It's almost been a year...

My little boy is going to be ONE in 17 days....it's completely bittersweet. I love watching him grow and become his own person. He is learning things at lightning speed these days, picking up something new every day. Some days I want him to be my helpless little baby still, needing me for everything. He needs me less and less, which makes me sad that I'm not needed as much, but happy to know he's growing into his independence with ease. We are getting close to getting rid of the bottle, he is partially on whole milk so formula will be gone soon too!! I am definitely not sad about not having to wash bottles and no more formula to buy. After he turns one we will slowly take away the binky with our goal for it to be gone before he is two, it worked out perfectly with Kenzie so I'm hoping he will be the same.

Tanner still only has his two bottom teeth but his top ones have started to cut through. I'm hoping they will be in for his first birthday pictures! I love those tiny little baby teeth! He is starting to pick up on sign language, right now he says "all done" and we are working on eat now. He claps his hands and stomps his feet when we sing "If You're Happy and You Know It" but doesn't care for the 'shout hooray' part. By that time in the song he's lost interest, haha. He absolutely LOVES his big sister, even though she takes toys away from him, pushes him down and teases him. He is learning how to get her back. He pulls her hair and hits her in the face with some NO encouragement from mom and dad ;) haha. They play "run and chase" as Kenzie calls it. They run all around and Tanner screams and laughs, he thinks it is the greatest game ever. When Tanner wakes up in the morning Kenzie always asks to go in his room and play with him, so she goes and gets in his crib with him and they play and laugh for a little while. It is so sweet, I love their relationship right now.

Kenzie is a little spitfire. She definitely keeps us exhausted and wondering why we even had kids on our toes. She has been very defiant lately and I'm beginning to see that the next year is going to be very interesting....let's just say that the "terrible two's" weren't so bad compared to now and what is coming with being 4. Wow. I can't believe my little peanut girl will be 4 in 4 months!! Yikes!

In June we took a trip to Disneyland with the kids, the first time for both of them. It was a very enjoyable trip, we went on a lot of rides with fairly decent wait times and the kids did great. We also had out yearly Family Reunion in Big Bear the last weekend in June. Other than the venue being a bust we had a great time, I love my family.

I don't feel like uploading any pictures this time around. Plus I can't find my camera, surprise surprise, I am always misplacing that thing. I am officially a blond now, no more dark hair for me. It's been almost 4 years since I died my hair dark and it stayed dark until recently. I still need some highlights to finish it up, right now it's dirty dishwater blond, very close to my natural color, so it needs some pep! Finally my kids look like they actually came from me ;)

We are planning a trip to the San Diego Zoo in the early fall, end of September or beginning of October, and I am really excited to go! I know the kids are going to love it.