Monday, September 20, 2010

Tanner's 1st Day of School

On August 12th Tanner had his first day of school at our church Wynndale Baptist. I can't believe what a big boy he is. When we moved back to Jackson, Tanner had a little bit of trouble with the transition and every time we left him in the nursery at church he was just not himself. The girls in the nursery said he wouldn't play with any kids and wanted to be alone. For the first month a nursery worker would take Tanner into the church office to play. This is the kid that loved his friends and playgroup in Tupelo and was completely easy, laid back and low maintenance. So we were a little worried to say the least. A couple of people suggested we try to get him into the Mother's Morning Out program that our church offers to help get him socialized again. After a lot of prayer we tried it out and it has been a God-send. Literally, on the 4th day I dropped him off and he didn't even look back to say good-bye. Sniff, Sniff!! It kinda made me sad, but the happiness for sure outweighed any damage to my ego!!! He's finally back to himself and we're so thankful that God put all these wonderful nursery workers and MMO teachers in our path!!


Eating breakfast before his first big day of school!!

Pictures with Mommy & Daddy!!!


Me & Tanner would swing a lot in the mornings when we were staying with Scotty's parents. So he needed to get in his morning swing before heading out.

The Big Boy getting ready to walk out the door!!!
Blowing kisses to Mommy in the parking lot!!


He was pretty upset when I left him with his teacher. But his teacher never rushed me to leave. She told me just to walk out when I was ready and she would handle the rest. So I finally gave a last squeeze, a quick kiss and some encouraging words and walked back to the car. I could hear him screaming until I walked outside!!!! I got in the car and just prayed for him. It would've helped to know that only 3 more times and he'd love it!!!


Obviously he calmed down because when I went back to get him around noon, he was eating like a big boy and smiled at me when I came into the room.

He's done so great with school and has finally adjusted to his new surroundings and we know the only person responsible for this is God and we are so thankful. Tanner loves school and his teacher, Ms. Ashley, and we can't wait to see what fun things she has in store for him this year!!

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Random

I had serveral random folders that needed to be blogged. They're pictures that have been taken since we moved back that I never got around to. Imagine that!!! Hope you enjoy these random moments from our crazy life!!!
We met Aunt Da (my sister, Amanda) at Chic-fil-A for lunch and she got Tanner some icecream. He's even got a mustache to prove it!!!


Another day we met Granna (my mom) for lunch at El Sombrero.
He loves cheese dip and is very serious about it!!

Playing in the rain at Mimi & PopPop's house.



Movie night with Krissy & Pey Pey.
Tanner loves his Pey Pey!!
One day Tanner, PopPop, Daddy & Peyton were swimming in the pool....
with this little monster!!!!!! Yuck!!!


Testing the water without floaties!!! We still have some work to do!!!!
Baking cookies at Mimi's house.

Tanner & Granna made cupcakes and she let Tanner ice and decorate them all by himself!!! He had so much fun and did a great job!! They were yummy!!!


Tanner took a nap and his hair was outrageously messy. It was so funny!! I wanted a good picture of it, but he would NOT have it so this is as good as it gets!!






He thought it was hilarious to squirt himself in the face with the water bottle!!!




He also loves to play on the hearth and sing songs to an audience!!


We've started introducing the potty to him. I use that term loosely because we NEVER push the issue. I've heard you never wanna potty train too early because then they'll give you a lot of trouble with it. He's started waking up with a dry diaper so we sometimes go to the potty just to see if he'll tee-tee, but he never has. So other times we just sit him up there like this and just talk about it!!
He's a good sport and listens, but he can't hide how he really feels about it!!! It's not really his thing yet!!
One day I couldn't find Tanner and after frantically looking for him, I found him on top of Mimi's table. This is a no-no, but he was sweetly looking at Mimi's flowers and being very gentle with them. He was too cute to fuss at!!

Eating breakfast in our room at Mimi's before church!!
Mimi made a comfy pallet on the ottoman for Tanner to watch TV!!
Tanner curled up in this bucket of blankets to get in a little reading!!
Yummy Snack Time!!


He found PopPop's flashlight!!

Tanner was sick one night and a couple of hours after I put him to bed, I went to check on him and found him sleeping like this. I felt so sorry for him!!!

Eating milk and cookies with PopPop!!
He loves to wear hats!!



Being silly with Granny!!

Waiting to eat that yummy watermelon at Granna's!!

Tanner loves to ride the lawnmower!!



After a long day of playing, Tanner and his cousin, Miller, needed a bath!!!



Tanner laying on his Spiderman couch with Spidey!!