11 months

Tanner is a growing boy! 11 months old and he is into everything. One of his new favorite places is under the dining room table. He likes to go under there and look out the window into the backyard.




We ended up with great weather for first trip to the pumpkin patch. Tanner loved the train ride and he even found a pumpkin his size...which he thinks is a ball and throws around the living room. Here is a picture of Tyler and Tanner with the pumpkin they found.



Another new favorite place of Tanner's is the dishwasher. I find it sad that I have to do dishes secretively or else I get a "helper" everytime I open the dishwasher door. The other day he actually managed to pull the entire drawer out and put it on the floor.



Here is a picture of Tanner watching the animals at the pumpkin patch. He really wanted the donkey to come over and see him.






Here he is at 11 months...what a character! We can't believe that he is almost a year old!

10 months

I know this is really late...our lives have been a little busy, but I made a promise that I would get it updated. So here is the first of many updates all at once.
During August we had the chance to go to the fair and Tanner loved the animals. He was very upset when one of them tried to eat his shoe but loved "petting" and watching them.




Tanner has decided that he doesn't really need naps. But Tyler and I think otherwise. This picture was taken when he was throwing a fit (not our son...right?) about taking a nap. He cried and cried with Tyler and the next thing we know, he is curled up on Tyler sound asleep.



And here is his 10 month picture. He is so mobile and active that he didn't want to stay in the chair. As you can tell from his face he definately has a great personality and we are seeing more of it everyday. Tanner's new favorite game is to stand next to his toy box and pull all the toys out and put them on the floor. He is trying very hard to communicate and makes noises all the time.

A couple of videos

We finally captured a good video of Tanner swimming. This was taken of Tyler and Tanner swimming last week during class.






Here it is...Tanner crawling! This is is about 2 weeks after he figured out how to crawl on all fours. I can't believe how quick he is! Everyone said that time would fly and that he would grow up fast...I believed them but didn't realize how fast it all goes by.

Summer Fun!

This last month we have been keeping ourselves busy with fun activities. We were able to spend a couple of days at the beach with the Gregg family. While at the beach, Tanner and I went on an awesome run, we watched salt water taffy being made, and spent time on the beach.

We also spent a few days up North. Here is Tanner and Grandpa Mike with Grandpa's new toy.
We loved spending more time with Great Grandpa Katzenmeier and Grandma Mary.

Here is Daddy and Tanner at the beach.

I added this picture just because I liked it. Auntie Katie and Uncle Brian were over for dinner and Auntie Katie was cracking up with how big Tanner opens his mouth for food. This picture perfectly captured it.

9 months and mobility

We have lift off! In just a few shorts weeks Tanner has gone from slowly army crawling to speed crawling on all fours, climbing over and up anything, pulling himself up on everything, and walking behind his car. I know that I am late in getting this 9 month post up but it took me this long to get him to sit still long enough to take the picture. The above picture is him banging on the back door wanting to get outside. He crawled over, climbed the step and then stood himself up...all while making sure I was watching.

Finally, here is his 9 month photo! It took alot of tries to capture it without him falling out of the chair...or crawling out of it. The doctor says everything looks great and that he is growing and healthy. He doesn't have any teeth, which I am thankful for and he loves to eat most all types of food. We feel so blessed to have such a happy baby boy in our life!

More Swim class

Tyler was able to come to swim class with us last week so we were able to take more pictures. The picture above is Tanner and I working on rotating in the water and swimming back to where we came from.


Tanner and Tyler were able to go on some swims together.

We discovered during this swim class that Tanner swims with his mouth open and his tongue out, which is pretty funny to watch.

Tanner loves the water so much that we bought a small pool for him to play in at home. He can't "swim" in it but he loves crawling around and splashing. Below is a short video clip of Tanner and I swimming together in class. It is really close up but if you look closely you can see his arms moving through the water.

Swim Class...underwater photos

Tanner and I have been taking swim classes for a couple of weeks now. This week we took some underwater photos. The picture above is Tanner and I on a swim together.

Today in class Tanner was loving floating on his back. Any time that we weren't swimming we were floating around the pool together.

Tanner about to come out of his swim into a back float.

Tanner coming up towards the surface after a swim.