First Christmas!

e left December 21 for the drive to my mom’s in Georgia. It was about a 5 hour drive and Tanner was a real trooper. About the last 30 minutes he had had it with the truck and car seat. I cannot say I blame him!

We got to my mom’s about 2 pm EST on Thursday and proceeded to unload a seriously packed truck! We had brought Tanner’s co-sleeper and swing in addition to presents and luggage! Tannner and I slept in the guest room on the first floor, so I would not have to navigate two flights of stairs in the middle of the night for feedings.

The rest of Thursday we just relaxed, and my friend Sarah came over to visit. We had dinner and were all in bed by 10 pm.

Friday my mom and I left Tanner with his daddy and we went shopping. Saturday was the big visit day! Mom and I left about 10 am and went to visit The MacKenzie’s, The Merritt’s, the Phillips’ and then went to Cherry’s house and Sherry came over. We had a nice visit there and ate lunch. Then it was off to see SANTA!!!

We had a private visit with Santa, as he is our old next door neighbor! By this time it was 2:30 and Tanner was getting a bit tired of getting in and out of the car, be handled, etc.

We headed back to mom’s and put Tanner down for a nap.

Christmas Eve we hung around the house. Tanner hung around in Mame’s arms! Christmas Day Tanner slept through the opening of presents, but he got some GREAT things! We had a nice turkey dinner that night and also loaded the car.

We left mom’s early Tuesday morning and came home!

Tanner's First Stroller Ride

We took Tanner on his first stroller ride today! Jerry went and got a umbrella stroller and we went to the park at the dam. Tanner seemed to enjoy the walk. We stayed out about 20 minutes. I am sure the fresh air was a nice change for him since he is almost always inside. I think we will try and do that more often as the weather permits. We will take it to Georgia too so we can go on walks there.

The first two months

It so hard to believe Tanner will be 2 months old tommorrow~! The time sure does fly. Although when he is upset and crying it seems to drag. Tanner has colic, and while it is no fun for Jerry and I, it can’t be fun for him either. He has “episodes” throughout the day. For almost 6 weeks now. But Jerry discovered 3 weeks ago that white noise helps. So we spent a few nights with the vaccum cleaner running and that lulled him to sleep. Tanner, not Jerry!

So the colic is still around, but its spread out throughout the day now and does not last nearly as long as it used to. I can usually get him calmed down in about 30 minutes. Sometimes longer, somtimes shorter. All in all I hear that colic generally dissapperars by 3 months or so, so we are hopefully almost there. And everyone has told me that colicy babies make the happiest toddlers! Lets hope so!

We took Tanner to Oxford and met both Jerry’s extended family and my step-mom’s family on Thanksgiving! It was fun, but tiring for all. We will go back to Oxford on the 17th to celebrate Christmas with our families.

On December 21 Jerry, Tanner and I are going to Georgia to spend 5 days with my mom for Christmas. The drive should be interesting. About hours normally, with only a stop or two. The longest drive we have taken Tanner on is to Oxford, which is 1.5 hours. Hopefully he will sleep all the way to Georgia.