Soccer has Officially Started!

We have officially signed Tanner up for his first soccer team!

 

We went a week ago and got his uniform and did pictures with his team and coach. Then today was their first game. He did the usual "I can't get the ball!" "I'm tired." "The ball won't come to me!" lines. I honestly don't think he had much fun.

 

One, because it was his very fist game and still doesn't really have a clue with what is going on. And two, all of the kids on his team and the opposing team were ginormous compared to him! I know he's a tiny kid, but wow. They were so big.

 

After the game I saw one of his friends from school and his mom at their game and we stopped and talked to her. He is a year younger than Tanner, so he was down an age group of teams. I was looking at his team and they seemed so much more his size. The coach actually came over and talked to me and he said he would be fine if we moved him down to his team if the director over the soccer program was ok with it!

 

So I found the director and he said he usually doesn't like to move kids down an age group, but sine Tanner is so small he was fine with us doing it. So yay! He will now be with kids his size and more his speed since he's never played on a team before. And he even has a buddy on his team!

 

I think it will be so much better for him for when he gets the hang of things and we move him back up to his own age group in a year or 2.

Chase's 2nd Birthday Party

We had so much fun at Chase's birthday party. Not many people were able to come because of previous engagements or just couldn't at the last minute, but those that were there were great. Plus he's 2, he's not going to remember!

 

We had pizza, salad and cake and ice cream. Chase loved it when we sang Happy Birthday to him, but he was a little nervous about blowing out his candles. At first he got WAY too close he almost burned his nose. I'm sure he felt the heat from the flame, so he would try blowing from about a foot or more away. It was so cute. But we ended up having Tanner help him out since it was kind of windy and we didn't want it spoiled by wind.

 

Then we opened presents and he got a lot of great things. The favorite was the leaf blower that blows bubbles. All of the kids just love it!

 

It was fun to be able to watch the kids have fun and be able to visit with family. And it was even warm enough to have it outside which was a great bonus.

Easter 2016

 Easter was pretty fun this year. A few days before we dyed our eggs. Chase actually got a little bit involved in the process this year.

 

 

 

Easter morning the boys got up and found all of the hidden eggs and baskets that the Easter Bunny hid. They loved it! 

I had to go to work that night, but Kollin and the boys went to Grandma and Grandpa Cannon's house for more egg hunting and dinner. They said they had lots of fun and always love playing with their cousins. 

FanX 2016

 

 Kollin and I decided to go to FanX this year! Kollin had the week off of work and Kate Beckinsale was there for photo ops and autographs. Kollin couldn't pass that up.

 

She was so pretty and nice although we only said maybe 5 words to each other since they were moving everyone through so fast. I really need to work on my smile with these braces though!

 

It was a really fun experience to see so many people dressed up in cosplay costumes. The next time we go I really want to put together a great costume. 

2 Years Old

 

 Not so much of a baby anymore are we?

 

You, my busy, busy son.... It is hard to believe our baby is two!

 

You've been making some pretty great leaps and bounds these last few months.

 

We had you evaluated for speech therapy and they found that you are about 4 months behind in your speech. As well as about 4 months behind in some of your motor skills too, which I wasn't expecting. So we started speech therapy and your therapist (Becky) is saying you are doing amazingly well! She wanted us to start using sign language with you, but you got more and more mad when we would try that we kind of bagged that idea. It still doesn't seem like you say much to me, but she says that you have improved so much session to session and especially comparing how you are now from when we started is so much different. So that is great!

You are now saying "HI!" to just about anyone you see. Which is huge. It took you quite a while to do that. You have also been starting to wave and say "bye" to people little by little. You also say: ah duh (all done), I duh (I stuck), ah gah (all gone), down, up (kind of), blah blah blah (if you've seen Hotel Transylvania 2, you know what I mean), dah (dog) and ball. Most of your words are "d" and "g" sounds, but you put different accents and stresses on your words that they all sound different where we can finally start to understand what you are saying. You have also started saying "uh oh" again which you hadn't said for a very long time. Also you so "Oooooo" and "Ahhhh" a lot which is the cutest thing.

