Just me and my Dad !

I like being with my dad!

He lets me lay on him and poke him in the belly, and he makes weird noises that make me laugh. He lets me play with things that mom doesn't let me play with and he gives me all sorts of yummy treats. Yep! I love my Dad!

Tanner at a Year

Happy 1st Birthday Tanner!

Tanner was born on December 25 2010

Having a Christmas baby was pretty great. I know it inconvenienced some people that we wanted to celebrate his birthday on Christmas, but it is important to me that we did and we will always do something for him on this day. I also thought that even though some people don't celebrate Tanner's birthday a lot of people get caught up in the commercialism of Christmas and don't celebrate Christ's birthday either.

We had a little Monster birthday party for him. I made 2 cakes that looked exactly alike. My Aunt took some pictures of him on the 24th with the first cake and we used the second cake at his birthday party. Tanner didn't really know what was going on but he loved being by his cousins and he loved the BYU jersey we got for him.

Tanner loves the books he got too.

A Year at a Glance:

Tanner has learned to Stand up and walk around things

He doesn't walk on his own but he walks around on his knees to get places

He does great going up the stairs, but hesitates a bit when he's going down them

He loves poking people in the belly button and then clapping after. He thinks it's funny

He can say Ma Ma, Da Da, Ba ba (Bottle), Ho Ho Ho, Baaa (Sheep noises), Stinky, Baby, Ball,

He shakes his head for No

He loves smiling and gives us the goofiest faces

He's traveled a lot this last year and has seen Moab to visit his Uncle James, To Colorado for his Great Grandma Bonnie's family reunion, and to Wyoming and Bear River lodge with his mom's family.

He eats most anything that we give him and many things that he just finds on the floor.

He has recently discovered that the toilet is the best place to play

He has 3 1/2 teeth - two on the bottom and 1 1/2 on the top

He loves music and loves to dance to it.

He doesn't watch a lot of TV but he does like to watch Sesame street and recognizes Elmo

We've been teaching him to fold his arms when we bless the food and have family pray and actually does it for a few seconds before he unfolds his arms.

We are so glad to have Tanner in our Family. Happy Birthday.

Meeting Santa

Tonight was the Gerber Christmas party and Tanner's 1st time meeting Santa.

Nope- He didn't like it one bit. He screamed and when Santa left and started coming in Tanner's direction he cried again. There's just something about that Jolly old man.

November Happenings

This last week we were able to celebrate the marriage of Dan's sister Amber to Lonnie Brown. We're excited to have him in our family and the wedding turned out great. Congratulations you guys.

This is my 85th wedding cake. I think it turned out great. Amber said that she only wanted a few things for her wedding and this cake was one of them. She loved it.

On the 12th we celebrated my mom's 55th birthday. We had a little family dinner and opened presents. Mom loves pumpkin pie- thanks to Missy for getting the dessert.

Tanner gave his grandma a Lego game. She has most of the other ones so we thought that we'd add to her collection. Happy Birthday Mom!

Monday my dad had shoulder surgery. He's been having problems with his shoulder for a while- years and years and the doctor finally said that he needed a new one. They replaced the ball joint with a metal one that bolted into the bone and a plastic socket for it to sit in. They also had to re-attach a muscle. He'll have to wear the sling for 6 weeks and do a lot of therapy but eventually he'll be able to use his shoulder again.

Halloween

This was Tanner's first Halloween and I think he had a great time. We finally got our pumpkin carved and Tanner loved playing in the bowl of pumpkin guts.

We had 5 pumpkins this year. Our biggest pumpkin weighed 82 lbs and the smallest one about 65 lbs.

I didn't have time to make my costume so I ended up just being Raggedy Ann - a costume I had from a couple of years ago. Tanner was a big hit being a Penguin. Everyone thought he was so cute.

Our Costumes: Dad- a Muggle from Harry Potter, Mom- a glow in the dark Butterfly, Logan- a bush, Tyler- a stick figure, Amber- a pirate wench, Tanner- Penguin and Rach- Raggedy Ann.

And Tanner counting his spoils from Trick or Treating.

Random Tannerness

When I grow up maybe I'll be like my Uncle Markus and be an Orthodontist.

Well- maybe not. Especially if I get my fingers bit

I wonder if this licorice tastes good?

It does!

Do you know how many Naga's it took to make my chair?

I guess we'll never know.

I sure do like Conference Bingo. Someday my mom will give me little candies instead of Cheerios.

Climbing Stairs

Dan and I were outside talking and we left Tanner in the family room. The next thing we knew the door was moving. Tanner climbed the stairs by himself. We'll have to watch him closer.