What I love about Tanner

On my online support group from babycenter.com, 1 mom started a thread called "What I love about my spina bifida kid."

The following in short sums up what I love about Tanner.

What I I LOVE about Tanner........ EVERYTHING....from his head to his toes!

I love how happy he is to see me first thing in the morning.

I love that he says Mum, mum, mum, mom, mama over and over and over again until he gets my attention!

I love how his eyes light up when he sees people that he knows

I love all the baby jabberish as he learns to say words

I love how he will eat something one day but not the next

I love how stubborn he is, and how much concentration he puts in to do something hard

I love his smile, and how excited he gets over the fact that Daddy is home!

I love his personality, his laugh, and the fact that he "sings" himself to sleep at night.

I love his determination and strength, and the fact that he always has the courage to try try again.

I love the way he sits and "dances" to the music.

I love that he loves cars and trucks. Points to them when we are in the car saying OHHH WOOK! So cute! Or when he has lost something and finds it, he squeals and says "Dere it is!

I love how he still wants to cuddle, and that when he hugs me he says "Ahhhh". I love his open mouth slobbery kisses, and that he's a mama's boy.

I love that he growls at the dog after the dog has growled at him. I love that he loves his dog. Her name is Maple, but he calls her "Apes"

I love that while he is in the tub, he always has to make sure the floor gets wet enough to be mopped.

I love that he picks up EVERY piece of paper or plastic and wants to throw it in the garbage.

I love that he loves to read and to sing with me.

I love how he gets so excited about things that he is waving his arms and bouncing up and down, while squealing!

I love how he has made my life better and me a better person. I love that he has taught me more than I learned before I knew him.

AND I love that HE is MY SON & that God allowed me to be is Mom!

Not Walking - But progress

Tanner still loves his Stander! He is in it for 1.5-2 hours straight now. Getting stronger everyday! So happy he likes it, makes it less painful for Mommy.

Here he is laughing because he almost ran over Mommies toes! I had to jump onto the couch to avoid getting squashed!

I often see Tanner sleeping like this, and wonder.... can that really be comfortable??? It must be cause he does it a lot! So cute!

Tanner has been doing something new with his mini walker. He gets up on his knees and pushes the walker. It's not walking yet, but it's a start!

I'm going to get you......

Tanner has this new thing where he likes to roar, scream, and chase (crawl) after me. I finally was able to get a bit of it on video.

He is almost too big to get through the doggie door. Good thing for both me and him, he just doesn't realize it yet! :)

Dancing.....

Tanner has been really into moving and trying to dance lately. Here is a video of him doing his thing, while growling. So adorable! It also shows how quickly he gets distracted. Such a short attention span!

Its the pits..... Oh I mean pots!

Was in the other room cleaning... when all of the sudden I heard such a racket. Came out and this is what I found.


Mind you, I never showed him where any of this stuff was, he found it all by himself!

So noisy - yet so fun! He had a great time!

Bathtime

Tanner now is a big fan of bubble baths! He is getting better at getting his hair washed as long as I "style" it and show him in the mirror. His latest "dew"......

Tanner laughs at pretty much EVERYTHING! All it takes is 1 funny face, or sound and it sets him off! Love it!

He loves to splash and ususally does it all of the time. But when I get the camera out, it would seem that he has to be prompted.......... but he still does a good job hiding the "goods" :)

Silly September Boy!

As Tanner would say....
September has been full of fun for me! And I loved every minute of it! At 21 months old I talk a lot! I will copy pretty much everything mom and dad say, so they better watch out what they say! I constantly liked to say, while pointing... Whoa.... Wook at Dat! I am looking more and more like a little boy and no so much like a baby. My hair has filled in nicely, and is sandy blond. My eyes have stayed brown, so Mom has a brown-eyed blond headed cute boy. I know I'm cute if you ask me! I now weighs over 24 pounds, and is 35 1/2 inches tall! Almost 3 feet and not even 2 yet!
Mom was once told by one of my doctors that most spina bifida children are short in stature. I don't think this one applies at all to me.


I had my first ice cream cone! I loved it so much I just had to have Mom's too!
When Mom objected.... I thought it was pretty funny! Mom says I'm such a goofball!

Ohhhh! I'm so excited to say! I'm pleased to announce...........that....... Oh, I can hardley contain myself...... scroll down please!

I can eat with a spoon now! Yay for me! Mom is really excited too! Go figure that cheerios with milk is easier for me than anything else!

I also pull to stand all the time, and am getting strong! I like to climb and try so hard not to fall! Because falling hurts! Believe me, I know!

I also love to "read" books! I do it a lot, and Mom is proud of me. :)

Maple and I are getting along a lot better now than when I was little. She still growls at me sometimes, so I chase her with my cars and trucks. She runs away, and I think its so funny!

I give her hugs everyday because I love her.

Don't tell Dad, but the other day I stole a cookie off of the table..... shhhhh.... It was so good!

Mom caught me in the act........ I hope she doesn't tell Dad... cause I think the cookie was his.... I'll just give him extra kisses tonight to make it all better.

Oppps! I fogot about all the chocolate on my face. Kinda hard to hide that! Where in the world is a napkin when you really need one!