Birthday, Father's Day and First vacation!!!

So I am a little bit behind in the posting on my blog, so we have to go all the way back to June 17-June 19.

We decided to take a weekend and head to Watts Bar lake with Mom and Dad, Keri, Emilie and Taylor (visiting from Colorado). Unfortunately Shan and Scott weren't able to make it as they decided to go to a overnight boyscout camp.

Anyway Mom rode with Chris, Tanner and I, which was nice because Tanner had someone to talk to the whole way there. Dad, Keri, Emilie and Taylor showed up later that evening. We had a great time at the lake and Tanner did pretty good for it being his first "vacation"

We went on a boat ride and Tanner fell asleep the hum of the motor I guess. I even got in the water and went for a wild ride with Keri on the tube (Chris was driving)

While we were there I decided to take pictures of Tanner being his 6 months and all and they came out pretty good. On Saturday we celebrated my Birthday and Sunday celebrated Chris' first Father's Day and well Dad's 37th I think.

It was an awesome weekend and we thank Mark and Stephanie for allowing us to stay at their fabulous cabin.

Weekend without Daddy

It was that time of year again, when Chris has to head to Manchester and enjoy the smells of Bonaroo.

This year I think it was a little more difficult for him and me, well with Tanner and all. Last year I made a day trip up there, but this year wasn't able to. I made sure that I had plenty of help with Tanner while Chris was gone. With the kids out of school Emilie was able to spend Thursday night with us and was a tremendous help. On Saturday night I had both Emilie and Scott and we made an eventful evening out of it. We went to dinner, swimming...and then back to my house where they spent the night and were both very helpful. The next morning we went to my parents church where more people knew Tanner than me. We went back to the pool where Tanner got to play more with his two cousins and Lydia (one of Emilie's friends).

Finally to the POOL!!!

Since Chris had to work on Saturday, Tanner and I decided along with DenDen and Mimi to meet up with Granny and Slick in Franklin. We don't get out to Hohenwald often enough, so instead of driving all the way out there, we met them for lunch at O'Charley's. Tanner was a little hesitant of Granny and Slick at first but slowly showed his true happy colors. They are coming to our neck of the woods soon and will get to spend some quality time with Tanner for a few days as Mimi has suckered Nonnie into giving up some days during the week so Granny and Slick can get the whole Tanner experience.

On Sunday with Chris back home, we made our annual trip to Rehobeth Methodist Church (The church where Chris and I got married) for the historic Children's Day, Tanner's first but definitely not his last. In a few years he will probably be up on the stage. Afterwards there is always a fabulous feast outside on the grounds but this year it was incredible hot and our little Monkey was just not happy in the heat.

Monday Tanner went to Nonnie's where he is getting to hang out with his 2 cousins, Emilie and Scott, now that they are out of school. Later that night Tanner got his first dip in the Johnson pool and absolutely loved it!!!

Lots of Randomness

The last couple weeks there has been a lot of changes in Tanner's life and ours. He is growing so fast, way too fast, but it is absolutely awesome watching him learn and do new things. We have started solids (previous post), starting to grab at things, sitting pretty well with a little help, and really want to stand (I know pretty crazy). So this post is pictures and videos of just a bunch of Tanner's randoms over the last couple weeks.

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For Mother's Day Chris bought me a smaller camera which I love because I can take it everywhere. I put it in the diaper bag daily and have told both sets of grandparents to please capture Tanner when I am not around to do so. They don't tell me when they take pictures so it is really a true treat when I download the pictures and see the pictures from his days with his grandparents. This was a day at Nonnie's, Tanner and Bogie hanging out on the floor in Nonnie's room.

Tanner likes to lay in our bed while I get ready in the morning. He sits there and watches me get ready.

Tanner is teething so one of his favorite things now is to eat a frozen bananna from one of the coolest inventions ever. We have to take off any clothes and go just diaper because it can get pretty messy.

Tanner is getting to the point where he really doesn't want to be laying down, so we have the exerciser and the Johnny Jumper. Johnny Jumper is really a new experience for him, this was the first day in Johnny Jumper.

All of this growing has worn out my two boys...

The ZOO!!!

This was the first weekend in a long time we didn't have "something" scheduled, it was so nice. Tanner enjoyed it I think just as much as Chris and I did. We started the morning with some cartoons. I can't believe how much he gets mesmerized by them (we will definitely have to monitor his TV watching)

Tanner is really enjoying his "play gym" He is getting so big. Chris took Wylie to the vet and then after that we decided to take our first trip to the zoo!!!

Nope this isn't our little Monkey, but the Monkey's at the zoo were very vocal, Tanner tries to compete with them but they win with the screaming!

Tanner and I tempted to try to get pictures with the meerkats but they weren't anywhere around the hole.

Tanner was very good and stayed awake the whole time. He amazes me at how he can stay so happy with such little sleep (definitely not like his mommy). We actually ended the day believe it or not with buying a new car and Tanner was awesome the whole time. It was a great weekend of not "having" to be anywhere!!! We ended up getting a zoo membership which I believe we will use the heck out of.

Wedding Marathon

My family has always known how to party, but this past weekend my Aunt and Uncle threw a great party/wedding. My cousin Christie and Dave finally got married this weekend in the sink hole (prettiest sink hole) at my Uncle and Aunt's house. Christie and Dave actually started dating when Chris and I began dating oh about 13 years ago, granted they were both still in high school. So anyway Friday night we had the rehearsal dinner and then Saturday morning was the brunch and then wedding that night. Tanner attended both the rehearsal and the brunch, but the night of the wedding was for Chris and I. He was so perfect at both events he went too, we are truly blessed. Anyway it was a wonderful and yes tiring weekend.

1st Mother's Day

It has been long time waiting for me to celebrate Mother's Day as a Mom, and I can't believe I finally got too. It was disappointing that Chris wasn't able to share the weekend with me due to the Smyrna Air Show, but I had the best time with my little man. I was so excited to be able to share this day with my Mom who is my true inspiration. She has been a great role model and I hope and pray that I am half the Mom she is. I am so blessed to have my Mom and so many other great Mom's as role models!!! So I guess I am thanking all those Mom's that have touched my life and made me the Mom I am today. You all know who you are and I love you tons!!!!