Tanner Life

2009
Year in Review
Part 1
Jan. - May

If you read my previous post below, you know I decided to do a year in review post. I started with June-December first, blogging backwards. That's me. Now the blogs will flow in order though, see... I had a plan. 2009 was the most amazing year ever with the last half of a pregnancy and the arrival of our cutie patootie Cole!! What a year, what a year!!!!! We are blessed beyond words~

"God is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine" Ephesians 3:20

January
January 6th was a much anticipated day as we went for our sonogram to find out that little Cole was going to be little Cole, a boy!! Such an awesome day! I went to preschool, beyond excited. Came home to meet Andy and we were off. We had the sonogram, got the exciting news and then wouldn't tell a soul. HA! We went to eat supper and then went shopping, all the while telling our friends and family that baby was safe & healthy, but we weren't sharing yet. It was nice to savor such a big secret for a few hours. By the time we arrived to my parents house that evening, my Momma was angry... he he he.....



We took this picture to post....here of course!! And on FaceBook as the "big reveal"!!




And just a few days later we packed up and headed to Disney World!! What else would you do to celebrate finding out you were having a boy?! We spent a week at Port Orleans Riverside and had an absolute wonderful "last just us" Disney visit!!


February brought Valentines, which I didn't document with pictures obviously.

It also brought shopping


And our sweet Layla turned 3






March came and the weather started to warm up


There were consignment sales to visit and bargains to be bought! (The swing where Cole naps now as I type)



My belly grew and grew





And our sweet great nephew turned 1, Tanner




April brought .. "modified" bed rest - YUCK!

I don't have a picture to accurately display the boredom that became my life on and off during April. My blood pressure went up, my body swelled like a balloon and I spent a ton of time in bed. In theory, time in bed sounds fun huh? When you're stuck there and told to stay put...not so great!


The person who really enjoyed my bed rest, Gizmo. He spent 2 months in heaven saying "this is the life people". He was so confused when we came home from the hospital with another person and bed rest came to an immediate end. Matter of fact we didn't see much of the bed for awhile.....



There was also our first baby shower by Andy's work family


We had farmer day at preschool-




I finished the curtains I made for Cole's room, with help from Momma since I was stuck in bed a ton of the time.




Easter came




May arrived ...and so did Cole!!

In May my belly got huge, but turned out our little Cole wasn't as huge as I thought.




My sweetie hubby bought me a wonderful Mother's Day present. I'd loved my old "Beastie" Durango very much, a favorite vehicle for me. (That's saying a lot if you know me ;) So he arrived home with this surprise!



The kids at school and the Mommies had a baby shower for me. It was so much fun!


My teacher friends had a shower for me!

My friends had a shower for me and some of my "babies" from Pre-K years pass came!!



The weather warmed up and much time was spent sitting beside Mom & Dad's new pool. There are NO pictures of my huge self out there beside the pool, but believe me it was a 'whale' of a sight! (Though it wasn't for months later that I finally got to get in it!)



The school year came to an end and we said goodbye to our muchkins. There were 2 weeks at home resting and wondering when our little man would arrive.

On a Friday, not any different from previous ones, our lives were about to change. What became an afternoon of running by Babies R Us (where we were actually buying something pink for the little sweetheart we thought we were going to adopt when she arrived in the fall) and a routine doctor visit, turned into much more. Next thing we know we are seeing baby Cole on a sonogram, being sent to the hospital for observation which turned into being admitted by the time we arrived. We checked in, made phone calls, panicked because suitcases weren't yet totally packed and then realized this roll of "ready or not" and "you thought you had plans - ha" roll of parenthood was arriving even before we thought!

On the Saturday evening, May 30th @ 6:45 PM....
Our little Raymond Cole Tanner made his appearance into the world!!

We fell in love even more and became parents!!