Applesauce

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Tanner had his first taste of applesauce today.

Blogs and Cars

I was thinking that I should start a website, but I'm just not that good so I started a new blog. It is especially for mother's. You can visit the link on the side title "Mommy's Little Helper" if you would like to see it. I hope you do and tell all your friends to as well. You can learn more about it when you visit the blog.Now to the reason you visited this blog. Here's a picture of Vance playing in our backyard in the car he received from his Grandma Jeppson on his for his first Christmas. Yes, his first Christmas when he was three days old. :)

Who needs crawling?

Tanner has been cracking me up for about a month and it is more so as time goes on. He hates to be on his hands and knees. Whenever I put him in that position he will do one of three things: 1. flop immediately to his stomach 2. Stays in that position for a minute and then flops to his stomach or 3. Rock back and forth for a few seconds and then flop to his stomach. Needless to say he is not doing the traditional hands and knees crawling yet. It's been a few months now that he has rolled around and been about two since he realized that he could get places by rolling. He also in the past month though has started to pull himself around on his bum and also creep along the floor pulling himself on his stomach using his hands and knees as you can see in the video. So I guess he is in no rush to crawl since he can do all of these other things. Oh, and I do realize that the video is not the most attractive angle of my son. He went for something else.

He's at it again...

...So says the T-Rex on Toy Story. I know I have threatened to stop shower before and I just haven't done it, but today when I stepped out of my five minute shower this is the face that greeted me. I'm glad I was letting him hang out in his diaper while I showered so I didn't have to worry about his clothes. This my friends, would be lotion. Yes, nice thick and creamy lotion all over my boys face, hands, and my bedroom carpet. This story is as good as yesterday when he ripped a pattern that my mom had just sent me right in two. "Thanks, Vance. No, that's okay, I didn't actually want to use that pattern..." What am I going to do when he turns three and I can't blame his behavior on the fact that he is two anymore? Oy...I think I'm going to be finding gray hairs in my head sooner than later.

Yes!

It is much easier nowadays to get pictures of the boys together. I'm still working on getting one with them both smiling cute though. In the mean time I enjoy trying. They are watching their dad play the Wii and both sucking on their lower lips in this picture. Vance loves to say "Yes." It cracks us up so I was trying to get a video of it. He is kind of whispering and also kneeled over so I don't think it really does it justice, but you get the idea. He generally does it while watching Stephen play on the Wii or asking if he can play. Although he will do it at other times as well.

New Calling

Last week we had a member of the bishopric call and ask Stephen and I to give talks on the 8th. (Boo.) We also had another member of the bishopric call and set up an appointment with us before church yesterday. Somehow Stephen escapes getting callings more than I do. A lot of times we've had team callings, but when we haven't I've had a calling and not Stephen. Such is the case this time. I'm sure his turn will be coming soon though... Have I got you on the edge of your seat waiting to hear my calling yet? I am going to be team teaching (with a lady I just met yesterday) the Valiant 9 primary class. I will say this, I'm disappointed about two things. First, that since I'm team teaching it is not with Stephen (lame) and second that I'm not teaching a younger primary class. Oh well though. Who has ever been able to pick the calling they have? On the plus side I shouldn't have to babysit 8-9 year olds. I haven't been in primary since I was in primary myself so it should be fun.

Vote

I know everyone is anxiously waiting to find out when Stephen made it home from work Friday night. (lol) He got home at 1:45 am, which to be technical was Saturday morning. So, let's take a vote. Who thinks Stephen should get a raise? There's one big YES from me.