more independent

get this folks, tyler will be done with his second year of medical school soon. wow. our first year here i used to look at the fourth years and think...lucky. but now we're not that far off anymore. he'll be moving on to rotations for his third year, and i know he can't wait. but first things first, he must do well on his finals then, dun-dun-dun...the boards. only 44 days left to study my dear husband.

as for the kiddos, they keep growing and wanting to do a little more on their own. take tanner here. he wants to eat everything we give him and everything we don't give him. we have become a huge fan of this hand held net he can eat out of. we can stick almost anything in it, and he can happily suck away. no worries about choking.

katelyn's desire to read has increased ten fold. she practically always has a book in her hands and always wants to read the book by herself. one of her favorite things to do is sit in the bathroom while we shower while reading a large pile of books. fine by me. this way i know she's not getting into trouble.

we found out recently that mr. tanner loves showers. he just can't figure out how to get a good grasp on that water.



we taught katelyn how to play candy land. this is a good thing and a bad thing. it's good because we love that she's learning new skills that come with playing games. it's a bad thing because it takes a long time to get through the game. she gets easily confused with the twisted path and makes her guy move backwards quite often.

katelyn has decided that she wants to be the one to comb her hair after her baths. i think she's found a new style for hair. wonder why i hadn't thought of that look before?

and look at how excited this little cutie is that she's turning three soon. can't wait to celebrate. only 9 more days until the big day.