Tanner turns 2!!!

Tanner woke up and we had ballons tied on things all over the house. He immediately wanted to hold them all. He loved letting them all go up into the air.


I stayed up all night making a choo-choo cake for Tanner. It didn't turn out so bad. Luckily, Tanner was super impressed and kept trying to snitch some before we blew out the candles. We had some close calls, but we made it.


A close-up of the cake!


We went to Chuck E' Cheese for Tanner's birthday with Matt's family. We got such a kick out of watching Tanner play Skee-Ball. He would walk right up to the end of the track and throw the ball into the slots. He LOVED it!! It was impossible to get him to do anything else (until he discovered the slide).


Tanner saying "Hi" to Chuck E.


Singing Happy Birthday and blowing out the candles. He did pretty good, and you could not wipe the smile off his face!


Yum, this is good!! Can I have some more!


Uncle Cole showed Tanner the slide and he thought it was so fun! He probably did it about 4-5 times before he was tuckered out and ready to go home. What a fun birthday party!!

The All-Star Football Player!!

Matt and I were out of town, so Uncle Jonny, Aunt Lauren, Uncle Nick, and Uncle Cole had fun dressing him up like a football star. Tanner loved it too. Weeks after the fact, he was still asking for the football helmets daily!

Tanner tries out sledding...

Tanner's first run down with Daddy! He has so much fun. The snow was kind of icey, so we had to make sure not to go too high up, otherwise he got going pretty fast.


Unlce Jonny's turn.


Ryan takes a turn with Tanner, he's still loving it.


Posing for a picture with Mommy. I love how our eyes look metallic in the sun.


Everyone finally convinced me to have a turn with Tanner. I wasn't going to at first becuase I was 6 months pregnant, but they assured me that we weren't going to go high enough where it would be a concern. So, it was the mommy and Tanner show, and I think I was having more fun than Tanner on this run. Needless to say, it sure made for some great pictures! Waaaa-hooooo!


Tanner discovers snowballs. I have to say thank you to Nana for letting us use this classic snowsuit. i don't know how many of the Jesperson boys wore it, but we were thrilled to use it for Tanner. He never gets lost in the crowd when he wears it, that is for sure!!

Merry Christmas!!

This was our family Christmas picture. A lot of people have asked us how we got Tanner to smile so well. Here's the secret...We put a piece of chocolate above the camera and told Tanner to say "treat." Once we finished snapping a few photos, we would let him have some chocolate. If you say the word treat, you can see how it is the perfect word to make them appear to be smiling. And if you really give them a treat after, you know they will gladly give you a real smile for that!