It's a ...... and celebrating 2 years!

Well, the new lil hake is a BOY! Tanner is going to have a little brother! Brian is excited he already has half a basketball team and I am excited to have another lil momma's boy to get lots of hugs and kisses from! We are really excited and as you can tell by the second picture -- there is no doubt its a boy! He spread eagle and let the whole world see his glory! It was so fun to see him moving around -- he was kicking those lil legs and swaying his arms. We are already anxious to see if he is going to look like Tanner and if he will be the wild child or even sweeter than Tanner! No names picked for sure, but I will let you know when we decide (but no its not Jordan)!

We also celebrated Tanner's birthday last week -- we officially have a two year old!!! He had a curious george party and was soooo excited to wake up from his nap and see George everywhere on balloons and color sheets and a cake! He was so cute -- he squealed like a girl! He was so happy to see all his friends come over and had a great time! He got lots of great toys, books, and clothes! I was exhausted after his party and it was even an as simple as you get party -- cake, ice cream, and punch!

On Monday, his actual birthday we took him and Marty to the zoo. It was really fun -- he was really into it more than ever. We spent the longest time at the monkeys -- yep, i have trained him well! They were eating oranges for their 'nack' (snack) and all week he wanted oranges for a nack! He was yelling 'hi' to them and got sooo excited when they would move!

I just have to say that I love love love this age!!! I mean, there are moments when I am like yep, we have reached the terrible twos, but for the most part it is soooo great! There is nothing like those big hugs and kisses you get and the big smile and 'MOMMA' that he yells when he sees me! I love being with him and he brings soooo much joy and laughter to my life! I am definitely going to cherish the time we have left with just Tanner!

The Sacrifice!

Ok, so I finally decided to sacrifice my nap/break time (aka Tanner and Marty nap time) to do a little blogging -- so I hope there are still people out there reading this to make it worth it! :-) Well, a lot has happened and I have no excuse for my lack of blogging other than being pregnant and pregnant I am! I am 18 weeks now and really poking out - I am trying to make use of all these winter maternity clothes I have that will be of no use in a few weeks. I wore my famous brown velour sweatsuit (my staple last time around) this week and Brian said "well, you are officialy pregnant now that you are wearing your suit". I am feeling soooo much better! It was pretty rough for awhile, but I am starting to get a little energy and the sickness has worn off (except in the car). We have our sonogram on the 19th and will hopefully find out if the next lil hake is a boy or girl! I am really ready to know (and then we will start the name battle).

Tanner is in a big boy bed (crib converted to toddler bed) now! Within two days he discovered hey I can climb out of this thing and I can open doors now! It was a pretty stressful few days, as I was not quite prepared for all the freedom this brought! We all adjusted just fine though and now he sleeps great in his bed (well, that is after he has pulled all the books off his shelf, rearranged all the stuffed animals and crashed with a book on his tummy). Brian and I shopped for his official big boy bed this past weekend and he will transition to it soon! Tanner turns two next week (I cant believe I really have a two year old!!!) I will post pics of his curious george party!

I submitted classes for next year's home school coop and I am really excited about the classes submitted (discovering the artist in you for early elementary, creative cultural crafts for late elementary, knit one pearl two, and sculpt it for middle school, and Interior design 101 for high school students). The committee chooses the courses they want to offer and then it goes to the public for sign up. Please say a little prayer that the committee will choose several courses to offer this year! I miss teaching art and this is my chance to get to tap back into my creative and teaching side plus the extra money is great! I started doing Yoga classes back in December at the gym -- its been really great. I love it and its a nice break from the day. Well, I know there is so much more to catch up on, but thats all I can think of right now! I will post soon with our big events coming up!

Tanner's first time painting a ceramic (of course it was a monkey). At first, he was so excited he could hardly stand it then it turned to very serious concentration! He worked on it for about 45 min. It was so great!

Tanner still loves to hug and hold hands!

Loving Play Dough!!!

Tanner has started to smile at the camera now and gives this big cheesy grin (this time he happened to have cheesy crackers in his mouth too!

Tanner's big boy bed!

Table display of some of the home school coop art class (1st and 2nd graders) work.

Tanner's New Shirt

Yep, Tanner is going to be a big brother! I am 8 weeks pregnant with number 2! We are really excited and Tanner, as you can tell from the first picture, is still his busy self! Looks like we will have an end of July baby -- I am already praying for a cooler summer!

Girls night out!

