THE cutest kid

I don't want to be one of those weird moms that think only their kid is the cutest, but this story is pretty awesome. Isaac and I always try to ask how Tanner's day was at Tamie's house, and sometimes through a mouthful of pretzels he tells us a little. He was telling us the other day about how he sang songs at Tamie's house. He said "Jesus was born!" "Bethlehem!" (it sounded like bittheham)"Asweep!" "Appy Kistmas!" He was really excited to tell us this and it melted my heart. He is only 2 and he already understands the meaning of Kistmas! Another Tannerism, the other day we were leaving church and we are lucky enough to go to the one by the temple. I was pulling out of the parking lot and Tanner says"Bye Jesus! Bye Mowoni! later dudes!" I was laughing so hard I could hardly drive. I hope Jesus was ok with this. It was so innocent and cute. I have to write these things down in order to remind myself how cute he really is when my house is destroyed or he is having a 2 year old meltdown. It's hard being a mom sometimes, but totally worth these little moments.

Thanks!

Here are some things I am thankful for.
Laughing with my hubby over dumb things
When my little boy says "Love you Mamma"
Talking with my cute sister about the trials of her single life
Pumpkins
My mom,my two brothers,my sister, my sister-in-law, my brother-in-law, my husband and I all going to college at the same time
Talking with my good friends about nothing and everything
Reading about my friends that I don't get to see all the time on their blogs.
Feeling my little girl move in my belly
Costco chocolate cake
Watching Dora the Explorer and eating popcorn with Tanner
My ward family
My soon to be sister in law
My brother who is coming home from his mission
Hearing my neice on the phone giggling
Great moments in presidential speeches on Dave Letterman
Pumpkin spice candle from Salt City candles
Talking with my mother-in-law and mom about life
I am grateful for my life including the trials. I am so blessed.
Now it is your turn! I tag everyone! Tell me what you are grateful for.
Happy Thanksgiving!

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My friend Heather is a huge Twilight fan! I love those books too, even though they are a little cheezy, but a great way to escape! I love vampires! Sometimes I pretend that Isaac is one! (He doesn't know that). I am like Esme, but I think I have hair like Alice! Happy Halloween!

Slacker!!

Sometimes I let things slack a little in my life. Obviously I put my blog in my slack pile. It's in there along with a huge load of laundry and perhaps some ironing I need to do. I think that I spend a lot of time on a computer at work and in my online classes so the time needed to blog gets pushed back. I love reading all of your blogs and hear about what's going on in everyone's lives, it's so good and so much more interesting than my life. I just wanted to say I am so thankful for all of my good friends and family. You are all what makes life worth living! Thank you for all you do for me, you enrich and bless my life in tremendous ways. Life is good here at the Bateman house, we are busy and Tanner rules our lives. It's good! I have made a goal to not be a blogging slacker so much anymore so there are more updates to come! I promise! Thanks for being patient with me!

Fair Time

I hate the fair because it means the end of summer, but I love the fair because it is fun especially through the eyes of a two year old! Tanner had fun riding a few rides and feeding the animals! He even got to help milk a cow! We had a great time eating,walking,eating,walking and eating some more. Seeing things through the eyes of a child makes things a little easier to handle and life is a bit more fun! Everything is exciting! One of Tanner's sayings is "Look at the big truck! or Look at the animals, or Look at....whatever is in eyesight. It's so great. I now have to go work out because of all the food I ate. I am going to look like that giant pig if I don't stop.

Binki love and a Black eye

Poor little guy! Tanner fell down while going up the slide stairs and cut himself right above his eye. We went to the hospital and I asked one of the radiologists that I work for if he needed stiches or not. He sent us down to the ER and the doc was so nice and just glued his cut instead of giving him stiches. Tanner didn't even cry. I am grateful for the little perks of working at the hospital. It was a painless experience unlike usual ER visits. Tanner is a tough little guy and totally a boy. I am sure this is not the first time we will have an experience like this. Oh, and by the way, if you couldn't tell from these pics, Tanner loves his binki. I think he would sell his soul for it. We only let him have it at night,but he sometimes asks for it and we just have to endure the screaming. The joys of being two!

More family togetherness

Just some more fun pics of the bateman family reunion! Good times!