Tanner Boy at 9 months

Oh Boy oh Boy this Tanner boy. He is growing up too fast and too cute! He is so sweet and so happy, it's not hard to fall in love with this little guy. His smile and cuddles just melt my heart.  He is standing, walking (along things), climbing, dancing and enjoying life. He loves to be around other people and is quite the charmer. Watch out if you sit next to him at church, you will probably have a hard time listening :) 

I don't really have his exact stats for 9 months but let just say, perfectly chubby and about 19lbs!

 

Dr. Brad

Well It's official, Brad is a Doctor now. Yay we finished medical school! Even though we know we have some busy/demanding years ahead of us, it's still fun and exciting to celebrate this big accomplishment! We are so grateful to all those who have been there to help us, love us and listen to all our ups and downs on this adventure so far!

 Way to go Brad! and us too!

 Makenna kept telling everyone " My Dad's a Doctor now!"

AHhhh soaking up the Dr's Wife status...... just kidding more like oh man, when do we have to start paying back the loans? Just teasing, I'm proud to stand next to this guy. Way to go Brad!

May Randoms

 Aquarium with the kids

 Tanner boy at 8 months

 Trying on Mommy's shoes

Enchanted Island with Audrey

"We're on a Vacation!"

We had a great vacation to San Diego at the end of April. We took it easy and tried not to make it too busy and just really enjoyed being together!

 Here we are at Sea World. Classic Makenna, Sucking her thumb and twirling her hair as she is taking it all in.

 Watching the dolphins

 If you notice we took a sharpie and wrote our phone number on her arm, in case she were to get lost. This got a lot of attention, lots of people saying, " That's a good idea!"

 Coronado beach was wonderful.

 Testing out the sand for about 1 minute.

 One of Makenna's all time favorite things to do is to chase birds. So she really was in heaven chasing all the seagulls on the beach.

 Makenna loved being in the hotel. It was so much fun for her. Every time we would walk into the hallway to walk to our room, she would start skipping and singing  "Let it go" from frozen down the whole way.

 He had just starting scooting around before we left for the trip so he was a little bit of a handful in the room :)

 Day 2 at Sea World. Meeting Elmo, a little nervous, but excited!

Loved all the little rides!

"We're on a Vacation!"

April Randoms

In the middle of March we found out that Brad with be starting his residency at Scottsdale Health Care! This was Brad's first choice so we are pretty excited. So we quickly found a home to rent in south Scottsdale so we can be close to the hospital. It has four bedrooms, so we are loving the extra room. We have had a busy month so we are still trying to get some things organized and settled in. We have some very friendly neighbors, that we are looking forward to getting to know better. Here are some random pictures and videos!

 This is a familiar scene at our house, I'm sure we have to tell her to get off of him at least a few times a day. The problem is, he loves it! So that only encourages her! 

 Just being cute, as usual

Tanner's chubby foot

Oh my goodness, this boy just kills me with those big smiles!

I like how Makenna talks to him in this one

I like his reaction to the hair being blown out of his face.

Easter Time

 Family Dinner with the Shumways

 Jacob, Rex and Makenna

 Three Studly young men, Scott, Bryan, Tanner

Oh Tanner Boy

 Hauling Jacob around

 Little Cousins chatting it up

Mason Pushing Makenna, what a sweet cousin.

Getting ready for the Easter Egg Harvest!

 Mandatory family picture attempts

 The Tan Man

Generations 2-5 with the middle name Rex.

Getting ready for the Easter Egg hunt at Grandma Thomas' house.