Quick Catch Up

Who'da thought? I'm behind again!! I feel like there's been so much going on lately and I haven't had time to post so I'm just gonna take you through some random pictures to get you all caught up!! Maybe I'll be able to stay updated this time, but don't hold your breath!!

Tanner has discovered the world of the Internet!! I was checking my blog one day and he started laughing at the screen and you could tell he recognized the people in the pictures!! We're not sure if he thinks people are inside the computer or what, but he loves looking at blogs with me and I think it's so cute!!

Tanner is such a big help to Daddy and on this day they decided to wash the truck!!

This could be trouble!!

We were waiting for him to squirt himself in the face, but it never happened!!

Play Group is in full swing. We met the other day and decided on dates and activities for the kids!! I have a hunch there's gonna be some really cute pictures from all these field trips!!

The other day Scotty was putting up the gazebo in our backyard and guess who was staring out the back door wishing he could help?!?!

So we went outside to help Daddy!! Tanner was in charge of manning the box!!

He loves crawling under things these days!! Everything's an obstacle course and somedays it doesn't go so smoothly!! He doesn't understand to duck his head yet, so most of the time he tries to barrel through furniture, but this day was a success!!

A while back we met Scotty at Best Buy to look at cameras. Scotty had gone by the bank and he got Tanner a sucker while he was there. Scotty said his dad always brought them a sucker from the bank and that's what he was gonna do for Tan Man!! So Tanner had his first sucker and of course, I embarrassed Scotty, pulled out the camera and snapped away, but he was a trooper!!

This was the very first time Tanner ordered off the menu like a big boy!! It was at Subway and he got turkey and cheese slices!! Yummy!!

Solitary Confinement

Now that Tanner gets around so well it's really hard to get things done around the house because he never stays in one place very long. I had a moment of insanity (that lasted about 5 minutes) and thought about just letting the house go!! No cleaning, no laundry, nothing!! I thought to myself, "Who could blame you? You've got a baby for Heaven's sake!!" Then....I regained my composure and pushed through!! I told Scotty that I was overwhelmed and couldn't do it all. His solution? A play yard. Simple enough. Then he showed me what a play yard was and I was like, "Absolutely not!! I can't do that to Tanner!! I need to play with him, teach him, interact with him!! Not leave him in this cage just so I can return to the domestic goddess that I used to be!!" So, I dug in deep and decided I can do this! Then a few days later reality set in, I caved, and we went to Walmart and bought the play yard. Wondering what I think about it? O MY GOSH!!! I LOVE IT!!! Go get one, especially if you don't have family around to help out here and there!! I can get stuff done so fast and Tanner really enjoys it. He'll sit in there and play with his toys and books and he's just content. And he needs that time so he can be independent. Scotty gets complete credit for this play yard because I wouldn't have chosen this, but it's a lifesaver!! We use it for Edie too when we're gone so she doesn't have an accident in the house!!