Tanner took his first steps today! They were tiny, tiny steps...but they were steps! It was so great that Andy and I were there together to see him do it. He seems timid a lot, and sits down ever so gingerly, but he can really do it if he wants! Today he is also cruising like crazy around and to everything. He is going from couch to table to chair and leaning as far as he can to get to stuff. He kept going around and around his little music table today, he was making us dizzy!
That's our crazy news today! Hope everyone is having a good weekend! :)
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Celebrate every minute, hour, day, etc.
I'm not a huge Oprah fan, but some of her shows are interesting. The other day she had "miracles" on her show. My Mom and I happened to watch like literally 2 minutes of the show, in between chasing Tanner around her house. It was a blog called 99 balloons, and it was this father who blogged about his wife's pregnancy and then the birth and life of their baby with Trisomy 18. This baby was not suppose to live, but lived 99 days. They celebrated each day, and each month. On the babies month birthdays they had parties. It made me cry thinking about how fortunate I am.
The whole point of this was to hope to make you all think like it did myself and my Mom. I should be thanking God more than I do. Yes, I pray daily, but sometimes I look over how really fortunate I am by getting bogged down with the daily things. I try to ask God for forgiveness for my sins that day, pray for other people, and then thank God for things in my life.
One of the things that I obviously have on my prayer list is my son, Tanner. Working where I do, and watching that segment brought to my realization AGAIN how lucky I am. When I am frustrated by chasing Tanner around all day, I need to thank God the he can be mobile. Whe he is crying in the middle of the night, I should be thanking God he is at home and can cry for me. I should be thanking God all the time for the time we have with him, that he is healthy, happy, and here. I think of Tanner often while I am at work caring for kids that are sick. Often, the kids I take care of are "frequent flyers" at the hospital, kids who spend their childhood's here. When I take care of them, I try to treat them as my own, how I would want my son to be treated. Then I thank God again that he is healthy. God has a plan, he has a plan for the healthy, and for the sick. I truely believe that with all my heart. Sometimes we just don't know what the plan is, or why.
So today, I celebrate my son's 11month, 8 days, and 17 hours. I can't even count how many years, months, days, and hours old I am, but I celebrate that also....everyone should celebrate today and everyday.
The whole point of this was to hope to make you all think like it did myself and my Mom. I should be thanking God more than I do. Yes, I pray daily, but sometimes I look over how really fortunate I am by getting bogged down with the daily things. I try to ask God for forgiveness for my sins that day, pray for other people, and then thank God for things in my life.
One of the things that I obviously have on my prayer list is my son, Tanner. Working where I do, and watching that segment brought to my realization AGAIN how lucky I am. When I am frustrated by chasing Tanner around all day, I need to thank God the he can be mobile. Whe he is crying in the middle of the night, I should be thanking God he is at home and can cry for me. I should be thanking God all the time for the time we have with him, that he is healthy, happy, and here. I think of Tanner often while I am at work caring for kids that are sick. Often, the kids I take care of are "frequent flyers" at the hospital, kids who spend their childhood's here. When I take care of them, I try to treat them as my own, how I would want my son to be treated. Then I thank God again that he is healthy. God has a plan, he has a plan for the healthy, and for the sick. I truely believe that with all my heart. Sometimes we just don't know what the plan is, or why.
So today, I celebrate my son's 11month, 8 days, and 17 hours. I can't even count how many years, months, days, and hours old I am, but I celebrate that also....everyone should celebrate today and everyday.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Finally Summer....
It finally feels like SUMMER! We've been cramming the days full of as much as we can. Baseball games, park playdates, walks outside, swinging on the swing, pool time, eating outside, and just enjoying ourselves. It's been busy, but a good busy. We are only looking forward to so much in the upcoming weeks. Below is our "cool dude" guy, he actually keeps his sunglasses on for like 2.5 seconds! Do you like the fauxhawk? His Aunt Katie gave that to him!
He thinks he is such a big helper...
Baby pool time in the front yard! If we don't have time to make it to the real pool, this does the trick for some entertainment quick. We have a little water baby on our hands...thank goodness, because his Mommy loves to go to the pool, so he has no choice...haha!
This weekend coming up, one of my best friend's wedding reception, and FATHER'S DAY! I am excited to make the day special for Andy and his first day.
He thinks he is such a big helper...
Baby pool time in the front yard! If we don't have time to make it to the real pool, this does the trick for some entertainment quick. We have a little water baby on our hands...thank goodness, because his Mommy loves to go to the pool, so he has no choice...haha!
This weekend coming up, one of my best friend's wedding reception, and FATHER'S DAY! I am excited to make the day special for Andy and his first day.God bless, until next time....
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