Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend was filled with picnics for us. We had one to go to each day on Saturday and Sunday and then we decided to host one at our house today. Tanner was in his glory with all the people and activity. We kept telling him we were going to a party so by the end of yesterday he was saying "pardee. pardee." over and over. This is Tanner posing yesterday in the garden at Rob's old boss's, John Atwater. Poser.

Today at our house...chillin in the pool before everyone arrived...

A wagon ride with friends Henry and Kylie...

There goes Joey down the slide. The kids went berzerk for the pool today. It was 80 degrees and they were lovin it. Tanner went through 2 swimmy diapers. FYI - A poop change in a wet swimmy diaper is NOT a fun time.

Joey on Tanner's 4-wheeler. Tanner gets on, pushes the pedal and goes...directly into whatever is in his path. I guess the steering thing comes later...

Nope, that's not Tanner. That's our new friend Cameron from up the street. We met at playgroup and they are just 2 weeks apart and exactly the same size. Very cute. Cameron proceeded to slide with gusto into the pool repeatedly for at least an hour, giggling all the while. Adorable.

We had water balloons, squirt guns, and the sprinkler for the kids. Ladder golf and washer board for the big boys and of course lots of food. Rob cooked steak, chicken, brats, and hotdogs. In our dramatic moment of the day, Tanner pulled a stunt we hope he wont repeat. I was across the yard and I saw it coming in slow motion but knew I wouldn't make it to him in time. I stood there frozen and watched the whole thing while screaming "ROOOBBB!!!" One of the older kids had left the 4-wheeler parked just a few feet from the rock wall, pointed straight for it. So when Tanner got on, he just pushed the buttom as usual and off he went. Literally. He drove straight off the wall. The 4-wheeler took a nose dive, flipped over and landed on top of him. Somehow he escaped unscathed except for a little nose bleed and a bruise on his back that showed up at bathtime tonight. Eeek. That little trooper was even back on that thing not 20 minutes later.

Murphy's Law Murphy's Law Murphy's Law

If you read yesterday's post, you could tell how momentous it was for Tanner to sleep in...He's been sleeping so well for about 6 months now! I would say he wakes us up maybe one time, once a week. Its glorious. I feel like I can lay my head down at night and count on a good solid sleep. Weeeeeell, last night not only did he not sleep in, but he was up 4 times crying and calling out "Mommyyyyy" "Momma Momma Mooooommmmmaa" in a distressed tone...Rob went in once and I went in 3 times - something like 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, and 5:30...and each time, he would lay back down and we'd cover him up, make sure he had all his binkies, and he'd go right back to sleep. What the?!#$%
All we can figure is that he is getting to really like his blankets on him and can't get them back on himself yet, so he's calling us in to do it. Better not make a habit of it! I'm already having flashbacks! I thought those days were over! Crossing my fingers for tonight.

8:15! 8:15! 8:15!

Tanner slept until 8:15 this morning!!!! Mark the date, folks! 21 months almost to the day and finally made it past 7:00...He has made it to 7:00, even 7:20 before - not more than 6 times ever. Typically, he is up around 6:00-6:30...and never ever past 7:20 ...but today nearly an hour past that! We woke up at 7:05, looked at eachother and said "wow". We proceeded to get up and get ourselves ready, every moment I was thinking "hurry, I only have another few seconds at best..." Well by the time he woke up, I was completely ready for work, had walked and fed the dogs, had Tanner's daycare bag ready to go and his breakfast laid out...ha! He woke up in such a good mood too! It was lovely...

Mothers Day

Neighbor Mike gives Tanner a ride on the "tactor"...Tanner LOVES the lawnmower and spends a lot of time admiring it and trying to "drive" it while its parked in Mike's yard. Poor Mike gets suckered in every time...

Tanner's first bike! He thinks its pretty cool, but at the moment, seems to like the froggy horn we put on it better than the bike itself. He loves to climb on and give it a go, but certainly hasn't gotten the hang of it yet. However he SAYS "bike" very clearly and has been bringing anyone who will go, over to it to show it off...

Rob surprised me and lined up a babysitter last night for Mothers Day. I didn't find out until after noon, that Lindsay was coming to babysit at 6:00...Rob and I had our first date in a long time...we went to dinner in Amherst, then drinks and desert afterward. We had a great time.