Ride 'Em Cowboy!

The other night my Dad decided to take the kids on a horse ride. Annie and Tanner usually do things together so they went for a ride on Bud. They had so much fun! Here are some pictures of them riding around the yard.

I don't know why it took us so long to get the 'cow-hat' but luckily we had one for both of them and they thought it was pretty cool. Don't you love Tanner's curls! I hope they never go away.

Of course when it was time to get off, Tanner threw a fit. I don't know why he keeps acting like a two year old.

Tanner has been putting imself down for naps lately. I guess he knows when he is tired. Here are some pictures of Tanner sleeping. It's the only time he is holding still!

Who doesn't love a nap with Daddy?

I always have to wonder when it's been quiet for awhile. This is usually why!

I guess I can do a little update on Jimmy and me since it's been awhile. We are just looking forward to November when our little girl will be here. Fall is now my favorite season! The baby is due very close to Thanksgiving, Nov 23, so I figure that gives me a pretty good -get out of fixing Thanksgiving dinner- card. So we will see if Jimmy is having Thanksgiving dinner at the hospital, or if he just ends up with a turkey sandwich. If any of you know Jimmy, neither of these choices will do so there will probably be a third alternative. So you don't have to feel sorry for him, I'm sure he'll get his fixins. The bigger I get the harder it is to bend over, put on my pants, tie my shoes (which is why I wear flip flops) get out of bed, breath (just to name a few). I am looking forward to fall when it will cool down a little so I can be a tiny bit more comfortable. But mostly just for the baby to be here all together. I will be quiting my job at the end of October so that I can be a stay at home mommy. I am sooo looking forward to that too. Jim says that there is nothing new with him to report. He is just being modest! I have been so grateful for him lately. He is being so patient with me and my moodiness (which I blame entirely on the pregnancy) and helping me so much with Tanner. Tanner just loves him so much and can't wait for him to get home from work so they can play, watch TV, eat poppcorn, whatever the activity might be. It is so fun to see Tanner bond with his Daddy! He is such a mamma's boy that I was worried how he would react when the baby came. I'm sure we will all get through it. ;)

What we've been up to

Tanner started climbing out of his crib so we decided it was time for a big boy bed. He loves it! He loves that he can climb on and off of it and that it is just his size. It took a couple nights for him to get used to it, but now he climbs right in and goes to bed. He has also put himself down for naps so thats been kinda nice. Sometimes I go in there and find him just playing on his bed. It was a good purchase.

We went to delta over the weekend and they had a little fair goin on. They had all of theese blow up toy things that the kids can play on. Tanner loves them, especially the slide! He must hav went down that 20 times or more. You should have seen Jim going down it with him, I'm not sure who was having more fun!

This is Tanner at the bull riding thing. He loved to see all of the "cows" and loved when the cowboys got bucked off. At one point the rodeo clown came up to Tanner and Grady and tried to shake their hands. Tanner just looked at it like "What am I supposed to do with that?". Then we told him to give him the rock, so then he understood. He thought that was pretty cool. He just played and played with his cousins and had the best time ever. He always has so much fun when we go there.

This is just Tanner entertaining himself with the laundry basket. He still fits inside of it pretty good so I guess it makes a pretty good place to play. He was pretty mad when I had to take it to do the laundry. Life is so hard when you are only 2!

Family Reunion

Well, I'm a little slow getting this picture posted, so prepare for a very long blog. ;) We went to Delta for the 4th and Tanner had so much fun at the parade! He loved the horses and the marching band. (Hey Dave, ya never know, maybe we will be going to band off's!) He couldn't quite get the concept of picking up the candy that was thrown. I would pick it up and put it in his bag and then Tanner would take it out of his bag and throw it at the floats. Thats what they were doing so why shouldn't he? Finally I talked his cousins into picking up the candy so I didn't have to bend over anymore. He was all wide eyed when it came to the fireworks later that night. He didn't move one inch untill they were finished, and that's saying alot for Tanner. While we were waiting for them to start, the sprinklers came on where we were sitting. He thought that was pretty funny. He had alot of fun.

We had a family reunion with Jim's family last weekend. We went to the lake and hung out alot. Tanner had so much fun with his cousins. I think the dirtier he was, the happier he was. I guess that's a typical boy for ya. He is giving us a 'cheese' smile in this one.

