May Update

May was a busy month!  How did we fit it all in?  Taking care of a busy 2 year old and 2 month old is a lot of work!  But we still managed to have some fun.... a lot of fun actually!

Ty was blessed at the beginning of the month and so we did a mad dash to get everything ready for company to come over.  Mike's parents offered up there old dining room table and Mike and I snatched it!  Mike and I stripped the old finish (a dark cherry wood) and painted the chairs and table legs white.  I also found some fun new fabric for $3/yd on clearance to re-upholster the chairs.  I LOVE my new table!  It was a lot of work but well worth it!  I do not have before pictures (big oops on my part...just completely spaced it) but here are some after pictures of my new dining room table!

Ty in his handsome blessing outfit. 

Table and Chairs (there is still another leaf and 2 more chairs!)

Chair/ fabric Detail

Table leg detail

Chair

After the blessing it was time to celebrated my birthday!!  My birthday was on a Thursday and Mike took Friday off and we went to the zoo.  It was so much fun!  We got to see the elephants and Tanner got to try the Carousel which he loved.

Blowing out the candles

Seeing the Elephant

At the bird show!  So fun!

Riding a Lion!

Tanner absolutely LOVES Ty and it makes me so happy.  He is always making sure Ty is happy and giving him toys and things.  They are cute brothers.  When Ty is in his crib Tanner supplies him with toys to play with.  So cute :)   Also this month we had a big milestone of getting rid of Tanner's binky!!!  It was not as hard as I thought it would be and he has done great without it.  One morning I just asked if he wanted to throw his binky away and he said yes and went and grabbed it and threw it in the garbage.  The garbageman came in the big truck and took it away and that was that.  We had a few rough nights but after that it has been great!  And Tanner is talking so much more without having the binky around.  May was a good month!  

Ty in his crib with all the balls Tanner brought him...just in case he needed to play with them :)

Got Binky?

Sunglasses and measuring tape...what have you got planned  Tanner?

 

Happy Birthday Tanner!

On St. Patty's Day Tanner turned 2!!!   I can hardly believe it!  Time really does fly "on wings of lightning" (as my grandma would always quote).  We had a really laid back day due to the fact we had a one week old :).  We  blew up balloons, had cake and ice cream, and Grandma and Grandpa Hurst came over for a little party.  From Mike and I, Tanner got a Buzz Lightyear!  From Grandma and Grandpa Hurst he got a water table.  From Grandma and Grandpa Hansen he got some new trains and accessories for his Thomas trains.  It was a fun day!  (I tried to get some good pictures of both boys...this is the best I could do at the moment.  I plan on getting some fun pictures in the near future of our whole fam).

Brothers

Ty on St. Patty's Day

Thomas stuff!!!!!

He could've been done with this present :)

BUZZ!!

Happy birthday Tanner boy!  You are my little buddy and we have so much fun together!

Birthday Bash!

A couple of Saturdays ago we had a big Birthday party for Tanner. We sent out invites and invited ALL the cousins! We had a bigs turn out and it was a total riot! There were lots of little boys running around our house. Tanner wasn't too sure about it all... He did try some cake and ice cream and thought that was pretty good stuff. After everyone left we tried out his cozy coup outside. He loved it! For the last couple of weeks since the party he only plays with his NEW toys. Thanks everyone for coming and partying with us!

Tanner Timeline

Happy Birthday Tanner!

Today was Tanner's first birthday! I can't believe my baby is ONE!! Time goes SO FAST! We are having a party for him on Saturday so today we just sported our green and went OUTSIDE all day. We had a picnic lunch with MIke and then we headed to Willow Park and looked at the animals and swung on the swings. We enjoyed the sunshine! Happy birthday baby boy!!!