Jake Robert Tanner

He is finally here. Jake was born Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 12:48pm

He weighed 8 lbs 8 oz and was 20.5 in long. He is absolutely perfect!

We are so excited to have him and Olivia could not love her brother any more. It's so cute!

Jake is doing great and already back up to his birth weight. We just had his first doctor's appointment this morning. He is perfect! Thank you to everyone that was at the hospital when he was born and for everyone that came out to see him at our open house. We really appreciate everyone's love and support. Thanks!

Our big girl

I took Olivia to get new pictures taken because she hasn't had pictures since she turned one and she clearly has lots more hair and even has more teeth, finally! This time around was A LOT more difficult to get a good picture than it ever has been. Not only because I am 9 months pregnant but because she just loves to run around. Sitting still and looking at the camera is not her top priority. Some how we got some beautiful and great shots of her and even one with mama. That one was by pure luck. Trust me, I don't know how the photographer got that one, I literally grabbed her sat her down and smiled for the camera and had no idea what she was doing. As you can tell, she was luckily flashing that million dollar Livie smile. She's even showing off new teeth!! The tooth count is now up to 8 but it has stopped (at least for now). She has her top and bottom 2 front teeth and top and bottom 2 molars, but that's it. No mouth full of teeth just yet. I guess we'll have to wait until her second birthday for more teeth to appear. Not sure.

Olivia will be 18 months on Friday and so begins the real countdown for when her new little brother comes. My due date is October 27th, but I have a strong feeling he will be making his grand entrance just a bit early. I'm not sure why, I just have this feeling he's ready to go and he's ready to go now. A month early may be a bit too early, but I'm ready at any time. This time around has been a lot more trying than it was with Olivia. I'm going to chalk that up to carrying a boy. He's just showing me what boys are all about and giving me fair warning. Olivia is very excited about becoming a big sister. I don't think she really understands what is about to happen, but if you ask her where Jake or her brother is, she'll point to her own tummy and say brudder. It's so cute. Then you can correct her and point to my tummy and she will hug or kiss it and some times say Jay, which means Jake.

Olivia talks a lot, but you might not always understand what she's saying. She says full sentences but not full words. You have to just know what she's talking about. Or she just babbles and says the last word clearly. She's a blast. She's getting so big, time is going by so fast. We'll keep the blog updated on Jake's arrival.

Baby Jake in 3D!

Here is a 3D picture of our little Jake. We got some really good ones this time around. We think he's a cutie already! We have just about 2 months left until we get to meet him and we couldn't be more excited. Hope everyone enjoys this little sneak peek at Jake!

Drum roll please...

This is it.. We've finally decided on a full name for our new little boy. Jake Robert Tanner. Jacob is Ty's middle name so we shortened it to Jake and Robert is my dad's middle name and Ty's grandfather's first name. So we have officially named him and named him after very important people. Our little Jake is expected to arrive around October 27th, so about 95 days to go!!

Little Brother!!

It's official, IT'S A BOY!! Snips, snails and puppy dogs tails this time!! Olivia is very excited to have a little brother. And daddy can't wait for his little boy. I am very excited as well. I can't wait to have blue stuff, shop for boy clothes and all that. It's going to be such a difference. I'm so excited. The only unfortunate part is, I have no idea what we're going to name him. I'm so stuck with naming this kid. I don't seem to love anything, and I have to love my baby's name. Ty is stuck on Jake and just loves it. We'll have to see if it grows on me or not. I don't dislike it. We may come up with a couple names and put a poll out to see what everyone thinks. For now, it's baby boy Tanner... Although Ty is telling everyone it's Jake!!
Hopefully this obvious picture isn't too innapropriate for some viewers eyes!

Sorry I haven't posted any pictures from Olivia's 1st Birthday. I finally decided to, a month later. :( She had an absolute blast. If you were there, you saw her take a bite out of her birthday cake just with her mouth. No hands!! It was hilarious. Everyone laughed. We had her birthday along with her boyfriend James' party since they are only 4 days apart and totally in love! James had a chocolate cake that was all over the place, and some how Olivia didn't get any of her cake on her. It was all over her face and hands, but nothing got on her dress! That's my girl!!

She had such a nice time with all her friends and family. And she loved all of the presents she got. She got so many cute outfits and some great toys. She looks like such a doll in her clothes. And this summer is sure to be fun with all the new bathing suits she got. She'll be the cutie at the pool! Thank you every one that made it out and everyone that wished her a happy birthday!

Baby #2

Here is the first picture of new baby Tanner. We had our first appointment about 2 weeks ago and everything is looking great. Strong heartbeat and growth. The baby's heart beat was about 150bpm. Not sure if that means boy or girl just yet, but we should be able to find out in the next month. We're hoping for a boy, but another girl would be just as amazing as our first one was. Stay tuned to find out what we're having and be prepared for a name poll. We don't have anything nailed down yet and I feel like this time around may be difficult to pick one out!