Christmas

Well we had a great Christmas!  Technically this was Tanner's second Christmas but really it was her first to get some real goodies from Santa.  Her favorite present so far is her baby piano.  I remember seeing pictures of me when I was around her age having a blast on a baby piano so this is the one thing that I was hoping Santa would bring her.  She cracks me up playing it.  Leave it to Tanner to come up with a one-of-a-kind way to play her piano........she plays with her butt!  She goes and sits on the keys and just bouces up and down playing while drinking her sippy cup.  She cracks me up!

She also likes her big brother's bean bag that he got from GiGi.  Cade on the other hand is not too excited about her interest in his bag and he is hoping she gets bored with it quick. 

SANTA

You guys are loving Christmas time this year.  Tanner, you say "ooooohhhhh" nonstop when you see lights, a tree, a santa, a snowman, really anything Christmas.  Cade, you are soooo much fun with everything related to Christmas right now.  I took you guys to see Santa at the Galleria a few weeks ago and Tanner was not a happy girl.  That's okay though.....Santa knows you love him!

Wow you guys are a mess

I knew it would be an adventure having two little ones running around the house but I never imagined it would be this much fun!  You and your brother are so funny and you guys get along so well.....with the exception of your little tantrums :)  Your brother loves to love on you and you are miss independent so sometimes you get a little annoyed with him.....I can't imagine what you guys will be like in 10 years.

Yay for teeth!

So now you are 13 months old and FINALLY getting teeth!  Actually you are getting quite a few teeth....five at once!  I guess they were just waiting until they were all ready to come to make their grand entrance. 

Top Tens

Here are some new top tens of my baby girl.  She changes so quickly that I figured this is the best way to keep up with the best of the best.

1.  I love how you and your brother have such an amazing bond. 
2. I love how you grab your own snacks out of the pantry and hand them to me until I open one for you.
3. I love how you wave bye-bye backwards and say "da-da".
4. I love how you are such a momma's girl.
5. I love how excited you get when you see me in the afternoons at school.  You walk as fast as you can with your hands in the air.
6. I love how you know when you are being mischiveous.......like when you feed the dog your food or when you stand up in the bathtub.
7. I love how you already get an attitude with your brother.  He loves rubbing on you and petting you like a little puppy and it drives you nuts :)
8. I love how you are so ready to learn new things.
9. I love how you act when I read you a book and how you turn the pages contantly....I still haven't figured out how to actually read you an entire book.
10. I love when you get tired and lay your head on my chest.  You are definitely not a cuddle bug but when you get tired all you want is your mommy.

Family Pics

Look what I found!!!!!

Tanner has not taken a paci for one single day in the past 13 months but the other day I turned around and saw this.......the looks she gives are priceless. 

Bittersweet

Tanner moved up to a new class on Monday.  My sweet baby is getting big wayyyy too fast and she DOES NOT like strangers!  She has had a few tough days with her new teachers but seems to be warming up to the idea. She is so stinkin cute that they all spoil her rotten so it won't take her long to let her new teachers love on her.

Too Soon For Dentures?

Miss Tanner Bug is almost 13 months old and STILL no teeth!!!  What is going on?  We have been able to see them at the line for a month or so but no teeth! She is a champ though and it isn't stopping her from eating everything we put in front of her.

Look who's ONE!!!

Happy first birthday to our sweet baby girl!  I cannot imagine before you became such a huge part of our family.  You are the most special baby girl in the world and you are loved by soooooo many people. You have taught me so much just with your smile and attitude and I thank God for letting me be your mommy.

Funny Girl

Tanner is such a funny baby.  She has just started crawling and when she thinks you are going to come and get her, she starts crawling faster and laughing.  She cracks us up....especially her brother.  Cade has to tell her to stop so he can breath b/c he has been laughing so hard.

2 Huge Milestones!

Tanner has officially accomplished two major milestones.  #1 she has started crawling....she has been doing this for a few weeks but now she can book it and pull up.  #2 she has started eating people food.  Now that she has had a taste of the good stuff she refuses to eat baby food....such a diva!  She loves, loves, loves chicken salad.  I gave her some rice the other day and she made such a mess!  She kept stuffing it in her mouth....making only a few grains and dropping the rest.  I love this time as she is experimenting with everything, we are learning what she likes and doesn't like...though we haven't found much of the dislikes as she eats everything!

