After Tanner was born, I knew I would need a good break before we would have another baby. I absolutely love my babies - holding them, cuddling them, kissing them all over. I wondered if I could really hold out very long without having another baby. I can. There are two good reasons. One, the boys absolutely wear me out. I love them to death, but they are overwhelming and I can only handle so much right now. Two, I still consider Tanner my baby because he is so dang good at cuddling! He has his favorite blankies, which are actually Kyle and Jordan's quilts that my mom made for them. He gets his blankets, sits on my lap, sucks his two fingers which he really should not do, and cuddles me! I can kiss the top of his head as much as I want and he just eats it up. As you can guess, I eat it up too. So really, it is like I still have a baby to hold, kiss, and cuddle. And just in case anyone was wondering, no, I am not pregnant.
I am coming to terms that my baby Tanner is really not a baby. He is almost three and potty training. He was doing so well until a little incident that he witnessed. One of our toilets clogged and overflowed. He saw the water streaming out onto the floor. I wasn't there, but I know it made a big impression on him because now, when I tell him to go pee on the toilet, he says, "No! Overflow!" He is really scared of the toilet now. Darn it! He was doing so well. Now, he demands a diaper.
Another funny thing about Tanner is that he is scared to death of the guys ringing the bells in front of stores to collect money for the Salvation Army. The other day when walking into Kroger, he saw the Salvation Army guy ringing the bell quite rigorously and he grasped both of my legs in a death grip and I could not walk or move! I eventually coaxed him in another direction to get in one of their race car carts. He sat in the cart as I pushed it into the store. We had to pass the Salvation Army man and Tanner covered his eyes with both hands. I don't quite understand because he has absolutely no problem ringing an ornament bell that I have on the Christmas tree!
One last thing about Tanner is that he loves to touch my eyelashes. We have eyelash touching sessions every now and then.
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That is so cute... he is such a sweetie. I was sitting on the couch here reading this post and little Ali was sitting next to me playing with the "pixter" (like a pda, for kids, gift from grandpa, king of clearance toys!) anyway... I was feeling guilty for holding the computer, and not her so I put it up on the arm rest and said "c'mere, let me hold you" to which she shook her head and said "unh-huh" (no) I guess it's a good thing. 1- I don't have to feel guilty... (well...) and 2- she's going to have another sibling in my lap quite a bit in abt. 3 months... we'll see if this lasts! They have Kroger in GA too huh?! That must be nice to have something that feels like 'home' (or at least where your home was for the past 4+ years)
Can you email me your snail mail address? (sorry this is so long!)
I love this blog. How darling! Tanner is such a sweet little boy. That is how I feel about Daxton. I always tell him, "you can't come in my bed at night! You need to sleep in your own bed." His response is, "but mama, I just want to cuddle you!" My heart melted right then! Cuddling is the best!!
I can't wait til I can give that little guy a big hug!
I love cuddling Tanner, too.
Well, you know how I feel about Tanner. I miss my boyfriend terribly. Let him know he's always in my thoughts and I miss cuddling with him.
You keep him your baby as long as you need to!
I can't believe Tanner is going to be three! Three sounds so old. I think he'll always be your baby in my mind too!
I know what you mean - Chelsea is the cuddler that Jayden never was, but now that he sees she and I cuddling, he wants in sometimes, which is magic for me.
nothin' better than a cuddly little boy. i have 2 and i eat it up every moment i can.
i'm way jealous of tanner's eyelashes. and yours are definitely holding their own too. oh, for brown hair.
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