When we got to the lake, Tanner ran up to the water and put his feet in. I didn't think much of it and the next thing I knew he was up to his chest in water. So I guess he's not afraid of the water. He had alot of fun with his daddy. They went for a ride on the wave runner and Tanner was pretty mad when he had to get off. I pretty much just sat under the canopy and tried not to get skin cancer.

This is just a shot of the boys. It's pretty hard to get them all together at the same time, so we don't always get the best pictures. They all had so much fun and they got along so well. We all had a pretty good time, I was just happy that Tanner had some alternative entertainment. Next year we will at least have a girl in the middle of them all!

Tanner's Birthday

Tanner had an Elmo Birthday party and he had the best time! For those of you who don't know, Tanner LOVES Elmo so it was easy to decide what to do for him. He had some of his cousins over and they had alot of fun. Tanner didn't really know why everyone was there but it was a party so he didn't care. They played Pin the nose on Elmo and we had an Elmo pinata and they all had fun beating that with a bat. Jim ended up beheading Elmo and then Tanner carried it around for a while. When it came time to blow out the candles, Tanner knew exactly what to do and blew them right out. We've been working on blowing on our hot food, so Tanner was prepared. He is a smart little kid. He still didn't quite get the present concept. We had to keep showing him that there were things inside the packages. I guess it has been awhile since Chirstmas.

Tanner needed a little help with the bat since it was bigger than him. He took the first turn and then had a freak out because he didn't want to give anyone else a turn. But it all worked out. It was funny to watch the kids try to hit it. We had to hide the bat afterward so Tanner would stop swinging it at random things, like me and his cousins, just to name a few. I wondered if that would give him any ideas.

Finally Jim whacked it good and the candy went flying! All of the kids went for all the candy on the ground except for Tanner. He dug it out of the beheaded Elmo body. He knew where the good stuff was!

This is just his cake. I thought it turned out really cute. Better than I could do that's for sure. It was a fun day and Tanner had a blast. It should be better next year when he actually knows whats going on.

FINALLY!

For those who have not yet been informed, we will be having a GIRL! YEA! We are very excited (me a little more than Jim). Jim said it's just another excuse for me to go shopping, and I totally agree. It will be the first girl on Jim's side so I have a feeling she might get a little spoiled. Just for the record, I'm totally OK with that! Tanner still doesn't know why my belly is getting so big and why he can't fit on my lap the same. Won't he be surprised when we bring her home!
Speaking of Tanner, he had a B-Day on Tuesday but he didn't really care. He did have his first ice cream cone and loved it. Gotta love Dairy Queen (Sorry Suzy). We will be having a B-Day party for him on Saturday, so I will send pictures then.

More about Tanner

I needed to replace Tanner's diaper bag and while I was looking I saw this back-pack with Elmo and I thaught it would be perfect. I go to put it in the cart and Tanner says "Pack-pack on back", and then pats his back. So I put it on him and he wore it for the rest of our shopping trip. I had no idea he even knew what a "pack-pack" was, let alone where it goes. So now he wears it out to the car and then in to the babysitters house. Sometimes he gets mad at me because he can't wear it in his car seat. I'm so mean! But he loves his "pack-pack" so it was a good purchase.

Tanner is not one to just fall asleep anywhere, so when he fell asleep on the hard wood floor, I was pretty surprised. He was being pretty quiet so Jim decided to check on him and this is what he found. He loves playing in his bus and it must have worn him out this time. Silly kid.

PUPPIES!

Raja had puppies about two weeks ago. She had two and they are both fat and very healthy. Tanner can't get enough of the 'babies'. He always sneaks into the laundry room to hold them even though he knows he's not supposed to. He waits untill I'm not looking!

Tanner won't be very happy with us when we sell the puppies. He's already so attached!

We got a pool for Tanner because he was playing in the backyard and ended up with both feet and hands in the dogs water dish. So I thaught I better get something a little bigger to play in. You can't really see in this picture, but he refused to put his swimming suit on so he's naked! Another trate he got from his father.

On another note, Jim decided it was time for a new car with another baby coming. So we bought a Hoda Pilot. It's cute and we love it. And it's got room for eight so Jim can have all those kids he wants. I'm not sure where he's going to get them. I'll leave that up to him.