Happy birthday Aunt Aly!

Eric is clearly a little distressed realizing we won't be there to see Aly on her birthday, so he asked me to make this video. Please don't judge the baby talk, after all, he is a baby. So Happy Birthday Aly, we love you!

More Eric

Yes, we're the parents that are convinced that every single thing our baby does is adorable and should be recorded. I would probably post a picture of what a good pooper he is if I got too carried away, but not to worry, I will hold back on that one (don't worry, I don't have a picture to post). But it's because he really is so dang cute! And we have the excuse that we left behind family that wants to see lots of updates on him.

Here is Eric's new talking he's been doing a lot of lately. This is actually what sound Tanner and I wake up to each morning through the monitor.


We should be more uptight about fruit, but I just up and gave Eric some cherries in his fruit net, he's about 6 months anyway. He wasn't so sure about it, but eventually loved it. He was stained all over by the time he was done.


Eric has finally learned to roll from back to tummy! At least going one direction. But it's a lot of work to get all the adorable chub moving around!

Eric's first day on the swing

Eric's new thing is this silly fake laugh/cough

Eric loves oranges in his fruit net and gets really upset when they are gone

Discovering new things

Some things we have discovered this week: Eric wants to be a football player. We told him he just has to wait until the football isn't bigger than he is.



Eric loves to swing! He had so much fun and looked so cute slumped against the front of it.







Highchairs are fun!!

And sweet potatoes are delicious.

But make you gassy.

It has been two weeks today since we got in Milwaukee, which seems crazy to me. We miss everyone a lot, but are excited for school/work to start so we'll be busier.

I got a job! I start in 3 weeks, part-time, it will be evenings, so Tanner will watch Eric, yeah!

We have discovered frozen custard and I could gain a lot of weight out here, luckily we don't have money to buy it too often.

Eric can now almost roll onto his tummy from his back; he has also started fake laughing, which he of course, finds hilarious.

Eric is still down for his afternoon nap, which means he has been sleeping for 2.5 hours. Which makes me feel like this:

But makes Tanner so nervous he keeps sending me in to make sure he is breathing.

This picture makes me so happy it is ridiculous. He is just the cutest thing. He loves this bouncer so much, I thought he'd be getting tired of it by now. But he just jumps and kicks like crazy. The other night I youtubed some River Dance music and played it while Eric danced his happy little jig. I thought it was too clever and funny and Eric seemed to agree. Tanner just waited for me to turn off the music.

Our neighbors are amazing, I'm so grateful for nice, friendly, awesome people.

The end.

Swimming!

Today we went swimming in Fred and Kathy's (our landlords) pool. It was Eric's first time swimming and he loved it! He was so calm and kicked his chubby little legs the whole time!

It's hard to see Eric's legs in this picture, but he was actually kicking enough that he was moving forward a little.
With Daddy, so fun!
We were worried about him burning, even with all the sunscreen, so Kathy found this hat to try. We couldn't stop laughing, it was so funny and so cute!
Every time I would lean him back like this he would think about it for a minute and then just kick, kick, kick, it was so funny.

Not loving us laughing about the hat. Actually, he was just making a silly face because he was tired, but he probably didn't appreciate that either.
We had to keep stopping him from drinking the delicious chlorinated water, mmmm.
This is where he went right when we got home, he was so tuckered out. He looks so big!

My favorite sound

Eric is so giggly now, we can't get enough of it! He laughs a lot for Mommy, but Daddy is the one that really gets him going no matter what. Tanner just has to look at Eric and he gets a big grin on his face, it is so cute. He is so much fun, we are loving every minute. Things are still great, we are just wanting to be done unpacking, but there is still a ways to go. Every time I think we're getting closer I open a couple more boxes and a new huge mess is made. But the place is great and we feel more and more blessed every minute. Tomorrow is our first day in our new ward, we are so excited. We still can't believe we are here sometimes and that this is all real. But we have a lot of support, it is so great because all of our neighbors are in med school and know exactly what we're going through. Here is Eric with Tanner, Tanner's beard always tickles Eric and makes him laugh.



Here is another one laughing with Daddy, I just never get tired of recording it. When he gets tired he laughs like crazy and in this one he was about to go down for a nap.

This last video is of Eric laughing at Aunt Tay while we were staying with them before we left. He was totally delirious because he was so tired and went crazy laughing. He is just the funniest, sweetest boy ever and we love him to pieces.