Disneyland

Aaron took the day off work before busy season starts and before seminary starts so that we could go to Disneyland and other Disneyland, as Blake calls California Adventure.

He loved Autotopia because he could drive.  It is pretty awesome because he is taller then the 40 inches minimum for a lot of the fun rides, but that meant Dylan can't go on them.

While we were there, an earthquake hit.  Protocol is that they close all the real rides for a safety check, so off to the river boat we went.  Dylan kind of loved it because he could crawl around. 

It was in the low 90s, which is hot for us...really hot.

To make a long story short, after multiple attempts, Blake and Aaron got to ride the new Cars ride and then Blake and I went on it.  Our review...it is fun, but not at all worth the wait.

It is pretty fun to see the kids' reaction to everything going on. Dylan just took everything in and loved looking at everything.  Blake was willing to try a lot of those fun rides.  He loves trains, so I took him on a fast train, Thunder Mountain.  We went to Disneyland last week with some friends and I took Blake and his friend on Pirates, which was Blake's favorite rides that day because of the bumps (drops).

How do you catch a picture of someone dancing?  Well, Blake was super excited because we stayed late enough to play basketball at an arcade.  When asked what Blake wants to do when we go to Disneyland, he always responds with "play basketball"...of all the things huh?  When we went in June with Aaron's work, we got a free token so he wanted to play basketball...that was all he talked about after our trip.  That silly "free" token.

Dylan was pretty excited to find a place where he could roam freely.

Go time...

He played a couple games and even made a couple baskets.

Fun trip!  On the way home (at 10pm) Dylan fell asleep immediately.  Blake told Dylan, "Don't fall asleep, wait until we get home" (because that is what I say)...and then Blake immediately fell asleep.

Home Depot

Earlier this week I asked Blake what he wanted to do.  He responded, "Go to Home Depot!"  He loves that place and well, we needed to go there anyway, so off we went.  Blake scored big because he got to go to Home Depot and he got to push that cart...another favorite thing to do...all while eating a muffin.

Forklifts..who knew they could be so interesting.  He wants to find them every time we go.

He also needs to check out all the tools.

And Dylan is just thrilled about it all.

10 Months

Our little mover turned 10 months old today.  This stage is ever so fun because we get to make sure the floors are always clean, but at least I have help mopping.

Dylan doesn't like story time as much as Blake, but he likes being with dad and Blake.

He is ALWAYS happy when he is standing.

He also really enjoys balls and cords...mostly cords. He is a very determined little boy, but has such a big smile.  He loves being with his brother (most of the time) and will try to do whatever Blake is doing.  Today Blake was trying to get him to crawl up the stairs and Dylan did follow.  Welcome to the world of brothers huh?

Pioneer Park

We went to a really fun park called Pioneer Park last week with some friends.  They have some really fun covered wagons that you can play on, a cool water playground and a regular playground.

They both enjoyed it!

It was a pretty awesome slide.

He's Growing

Dylan had his surgery 2 weeks ago and sure enough, he did have 2 hernias and they were worse then originally thought.  The 45 minute surgery turned into a 2 hour surgery.  He was pretty miserable until later that night.  He was wanting to crawl, but it hurt him, so he just sat right back.  He did that the following day as well. Then the next day, he changed his crawl so that his crawl didn't hurt him.  Today we went to the surgeon for the follow up and he is all healed.  The night before the surgery, we were up all night with Dylan because he was throwing up and in terrible pain.  Glad we did the surgery because he now doesn't throw up and sleeps at night...it is kind of great.  We have become regulars at the hospital because we had the same Pre-op nurse and post-op nurse.

In addition to going to the surgeon, we also saw the pediatrician for his 9 month check up.  He is 31 inches tall, which is 99 percentile. (One more inch and he can go on more rides at Disneyland). 21 pounds 13 ounces which is 75 percentile. He is meeting his milestones and the doctor confirmed my suspicions...he has some teeth coming in.  We will just see how long it takes for them to come through.

His teething could explain why he found Blake's rocket ship to be his favorite chew toy.

There is no need to take the chew toy out when you are in the middle of a crawling race with big brother.

