Christmas 2007

A lot has happened since Setember. Tanner has all of his teeth now. He is eating everything we eat. He loves Cheeto's, Biscuits and Sausage, Teddy Grams, and loves to drink out of his sippy cup. He wants a bite of anything we eat. He always points and says "bite." He is starting to talk more. He can say Mamma, Dada, Papa, KiKi, Bite, Car, Tractor, Book, Ball, Bye-Bye, No, Hey, Poo-Poo, and Barney (sounds like Narney). He knows how to make a cow, dog, kitty, duck, rooster, bee, bird and horse noise. He also makes the Varoom-Varoom noise when he plays with his cars and trucks. His Papa has ruined him with the motorcycle and the John Deere Tractor. Tanner loves to read. We read books all the time. Books are his favorite toys. He also loves to watch Barney. Tanner has started to Poo-Poo in the potty. He has seen the big kids at daycare poo-poo in the potty and one day he decided he wanted to poo-poo in the potty. When we are at home, we have been going to the bathroom in the potty. However, when he is at daycare, he just can't seem to quit playing to go to the bathroom. He is still very young to start potty training, but I am pushing him at home so maybe we can sail through potty training. (hopefully)

Christmas was an exciting time in the Thomas family. We had 3 days of Christmas. First, we started at our house. We invited Nanny, Grammy and Pa-Pa to come over and spend the night with us so they could see the presents Santa delivered. We wrote and colored a letter to Santa and laid out some cookies and milk. Then it was time for Tanner to go to bed. He woke up at 6:00am and was ready to go. Santa brought him a red tricycle, a chair of his own, a computer game, a dancing chicken Elmo, and a snow suit. He went to the Elmo first and then to the tricycle. He loved everything. He just kept going from present to present. Then it was time to open present from Mommy and Daddy. He received tons of clothes, counting books, and new Nike Shox. He had to try on the clothes and the shoes once he opened them. It was so cute!!

We then went on to Grammy and PaPa's house in Illinois. We had Christmas with Great-Grandpa Larry, Rita, Cousin Lindsey, and Grammy and Papa Christmas Eve night.

Then it was time to go to bed and wait for GrammyClaus and PapaClaus to put out toys for Tanner too on Christmas morning. He got a basketball goal, a yellow dump truck, a car garage and a set of building blocks. We are still working on shooting the basketball into the goal. We will get there though. He loves playing with his cars and making the Varoom-Varoom sound. He also got clothes, books, car bath toys, and gloves and a hat from Grammy and Pa-Pa.

After opening presents at Grammy and Pa-Pa's we headed out to Great-Grandma Connie's house to have Christmas dinner. There we at dinner with: Aunt Bobi, Uncle Paul, Cousin Tracey, Cousin Trista and her husband, Jacob. Aunt Beth, Uncle Denny, Cousin Skylar. Aunt Lisa, Uncle Steve, and Cousin Jill (all the way home from Oklahoma). Great-Grandma Connie. Tanner received green John Deere boots, (that we wore the rest of the day), a Harley Davidson jump suit, pajama's, crayons, clothes, and a car.

We left there and headed to Dyersburg, TN where Aunite Megie lives. We ate Christmas supper there with : Great-Grandma Lila, Nanny Debby, Aunt Megan, Uncle Rick, Aunt Heather, Uncle Damon, Cousins Katelyn, Hannah, and Madison. Aunt Terri and Uncle Bob. Tanner received Nike Shox, a John Deere jacket, a Barney book, Barney plate and cup, a Leap Frog Scooter, a farm animal puzzle, a yellow hairy ball, farm animal bath toys, a nativity set for his room, and clothes.

As you can tell we had a jam-packed 3 days of Christmas. We are so blessed to have such a loving family to spend Christmas with. We enjoyed Christmas so much to see Tanner have so much fun and enjoy all of his presents.

I hope everyone enjoyed Christmas as much as we did.