Tanner: My two and a half year old is a singing, dancing, running machine! He is never still!! (Boys!) He loves to sing "Jingle Bells" and "Mr. Turkey" that he learned in school. We went to his school's Thanksgiving program, where he did not sing, but did point to to me and say "Nonny's here." At the dinner afterwards, his teacher handed out his turkey place mat that he made that says "I am thankful for my daddy." Needless to say, Bobby is so proud of that one!!! He is obsessed with all things Christmas. We have seen Santa 3 times and he has sat on his lap twice. His favorite Christmas movie is Frosty, followed closely by Elf. Elf is my fave, but after watching the first part about 20 times, I'm getting sick of it! Tanner has many cute sayings that I should have written down after he said them, but a few are "yuuuuun more" (one more), "moniecycle bin" (recycle bin), "I'm gonna need this....," "Ninkle Little Star" (Twinkle little star) for any star that he sees, "yatch dis" for watch this, followed by some sort of jump, "Bodice" for Thomas the train, and he still calls Brennan "Dede" or "Deedle" but calls other babies, "baby." We are still working on using the potty. He now likes to sit on the big potty, but is still telling us when he needs to use it every time. He had his first big fall at school last week. He was playing on the playground and fell and bit his tongue. It bled quite a bit before I got there, but was done by the time I came to get him. No stitch needed, in fact, we didn't even take him to the doctor because there is usually nothing they can do for the tongue and it heals quickly.
Brennan: My baby is now 10 months old and just as spoiled as can be!! He is starting to army crawl (just like Tanner did), but would rather be held. Daddy has been the main spoiler, but it's hard to resist that "Bundle"-Bobby's nickname for him. He continues to be the happiest boy around. He loves almost everything we do-walks, the park, shopping, etc. He LOVES to eat!! I haven't found anything that he won't eat yet. After he takes a bite of something he really likes, like mashed potatoes and Vovo's gravy, he says "mmmmm." He still does his happy squeals and babbles non-stop. He loves his big brother and gets so excited when Tanner comes into the room! He now has three teeth and is working on the fourth.
Halloween: Tanner was a monkey for Halloween and Brennan was a tiger. Bobby was supposed to be a monkey too, but never ended up dressing up, and I was a leopard. We had a few friends and neighbors over for a party here. It was fun! :) The boys and I went trick-or-treating with Emma and Leslie. I was hoping that Tanner would be a good listener since Emma was there, but it was a tough one! I didn't take the double stroller-big mistake!! So Tanner walked, and well, he liked when we rang the doorbells, but didn't really want to walk and hold Mommy's hand. Oh, well. Live and learn...double stroller next year!!
Thanksgiving: For Thanksgiving this year, Bobby wanted to stay here. Our first time having Thanksgiving here!! My mom came and stayed for about 4 days. I loved it! She had just bought a wii, so we played bowling and it was so fun!!! Bobby fried the turkey for us, mom, Jon, and Kas. We ate delicious food and had some drinks. :) We decorated the tree with my mom while listening to Johnny Cash's Christmas album, and Tanner really liked putting on the decorations (over and over). My Uncle Steve, Auntie Lynn, cousin Stephanie and her fiance came to visit. My cousin had never met Brennan, and she wanted too! Brennan was a bit fussy and teething, but it was fun none the less. Jacqui, her mom, Tony, and Curtie B came over too. Such a fun night with friends and family!! :)
