Josh with his new push toy

Well...Josh has certainly gotten more independent - which I am thrilled about. The only bad thing is, he is now crawling over the entire house instead of sticking right with me. I don't miss the climbing all over my legs and being unable to move as I'm cooking, but having to drop the spoon and run to investigate what he's gotten himself into is not so fun. I was trying to get all the prep done during his nap - but I've been way too exhausted with the twins - so that's Mommy's nap time too :).

His other new thing is cruising everywhere - along the couch, the cabinets, the entertainment center...using the chairs as push toys. I can't tell you how many times I've been in the kitchen and I peek my head around the corner to check on him and my kitchen chairs are now in the middle of the living room :). The Lassetters were kind enough to let us borrow a push toy for my cruising boy. I think he's enjoying it...what do you think?

Josh May Not Have to Choose

Yesterday we went in for our first ultrasound. It was so exciting to get a chance to see Josh's sibling...or so we thought. We ended up with the surprise of our lives. We'd like to announce an extremely terrifying but exciting thing...In early May, or before, we will get to introduce you all to not one but TWO new Lytles. I must confess - when the doctor first said - are you ready? It's twins...I didn't even watch the ultrasound anymore - I was SO shocked. We have no twins in the family. So, we're the first! But, children are a blessing from the Lord - so we are doubly blessed.

For all those who were teasing about twins, we have every intention of calling in those offers of help. With three under 18 months, it will be a challenge, but a wonderful one. We are so excited, and feel so blessed that God would give us three children in such a short period of time.

Crawling, Moving, and House Readying

Whew! I can't believe it's been so long since I've done a post! These last few weeks have been insane! They started with a trip up to my mother-in-law's to help her pack. Leah and Georgia made the trip with us which was a HUGE blessing! The kids were able to entertain each other and we were able to get a lot done. And...Josh got tired of trying to keep up with Georgia doing his army crawl, and so he officially started to crawl! HOWEVER...that happened while we were away - so when I got home - YIKES! My house was not ready for a child that was that mobile!

Then followed several days of extreme nausea where I laid on the couch and tried not to move while Josh played. One day we even went over to Auntie Leah's so Josh could play with Georgia and Mommy could get a break. Then, we went up to help with the actual move. Josh got to stay with his Aunt Nay Nay, Uncle Eric, Katy, and Kaylin. He had a ball! They just played and played.

After the move, I've been working on getting the house cleaned out so that Josh can play in most rooms and getting the furniture out of the new baby's room that we don't use anymore. I have ENORMOUS bags of goodwill things that will be headed over there soon. So...I've been super, super busy...hopefully, things will slow down and I'll be able to post regularly again. Below are a couple of cute pictures.

The first one is proof of the crawler! And the second is Josh as the cowboy playing on his new horse from Aunt Nay Nay and Uncle Eric. Thanks guys!