Sorry, not much going on

Boy, I am really slowing down on this blog. Sorry if you keep checking and there isn't anything new. Guess not much is going on. I stay plenty busy, just not anything interesting enough to report. I am keeping busy with Relief Society stuff and trying to enjoy the last few nice days of the year before the icky coldness sets in.

My parents are coming to visit this weekend. Mostly to see their new grandson, Joel. So it will be fun to have them around for a couple days.

We have to get new tires soon, so if anyone has any recommendations on where to get them, I will take them. I HATE shopping around for stuff like tires.

Not much happening with Tanner, he hasn't started walking still! He's been throwing tantrums though. He's getting over a very snotty cold, thank goodness.

Nate is back in school and slowly getting back into the swing of things. He'll do great, as usually. This semester he got $850 in scholarships. We are soooo grateful. It is practically his last semester since next semster he will only take 3 credits and do his internship. He's about to submit all of his grad school applications, so pray for us please.

Tomorrow Alicia, my walking partner and the one who has taken some of the cute black and white pictures of Tanner that are on the blog, is taking family pictures for us. I am excited to get some new ones. I will post those as soon as we get them. Hopefully tomorrow. So be sure to check back.

Just for fun. Tanner as a newborn

Tanner as a 1 year old. Can't even tell it is the same kid.

Hugs

Tanner loves to give hugs to other kids. It is pretty cute. Half the time he pushes them over while his is doing it though. This is his friend David, he didn't know what to do, most kids don't, so they just take it and then give him a weird, kind of shocked look.

Forgot the camera

This weekend Nate and I went to Utah and California and we forgot to take the camera. Nate went to California for Jordan and Michaela's wedding, and I went to my friend Annalisa's house for the weekend. I was sad that I couldn't go to the wedding, but I hung out with some high school buddies. We did some shopping, went out to eat and saw Becoming Jane. So I still had a good time. Hopefully we can get pictures of the wedding and some of Utah from family and friends. See the wedding at Mickie's blog (Spence Blog under the Family and Friend's blogs). Their experience was a little different than Nate's. He hung out with his Dad the whole time.

Funny story. Nate put his contacts in a cup for some reason, and his dad used that same cup to fill up the iron and I guess the contacts went in too. So he was blind all day Sunday. At least it was only Sunday, the day he came back. It made traveling difficult. He had to have an escort at the airport. I had to drive home from Utah, and no offence Utahans, but I HATE UTAH DRIVERS!!! They drive WAY too fast and recklessly. So I came home with a huge headache from being so tense.

More Baby Joel

Paula and very sleepy Joel. Paula hates pink, so it is pretty funny seeing her in such a frilly, feminine gown.


Here is a video of Joel (ignore the conversation going on in the background). He is so strong, I couldn't believe how strong his neck was. He is very squirmy and apparently hungry in the video. Newborns are so precious.

We have our first nephew

Paul and Paula had their baby boy today. 8 lbs 8ozs, and 20 or so inches.

Everything happened ridiculously fast. Paul and Paula were at my apartment watching Tanner around noon, and her plug popped out, then her water broke, then contractions came on hard and fast. The called the hospital and they told her to lie down. Well, the contractions got real bad, so they went to the hospital about 1:30p.m. then baby was here about 2:15p.m. or so. Paula will have to correct me if I am wrong. She was fully dialated when she got there so NO EPIDURAL!!! Ouch! Poor thing. She was pretty bummed. It was hard, but fast. Don't know which would be better a long drawn out one with an epidural or an intense fast one without. BUT, Joel Landon Tanner is here and so sweet. He has a really pointy head at the moment, as you can see in the picture.

As I was leaving the hospital I heard some girl screaming, and it was very disturbing. The nurses in the hall were joking about it. How rude. Anyway, check out Paula's blog in in the next few days for her pictures and stories.

Tanner with Great Grandpa Tanner

Grandpa made this rocking horse a long time ago. Tanner loved it.

Water park in Jacksonville

Here is Tanner playing in the water, then on the swings.

