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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Tanner Ross || 11 months

tanner.

my baby.

how, oh how can it be!?

you're E L E V E N months old today and I honest to goodness don't know how we've even gotten here.

boy you just bring so, so much joy to us all.

such a happy camper, with a calm spirit.

a mama's boy at it's finest + you are ever so dear to me.

sensitive, yet determined.

I dream about you and what your future holds so often. it's such a bright one ahead for you and I pray you will always hold your mama close to your heart.

sweet boy, it brings tears to my eyes as we're getting closer to closing in on your first year of life. it's been a year of challenges and you've taught me so much about myself. made me stronger. made me more patient + compassionate.

this past year you've molded me into who I am.

though it is so emotional and breaks my heart a little seeing you get so stinking big, it also brings me the biggest joy and I couldn't be more excited to continue to watch you as you grow more and more into yourself.

thank you my sweet tanner boy.

mama loves you!!!

and not knowing it was possible to love you any more than I already did--- this month you've been soooo solid with your sleep and we've had daysss of you sleeping all through the night :) mama loves you baby, now keep it up!! ;)

age: 11 months

stats:

26 lbs
(from the scale at home)

birth: 8lbs 2oz -- 21 inches

2 days: 7lbs 11oz

12 days: 9lbs 1oz

1 month: 12lbs 4oz -- 23 1/2 inches

2 months: 15lbs -- 24 inches

3 months: 17.4 lbs -- (from the scale at home)

4 months: 18lbs 13oz -- 27 inches

5 months: 20.4 lbs -- (from the scale at home)

6 months: 21lbs 2oz -- 28 inches
7 months: 22.8 lbs -- (from the scale at home)
8 months: 23 lbs -- (from the scale at home)
9 months: 23 lbs 15 oz -- 30.2 inches
10 months: 25lbs 2oz

clothes: 12-18 month

diapers: size 4

Tanner name sign // Quincyjeanart

banner // hooray everyday

11 month things:

--tooth number 8 made it's way! (5/19) you've got quite the mouthful of chomppers and i just love how every time you smile and get excited, those little teeth are showing off.

--as soon as his little cold passed, we started off the month with some great nights! usually one quick night wake up and a handful of nights without any! and THEN about a week and a half ago, we've been going consistent with NO NIGHT WAKE UPS!

yahoo! praying I don't jinx that now ;)

P H O T O D U M P!!

10 months
9 months

7 months

Xoxo

-Brittney

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Monday, June 12, 2017

Summer Fun List

we made a list like this at chistmas time and it was so fun to have for when we knew we wanted to do something, but our minds went blank. I can go from thinking about all these fun things I want to do, but then when we have the time to do the fun things I can't think of what it was we wanted to do! #mombrain

sooo having a list like this makes me put those thoughts/ideas down ~~on paper~~ on the computer ;) and then it's visual for me. and that makes allll the difference.

so here it is...

SUMMER FUN LIST 2017!!

some of these harper came up with and some I added too :)

--play in toy car in the backyard
--play in backyard swim pool (like the little mini plastic one) ;)
--watch a movie-- harper ;)
--go to country club swim pool + order lunch
--smell the flowers
--go to the zoo
--go to target-- again harper ;)
--blow bubbles/play with bubble machine
--go to the farmer's market
--lots of bbq's with friends in family
--fly a kite
--go to a rainier's baseball game
--run through the backyard sprinkler
--eat lots of watermelon and otterpops
--buy ice cream from the ice cream truck

so here we go! ready to check all these items off our list! & I'm so happy that we've already been able to do a handful of them!

we're ready to jump full swing into summer!!
(come on washington-- let's keep it coming!)

what is on your summer bucket list!?? share some with us so we can add to ours!
I'm planning to pack this summer full and enjoy every last bit of it.

Xoxo

-Brittney

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Thursday, June 1, 2017

tanner's first SWING!

first park trip of the summer and it was so so fun!!

I started this blog all cause I wanted a place to document our lives and the memories we make.

this post has to happen because baby's fist swing is one of my absolute favorites.

I remember harper's first time swinging like it was yesterday, and I've ben anxiously awaiting the time we would take tanner!

we did it yesterday after we made a run to the cutest little cupcake shop downtown (hello cupcake), and it made for just the most perfect afternoon with me and my babes.

tanner can sometimes be a little unsure about newness.. so I wasn't quite sure if he would take a liking to swinging right away during his first time... but the boy LOVED it!!!

the biggest open mouth smile. seriously THE BEST!