Tom's First Father's Day

Ok... so this post is a little late!  But, Tom was able to celebrate his first Father's Day this year!  (I kind of was able to celebrate Mother's Day too... we went to the hospital on Mother's Day and Tanner was born the next day!)

Anyway, here are a few pictures from that day!  I sure do love my Boys!

 Tanner waiting patiently for Mommy to get ready to take him to his first day of church on Father's Day!

 Tanner and Daddy... wearing matching ourfits!!!  Don't they both look so handsome in that color?!?!

Tanner taking a nap with Daddy!

Videos of Tanner!

Tanner hanging out on his new play mat!  Love the smile about 1 minute into the video!!!  What a fun little man!

Sitting up in his new Bumbo chair!!!  He's almost 7 weeks old!  He didn't love it, but he does really well holding his head up!

Big Smiles!

We finally got a good picture of Tanner smiling!  For the last week or so he has really been smiling a lot and trying to talk to us! He is such a fun little guy!  Normally we can't get a good picture once he notices the camera... He's a little camera shy!  But we finally got a great one!

Just a few things... more for me, so I don't forget them!

* Tanner really started "Social Smiling" on June 21st!  He was interacting with us and giving us big smiles and even cooing and trying to talk!!!  

* A few days before he was 7 weeks old, we put him in his Bumbo chair!  I think is was still a little to tiny for it, but he has been doing so well at holding his head up that we thought we'd try it out!  He didn't love it, but he did really well in it!

*  Since he was really young, Tanner has been very aware of his surroundings!  He is very alert and really focuses his eyes on things and people and he is responding to hearing voices and even his name!

Tanner is 1 month old!

I can not believe that my sweet baby is 1 month old already! Time is flying right by! He is such a good baby! He is getting so big, so fast! 

 We took Tanner to the doctor the other day and the doctor says he is growing great and looks really healthy! When Tanner was born he was 7lb 6oz and 20 inches and we took him to the pediatrician when he was 3 days old and he was down to 6lb 9oz. He had us supplement a little bit and the next day he was up to 6lb 15oz. Now he weighs 8lb 12oz and is 21 inches long! The doc said he is in the 30th percentile for weight and height! And the 99th percentile for IQ! ;) 

Some fun/interesting things I want to remember...

• Tanner has started to smile, a little bit. We've gotten a few out of him! And he gave a big smile the other day when I put him in front of a picture of Christ! So sweet!
• Tanner loves bath time!!! He gets so relaxed in the water! It's so sweet! He is getting too big for the kitchen sink, so we've been bathing him in his little bathtub and he loves it! A few times now, Daddy will get in the big tub with him and he loves that even more because he can be in the water more! The other night they were bathing together and we had just gotten done washing Tanner when he started to "toot" a little! We laughed, but Tom wanted me to hurry and get him out before he did more that just make bubbles! Well, we didn't quite make it and Tanner did his business in the water! It was so funny! Needless to say, Daddy had to take a shower after his bath!
• We had our first "Diaper Blow-out" the other night! Tom was holding him when he filled is pants and he wanted to change him right away. Tanner is a very loud little boy, if you know what I mean, and it always sounds like more than it really is! I told him he should probably wait a few minutes so we could make sure he was really done! Tom said that it felt like a lot and that it was really warm! Haha! Well, he blew out all over his clothes! Then the next morning, I was feeding him and he threw up ALL OVER me and him! Tom came in and cleaned Tanner up while I took a bath. A while later I hear, "Oh No!!!" Tanner had peed through his diaper and clothes and soaked Tom! Seriously soaked him and there was even a puddle in the rocking chair! What a morning! We went through 3 outfits before it was even 10:30 in the morning!
• Tanner has started to not like sleeping on his back. He hates being on his tummy when he is awake, so I doubt he'd like to sleep that way. He takes a lot of his naps in the swing and he sleeps most of the night in his bouncer chair. Sometimes he'll last a few hours on his back if the is on a pillow. Silly boy! At least he is sleeping pretty well at night! The first few weeks he was sleeping 4-5 hours at a time at night, and then the last week or so he'd wake every 2 1/2-3 hours. But the last few nights he has been back to 4-5! 

We absolutely love being this little guy's parents! He has brought so much joy into our lives! We waiting so long for him to come to us and we went through a lot to get him here - and we couldn't be more happy to have him in our lives!

Picture Update (overload!)

Here are a bunch of recent pictures! We love him more and more every day! I wanted to jot down a few little fun/funny things... Since he was less than a week old, he has been sleeping 4-5 hours at night, waking to eat and then sleeping for several more hours! We have been spoiled! He is a very gassy baby! Everyone in town can hear his little toots or when he fills his pants! The other night, in fact, it was right after I took the picture of him in his little orange outfit, Tom and Tanner were sitting on the couch, Tanner sleeping, and he filled his pants... very loudly! It startled him awake and it scared Tom. I thought he was going to throw Tanner off his lap he jump so high! Oh how I wish I had it on video! The other day and night, he was really having a rough time. I think he had a tummy ache and he was pretty upset. I tried everything I could think of and nothing was working. We have a bunch of the normal binkies and some soothies, and he'll take them occasionally, but he doesn't love them. As I was praying to know what to do, the thought came to my head to try the other kind, Mams, with the fatter nipple part. So the next day I picked some up and guess what... He loves it!!! What a blessing! Tanner is such a joy! We love him so much and we love being his parents! We've been wanting this for so long, some days I have to remind myself that it's real! He is such an answer to prayers and our dream come true!!! 

He is about a week old in this picture. 

  This is him "waking up" so we could take a bath!!! 

2 weeks old. What a handsome little man! 

  Chilling in his jammies! 

  He is about 2 1/2 weeks here. I think this is the first picture that I realized... he doesn't look like a "newborn" anymore. It makes me kind of sad! 

  "Check out my muscles!" 

  Playing with Daddy! 

  Tanner LOVES taking a bath! We usually bathe him in the kitchen sink, but this time he got in the big tub! He just always looks so relaxed when he's in the water! 

  Wrapped in his towel, after he pooped in the bath water! It was pretty funny!

  This was our "offical" first walk. I say that because it was the first walk that he actually stayed in the stroller the whole time! Which was good, because usually Tom would have to carry him and this night Tom was at work, so it was just Tanner and I! Oh, and right after I took this picture and covered Tanner back up... a bird pooped on the stroller! It would have landed right on Tanner! What a night!

  Tanner and Daddy in matching outfits! 

  I actually had him in a similar blue outfit earlier in the day that I wanted Tom to see him in... but he puked several times and completely covered himself... from head to toe. He got 2 baths that day! 

 I've seen several people do something similar to this and I had a friend suggest it to me... but I'm going to take a picture of Tanner in the same chair each week until he is a month and then every month until he is a year old. 

1 week old 

  2 weeks old 

  3 weeks old

Tanner's Photo Shoot!

A good friend of mine came over when Tanner was a week old and took some pictures of him! She did such a great job, especially considering Tanner really wanted nothing to do with having his picture taken!

Birth Announcement!

Finally got Tanner's Birth Announcements done and in the mail! Here is what they look like! We sure love this little man!