cruisin'

This one is on his way to bein' a cruiser. he's been pulling up on the furniture for a month or two, but he is finally starting to figure out that if he moves his feet, he can get around. he's not doing it much yet, but we definitely see him starting!!!! (and yes, i know - it's allllll over after that! only a matter of time until he figures out he can move his feet NOT holding on to anything, and then i have a walker on my hands!)

This one is also becoming deadset on getting into Lego Jail. Lego Jail is the corner of our living room all tucked away with baby gates, which contains the coffee table (that we moved out of Tanner's way a while ago) and all of Bryce's Legos. It's Bryce's safe haven away from all things baby. And Tanner is NOT going to stand for it much longer.

This one is sleeping a bit better, at least for half the night. It's not unusual for him to now sleep until about 2:30-3:00am. Which is glorious. . .. but after that, he's up every half hour to every hour, and then up for the day between 5:45-6:15. But hopefully we're making progress.

This one also LOVES feeding himself. (But that's a picture and story for the next blog post.)

hard to believe

It's hard to believe this one was fussing up a storm at the grocery store, just a few minutes before i snapped this picture! As i was unloading the groceries, he was just sitting in his carseat looking at the very blustery wind blow the tree around in our yard. He looked so sweet, I had to go grab the camera!

This one is eating lots of baby food at dinner time. . .we've tried bananas, sweet potatoes, applesauce, and peaches. Next up is peas.

This one is still not sleeping at night. I am totally discouraged. I am TRYING my darndest to do all the right things. .. I'm not picking him up, I'm trying to let him settle himself down as much as I can. . .but its hard letting him potentially wake up Bryce, and leaving me with TWO kids awake in the middle of the night!!! One of these days it will get better. Bryce is a good sleeper. . .and we all know he wasn't ALWAYS. This too shall pass!!!

This one things it is really funny to try and eat our faces. All of the sudden, almost every time I am holding Tanner, if he's facing me, he is putting his big drooly open mouth all over me. Learning the fine art of baby kisses? Or am I just delicious? I don't know, but it is messy and adorable!!!

this one. . .

As promised a few days ago, THIS ONE. . .

* . . .usually turns our coffee table into a war zone of Lego guys, football players, knights, or dinorsaurs, as seen.

* . . .is sporting his new Hot Wheels watch (his first watch!) in the photo in front of Nana's Christmas tree.

*. . . thinks some of his favorite Christmas gifts were his new football, new soccer ball and net, basketball, and Football Guys (seriously one of the coolest toys I've seen in a long time!)

* . . ..has acquired the fine art of bathroom humor, now that he's started preschool - "poop head" and "pee pee face" are among the phrases we are trying to remove from his vocabulary.

* . . . .is still reeling from a full month of present-receiving. It's going to take some time to reign him back in, and he thinks that every day he should still be getting more STUFF.

* . . . wants to go to Toys R Us and buy more Star Wars Legos. (See above statement for clarification!)

* . . .seems to be the only child at his preschool who is totally unaffected by the crazy cold weather we are having. He is still happy to run around, and wants to take off his coat, despite the fact that its 40 degrees, and everyone else is shivering. (Daddy's boy, or what!?)

XOXO

happy new year!

this one . . ..
is rolling onto his tummy.
(and doesn't know what to do once he gets on his tummy!)
loves the hat that Nancy made him!
is such a smiley little thing!
loves his big brother.
wasn't a huge fan of the COLD weather in North Carolina!
needs to start SLEEPING at night!

Will share about THAT one (the big brother) soon. (that report will include Legos and a sassy mouth!) ;)
Just wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year.
We're home from North Carolina, and trying to regroup and unpack.
It's been a strange Christmas/New Years week to say the least, but we had some fun this week, and we are praying for a beautiful new year. Hugs to all of you!!! I'm hoping to start getting some more December pictures up soon. . .now that it's January!!!

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!!!!!