To blog or not to blog

I have debated about "going public" with my blog for a while. One the one hand, if I did, my people close to me would get to keep up with things in my life. But on the other, I would have to do a much better job at keeping my blog up to date! Ok, I'll stop being lazy and do a better job at blogging in the future!



So what's been going on...well, LOTS!!



*Tanner turned the big 1 on June 26th! We had his birthday party at Bobby's parents house. A lot of my family came and a few of our friends came too! Tanner enjoyed eating his cake. Which got all over him-inside of his ears, hair, neck, etc!!! Bobby's sister and fam surprised us by coming later in the evening! It was great to have everyone around!! :)
*Tanner started walking about a month ago! One Fri. night, we were at Jac and Tony's and Bobby was tricking him into taking 7-8 steps at a time (before, he would do a few, but once he realized he was not holding on to anything, he would immediately fall down). Then on Sat, with Bobby's parents, brother, and our nephew here, Tanner took off! And he has not stopped since!!! :-)

*The weather has finally cooled off enough for us to get outside more and Tanner is loving it!!! He is quite the little explorer. He loves picking up rocks and leaves. He walks all around the yard and driveway. He loves being outside so much that he cries when we come in (no matter how long we have been out). I think he's gonna be a nature lover just like Daddy!

*Tanner's talking is coming along. He still understands way more words than he says, but he now says "Mom, mom" for me! (Still "Dada" for Bobby) He repeats words like "done, down," and says "yeah" when we ask him things. Ex-"Do you want to go outside? Yeah!"

*Tanner melts Mommy's heart when he kisses me. No longer with his mouth open, now he says "mmmm" when he kisses and when we hug! He also kisses his stuffed animals when picking them up! What a sweetie!!!

*He still loves to read books. He will bring us books to read, then sit on our laps as we read them. He loves to play with any kind of ball (total boy, here)!! He can roll the ball to us, and is starting to get the concept of kicking the ball. He has also learned to crawl up the stairs, and likes to practice this as much as we will let him. Hello baby gate!!! :)



Now for some updates about Bobby and I:



*This Sunday, I will be 19 weeks along with baby 2. We will find out the sex on Sept 16th! At first, Bobby didn't want to know, but I have to know!!! Soooooo...we are finding out!! I'll post more after our appointment!!!!

*Bobby and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary on August 8th. We went out to dinner (just the 2 of us) and watched our wedding DVD. It was nice to think back to our wedding day and to see how far our love has brought us. One baby here, one on the way, our nice home, etc.

*Speaking of weddings, my best friend, Jacqui, got married this summer! We left Tanner with Bobby's parents for 5 nights and went to Cape Cod for the wedding. This was my first time leaving him, and it was hard, but it was also nice to just be "Shaunda" instead of "Mommy" for a while. Bobby and I were both in the wedding, so we went up early to help tie up any loose ends. I was with Jac and Bobby was with Tony for most of the week. Jac, her mother, and I went shopping, put together gift bags, and hung out with family. It was so fun!! The wedding (which was on Tanner's first birthday-I'll always remember their anniversary) was absolutely beautiful! Jacqui looked gorgeous in her gown. I was one of the matron's of honor, so, I gave a speech. Eeeek...I hate talking in front of lots of people, but it turned out Ok. The food was delish, and I even got Bobby to dance with me to the last song!! When we saw Tanner at the airport, I cried and he kept touching my face. I think he was thinking "Are you really here?" It was precious!

*Traveling-We have been traveling quite a bit this summer! We went to Maryland for Bobby's cousin's wedding. It was so sweet to share that moment with them!! Then we went to Penn. and saw all of Bobby's aunts and uncles on his mom's side! We ended that trip by going to Baltimore to the aquarium. Tanner's first time at an aquarium and he did great!!! We also traveled to Asheville for a couple of nights and stayed with my friend from college, Amanda. She has a dog and Tanner was in heaven playing with the dog! Then we headed down the mountain to Hickory to see Vovo! We stayed with her for a few nights, while Bobby worked in Orlando. We went to Pepe's house and Tanner showed off his walking skills. Plus, he seemed to be coming out of his shell more (not being so shy and clingy to me)!!

Well, I'm sure I missed something that has happened this summer, but oh well. More incentive to keep this blog up to date!!