What We've Been Up To

Babysitting

 Tanner and Mason (I think)

 sorting through the pantry

 taking lots of naps

 climbing up to and walking along everything, which comes with lots of bumps, bruises, and tears

 he gets over it pretty fast though

 more climbing, sorting, and playing with items from the drawers

 playing so hard that he just couldn't keep his eyes open any longer

helping dad work in his office, which usually turns into watching Mickey Mouse Club House on the laptop

we attended Chris's brother Braden's farewell (this picture of my father in law was the only one I took at the after feast)
we also attended the temple with Braden when he took out his endowments

we celebrated mine and my grandma's birthdays

said goodbye to Braden who will be in Lima, Peru for 2 years

(Davis, Mason, Braden, Maddi, Katelyn, Cameron, Tanner)

Tanner loves his uncle Braden

went to our ward trunk or treat, Tanner cried at the scary mask Chris tried to wear

hung out with family some more, Maddi loved Tanner's costume

he actually did really well putting up with wearing it

played some more with cousins

and 'monkeyd' around!

October is a busy month for our family so it is nice to have some down time now.  Chris went hunting a few times and didn't get anything but still had a blast.  He has also been busy with work, more business ideas, indoor soccer, and hanging out with us.  I am addicted to pinterest, which is good because I am picking up some new hobbies and interests.  I'm also starting to get into canning and making more things from scratch.  I want to learn how to sew and am finally going to start taking piano lessons.  Tanner is just being his little monkey self.  He climbs all over everything, really; if there is a chair or something to the side of the path he is on he will detour just to crawl through or over it.  For about a month now he has been saying "ma ma" and just yesterday crawled over to Chris and said "da da".  He gives kisses, does bonkers and just learned how to wave hi and bye although he hasn't quite mastered it yet.  He mimics us quite a bit but the funniest is when you roar at him and he tries to roar back.  Still a great sleeper and eater, has his 2 bottom teeth and is constantly doing new things.  I love watching him grow up but hate that it is happening SO fast!!!  

Pinspiration

Confession time:  I am addicted to Pinterest!  I love the creative ideas I find on there for crafts and activities, along with having a recipe board to switch up dinner menus.  I have finished a couple projects recently and am very pleased with how they turned out.  Pinterest has me thinking outside my box and I came up with this idea last week.  I feed Tanner baby food every day and usually throw the jars away.  I decided they would be a perfect storage container for items in our desk that we know Tanner will try and get into when he can walk around and open all the drawers in our house :-)  I just rinsed it out, got rid of the goo with Goo-B-Gone and spray painted the lid.

Well Check and 8 Month Update

We have a crawler!  Tanner rolled over at 4 months, started scooting at 5 1/2 months, crawled at 7 months, and as of today is pulling himself up to things.  He loves that he can finally get where he wants.  This week he started crawling up to me and Chris, climbing our pant leg, and then wants us to walk him around.  He has quite the personality.  He makes Pterodactyl and motor boat noises all the time.  He is very inquisitive about everything and always SO happy.  He found himself in the mirror a few months ago but just started giggling at himself and attacking it.  I have a few videos of Tanner belly laughing at his reflection. He is still sleeping great through the night but he scoots in his sleep which caused lots of problems being in the crib.  So we had to buy him a twin memory foam pad that we put on the floor so if he rolls off it's only an inch of a drop.  I finally got him to eat green beans and peas!  He has his favorites but pretty much loves all food now.  He is our little pig.  He eats 8 ounces of baby food at a feeding and around 8 ounces when we give him a bottle.  I need to get a video of him eating.  He grunts at me the whole time.  He has a grunt for when I am not feeding him fast enough and a grunt for when he really likes the selection I am giving him.  He still has acid reflux which means we are still cleaning up lots of spit up.  I just had to go buy some new fall clothes for the little man and had to get 12 month clothes.  At his well check he was 16.5 lbs (14%) and 28.1 in (84%).

Tanner's New Loves

Corn, Yogurt Melts, and Graduate puffs

Feeding himself his snacks

Rio, although Nemo is still his ultimate favorite

Dumping all his toys out of the basket to play with

Being outside

Climbing on everything

He doesn't have any new dislikes which is great.  When he cries for me he has started babbling ma ma ma ma ma.  I know it is not on purpose and he has know idea that he is doing it but it just happens that it is his wine for me and I think it is super cute...and Chris does not ;-)  When we're at my in-laws if you ask where the dog is he will look or crawl over to the back door where the dog sits.  And if I say Tanner come to mom he will always crawl over to me.  We call Tanner our little monkey, not only does he try to climb on everything he, from the beginning, uses his feet for a lot of things,  we finally got a picture of him feeding himself his bottle with his feet that I posted a couple of weeks ago.  Other names we have for Tanner are: T, Tan Man, T-Bone, Noodle, and  My dad calls him Tannerlicious and when we take him over there calls it his "T Time"

I have so many fun videos to post but need to find my cord to get them off my phone.  We finally got a new camera so maybe I can motivate myself to post more often so it's not quite such a big update with loads of pictures all at once.  I'm just enjoying my Tanner Man too much :)

Tanner's eyes are always swollen when he wakes up.

 Sitting in the cart like a big boy.

He usually falls asleep grocery shopping, I guess it's just that boring.

I love snuggling with Tanner when he naps!

L.O.V.E

Tanner is great at helping me clean the house ;-)

T was scooting off his pillow and fell asleep in transit.

He LOVES to play with boxes.

We went to another RSL game.  Tanner loves to watch the game.

I love both of these boys so much!!!

And finally I just can't get over how much he looks like a little monkey.

I Am Raising A Little Monkey!

Cute Little Bugger

We love this little guy so much!  He has the funniest personality.  His well check isn't for a few weeks so I don't know his stats...but I do know that he is in 12 month onsies and pajamas and just barely growing out of size 0-3 month shorts.  We stood him up next to his twin cousins who just turned one and they are the same height.  I'm already dreading trying to find pants this fall for my little noodle.  He is scooting EVERYWHERE.  When he sees something across the room that he wants he army barrels as fast as he can to get it.

Things Tanner Loves:

Sweet potatoes, carrots, any fruit, and of course his bottle

Basically anything he shouldn't have...the lap top, my phone, house decorations, etc.

His jumparoo

Finding Nemo

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

His mom, he's started crying when I leave the room

Loves his dad!  They wrestle and play and Tanner laughs so hard

Baths

Swimming

His family, he loves spending time with his grandparents

Being outside and going for walks

Things Tanner Hates:

Green beans and peas, he will not eat them

He's started to fight going to sleep

Getting his clothes changed, he gets really frustrated with me

He doesn't have very many dislikes.  He is a really happy kid as long as his belly is full.  He babbles and squawks all day long.  I am having so much fun staying home with this kid!

Loving The Summer

Tanner just keeps getting more and more fun!!!  We took him to the derby and fireworks for the fourth and he loved it.  We thought he would hate the noise but he was in awe the whole time.

The picture below is little T watching morning cartoons with his dad. He loves Mickey Mouse and gets so excited when we turn it on for him. 

Some of these pictures are really bad because they were taken on my phone then emailed to me and uploaded to my computer :)

He is all smiles and is rolling all over the place.  He's been really frustrated and wants to be moving so we'll see how long it is before he crawls.