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.

Zoo Trip

We were in Orem over the weekend and took a trip to the zoo with all of the boys. We had a great time. It was fun to have all of the boys together. They sure had fun playing with each other and it was fun to visit with all the big people (yes, I include myself in that category!). By the way, Tanner now says "cheese" everytime we take his picture, so that would account for the face he is making. Too cute!

You try getting all of them to stand still at the same time! It was very interesting! Pam might have a better one.

On a side note, I guess I should make it official. For those of you who don't already know, we are expecting another baby in November. So Suzy and John will have their hands full with three new grandbabies all about the same time! FUN! Too bad we all live so far apart. :(

Tanner, Tanner, Tanner

Hey Dave, are ya proud I figured out how to post pictures?! Well, Tanner got his second set of tubes on Wednesday. Thay also removed his adnoids hoping it would help eliminate the need for a third set of tubes. The recovery time for the tubes is about untill the anesthesia wears off. So by the time we got home, he was runnig around like his same old self. I could have used more of a break! The removal of his adnoids are bothering him a little, but still hasn't slowed him much. He is just a little whiney. But hopefully we will not have to do this again! When the hospital calls about the procedure, they say to bring something that will help comfort your child. Well, Tanner doesn't really have an stuffed animal that he loves, and I wasn't going to bring a ball for him to throw at me the whole time, so guess what he wanted? His hat! The kid hardley goes anywhere without it. He had it on untill they took him back, and it was back on as soon as he was out! I guess if thats comforting....

I made cookies the other day and shared them with Tanner and now he is hooked! He is always asking for a cookie only he says "tootie". He knows where we keep them on the counter so he got a stool, slid it over to the counter and clombed on up to help himself! We ran out of cookies so while I was at the store I thaught I would get some. As soon as we turned on the cookie aisle, Tanner yells out "TOOTIE". He loves thoose things. A boy after my own heart!

We are official! (kinda)

Well, with the persuasion of Dave and even some of Ashley's family, I have created this blog for our family members & friends who care to take a look at our not so exciting life. I will get some pictures up as soon as I figure out how. I guess I will do a little update in the meantime. Jimmy is still working hard at Pace and loving every second of it. Well, maybe not every second, but he's not one to complain, too much. He is still working on his business venture. They have an official name, High Octane Garages (I think thats how it's spelled). They have been working on our garage so they can show it for custumers to choose what they want and get an idea of what they offer. I will get some pictures of that later. They have had a few hangups and are not getting started as soon as they would like but I think that's how it goes with new businesses. Tanner is almost two and certainly acts like it. He calls all large animals cows and will debate with us when we try to correct him (kida acts like his dad!). He is so much fun! Just full of personality. He is learning new words every day, so we have to watch what we say, well, Jim does. It is getting alot easier to communicate with him now that I know what he wants, and it's a lot less frustrating for him. Jim taught him topretend snore so now every so often I will hear him snoreing and pretending to sleep. It's pretty funny. To bad he wont really sleep. Also, on the occasion that I do get to take a nap, It doesn't really happen because every time I close my eyes, Tanner Starts to pretend snore. It's great! Thanks, Jim! Of course I'm his mom so I think everything he does is cute. Of course there are endless things I could tell you about Tanner, But I probably care alot moore than you do. As for me, I just try to keep the house clean and and Tanner out of things. I love it!