Birthdays

Will and I both had our birthdays last week. His was a little more exciting than mine! He turned the big 1 on Jan 7. I can't believe I have a toddler! We had his birthday party at the rec center and went swimming with friends. It was alot of fun. As we were driving to the rec center, we passed by the hospital where he was born. It was so weird to remember that a year ago, we were in there. It's just amazing how much he's changed from last Jan 7 to this Jan 7. He's started walking and loves to walk between David and I. He's got 3 teeth and the fourth just broke through. He laughs, smiles and "talks" all the time. He's extremily curious and will remember something even if you try to hide it! He's such a joy and I can't remember what life was like without him!

Jan 7, 2009

Before the cupcakeI love frosting!!Is there something on my face? What about my chest?

Rockin' New Year

We spent NYE at our friend's house. They live near us and have a son, Wyatt, who is a month younger than Will. There were 6 other couples there. The party started at 4pm and went until the wee hour of 8pm. Will had a great time playing with everyone and David and I had fun talking with friends.

Will would laugh hysterically when I would blow the horn at himThe daddiesThe mommies (with one brave daddy who came alone!)

Will's first Christmas

We survived our first holiday season as parents! We had a wonderful Christmas in Oklahoma. Wouldn't you know that we leave sunny Colorado and head to Oklahoma where they get a blizzard for the first time in 7 years!! But even with the snow, we had a great time. Everyone was in town except Meagan and Rhett (but they were having fun in Turkey so don't feel bad for them!). Some of the highlights of our trip were: awesome flights, Tulsa aquarium, Southern Hills Christmas party, Snowmaiden playgroup, spending time with family, eating!, getting snowed in on Christmas morning, celebrating Will and Cate's birthdays.

The fam at the aquariumBefore going to Southern HillsOur little man Huge Christmas tree at SHCCMeeting Santa with Cate and DrewChristmas eveChristmas dayCousinsHe wasn't too sure about the cupcake at first. Grammie made it red to look like ElmoI need more cake!Get this off my head Daddy!

First Christmas party

Will and I attended our first Mommy & Me Christmas party today. We had so much fun! Each person brought a gift and the kiddos were able to choose one to take home. Will's gift was books which is perfect because we love to read!

Sharing with his buddy Wyatt

Some of the boys. Out of 13 kids, there was only one girl!Chef Will

Santa

Santa came early to the Tanner household. We are traveling to Oklahoma this weekend and I didn't want to have to ship gifts home so we had our family Christmas on Sunday. I gave David a few shirts and he gave me a gps for the car. Will got lots of fun new toys. Grammie sent him the Fisher Price barn. He loves to chew on the animals and open the silo door. We gave him some shirts, a Fisher Price airplane, and the Fisher Price Laugh n' Learn home. He loves the home! David bought Will a special soccer ball and some cars. Boys can't live without their cars!

Ding, dong! Anyone home?

Opening presents is fun!

How big is Will? So big!Farmer Will

Pictures

Christmas tree
I love Christmas!

Let me get this ball for you Daddy.

Wow, what is this thing?!

I didn't touch the tree!!

Will and Brandon

Tasting his first cookie. He licked all the sprinkles off and dropped the cookie.

Us at Santa's House

Baby pool party!!

11 months old!

Will is 11 months old! Only 4 more weeks until we have a toddler!! Oh my...

He's been very mobile the past few weeks. He has the army crawl down pat and is working on crawling on his knees. He'll do it for a few crawls and then collaspe onto his tummy from all the work. The other day he actually took a few steps on his own although David thinks he was just throwing himself at me. I'm guessing he'll be walking in no time! (I'm not ready for that!!). Will loves to play with his friends and we are fortunate enough to be able to see friends everyday. Yesterday we had a playdate and everyone had a great time playing in the ball pit. Will still enjoying listening to books although it's very hard to get him to sit still long enough to finish a whole book. There's just too much to see and do! His third tooth (top front left) is starting to poke through. I'm sure the right one will come in soon after. Will loves to "talk" and chats all the time. Whenever he drops something, he says "uh" instead of "uh-oh". I guess that counts as his first word as he's saying it with meaning and knows what it means.

I took Will to see Santa last week....huge FAIL as he was terrified of him and screamed the whole time Santa held him. I felt bad for Santa but I'm sure he is used to crying babies!

I'm in the process of planning his first birthday party. We are going to rent a room at the rec center and go swimming. Don't worry it's an indoor pool :)

We are off to Tulsa on the 19th for Christmas. So excited!!

Such a big boy!!
Okay, you got your picture...I'm outta here!
I can't believe I'm almost one year old....