Tanner's Blessing Day

I have a lot of catching up to do on this blog!!!  We had a crazy busy, but totally awesome Summer and we had a lot of pictures and stories!

But this quick post is just about Tanner's Blessing Day!  We decided to have him blessed in Utah this Summer so both of our families could be there and it was a great day!  Tom gave Tanner a very sweet blessing!  And it was so great having these people stand in the circle with him:  Both of our fathers, my Grandpa Mecham and Grandpa Carter, my brother Jason and Brother in law Brett, and Tom's brother Jay and his 2 Brothers in law Daniel and Kris!

We went back to my parent's house for brunch and had fun just hanging out with everyone and visiting!

Tanner Loel Cahoon

Blessed in Morgan, UT on Sunday, August 12, 2012

Tom's little Brother, Eddie, has a little boy, Richard, and he is about 5 months older than Tanner.  He is quite a bit bigger than Tanner, and we just had to get a picture of them together!

Tom's older Brother, Jay, and Brother in law, Kris, with their "babies"too!!!  Never a dull moment and always a good laugh when these guys are around!

Tanner is 2 Months Old!

Time is flying by so quickly!  It seems like just yesterday we brought Tanner home and now he is 2 months old!  He is getting to be so fun.... smiling and "talking" more and that is so much fun... but it makes me sad, too, how fast he is growing up!
At his 2 Month "Well Baby Checkup" he weighed 10lbs 10oz and is 23 inches long and 39cm around his head!  He is now in the 50th percentile for height and 25th for weight and head circumference.  Long and skinny!

Our 2 Month Old Little Man!!!

Trying out his new carrier! (Look at that sweet little face!)

As I was going through pictures, I realized that I had forgotten to post a bunch of pictures, so here they are!

Tanner's first holiday... the 4th of July!

He was eating one day and I looked down and he had his little hand in the "I Love You" sign!  So cute!

Doesn't this smile just melt your heart?!?!

Just chilling with Daddy!

Enjoying his bath!

Puppy towel!

This is how I found him one day in his swing!

We laughed at this picture because Tom had taken several and he looks like he is saying "Ok Daddy! One more picture, but no more!" LOL! 

Just swinging!

The other night after he ate, I propped him up and he sat like this and watched TV for almost 10 minutes! Silly boy!

Another silly face when Daddy was snapping lots of pictures!

Another sweet smile!

Grilling With Daddy!

We got a BBQ grill earlier this week and we are loving it!  Tanner even went out and grilled with Daddy tonight!

We have been having some pretty warm days, but it cooled down quite a bit today, so we tried to enjoy the nice weather!

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!