I've said before that Tyler is an exceptionally cheerful little boy!  He's also a love bug!  Just thinking about that it reminds me of a few months ago, anytime Jeremy would be upset or hurt, Tyler would have to go hug him and pat his back until he felt better.  It was so precious.  He still does that on occasion but not quite as often.  Right now he is really loving stuffed animals.  Anytime he sees one he has to hug it.  He doesn't just hug it but he squeezes and and snuggles his face into the animal.  All the while he has the biggest grin on his face.  While he does it he frequently says, "oooooohhhh!" 

We decided to that Tyler needed a stuffed animal of his very own.  I was waffling back and fourth between two, so I thought I'd show them to Tyler and see if he showed a preference.  I should have known.  He walked up to me with both arms as wide as he could and grabbed both to love.  We decided on the monkey.  Tyler loves it.  Usually the monkey resides in his crib.  He brought it downstairs when he woke up from his nap.  When I put the monkey in the basket of this little bike, well you can see how pleased he was.

Tyler will go about his playing but always comes back for a hug and a kiss.  Yesterday, I was holding Tyler while I was talking to a friend who was holding her baby.  I would say that her baby is about 6 months old.  He was so excited to see her and kept reaching for her.  He was acting like he wanted us to giver her to him like a stuffed animal so he could squeeze her.  It was just so sweet!