The fastest crawler in the Midwest

Tanner was fairly late to the crawling game, but she's perfected the art ... and she's like lightning on the hardwoods. She is great at walking while holding on to things. Why should I rush her, she's got her whole life to walk, right?

Her first tooth arrived late as well - just like her Daddy's did many years ago. It busted through on her 13 month birthday with lots of fanfare ... and by fanfare, I mean screaming, sleepless nights and an ensuing cold. Here's hoping the rest of them are a far less dramatic.

Shorter hair = fantastic bed head

First Hair Cut

I knew it would take a professional to intervene for the first hair cut because Tanner has already become resistant to having bows and barrettes put in her hair. Ryan at KidOCuts did a great job (his copious tattoos were a nice distraction) and sent us home with a certificate, lock of her hair and a pink balloon.


Before: a skeptical T is trying to figure out what is going on and why she's "driving" a car.


Halfway through: Generally ticked off.


Looking to Daddy to save her.


After!

Tanner Takes the Cake

Tanner had no fear of the cupcake or the icing. Taking after her mother, she enjoyed every bite. Thank you to Uncle Skipper for stepping in with a fresh camera battery when mine died!


Take that, cupcake!


More please!


We all survived the first year!

Happy 1st Birthday!

We traveled to Charleston, SC to celebrate Tanner's first birthday. Her cousin Hunter's birthday is May 21st of the previous year, so they are 364 days apart. We had a joint shindig for the two of them at a beach house in Wild Dunes.

Tanner loved the sand, hated the pool and devoured her birthday cupcake. The way she handled the icing would have brought a tear to her namesake's eye.

During the big birthday cake feast, my camera battery died, so I'll post those when my sister sends those my way.

Happy Derby!

We were super excited to be invited to go to the Kentucky Derby. We spent the day watching horses, drinking mint juleps and most entertaining of all, people watching.

My parents came up to take care of Tanner while we were at the race. They loved spending the entire day with her. It was the longest I have been away from her - 12 hours! I was definitely ready to see that crazy hair and big smile when we woke up this morning.

Happy Easter!

We've had quite the rainy Easter, but I managed to get a few pictures indoors. If the the rain clouds ever clear, I plan on taking some outside shots of her in her Easter dress.

Tanner wore her super special smocked dress from the fabulous Marcia Strickland this morning. She got many compliments as we passed through the halls at church.

She had no morning nap in the nursery at church, so it's been a fairly rough afternoon at our house...she went to bed at 6:45 p.m. (an hour early).