Tanner's ticklish

He's had a bit of a cold, that is why all the snorting.

Cutie

Tanner used to hate lying on his stomach, but we have been putting him on it more so he can exercise his neck muscles. He is learning to like it, and is getting strong. He prefers to sit proped against a pillow or in someone's lap than lying on the floor now

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Just a few pictures

Caught Tanner mid sneeze.

Bobble head

Tanner still has a hard time holding up his head. It just sort of wobbles around, and since it is so heavy, his whole body goes with it. He tries so hard though.

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. It was nice to be as a family for 4 whole days!!! We don't get that very often. We went to Paul and Paula's house for dinner and games. We are addicted to the game Sequence. We played it over and over. Last year we started a tradition of going bowling every Thanksgiving, so we went this year. Tracie came with us, she's an amazing bowler--thanks to her 3 semesters of bowling classes. Tanner and Kelly were sick with colds all weekend, but we still had a good time. Kelly made an amazing pumpkin cheese cake with a maple pecan glaze. Nate thinks she needs to sell it and make money. We got all our Christmas shopping done this weekend too. We were together the whole time so there are no suprised gifts for us.

Tanner watching Zorro

He was really getting into the movie. He loves to watch TV. We try not to let him too much though.

Tanner's first cold :(

This was right after a sneeze.

Cutest laugh!

3 Months Old

Tanner's first snow day.

Tanner doesn't like the cold as you can see from his expression. He gasps every time we take him out in it. So we got him this nifty little carseat cover to keep the cold out.

Mullet head

Looks like we have a little Joe Dirt.

Tanner talking back

Tootin' Tanner

I can believe I caught this on video!

Tanner talking to his dad

Halloween

Tanner kickin'

Tanner is pretty active. He loves to kick, especially on his changing table. It makes changing his diaper hard sometimes.

Shots

Tanner did pretty good with his shots, so did Mom. I didn't have to hold him down, thank goodness. I just sat behind the nurses. They were kind of cold. I guess you kind of have to be mean to make babies cry for a living. But they hardly said a word to me, not even hello. As they left one said, "Wow he has a set of lungs." The other said, "See ya in a couple months." (Yeah so she can enjoy doing it all over again.) He only cried for a minute, but later he didn't like getting a diaper change, as you can see in the picture. I think when I took off his pants it rubbed the spots where he was stuck. Poor kid.

Reading

Tanner enjoys being read to. We want him to learn to love reading.

Cute Tanner

Reunion

While in Utah Nate got to see his budy Cade from Arizona. He is going to BYU and we visited him during the football game half time.

BYU Game

We went to the BYU Homecoming game. It was our first family vacation with Tanner. He slept through most of it (Kelly would have liked to—football isn’t really her thing). BYU won by the way. 52-7

Kelly's haircut

Kelly had the urge to get a hair cut last week, so she went to the salon practically in the moment she got the urge to have it done (otherwise she probably would have talked herself out of it). She thinks it makes her look a little too old, but overall we like it. As soon as Kelly walked out of the salon a lady complimented her on her hair, so it must not look too bad.

Uncles

Tanner had fun with his uncles when we went to Utah. He got to meet Braden & Jordan. Matt wanted to play rough with Tanner and hold him upside down by his ankles. We decided since Tanner can’t even hold his head up on his own it wouldn’t be a good idea.

Tanner

Tanner is starting to smile. We’ve noticed he smiles and giggles the most when we brush his hair or when he lies on his changing table.

At his last appointment he was weighed and measured, and he was 8 pounds 12 ounces, and 22 inches long. That puts him in the 25th percentile for weight and the 75th percentile for height. Looks like we may have a future basketball player.