Happy Birthday Mimi!!!!

Happy Birthday to Mimi!!!!

We love you and miss you and can't wait to see you soon!!!!

We'll eat some cake, just for you, today!

Love,

your bestest buddy, your littlest buddy, your favorite daughter and her favorite husband ;)

XOXO

the firefighter at the parade

Here's our little firefighter at school this morning! The kids had their costume parade, and Bryce totally lucked out . . .his class was the start of the parade, and he is the lineleader this week, so he was the VERY FIRST person in the parade!! He looked super cute, of course!!! :)

Later today the kids are having a party in their classroom, and making english muffin pizzas for lunch. They also painted Tshirts that they put on after the parade. I can't wait to see him after school! We went to the zoo last night, and I took a few pictures before we left. . . check for them in . . .well, probably a few days. (I could say "later today" but we all know that won't happen!!!)

XOXOXO

ho! ho! ho!

i started the birthday/christmas wishlist! i'll let you know as i add more to it!

http://bryceandtannerswishes.blogspot.com/

a little baby video!

Tanner was being smiley and talkative a few days ago so I tried to catch him on video. Of course once the camera was out, he was totally NOT cooperative. But he's sweet and cute and especially if you haven't seen him in person yet, you'll enjoy him just the same!

tanner's two month checkup

14 pounds (95th percentile)
i forget how long he was, but in the 90th percentile!
three shots
one oral vaccine.
crying so hard that no sound came out.
the doctor said he looks perfect!
he flirted and smiled at the nurses and doctor.
a big long nap.
all in all i think we are doing okay!!!

XOXO

This one. . .that one. ..

This one. . . .
*is still LOVING school.
*is writing his name.
*has been to three pumpkin patches, and two fall festivals in the last few weeks!
*is working to use kind words and make good choices! (and being rewarded with time on the Wii!)

That one . . .
*is in size TWO diapers now.
*has the biggest chub rolls in his neck! (I mean, WHAT neck??)
*sticks out his tongue and blinks his eyes when its cold outside, just like Bryce used to do!
*is going for his two month checkup on Wednesday (and will probably get a bunch of shots!)
*is smiling like crazy!

Those two. . .
*are making life wonderful!!!!!

one is better than nothing, right?

here's a quick picture of bryce at the pumpkin patch this past weekend. annamaria and her girly girls came to town and FINALLY got to meet Tanner!!! We took all the playgroup kiddos to the pumpkin patch in their costumes, to get some cute photos. (I'll have more. . .I promise.)

The boys are both doing well!!! We have all managed to stay healthy so far this season, and we have enjoyed some COOL weather this week! We have plans to go to the Fall Festival at the church where Bryce's preschool is, on Friday night. And next week we will go to the zoo for Spooktacular! :)

I better go eat some lunch while Tanner is asleep, before we go to pick up Bryce from school!!!!

XOXO

the first smile shot!!

I worked REALLY hard to get a picture of Tanner smiling!! It's not a great photo, but at least you can see the sweet SMILE this baby has!!!!

I will get the pumpkin patch pictures up soon. I WILL get the pumpkin patch pictures up soon. I WILL get the pumpkin patch pictures up SOON. (I think.)

XOXO

Six weeks and counting!

Tanner is six weeks old now!! This week he has definitely started SMILING more. We got an occasional little smile in his sleep, those first few weeks, but this week we have been seeing more and more REAL smiles. . .so of course we are being typical crazy parents and acting like total nuts, doing anything we can to try and win a smile. He is also starting to grab onto my shirt and hair sometimes too. This is the first week we have really seen him learning new skills and doing some cool new stuff. (And he LOVES his pacifier now too!)

Yesterday at school was "Wear an orange shirt day", because Bryce's class was learning about the letter O this past week. (They ate orange Oreo cookies for snack one day, and learned about lots of letter O words!) We had already planned to go to the pumpkin patch after school, so the orange shirt was perfect. Tanner decided to dress in orange too, for the occasion. I am working on pictures from the pumpkin patch (although I seem to have had some camera malfunctions - WAHH!) and I will get them posted later this weekend!

XOXO

the zoo

We had a FEW days that felt like fall around here. . .those days are gone again, but we took advantage of the cooler weather last week. After school on Friday we took Bryce to the zoo. It was Tanner's first trip to the zoo, and believe it or not, it was the first time I had been, since before I got pregnant! I was either too sick, or too swollen and uncomfortable to go when the boys went over the past few months.
There are a few new babies at the zoo. . .the giraffe, who is SO big, and SO small all at the same time! Also a new baby jaguar, and the cutest of cute - two BRAND new baby squirrel monkeys, riding on their mamas' backs. (One of them was only TWO DAYS OLD!!!)

And proof that OUR little baby really was there. . .here he is. He slept almost the whole time we were there. He was awake to see the lion, and Bryce was so cute, he said "Don't worry Tanner, the lion is behind glass. He can't hurt you!!" How cute!!

We will go back to the zoo in a few weeks, for their annual Halloween "Spooktacular". It's basically trick-or-treating in the zoo!!! It's a ton of fun, and we've gone the last two years.

Good morning little ones!

Our bed . . .it seems to be the gathering place these days. I am noticing a lot of our pictures have taken place here lately! It's where we sleep, try to sleep, watch TV, feed tanner, read books, snuggle, drive cars, build Legos, and pause for a photo op. Here are my two sweet boys a few mornings ago, enjoying a few moments of peace before school and the morning craziness.

Celebrating survival!

Today is an important day. October 1st. . . I said all along, while I was still pregnant, "If we can make it through September, we can make it through ANYTHING." Well. . .guess what?! WE MADE IT!!!!! Bryce started school, and Tanner made his grand entrance. And we survived. There were a few days that I wasn't so sure we would, but we did. With many thanks to a lot of YOU for carrying us (or dragging us) through, but especially to Bryce and Tanner's most wonderful grandparents. . . .my parents and Eric's parents have been so very wonderful and helpful and provided just what we have needed at every moment we needed it. It seemed one or many of them were saving the day an awful lot during the month of September (and the last few days of August!) We are so grateful, saying "Thank you" just doesn't seem like enough. . . .but . . . THANK YOU.