde haired, blue eyed babies. He may not look like part of the gang, but he sure is loved by all of the other kids in this family and he loves all of his cousins!

Sunday Best

We didn't have a chance to take pictures on Tytan's blessing day, so we got him dressed up in his blessing outfit and took pictures the following week at Kaimen and Danica's blessing. Daddy gave Tytan the most beautiful blessing. It was one of the sweetest moments since bringing our baby home. How blessed I am to have such a wonderful husband and daddy for my lil boy...Not to mention good lookin! Tytan and daddy looked so handsome in their suits!

Tytan's 1st Halloween

Tytan got all dressed up for his first Halloween. He was by far the cutest lil lobster I've ever seen! Daddy dressed up as a Lobster Fisherman who just so happened to get the catch of a lifetime! Mommy got all dolled up as a mermaid. . .and we were quite the fishy family. This was the most memorable and fun Halloween I've ever had. I loved spending it with my two favorite boys.



After going to the ward block party and eating chili, fry bread, and drinking homemade rootbeer, Tytan was pretty tuckered out. But, we still had some Trick-or-Treating to do! So, he gained up some strength, grabbed his pumpkin (he really did hold it all by himself!), and we took off. At the house of his very first Trick-or-Treat he collected some yummy candy and we got a picture to capture the moment.



We then ended the night with a visit to see cousins Danica & Kaimen. Dani was the cutest lil bunny and Kaimen was the most handsome monkey! It was fun having these sweet babies all together on their first Halloween.

Learning to Smile

Tytan has just started to learn how to smile. He loves his mobile in his crib so much that it makes him grin with glee! It's so fun to just talk and smile with him and have him smile in return. We sure do love this happy boy!

The Halloween Pumpkin Carve: A New Faiva Family Tradition!

Chelsea, Tytan and I had a great time last night carving pumpkins for Halloween. Its always fun spending time as a family! We didn't have a small enough stensil for baby's pumpkin, so Big Daddy had to bust out some serious drawing skills to help baby design it. Needless to say, the Carve was a total success! Here are some pics of the final result:

Chelsea's exeedingly fine Haunted House w/ Ghoul shadows in the back. Good job babe!

My Grim Reaper with Scythe

Baby Tytan decided to go with the classic jack-o-lantern look

Happy Halloween from the Faiva Fam!

Tytan: The Real Big Foot?

Tytan and Kaimen are about the same size now. They both wear the same size clothes and Kaimen only weighs about a pound less than Tytan. But I think the picture below speaks for itself. . .

Three Lil' Peas in a Pod

Randall and I couldn't resist the temptation to get matching outfits for the 3 babies to take pictures in. The outcome was even cuter than we imagined!



Tytan and Kaimen are best buds already. They were just chillin together like it was nothing new.

Welcome Home, Baby Kaimen!

Tytan's cousin Kaimen has finally made it home after 3 long months in the NICU. We are so happy he is home with his parents and sister Danica. We went to visit so Tytan could finally meet his cousin. It was so fun to have them all together!



I love this picture. Kaimen looks scared to death of the screaming kid next to him. Tytan was not much of a sport during the pictures, but deep down I know he was thrilled about meeting his cousin!

Bumbo Baby

I was trying to do Tytan's hair one day, but it's so hard to comb it and hold him at the same time. So, I thought we'd try out the Bumbo chair. This thing is awesome, and Tytan looked like such a big boy! He loves his Bumbo!


Who could ever say no to this precious lil face? It's no wonder he's so spoiled already!