Visiting with the Marshalls

Tanner liked playing with Great Grandma Marshall's cane. I don't know why I didn't get any pictures of him with his great grandparents. Here he is with his second cousin, Miguel.

He loves dogs and gets real close to them. He is with Kona here, grandma and grandpa's dog. He reached over and touched Kona's teeth. Kona is kind of afraid of little people.

Fun with the Spences

Hanging out with Uncle Braden
Nate and Kelly at the Famiy Fun Center in the bumper boats. That was so fun, but not long enough. We also hit some balls at the batting cages. Then Tanner was too tired, so we left.

Saying good bye to Grandpa.

Grandpa Spence bought him some cute clothes for his birthday. I will take pictures of them and post them sometime. The bright green polo in some of the other pictures was one thing.

Celebrating again

We had another party for Tanner with family in Oregon. He actually didn't eat any of the yummy cake that Aunt Tracie made for him.

He was pretty tired, as you can tell by the look on his face. He was lying on the table next to Aunt Kris, and don't know what Young Sook is to him; she is my aunt. Does that make her his great aunt?

Yummy Plum

Tanner surprises me with what he eats. He won't eat bite-size pieces of anything but cereal, but he will eat a whole plum.

Not much going on

Tanner pulled himself up to standing for the first time yesterday. Don't know what is taking him so long to walk or even show interest in it. No big deal really though.

He likes to have our attention even when he can't see us. This is the bathroom door. Imagine sitting on the pot and seeing his little fingers appear underneath the door. It is pretty funny.

We found Tanner like this this morning. Bad angle for his double chin.

It is Nate and my 2 year anniversary this Sunday. HD and Brittany offered to watch Tanner. He loves hanging out with them, and pretty much anyone. He must have skipped the stranger anxiety stage.

Happy Birthday Tanner!

So, Tanner is 1 today. We didn't do any big party or anything just made a cake and had Paul and Paula over. No presents, just his car seat that we got a couple weeks ago. He won't remember or care anyway. I know, I am boring, Paula already told me, but oh well.
Tanner touched the ice cream and found it was cold so I decided to just skip using the hands,






but then he had a hard time, we so he just sucked it up and used them.


All done!

New Trick

My pork & beans boy

Always a mess letting him eat by himself.

Oh

no! not the hair!

Easiest way to clean up

He loves bath time. It is the only time he will drink from a cup on his own.

Dish washer

Like I said last time he even dances to the dishwasher. Here is a little video.


He got a little carried away and started banging his head, ignore my snort, I was trying to hold in a laugh.

Boppin'

Tanner dances to just about anything. This was the TV. He dances to the hymns at church, even the swishing of the dishwasher. It is pretty cute. He will stop if people start laughing or give him lots of attention. I took him to a work meeting and my boss's cell went of 3 times and it was an upbeat song. He danced to it everytime. Then after the meeting, he brought in a group of my co-workers and had someone call his phone just to watch him dance.

More Arizona

Tanner meeting Mitzi and Lexi. That is an apron on Mitzi, not a crazy skirt.

Nate and Tanner hanging out on the porch. We spent a lot of time out there just relaxing and chatting.
Tanner playing with the big boys. Tanner got a lot of attention. He had to "detox" from an overdose of attention when we got home. He had a hard couple of days when we got home.
Tanner with Pop.

We went for a bike ride and Tanner came along. He rod behind Matt. It was funny because we got on a dirt road and Matt said he looked back and little pebbles were pelting Tanner in the face. He didn't seem too bothered by it. I think he is used to getting hit in the face by sprinklers when we go for walks around the neighborhood.

Some of Arizona

Tanner with MeMama
Nate on a hike that I wish I went on. I stayed home with Tanner. Guess it was a pretty intense.
See all the dust? I guess we came during a big dust storm in Phoenix so there was dust all over.

The sunset is beautiful in Arizona. I fell in love with the place when we were there. Only thing I hated was the bugs.

Hanging out with Mitzi and Dan on the porch watching the "kids" (Matt, Dustin, Braden, Eric)play on bikes and stuff.