lately...

i am loving this age! tanner has really become quite the fun little guy and hilarious to play with. things he's been up to lately...

bouncing and playing in his crib. he LOVES his bed-asks to be put in it every naptime and bedtime and asks to get in sometimes during the day just to play. so thankful that he loves it, but i have a feeling he might not be so thrilled when we move him to a big boy bed. and i think the fact that he loves it has also helped with him not even attempting to climb out (despite what it looks like in this pic)...

 bounce, bounce, bounce!

he still loves his bear bear (although he's added a few animals to the "important" list...he's got a 2nd bear bear from ikea and after our last trip to grammy's big bird and chicken cow (yes, the chickfila cow) are usually in the bed too). the other morning he decided bear bear needed a diaper change.

he still loves outside...driving his car, filling up his lawn mower with gas, kicking the ball or playing tball. he's actually pretty good at making contact with the ball...kicking it playing soccer, hitting it with a baseball bat or golf club. watch out sports, here we come! he is all boy and it's hilarious-some days i feel like he's a little man with the things he comes up with!

he is also very into TOOLS! he loves bob the builder. all the sudden a few weeks ago he started asking for bob. lance finally figured it out-who knows how he knew about bob the builder. we had a few tool books that had bob in them but he now asks for bob books, bob movies, bob on the ipad. and yes, he has taken over the ipad. it is crazy how he can completely work it...pick an app, scroll, change screens...he knows exactly what he's doing!

so he was in heaven when lance and grant decided they were going to start a diy project in our backyard building a deck. they had quite the helper/shadow and tanner had an absolute blast! of course anytime uncle grant (aka gant) is around, he's excited!

 notice the similar expressions?! tanner is like a mini-me of grant in SO many ways (kinda scary!)

 taking a break from the project for a little chase...

 

he is very into his name right now-anytime he sees something written it's always "tanner!" so he decided to "write" his name on the board...

see what i mean...always a resemblance!

 back to work!

 high fives with daddy!

 they traded drills for a bit...

and pictures will be coming...it isn't quite finished yet (as in it still kinda looks like it did when they started, but they have assured me they have a new plan and that it will be a deck someday)!