Wednesday night was girls night out for our ABF class at church. We went to Bread Winners (probably my favorite restaurant -- at least for a girly night out)! If you have not been and live near Dallas, its a must go to ASAP place! And if you like chocolate cake then sister you really need to go. I never used to be a fan of chocolate cake until..... I had this cake!!! It's so yummy! So we ordered a chocolate cake and ate dinner too! :-)

I love girl's night out. When I was working, I never wanted to go out and miss out on time with Tanner and Brian, but now that I am staying home and get to spend lots of time with Tanner (or maybe that he is learning how to throw a pretty good temper tantrum) I am all for girls night out. Its such refreshing time to get out and hang out with other moms. Of course, the subject of conversation is mostly about our kids, but its still tons of fun! I am lucky to have such a great group of girlfriends to hang out with and I am looking forward to our next time out!

November Moments

What a great week! It was so much fun to spend all week with Brian and Tanner.

Blog catch up -- part 2

Friday night we went to the Family Fall Festival at church. We were only planning to stay for a half hour to take some pics of Tanner in his costume and then head home, however, Tanner was having sooo much fun with his Papa that we ended up staying for a couple hours! He was sooo excited about everything! He loved looking at all the lights, rode his first ride (hot air balloons that swirled and spun faster and higher up in the air than I thought), rode a pony, sort of petted/ (clung to Daddy) animals in the petting zoo, saw a fire truck up close, and even found some flashing monkey lights! Tanner dressed up as a monkey again this year (his costume still fit from last year). Maybe next year he can pick out his own costume!

Saturday, we went to my parents land and played at their park. They had a ton of pumpkins layed around the park. We played on the playground and then played with the pumpkins and flowers. I even had fun getting to swing on the swings -- Tanner thought it was cool when I went really high!

I just love fall! It’s the best time of the year! I love being outside and I love looking at all the best colors all around you! I am looking forward to another month of beautiful weather! Happy Fall!

Fall Festival

Tanner's first glimpse at the fall festival!

I think his face says it all -- he is loving getting to ride his first ride ever (spinning and swirling hot air balloons)

Tanner with his buddy Andie!


Tanner riding a horse (he was making horse noises for 30 min)!


Tanner with Papa by the firetruck

Our lil monkey -- notice the lights in the background 'monkey maze'!

One tired monkey heading to the car.


Grammy and Papa's park at their land

Tanner stopping for a pose by the pumpkins

Tanner on a choo choo train!

This pumpkin is heavy!

Tanner was petting all the flowers.

Video of Tanner's first ever carnival ride -- He was having a blast!

Tanner and Abby (my parents dog) sliding down the slide!

Blog catch up -- part 1

Brian and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary on the 12th. We enjoyed a get-away to San Antonio and stayed at the Hotel Valencia (great place – we stayed there on our 1 year anniversary as well). This was our first weekend get away with no kiddo! We had a great time and enjoyed sleeping in and taking naps plus a romantic candlelight dinner at Landry’s on the riverwalk on our anniversary night. I love San Antonio riverwalk!

The next weekend we drove to Oklahoma to cheer on our pokes for OSU Homecoming. Wow, how bout them pokes ranked number 6!!! We had so much fun walking around campus and Tanner loved running in the open fields and looking at the Homecoming house decks. We just might have a future OSU TD Hake football player – he got lots of practice anyway! He has even started to make the go pokes sign with his hands and throws his arms up for touchdown! By the end of the afternoon in Stillwater, Tanner was pooped and fell asleep in his stroller (which never happens by the way)! While we were in OK we went down to the grandparents Neighborhood Park and we all played so hard in the fresh very cool air (I just love OK weather)!

On Thursday, we celebrated Brian’s 29th birthday. I can’t believe we are almost 30!!! Tanner and I had a blast making Brian a coconut choc. cake and then we had dinner with our friends the Clemens at Genghis Grill (yummy)! Happy Birthday to the best husband and daddy ever! We love you!

San Antonio

Out to dinner for our anniversary!

Taking a break on the riverwalk.


Trip to OSU

Tanner with Grandma and Grandpa before the game.

A family picture in front of the library at OSU.

Tanner in front of a Dr. Suess house deck - he loved it.

3 Generations of Cowboy fans!

Tanner running in an open field at OSU.

Tanner playing football on the library lawn.

Tanner and Grandpa.

Waiting for the parade to start.

Tanner sacked out after a fun day!

Sliding down the hill at the park.

Climbing back up the hill to slide down again -- if only there were snow on the hill!