Thursday, July 9, 2009

Curb Appeal

Each year we've added a little here and there to the outside of our house, but this year we decided we really needed a little something extra!! Every time we would weed the flower beds it would take us forever because of our stinkin' Bermuda grass!! I hate that stuff!! I wanna Round Up our whole yard!! Anyway....we decide that we needed a barrier so we agreed to get some rocks to line the beds!! Now, Scotty is very dedicated to his job and it requires a lot of him. I'm so proud of how hard he works, but because he's been soooo busy, all the "we's" above really meant "me's"!! Let me just tell ya...if you've got some pent up anger just yank out your Bermuda!!

So here's how the story went: I was in the flower bed weeding and me and Scotty were in mid-discussion about the barrier when he had to go inside and take care of Tanner. While he was gone I just dug my heels in and made a trench around our flower bed. I was almost finished when he came out and saw all my progress and had a melt down. His idea of barrier was visquine and my idea was rocks!! So that was a little hitch in our get up but it all worked out in the end!! Our neighbors Nichole and Jonathan used to do landscaping so we called them over to help with our dilemma (actually they did lots of reassuring Scotty!!) And then the next day while Scotty was at work, Nichole helped me with the rocks!!

We loaded up the rocks in Nichole's Tahoe!! Tanner loved to stand up while we were riding around the rock yard!!


He took a nap while most of the dirty work was goin' on, but I put him in the Exersaucer to get the job finished!! Most of the time Tanner terrorizes Edie, but they're best friends when he's got food to share!!


Me & Nichole had to take a short break for a picture!! Who said this was man's work?


I love how the rocks looked when we got finished and thankfully Scotty was pleased when he got home from work!! I think we'll be taking lots of cute pictures on these rocks!!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Tanner's Baby Dedication


We dedicated Tanner at Wynndale Baptist Church on Mother's Day!! There's never been a question of whether or not we will raise Tanner in a Christian home, but making a promise to God in front of a congregation just makes it official!! Kinda like a wedding!! The fact that it was on Mother's Day was just an added bonus!! We thank God every day for the special gift that Tanner is to us!!

Mother's Day


This year was my first Mother's Day with Tanner and we went to Jackson to celebrate. Before Tanner was born everybody told me that babies changed your life and he has!! He's the best thing that's ever happened to me and Scotty and I love being Tanner's mom!! Thanks, TAD for making my life so special!! You mean the world to me!! Love you!!

Tanner's 1st Hair Cut

About 2 weeks before Mother's Day Tanner had his first hair cut and he did really well!! I thought we took more pictures of the actual cutting but it was video so here's some before and afters!! Hope you enjoy!!
Look at how wild that hair is in this before shot!! He looks like a little renegade!!
What a big boy sitting in that chair!! Actually, I had to hold him while his hair was being cut!!
Kristen, my soon to be sis-in-law, gave him his first haircut!!
He got a popsicle for doing such a great job!! Now he looks like a little boy instead of a baby!!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Total Loser

I think I've decided that I'm officially a loser in the blog-o-sphere. I pretty much just need a big L on my forehead!! I look at other people's blogs and they have all these links to their friends on the side. I feel like everybody's got like 87 blogs going down the side and I've got like 2!! I can't tell you how many people I've run into that say "Oh I saw blah, blah, blah, on your blog" or some will say, "Oh my friend said she saw on your blog that...." So if you look at my blog or follow me, PLEASE let me know so I can add you to my blog roll!!! I don't know how to search for people (not to mention I wouldn't even know who to search for!!) but I need some friends!!! Now, what's really gonna be sad is if nobody responds!! I guess then that will mean I'm officially a loser!!

Friday, June 26, 2009

A Big Fan of the Highchair

Tanner LOVES his highchair!! Possibly because he knows that means he's gonna get food and trust me this boy loves to eat!! But I just thought these were cute so I had to share them with you!! Look how excited he is in the 2nd one!!





Le Bonheur 2009


Scotty's residency program requires him to do 2 months of pediatric training at LeBonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis. You hafta stay a month at a time and most people really dread it. It's a good rotation and you learn a lot, but everybody's ready to come back home!! Me and Tanner went with Scotty so we could all still be together!! We had a good time, but were definitely ready to get back!! It's not the best area of town so me and Tanner stayed in the apartment a lot but when Scotty was off we did try to at least go out to eat and most of the time it was Moe's - imagine that!! I didn't do the best job of taking pictures, but this was the view from out apartment window!! Needless to say we watched lots of sunsets!!