Utah

We went to Utah this weekend to see Nate's grandparents. We did a lot of visiting. Didn't do too much. Saw my friend Annalisa, went to dinner, watched some DVDs, did family pictures. I will post some when I get copies. I got mastitis again while I was there, so I didn't feel great.
Bobbie and Pop gave Tanner & Dallin cowboy hats.
Pop and the boys.
Tanner with Uncles and Dad.
Bobbie feeding Dallin
When we got home our back door was open. I guess the wind blew it open. So our house was about 35 degrees. It took about 4 hours to heat up. Our fish died too, froze to death. So sad. (sorry Aubrey)

This is Tanner lately

He usually loves baths, sometimes wants more than one a day, but his evening baths are stressful these days.

More camera fun

Michaela and I took out the cameras to play around. Jordan, Nate and Tanner were our models. But don't worry Steve, I was sure to get a shot of Michaela (sorry, her face was always behind the camera), and Nate got a picture of me. :)




And a few more artistic ones.

Nemo

Is it ok for a kid to watch the same movie 5 times a week? Tanner loves Nemo and would watch it every day, twice a day, if I let him. Sometimes he cries at a few parts. It's so sweet. He doesn't get that from his dad. I've NEVER seen Nate cry. EVER.

Nate& Dallin

Michaela, my sister-in-law let me play around with her camera. I love it! And I like extreme close ups too.

"Don't be scared, they just do."

A man walked by me with the boys and told me how cute they are, and said, "I'll just warn you, they grow up fast."

I said, "Yeah, that is what scares me."

He chuckled and said, "Don't be scared. They just do."

I've been thinking about what he said all week, and I realized that my fear is just my faith wavering. I often think about the boys' future, and I worry so much! We had a discussion at church about our responsibilities as parents and many faithful women still have rebellious kids. I appreciated this mans thought provoking words that reminded me I need to have faith and do my best, and God will do the rest.

It's official

We took Tanner to an allergist today to be tested for 56 common allergies. He is severely allergic to peanuts. And get this, moderately allergic to tobacco. Lucky us, our boy won't be a smoker. And we can use him as an excuse to have people not smoke around us. Poor kid though. He had to get stuck in the back 56 times and then deal with the itching and welts. He did really well though. It was a 3 hour appointment. We watched 2 movies. We came home with prescriptions for antihistamines and EpiPens. Hope we won't have to use them. We'll probably get him one of those bracelets that tells about his allergy. He's been fed peanut butter at a babysitters and at nursery, well, they tried to feed it to him. When he gets a whiff of the stuff he looks like he wants to vomit. So, everyone remember not to give Tanner peanuts, okay?

Monkey see, Monkey do

Tanner is going through a copy cat stage. In case you can't tell, that is a breast pump he's playing with.

Digging

He's had a cold, so there is a lot to dig. Yuck

Hilarious, but. . .

I am getting so tired of all the crap put in movies. Saw Baby Mama last night and it was one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time, but the moral of the story seemed to be "You don't need to be married to have a baby." I disagree completely. I watched Made of Honor too. Cute, except all the immorality. Geez.

Brothers

I had nothing else to post about, so I am posting pictures of Tanner at about Dallin's age and pictures of Dallin. Tanner is on the left both times, in case you can't tell. So they look a little alike huh? More in the above pics than the ones below, I think.

Yep, it's drool

Have you ever known a kid who drooled enough to soak half his shirt in an about an hour?

You do now.

Zoo

The zoo was free this week, so of course we had to go.

Grateful

At the park another mom told me how happy Tanner is, and I felt so grateful. Even though he has "terrible two" moments he's a joy to be around. What more could a mother want for her kids than happiness. It's sad that he'll have to grow up and experience the sadness of our world, but I am so thankful we know what brings lasting happiness. So even when his childhood innocence is gone and hard life comes at him he can still be happy.

Dallin pictures

Alicia took some pictures of Dallin. Once again she did a great job.

Giggles

Dallin's been laughing for us when we tickle him. It is so sweet. I could listen to him laugh all day. Tanner is getting more interested in Dallin since he can get him to laugh.

Oh boy was I mad

Tanner took a ball point pen to our leather couch. Isn't it hilarious that even though I was so steaming mad I still paused to take a picture for the blog? Luckily I scrubbed it off quick enough that I got it off. I actually love leather with kids because it wipes up so easily.

All of us

Dallin is looking chubbier, but it is really just all in the cheeks. If you click on the picture to see it larger, you will see how sapphire blue Dallin's eyes are. They are gorgeous.

Poor quality picture of Nate and Tanner, but I think it is precious.

Scared

I got this funny ring tone that scares Tanner. Here is a quick video. It kind of looks like a horror movie since it is such a dark video.