Tanner has now been officially introduced to food. He is still not so sure about it, but he is eating well. I mean, look at the boy... do you doubt that he loves food? This kid is a tank! 
For some reason we always have a difficult time with family pictures. Good enough I suppose!
And of course the delicious food. I am still full!
and one of the seven dwarfs (depending on his mood- Happy, Sleepy or Bashful):
It was not hard to get her to take the apple from the witch:
Some sweet little princesses:
It's officially October and to me that means Halloween! Can I just say that I love love love these polka dot pumpkins! I don't think Halloween could get any cuter...except for maybe some black glitter. Check this idea out here at Imperfectly Beautiful. 
You know that old saying, "don't shoot the messenger"? I think it's a stupid saying. Frankly I believe that sometimes the messenger deserves to be shot. What? You don't agree? Hear me out for 30 seconds. Sometimes the messenger says things that should be kept to themselves. For instance, let's take a woman who wears those little peep toe bootie looking boots to a party. Some might think, "hey, those are some cute boots, way to pull off that trend". And some might think, and actually say to someone else at the party, "I think those boots are hideous". Now if that person who hears this rude piece of information goes to that brave girl who wore those bootie boots and tells her this, I believe in this case the messenger should be shot. What good does that comment bring to anyone? To the trendsetter? To the critical onlooker? Nothing. Now, this doesn't mean I think it's okay to talk behind peoples backs... heavens no. But I do think that some things are just left better unsaid. So, before delivering a message you should think to yourself... "should I be shot for this?".
Here are some of our many attempts at another family picture:
Trenton gave Tanner a beautiful blessing and it was a beautiful day full of family and great food!
Before summer was officially over Mia just had to play with some water outside. Once she figured out how to make circles with the water she wouldn't stop! After about 10 minutes she accidentally drenched herself and that officially ended the water fun. 
Mia loved riding the 4-wheeler!
Peanuts for the blue jays!
Mia loved to drag Grandma C around!
Mia ran down that road like a mad woman!
Mia is a ball full of energy and is constantly on the go. Between puzzles, coloring, reading and playing with her toys we are busy! We are working on the whole entertaining herself thing. She loves to ride in her stroller around the neighborhood now. Hopefully it cools down soon for my sake. Her favorite movie is a toss up between Dumbo and Finding Nemo. Her favorite book this week is Goodnight Moon. She loves to find the red balloon and the little mouse. She is talking all the time and copying everything we say. One of my favorite things she says is "later" when she is saying good-bye. I also love the way she says Tanner-"Tunner". 
Tanner is growing up so fast! Thankfully he has been a great baby. I am knocking on wood as I write this, but he hardly ever cries and is very peaceful. He still has all his dark hair and it looks like he is going to have blue eyes (how I ended up with two children with blue eyes is beyond me). He is holding his head up really well and he is getting really strong. He makes these little sounds that I am pretty much in love with. He is starting to smile too. Mia still loves to take care of him and wrap him up in blankets and give him "kesses" as she would call them. She also loves for him to lay on her belly. She LOVES it! I have got to take a picture of it...priceless. She laughs and giggles while he so calmly rests on her belly. Having two children so young and so close in age is definitely difficult and time consuming, but I sure do love them. 
We tried so hard to get a family photo...
And it never really worked out.
Mia loved the beach, especially collecting rocks.
Cameron and Mia enjoyed Jungle Book together.
Another attempt at a family photo.
Trent telling Mia to calm down and look at the camera.
It sort of worked!!
After we were tired of chasing her around all day, we just threw her in a ditch (totally kidding).
Sweet sandcastle!
Mia loves her Papa!
It was so fun to have Lauren and Cameron there this year!
We pretty much had a blast every single day. Although we did miss Devin, Cathy and Kylie. Hopefully they can come next year! We loved spending time with everyone and just enjoying the beautiful Carlsbad beach. We had some seriously delicious food too. Life can't get much better than that! Thanks Grandma C for everything!!!
Meanwhile, Tanner slept without a care in the world...
And I was able to do laundry... it scares me how easy I am to please now.
Love this dress! I found it here at Shabby Apple. I actually love all the dresses at Shabby Apple (they all have sleeves- imagine that), but if I was going to pick just one... it would be this one. Check out their baby clothes too... adorable.
I love the pretending to be asleep face!
So many people have asked me how Mia is reacting to a new baby in the house. I really thought that she would be taking it a lot harder than she is. She still absolutely adores him! No jealousy at all. The only bad part is that she smothers him! She wants to hold him, kiss him, sit on him, feed him food, put stickers on him, wrap him in blankets and all sorts of big sister kind of things. It's a little overwhelming at times... I can't take my eyes off of her or she will do some serious damage to the little guy. I just don't think she understands that you can't feed a baby bread or lay on them while he is in the swing, or throw balls at them. Yes, she did all of those things. Life is much more complicated with two children, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I am not sure how I am ever going to leave the house by myself, but life is SWEET!
"More fire please mama," she shouted as the fireworks came to an end.
We tried to be festive... things are just so much more complicated with two babies!
