Hello Again

We've arrived in 2012! Here's what I've been mentally blogging for the past two months:


In October we got family pictures taken. By now most of you have seen them via our Christmas card & newsletter. Sorry if we missed you on that--please send me your address and we'd love to include you in our newsletter mailing next year! :) Here are a few of the pictures we didn't send out--






For Thanksgiving we surprised my parents with a visit to Washington! We sent Keegan to the door with a cardboard sign that said, "Looking for a good home, not potty trained". They happily accepted him and even us (Consequently, Keegan is 99% potty trained now! Yay!). We had planned the trip since February and were able to keep it a secret from them even when they visited us for six weeks this summer.

Grammie & Tanner (does this even look like my mom to anyone? Look at all that hair! :) The shag cut was definitely the best thing that happened to her hair--just ask my dad! )

The Landaker side cousins (except for Brandie's kids who were
home enjoying rare time with their Daddy)

Brandie, Amber, and Me (my sisters & I rarely get all together--we had a great time!)

Tanner, me, and Ryan--this is such a great pic of my brother-in-law that I had to share!

I even got to see my friend, Jenny Place, while visiting. This is her 4th son, Sebastian, and he is a couple of months older than Tanner. Keegan is close to the same age as her 3rd son, Noah. The last time we got together, Keegan and Noah were about the same age as Tanner & Sebastian are now!



Tanner turned 4 months old! (on November 29) and here are his stats:

Height: 24 3/4in (44th percentile)
Weight: 14lb 13oz (48th percentile)
Head: 17 1/4in (87th percentile)

So our little guy has a big head but he's so darn cute who notices, right? :)

This picture was actually taken on November 29 so I thought it'd be a good representation of Tanner one month ago. :) He is such a happy guy. He loves to roll but only on his right side from back to tummy. He occasionally rolls off his tummy to his back but it is so occasional that I don't count it as a milestone yet. Instead, he usually just cries about being stuck on his tummy. Keegan's face in this picture is an indication of his temperament these days. Please Tanner, stay sweet...