Tanner's 1 year old pictures

Its so sad that my little man is growing up so fast. Our lives have been filled with so much laughter and smiles since last November. I can not imagine what it will be like to have 2 children to fill our home and hearts. Thanks to Kelsey for taking some amazing pictures like always. Its not easy to get Tanner to sit long (2 pictures at a time).

Baby it's cold outside

Tory called me this evening when he got to his car at the park and ride and said "My car is covered in snow." Not words that you normally hear in Houston. As Tory and Tanner were getting home Tory's windshield cracked. We had just gotten that rock chip on Sunday. Now he needs a new windshield. It has been snowing at the house since around 5:30pm and it was so much fun to go out and play in the snow with our neighbors and Tanner. I guess this is what it looks like to have a white Christmas.

Family pictures in New Orleans

Our neighbor/friend Kelsey came to New Orleans with us to take the Western Families pictures. It was fun trying to get a group of 23 to all look at the camera and smile. It was also freezing and windy that day but I think we got some cute pictures.

4 generations of Western's

Happy Birthday Tanner

Tanner's 1st birthday party in New Orleans was alot of fun. Tanner has a sweet tooth like his dad and was ready to tear into the cake. We had no problem getting him to get dirty with the blue icing from his cake. It was nice to get to see everyone and tell them our little secret that we have been keeping for a few weeks now.

Our Family Pictures

Kelsey did an amazing job on our pictures considering Tanner was not happy that it was cold and windy. These were taken down in the French Quarter the day before his 1st birthday

Tanner's First Haircut

Tanner's 1st haircut was so cute. Jen put matching smocks on Tory and Tanner and Tanner did so well. I think we more excited about his first sucker then what Jen was doing to his head. He looks so grown up now.

Halloween at Tanner's School

Tanner's class was so cute in their Halloween costumes. Tanner had a fit when he saw me and that we the end of ride in the Bye Bye Buggie. At least I did get one picture with his hat on.

Run-A-Way Scarecrow

I was so excited to try Tanner's halloween costume on. He had fun running around the house while I chased after him with the camera. He is always on the go and has one speed, FAST. I can not get over how grown up and independent he has become.

Many Class of 1998 10 year reunion

What a weekend we had. Tory had his final golf tournament this weekend and it was also my 10 year class reunion. So Tory played in his tournament Saturday morning while Tanner went over to a friends to play and I went to work for a massage. We left Houston around 4 and got to my parents, changed and was out their door in under 30 minutes. Went to my reunion, stayed till 10:30pm and then drove back to Houston. We got home around 2am and Tory's alarm went off at 4:30am. I am still trying to catch up on my sleep and get the car and house back together after all the running around we did.

It was nice to see everyone. I did find out that there are a few more of my classmates that live in Houston also. Everyone looks the same as we did in high school. Cant wait to see how things are in 10 more years.

Do I want to be a CPA or an Artist?

Yesterday Tanner and I spent the whole day together. Tory was playing his last golf tournament for the year so we went shopping. While I was getting ready, Tanner pulled open Tory's night stand and pulled out the calculator. He carried it all around the house and played with it along with the broken mouse. I guess he is starting early with the love for numbers?

This was Tanner's first full week in his new classroom. He is now in Sweet 150 with the 12-18 month olds and he is so small compared to the bigger kids. It was nice to pick him up on Friday and get his papers that he had done during the week. I guess now I need to put these in his scrapbook.

Were did the month of September go??? 1st half of the month

September went by so fast that I never got to post what all happened during the month. This month Tanner had lots of new 1st.

Here are pictures of our first round of golf as a threesome. Tanner enjoyed being outside. It was all great till hole 16 and I got a migraine and sat out playing the hole. Tanner stayed in the cart with me and the next thing I know, Tanner tried to get out of the cart by himself and well, fell hitting his head on the sidewalk.

We told our neighbor about Tanner's fall when we got home and she asked if had thrown up following the fall. He had not so we did not think anything about it. Well next morning we had to wake him up at 9:00am which is very unusual since he normally is up at 7:00 sharp. Tory brought him down and I told him that he still stunk from yesterday even after giving him a 20 minute bath. Well, we then realized that he had thrown up in his bed. After throwing up 5 more times in the matter of 20 minutes, I called Tory to come back home and we took Tanner to Texas Children's for his first visit to the ER and his first CAT scan. The doctor then told us that yes he had a small concussion but everything else was fine.

Then this little storm Hurricane Ike, which Tory kept telling us that it was going to turn right, looked like it had his eye set for Houston. After calling back home (New Orleans) I deceided to pack us all up while Tory took his 8 mile run and we left the day before the storm. No one was on the road so it was an easy drive. We lost power Friday night at 8pm so I was so glad that we left. It was nice to spend a long weekend (5 days). We did not have any major damage but the eye did pass over our house.

Here are some pictures during our stay just hanging out with all our family.