 

You're still pretty aggressive. If you want something you usually won't give up until you can get your hands on it. And if it's something you're not supposed to have you will go as fast as your little legs will carry you away from who is trying to get it from you. Just today you swiped Harold the helicopter from Tanner and you actually ran through the kitchen and down the hall with Tanner right behind you. We were all laughing so hard! I tried to get you to do it again so I could get a video, but of course it didn't happen. You are still pinching every now and then, which is an improvement. A new one that is recent is you throw things at us if you feel you're not getting your way or not being heard. Or even if you are just excited, so I really don't mean to make it sound all bad. Sorry! Usually it is your tablet or a hard toy that hurts. Of course.

 

You are getting pretty fast, which is great for your motor skills. We have also been working on getting you to walk up and down stairs without turning around and crawling as well a jumping. You are doing great with the stairs inside the house, but you get nervous with the cement stairs outside and still crawl down those (which I don't blame you). No jumping yet, but it is so cute to watch you try and believe that you are jumping. It will happen soon!

 

You still love cars and anything with wheels, bubbles, balls, coloring and anything that will make a mess. You also got some new power tools and a lawn mower that blows bubbles for your birthday. You love both! The weather hasn't been that great, so you've been playing with the lawn mower in the house and you and Tanner have so much fun with it.

 

You are now in a size 4 diaper, 2T shirts and 18 month pants (some are getting short) and

  6 1/2 shoe. I personally think you are only a 6 though, because the 6 1/2's we got you after having your feet measured just seem so huge on you.

 

Weight: 23.12 pounds

Height: 35 inches

(ok, this is crazy. You weigh  little more than Tanner at 2, but a little taller than him at 3!! What?!? Very tall and very skinny.)

 

Happy Birthday you sweet and busy boy! So sad that our baby is growing up. But just so you know, you'll always be our baby!

 

xoxoxoxoxo

MOM and Da

Chase's 2nd Birthday

 We had some fun today for Chase's birthday, as well as took it easy. Since I had to go to work that night we went out to breakfast at IHOP. Then during the day we just hung out and opened presents.

 

He got some sidewalk chalk, some new power tools, a fort building kit and a lawn mower that blows bubbles as you push it. He was pretty excited!

  

The fort building kit is a success! 

Mommy got Braces!

Say goodbye to this smile! It will never be the same and I am so excited! 

Getting the braces on wasn't too terrible, but wow they feel so weird. I hope it doesn't take me long to get used to them. 

 The boys first reactions to them when I picked them up from the babysitter.

So funny!

Grandpa Cannon and his Appendix

 Grandpa Cannon hadn't been feeling well for a few days, so Grandma took him to the ER on Sunday night were they found that he had appendicitis!

They weren't going to do surgery right away but ended up doing it when they found that his appendix had ruptured and they needed to get in there and clean it all out.

After surgery he was pretty nauseated, but did well. He was on IV antibiotics and was told he could go home in a day or 2.

 The next day he was sitting up and able to eat again.

Such a trooper!

Then on Wednesday he was sent home!

From what I know he is recovering very well and should be back to his old self in a couple weeks or so.

So glad everything worked out well Grandpa! 

Tanner's Birthday and Party

 

Tanner's birthday was a success!

We had a pretty mellow day while Daddy was at work. We went to MooMart (WalMart) to pick out a doll that he said he wanted for his birthday and cupcakes. We found these very cute little dolls. There was pink, blue and purple and he picked the pink and blue. I also said he could get a stroller and he picked the pink stroller opposed to the purple. This kid really likes pink!

 After Daddy got home Grandma came upstairs and gave him a tub full of coloring and drawing things and a PAW Patrol puzzle. He loved them! And we gave him the 3DS that Kollin wanted to get him. He was pretty excited about it.

The following Saturday was his birthday party. He said he wanted to go bowling and only had a few friends that he wanted to be there. So that worked! One of the friends had to cancel at the last minute, so just 2 were there. It was really fun and cute to watch 3 5 year olds bowl. 



Such a cool Transformer cupcake cake that he picked out.