Tyler Turned 9!

Our Ty-Ty is 9 years old!  Can't believe it.  These kids are all growing up way too fast.  I want so much to keep him little and precious.  He has learned so many "interesting" things this year from the other students at school.  I know that each year that goes by his innocents is going to dwindle away.  I don't baby him, but I try to keep him from trying to act older then he is.
He likes to talk about when he grows up.  We tell him that he is a grown up for a long time but a kid for a very short time so he needs to just enjoy being a kid.  Luckily he is still a kid and believes in all the kid things, like Santa, the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, etc.  I tried to tell him leprechauns aren't real and he told me their are too many facts that prove they are real, so I said okay.  I figured if he wants to believe, who am I to take that from him.
Tyler is a great kid.  He loves school.  He does pretty good in most subjects (spelling is his hardest).  He is super helpful.  If I ask him to do something he always does it willingly and with a good attitude (not always as quickly as I would like - but he'll work on that).  He is super good with his brother and sisters.  He plays nicely with Josh and they have a lot of the same interests.  He has a hard time with Megan sometimes but mainly because Megan loves to pester him.  He is super good with Allie.  He really loves her and is very helpful keeping an eye on her for me.  He is what every little brother/sister would want in a big brother (most the time).
He still really love soccer.  He likes riding his bike, scooter, skate board, and roller blades.  He is pretty good with all of those things and it's fun to watch him.
Tyler loves his mama.  He gives me hugs and kisses everyday.  He still gets really emotional at church when he has to give talks or sing in sacrament meeting.  We are guessing it is stage fright.  He says he's not nervous and that his emotions just come out in crying and he doesn't know how to control them.  It is hard to see him struggle with that and not be able to help him.
Tyler is awesome.  We are so lucky and blessed to have him in our family!