Dylan is at the stage of being frustrated because he wants to walk but can't do it.

He is very curious.  Baby proofing is going to be fun.

Success

Blake was a real treat to potty train.  We had a very hard time getting him to go #2 in the toilet...peeing was fairly easy...we tried ALL sorts of things.  Anyway, the week that Dylan was in crazy pain and we were just passing the time to have his surgery and while Aaron was in Dallas, Blake finally took care of business in the toilet.  But then he called me out on all the incentives that we tried on him.  One of those was going on the train.  So, off to the train we went.

They both LOVED it!  And I LOVED why we were there.  Oh happy day.

After we went on the train, we went to the zoo...and the park..and the lake.  It was a fun day.

Who actually went to Church?

What a week, Michelle mentioned our fun trip to the hospital for Dylan and my week out in Dallas.  In keeping with what has become my section on Blake's stories and funnies, I'll add my two cents.

Saturday night was pretty bad, after hours and hours and hours in the hospital we didn't end up getting much sleep that night.  So, the next day it was just Blake and I who went to church.  When it was time for lunch, after getting home, I asked Blake who he wanted to say the prayer.  He looked around the table, usually he picks a visitor or James (Michelle's brother) but this time he wanted to say it.  He started off rather normal.....

"Heavenly Father, thank you for this day.  Thank you for my family...."  

He then normally turns his prayers into narratives, usually adding in that we went to church---I assume so that He knows that Blake went and Blake can get credit for it.  :)

He continues...."We went to church today.  Well, actually Daddy and I went to church today.  Mommy and Dylan actually stayed home.... "

In summary:  In case you weren't paying attention today, Lord, I went to church.  There were others in my family who did not go, but I was there.  I hope you marked me down as having attended. Did you happen to put a gold star or smiley face next to my name as well?

As a side note, yes Blake likes and uses the word actually quite a bit.  It is pretty funny to see other people unfamiliar with Blake as they listen to him tell his stories.  He'll throw words out there (like actually) that completely takes people off guard.

That same Sunday night, James and I gave Dylan a blessing with Blake and Mommy anxiously watching.  Blake has seen other blessings before but I think this might have been the first one that stuck out to him.  For the next couple of days, Blake would randomly approach Dylan, put his hands on Dylan's head and say, "Dylan Johnson Tanner, help that your ouchie on your tummy gets better.  In Jesus' name amen."

We like the sentiment, now we need to work on what priesthood authority means.  :)

9 Months Old

Dylan is 9 months old. After a week of him occasionally throwing up and not sleeping at night and being in pain when you would try to put him down...and after not eating for most of the day (which is uncharacteristic of him) we went to the hospital.  Many hours later it was determined that he had a hernia, which we figured.  Hernia?  Um, yes, he has had surgery for an umbilical hernia, but now it was more in his groin.  It shouldn't be painful but the doctor tried to push his intestines back in he screamed.  We knew this midget was in pain, but we were sent home with instructions to see the surgeon first thing Monday morning.  The first surgery opening was next Thursday, so we have to wait a week and a half. Aaron was in Dallas all week so it was a very long week with very little sleep.  Dylan has some other issues that add to the problems with his hernia and when he cries, it pushes his intestines out and causes more pain.  Thursday we will go back to the hospital for surgery...and the surgeon thinks he actually has 2 hernias.

Dylan is crawling around everywhere and getting into everything. He is very curious.  He loves to wave. Today Aaron and Blake left to run an errand. Later Dylan heard the door open (but we were upstairs and couldn't see the front door), so he said, "Daddy" and then started to wave.  I thought it was very cute.

One night while Dylan was not sleeping, I asked him, "Dylan should we go to bed?" and then Dylan shook his head...no no no.  A couple minutes later I said, "Dylan, I think we should sleep" and then Dylan laughs.

This is just how exhausted he was...fell asleep eating dinner.  I kind of wanted to join him.

Astronaut Blake

Astronaut Blake got a package in the mail from Grandma and Grandpa. He was super excited to get his own rocket ship.

We immediately had to go test it out.

Over and over again.

Thanks for the entertainment.