Things to Remember...

It is amazing to me how fast Tanner has grown up. All of a sudden we are able to have conversations and he understands everything. Here are some cute stories that have happened in the past couple of weeks.

Tanner woke up at 9:30 and so I went in and tried to lay him back down, he refused and so I tried laying down with him. Once again he refused my efforts and so I asked him, "What do you need?" He answered me, "Dada." I said, "OK we can go find Dada," and so we went and got Brad. Brad picked him up took him back to bed and he was asleep in less than a minute. I guess he really did just need his dad.

In addition to learning sign Tanner has made up a few of his own
bathroom: covers his bottom with both of his hands
plane: swings his arm around in a circular motion
pumpkin: pats his head
light/luz: pulls down (as if he were turning on our lamps)
I am so amazed that he does this-what a creative little man

After we decorated the tree I would find toy cars and binkies stuck in various places. I guess he does get the concept and wants to help.

Tanner can say anything you ask. Some need a little translation, but he always gets the right number of syllables. Here are some of my favorite words to translate:
Alligator: a-gay-gay
Dinosaur: dinobe
phone: voice (still haven't figured how this came to be)
Popcorn: popie

The other day after we said a prayer to bless the food Tanner started to say the end all by himself, I about died that he could remember 7 words in a row.

One morning I wanted to sleep a little more and so I brought Tanner into our bed between me and Brad. Tanner snuggled up to Brad put his arms around his neck and gave him a kiss and said, "I lub ew." It was so cute later he had his sippy with him and Brad was still asleep and Tanner said, "agua Dada?" and set his little sippy right next to Brads mouth. The whole morning was darling.

Tanner loves horses and the noises they make. He doesn't have one to ride, but lucky for us anything can be a horse. He will stick random things between his legs and say, "horse mama," and continues by telling me what they say.

On the 2nd of January we were getting ready to go to the Smith reunion and I was telling Tanner that we were going to see everyone and this was our conversation:
Tanner: Grandma?
Me: Yep Grandma will be there.
Tanner: Grandpa?
Me: Yes Grandpa will be there too.
Tanner: Jesus?
Me: Well I am not sure he will make it to the reunion ( I was just trying to not crush his faith).

Tanner got a new kitty from my mom that makes noise and he loves it. The other day he was holding it and would touch it on the nose and say, "I lub ew." It was the sweetest thing ever.

Tanner is not a fan of "noises." This entails anything he hears that he doesn't know what it is and is also one of the reasons he does not like his cousin Isaac's dinosaur. However, even though he doesn't like it there is now a slight obsession in our house with dinobees. As long as they are not over a certain size and don't make too many noises he loves them. The others he doesn't like, but he has to know where they are at all times. You never know when a dinobe will come out and get you.

Another love of Tanners is four wewes- otherwise known as four wheelers. While we were are Brad's parents house over break we could not get him to stop talking about them. Every time his ride ended he was absolutely heart broken- even though his face felt like an icicle.

Tanner loves cats and dogs and wants to talk to them. Cats are a little more difficult, but lucky for Tanner dogs are a little bit easier to talk to. Tanner will put his face right next to my sisters dogs and say, "hello," anytime he notices them. The dogs don't mind I think that they just find it a little strange.