12 Months Old

Our little man is 1! I can't believe it. I feel like I had him just a few months ago and all his babyness is still so new. He has been the best baby and we have enjoyed his first year so very much. We are so sad to see him grow up into a toddler! Jeff and I always kid around, but we really wish we could stop him from growing! We would really keep him this small if we could.

Here are a couple pictures of our little guy on his actual birthday!

Grandma and grandpa were helping me keep him still and making him laugh for me! Papa always does such a good job! Tanner is IN LOVE with my dad and when he is around he wants nothing to do with us! Little stinker!
This month in review:
Still taking 2 naps and sleeping all night. Even with all of the moving and readjusting he has not made a peep at night or during nap time!
I think I have a Jeffrey baby! He was so picky at the beginning of the month. He wanted to eat, he didn't want to eat. He wanted milk, he didn't want milk. So frustrating. I think he's figured it out though. He has been a really good eater for the last week and a half.
I stopped nursing him on the 12th of June.
Took 3 steps on the 11th of June and officially started walking on Monday the 20th.
this month we has been saying Hi or Hey to people as they pass. Just some other words he says or it sounds like he's saying: there, that and bye bye.
Jeff and I say this all the time, but we think Jackson is pretty smart. We say the same thing about Tanner. I know everyone says this about their kid/kids, but I think they are pretty darn smart.
Jeff was helping Jt put on his socks and shoes the other day and Tanner crawled right over and started helping him. Literally picked up the shoe and tried to put it on Jts foot. He just does some strange things for a 1 yr old. He puts his toys back, plays roll back (started this when he could sit up) and can already throw a ball. Crazy!!! Very observant!

Hopefully he get my athleticism and Jeff's brains!

I hope you've enjoyed his monthly updated and pictures! I am going to miss doing them!

TaNnEr'S 1sT BiRtHdAy

I know...I know... Time flies when you have 2 kids. I feel like we are running behind time, but the time just keeps speeding up.

We had Tanner's 1st birthday at home with our families. It was nice to just have the family and visit before we left for Oregon. I tried to make it as simple as possible, but not feel like I was taking away from T. I don't think it's fair that Jt got all the perks and T gets the shaft.

I didn't go all out for a cake. I made these adorable cake pops and cake cones. I follow this blog called Bakerella and I also have her book that has some great creations for all events. I chose to do the ice cream cake pops. Xnay the ice cream! They turned out great and everybody loved them, but said they were really sweet.

Here's our little birthday boy! He was so cute and wore this hat all day! I was worried about the price and thought I can't believe I am buying this and he won't even wear it! Well, he did and loved it!
Had to have our family picture! This is as good as it gets for this event!

After opening all of his gifts he sat on this particular one and he probably could have played with it for hours. When I pulled him off to do the cake smash he screamed. He was literally mad and threw a fit!


Once he saw the candle he was happy!

Oh did he love it!

mmmmmmmmm.......

I think I'm full....

We had a great time and we are so glad we got to see everyone and share this day with them. Tanner had a great time and loves all of his gifts. He really needed them. All he played with were Jts toys. Now he has his own and likes them a lot.

He sure is a blessing and we love him dearly.

Random Photos From This Month

This month is and has been so busy that I'm not to sure if I can update all of the posts that I wanted to do. So, I am doing this long one with just a few descriptions of the pictures.

As I am going down my list of posts, I have been wanting to share these park pictures with you the most. Like I have said before, I have been playing around with my setting and when I'm not to sure what I'm doing some good ones pop up and I get super excited.

Here we go!

Jackson being a goof ball while heading out to play at the park!

Tanner love, love, loves this little rocker. If he's super quiet, I just have to look in his room and he's playing in it!

Sweet little face! I can't even tell you how much I adore this little guy.
Another one of his favorites! His airplane mobile that he has to touch every time he wakes up from a nap. I think he likes the color red.

My BIG baby! I can not believe how tall and grown up he is starting to look.

He is so handsome and boy does he love his daddy these days.

Here are my little experiment pictures. I think the natural light pictures are so much better, but my hands are more shaky then still most of time. So most of my pictures are blurry. I hate that!!!!

Here is Jt playing in the nasty pond water. He looks so cute standing on this rock! He thought he was pretty cool too.

I just happened to take this shot after seeing the light hitting the rock. Amazing to see the after picture. I'm no photographer, but love taking pictures and seeing the after shot you think won't be so good.

This is also very pretty. I did play around with the lighting, but thought the standard looked better.

This is by far my favorite!

Hopefully I can get some good nature shot of Oregon and share them with you too.

Jackson's New BIG Boy Bike

Finally a bike for our 4 year old who was supposed to get one for his 4th birthday! Well, we spent to much on the party and thought he could wait with all of the other gifts he got. Well, my mom thought it was time so she went and bought him one! Thank you mom/grandma! Jackson thought from the time we brought it home that dad would take off the training wheels and he was going to ride it all by himself.

He learned that it wasn't that easy and after not watching where he was going.........

It was probably a good idea to keep them on a lot longer until he got the hang of it! If you don't know Jackson very well, well he is balls to wall kind of kid. No fear isn't even a word for him.

Papa helping him up and brushing him off after his little spill.
And he was off again! Yes, he has a helmet. We literally took the bike out of the truck and he jumped on!

Now that we are in Oregon we need to find some flat ground and let him ride it. All hills over here and I ended up pushing him and a stroller home the day we got here. That was not fun!

Will Update Soon.....

As most of you know we are moving out of state again for some more training. I have lots to blog about and can't wait to share with you:
Jackson's new BIG boy bike
Tanner's B'day party
Random photos of us at the park
Jeff's FINI flight photos,
and our new temporary home in Klamath Falls, Oregon!
Stay tuned cause we have a lot to talk about!

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