11 Months

Okay little lady......11 months old and NO TEETH!!! Poor thing!  Your gums are as swollen as they can be and you can tell that those teeth are trying to come through but no such luck.  You are still as happy as can be though!  Here are a few things that crack me up about you at this stage:

1.  You love, love, love your brother but you will yell at him in a second!  You two will be in the race car shopping cart and he will try to navigate your steering wheel....you scream at him like you actually know what you are saying.  You are definitely going to keep him on his toes.
2.  You love to clean!  I have never seen such but you will pick stuff up and everytime you get a papertowel you will just go around the floor wiping it clean.
3.  You sleep for 13 hrs straight!  Wow did me and your daddy not see this one coming?  You will go to sleep at 6:30 and sleep until 7:30 or 8.....then you take a two hour nap around 11. 
4. Since you don't have any teeth you can make these funny smacking noises with your lips.  It cracks me up and you look like a little old lady. 
5. You want to do everything your brother does.  You could care less what me and your daddy are doing if your brother is around.

The Beach!

The beach, the beach, the beach.....we're going to the beach.  Well, we actually just got back but we had such a great time.  Tanner was sooooo good and I could not have even thought of any way for her to have been better!  She slept in her pack n play on the beach for hours, played in it and just enjoyed being under the umbrella.

Happy 8 Months!!

Wow!  Where has the time gone??  You are now 8 months old and we have loved every minute of it!  You are now starting to crawl and get into EVERYTHING!!!!  I am going to be a nervous wreck for a while now.  You have headed straight for cabinets, drawers and plugs......like you have been eyeing  them for months just waiting to get mobil enough to reach them. 

Yay nan!!!  You are sitting up by yourself now!  You are seven months old and such a big girl!!!  And drumroll....you are FINALLY sleeping through the night!!!  It is like the day you turned seven months old you figured it was too much work to wake mommy up at night so you sleep from about seven at night until six in the morning!!!!

Tanner has started to try and hold her own bottle!  It is wayyyy too early for this and I am not ready!  It is the first sign of growing up to me so it makes me kinda sad.  She is four months already!

So now that Tanner has gotten a little personality, I think it is time to do my top tens.  With Cade I did my top ten favorite things about him at that time and it was fun to see how much he changes each time I did it so here we go!

1.  I love the way she smiles.  It melts my heart!

2.  I love how she smiles at me everytime I lay her on her changing table.

3.   I love how she holds my hand close to her chest when she is falling asleep.

4.  I love how she clasps her hands like she is praying sometimes when she sleeps.

5.   I love how she can also sleep with her hands straight in the air.

6.   I love how she kicks like crazy when she takes baths.

7.  I love how she has an excited squeal.

8.   I love how she tries sooooo hard to talk.  She shapes her mouth like she is going to be able to get those    words out that she wants to.

9.   I love how she watches her brother so closely and smiles at the sound of his voice.

10. I love how she is such a happy baby.

love 

Bath Time!

Tanner loves, loves, loves her baths.  She smiles the entire time and doesn’t mind if she gets water on her face.  She just kind of looks at you like “what the heck”.  

Three Months Already!

Now we are three months!  It has been an amazing three months and has really flown by.  I absolutely loved being off at Christmas with the kids and have enjoyed every minute of Tanner as a baby.  With Cade, everything was so new and unknown so I don’t think we got to enjoy him as much as we have her.  We have been able to relax a little which has been good for everyone.  I went on my first business trip last week and had to be away for three nights!  Justin decided that it was a good time to move Tanner in her room. It is wayyyy past time for her to be in her own room but I have just put it off since Justin has been working nights.  It has just been easier to keep her beside me.  Anyway, Justin did not have great success like we were hoping.  Tanner has been in her room but she has made sure that we know she is still around by the hourly crying.  It was very hard to be away and I am soooo glad I am back so I can help Justin get her used to her bed. 

Happy 4 months!!!!  Tanner is growing up so fast and becoming such a little mess!  She is so much fun and brings so much joy to our family.  She is sleeping great now and only gets up once to eat around 2.  

First Day of School

So January 3rd was your first day of school.  I was really bummed to have to get back to work but I know going to school is good for you.  Cade is sooooo smart from being in school and I want you to have the same.  Your teachers are great and they absolutely love you!  Ms. Yo Yo is your favorite!