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I seriously have The. Cutest. Baby. EVER...and I can't believe I haven't been better at posting about him. I have SO many pictures and videos I have been wanting to share so this post will be a major Tanner update. Oh...and a little update about my weight loss. There's a lot to say about the work we've been doing on our house, too, but I am saving that for Nate to blog about (hint hint, Nate...hurry up... :D).

Tanner has learned how to give kisses. It is so funny...he opens his mouth as WIDE as possible and sucks on your cheek leaving plenty of slobber behind.Tanner loves to play with his Daddy. They have fun together and sometimes Tanner outlasts Nate with his never ending energy and spunk.
But when he crashes, he crashes hard! So tired from crinkling that paper all up!Tanner has made peace with his bath time and loves the warm splashy water.He is getting so strong and is even able to stand by himself for a few seconds when holding onto the furniture.

As I mentioned earlier, we've been working on our house a lot which has taken a little time away from our sweet boy but he's been such a trooper! He's spent a lot of time hanging out with me while I work as he sits in his high chair with toys.

Here he is sitting with his giraffe (literally, as he pulled it in the seat next to him) and enjoying a little "finger food". Peeking at mommy.

Playing with Elmo and Giraffe.

Getting sleepy and resting his head but still smiling for the camera.
Getting really sleepy.
Sucking on a pea pod. He loves to "eat" (even though he's not eating anything) big people food.

Here are a bunch of videos. I edited them to try and keep them short so they weren't boring but you know how parents can be...everything is cute to me so it still might be boring. I hope you enjoy!

Tanner vs. Pea Pod

Tanner vs. Carrot

Tanner vs. Apple

(He originally did this without Nate knowing it...sneaky! Then we saw it and grabbed the camera)

Tanner's first taste of rice cereal. He literally LUNGES at his food!

He loves to laugh at mom which is good cause I love to make him laugh. When he really gets laughing he ALWAYS gets the hiccups like in this video. So cute!

No night night! Tanner has learned to shake his head!

I was making that noise to try to get him to talk to me cause he likes to imitate it but he was too tired.

Okay, so there's my Tanner update. He is such a fun and good baby. He brings so much joy to our lives!

Now for the update on my weight loss. I have been feeling so good lately and I really wanted to get some new clothes that would actually fit. So a while back I went on a shopping spree and bought a bunch of new clothes for the new thinner me. Well, I unfortunately jumped the gun and went shopping too soon. Only a few weeks after I purchased a whole lot of new clothes, they were baggy and didn't fit well anymore. I guess that's a good thing because I'm still losing but I really didn't think I would go down another size. So anyway, I had Nate take a few more pictures so I could show my progress.

My Day

So I had "My Day" this past Saturday. I ended up doing it all in one day after all...I just came home to feed the baby after being gone for 3 hours. It was really nice to have some time to myself. Here's how I spent my time...

I got dressed up, even did my hair (a luxury these days) and makeup so I felt like a woman instead of a frumpy mommy. Nathan even walked in the room as I was curling my hair and said, "You look skinny!" Yes, I trained him well. Ha ha! No, just kidding, no training involved here, he's just a good guy. But it sure is nice to hear that.

First, I drove downtown to meet Karli (a friend from high school) for lunch. It was really fun doing that. Going downtown is always exciting and annoying at the same time. Fighting the traffic, crowds, construction, etc. can be a major pain. But there was so much going on it was kinda fun. There was a huge protest, an opera matinee, a "Jesus Rocks My World" convention and some dance thing all going on so there were tons of people. It was good to catch up with an old friend and chat about mutual interests. (Love ya, Karli!)

After lunch I drove home so I could feed the baby and then I went out again. I went to a bookstore, clothing store, home decorating store and spent a little bit of money at each. Then I came home again, fed the baby, and then the friend from my ward came and gave me my first ever massage. That was GREAT!!! I loved it. Overall it was a really fun and enjoyable day. Thanks, Nate for a great gift!

On another note, after blogging about my weight loss, a lot of you asked me to post pictures. I debated doing this for a while. I wasn't sure if my weight loss would be that noticable to other people. Yes, I've lost quite a bit of weight but I didn't know if it was obvious to others and I didn't want people to look at the picture and say, "She looks the same to me" or something like that. But my sister-in-law told me that it was obvious and talked me into posting a picture. Keep in mind that if you haven't seen me in several years I might not look that different. I weigh now just about ten pounds more than what I did when we got married. So if you haven't seen me since then I'll look ten pounds heavier instead of thirty pounds lighter. Oh and by the way, the picture below of me and my sister is a year old...I was about 25 pounds heavier in that one.