nicknames...

over the past week, this has been my view. well...maybe not all week. maybe just friday afternoon. but the beach looks a lot different with a newborn. thats for sure! but i am not complaining at all because it was a great week with my husband, boys, and family and i wasn't sitting at home.

being with my family is always lots of fun. there were 35 of us in all staying in 3 houses. there were many laughs and lots of relaxing. eli did get a serious "Boo" addiction while we were there. we are now onto a 12 step detox for him. :)

now my family is a little weird in that we love being together and no one is called by their formal name. for example, aunt beth= b; parker= parker-do, p, or little p; aunt deb= deedee, debra; uncle don=boo; april=apes; meredith=mere, becca, mary becca; eli=little e and so on. now that ty has entered the family, my aunts took it upon themselves to give ty a few nicknames.
here are a few:
tyree (his middle name is tyre, pronounced "tire" but everyone thinks its ty-ree), mr. t, nugget, country ham, and little e (since everyone says he looks like eli).

so ty shouldn't feel left out. he now has plenty of his own nicknames.
*beach pictures coming soon