Spring 2011

Woo-hooo! 

They are getting better, right? Nobody is crying and they are ALL happy!

The best gift ever!

I started this post a few days after mothers day.  For some reason it has taken me this long to finish.  Geesh!

This year for mothers day, I got the best gift ever. I guess you can say that it is the gift that keeps on giving. Tanner decided that he is finally ready to wear big boy underwear and get this.....go potty in the big boy potty!! Woooohooooo! We are doing the happy dance here at our house! So do you want to know the trick?

So here is how it went down: I was changing his diaper the other night.  We have the same conversation every time of basically me telling him that he is too old to wear diapers and yada, yada, yada.  This night the convo went a bit differently:

Me:  "Tanner, when are you going to start going on the big boy potty?"

T-dog:  "I don't want to."
Me:  "You know what, the Diaper Monster is coming tonight and he is going to be taking all of your
diapers.  He is only leaving diapers for Cohlee."

T-dog:  "Does the Diaper Monster bite?"

Me:  "Um....yes!!!  If you go potty in your underwear, he will bite your bum."

T-dog:  "I want to wear underwear right now"

Me:  "No, its ok.  You are going to bed and he won't be here until tomorrow."

The next day, we put underwear on Tanner, and he didn't have a single accident!!
After a couple days, no accidents and he is a pro!!!  3 kids down, one more to go!!

This kid is hilarious.  Everyone falls in love with him the second they meet him.

 

Pooped!

Took the kids to the park hoping to wear them out...

My crazy little Tanner!

This is totally Tanner! He has the strongest personality. On this day, it was his first day of preschool. I had to wake him up a bit earlier than usual, so he was a major grump. He is so stubborn. When he is grumpy, you can offer him anything and everything and he will not cheer up. Only when HE wants to! I like to mess around with him. So I will make him look at me in the "eyeballs". He is so funny when he does it because its like he is struggling with himself because he knows he has to look at my eyeballs, but the stubborn kid in him doesn't want to at all. I had my camera right there so I thought I would capture his funny "looking at my eyeballs" thing. Well, the video turned out way better than I had planned! Lets just say the kid is a bit loco!



I love it when Weston lets out a huge laugh at the end. We were not expecting Tanner's smile to happen so it was pretty funny! Tanner is a total Jekyl/Hyde!

Is this the same kid?

Less than a year ago!!

How can a little guy change so much in less then a year?

They grow up way too fast!

Through Tanner's Eyes

Here are some of the pictures that Tanner has taken with his new camera!

This one is my favorite! I was helping Tanner with his birthday cake and Brad was on camera duty. Tanner decided to take a picture of Brad taking a picture of him!

He must have figured out the self timer so he could take a picture with his grandma!

His baby sis

Mommy and Cohlee

Tanner's best bud Cade!

Happy Birthday Tanner!

Make a wish!

Pulling his funny face and flashing the Palmer handsign
or maybe he is showing you how old he is!

We just let him have at the cake.

A couple of the party goers

Testing out the new ride

Our little man turned 3 today! We had a little bday party at Grandma Pam's house last night. We got him a cool new truck! He is the awesomest kid on the street now! Grandma got him a digital camera. I guess she got it for a great deal cuz she got Cade one too! Spoiled? Yes. At the end of the night Tanner brought his camera to me and said it wasn't working. I looked at it and it said the memory was full. He had taken 400 pictures! I am sure I will be posting their photography skills soon! Tanner is such a fun kid! He is a total goof ball. He is always pulling the funniest faces. He has really seemed to have become a big boy this year! He has his dad wrapped around his finger! He loves playing with his brothers and his sister. He is a very smart kid. He is always counting stuff; not always in the right order, but thats ok! He lets you know exactly how he is feeling. He loves everyone. He gets to start gymnastics now and he is so excited! We love you so much dude! You make me laugh every day!

Here are some old photos from his past birthdays...

The day you were born

1st bday

2nd Bday

Zonked!

Our popsicle addiction

Tanner doing a happy dance!

Tanner, Cade and their buddy Jaxon

Cade and Talia having a very serious conversation

Popsicle Season is in full swing here at our house! I think we will end up going through the big Costco box within a week! If I let them, they would have about 20 each per day (I don't)! There is nothing better than a popsicle on a sweltering hot day!