Aubrie's Birthday Party

Friday evening we went down to Aubrie's birthday party. Talan was so excited! When we asked if he wanted to go to her party he said, "yes, I Aubrie's boyfriend." Justin and I about fell over laughing. Then at my mom's house on Friday Aubrie went and told my mom that she was going to go call her boyfriend and she started to talk on the phone to Talan. I guess the feeling is mutual betweeen them. They are pretty young to be starting that but Talan couldn't have picked a better girl at this age. Hehe!
Thursday evening Justin and I took him to get her a gift and he said he wanted to get her a doll. Well it was pretty funny watching Talan and Justin walk up and down the baby doll aisle trying to figure out which one to buy. They were both pretty into it. I just stood back and watched.
Here is Talan watching Aubrie open up her gift.

Talan going for a walk with Lillie.

The trampoline outside was a big hit with all the kids.

Yes, that is Justin's head popping out from under all the kids.

Talan enjoyed the horse.

Aubrie and Talan looking at the horses.

Here is a shot of all the kids together. Up close it is a really good picture. How often do you get a group of kids this age with them all looking and smiling?

Mason and Talan climbing the fence.

Family Fun!

This past weekend we went down to my parents house for the evening. Talan was wanting to give people rides in the tractor so I agreed to let him and Grandpa pull me. This is just a picture of the good times.This is just a picture of us sitting around the fire. I thought it was a really good picture.

The Berry Patch

Saturday was such a beautiful day that we decided to take Talan somewhere outside for the morning. We went to "The Berry Patch" in Cleveland, MO. We weren't really sure what we were getting ourselves into since we had never been there but we had a great time!
There were just a couple of families there so it wasn't really crowded and Talan was able to explore. We started by riding the train. It was about a 10 minute ride by himself where they took him where we were unable to see him. I think I was more nervous than he was at first.
Talan was really excited and ready to go until he realized we weren't going with him. He did fine the whole ride though the girl driving said. He did start crying when he got back and saw Daddy. He is still talking about his train ride!

After the train ride, we walked out to the berry patch and picked some blackberries. Talan really enjoyed it and was really good at finding the black ones and not picking the red ones. He seemed to have a really good time and we brought home a little over 2 or 3 pounds of blackberries.
I love this picture of him picking the berries!

Talan was trying a blackberry for the first time.

Wedding Weekend

This past weekend was my brother and Brittany's wedding. We had a wonderful time! I was a bridesmaid, Justin was a groomsmen, and Talan was the Ring Bearer. We weren't sure if Talan would go down the aisle but he did. He looked so handsome and was really good. (The pictures are a little mixed up...sorry!)

Talan was a dancing machine at the reception. When he was able to get on the dance floor he stayed there until we told him it was time to go. We made him get off the floor about 10:00 and head home. He was not very happy but fell asleep in the car pretty quick after we left.This is how Talan fell asleep in the car.

Justin's parents, Nana and Papa, came in for the wedding too. They were a wonderful help. They came to help us out with Talan in case he wasn't able to sit through the entire ceremony. He made it about 1o minutes and then went for a ride in the car with Nana and Papa. He even got a sucker from them since he did so good walking down the aisle.

Taking pictures. Here Talan is with Emma and Grant. They are Brittany's little brother and sister. Talan really liked being around Emma.

Chris, Brittany, Myself, and Justin

Talan dancing with Grant.

Here Talan is dancing with Morgan. She is one of the girls that my mom keeps and Talan loves her. He just hugged her and danced. He wouldn't let her leave the dance floor. She said that he fingers were sore the next day from him pulling on them while she danced with him.

Enjoying some wedding cake.

While we were taking the picture with the whole wedding party, we couldn't keep Talan off of Aubrey, the flower girl. He says that she is his girlfriend. They were kissing each other most of the time that we were taking pictures. He was so funny. The photographer said that they got some shots of them smiling at the camera too. I was happy to hear that.

Justin and I

Brittany and all of us bridesmaids in the bridal suite. She looked beautiful! I am so happy to say that she is my new sister!

Talan and Daddy hanging out in the guys room watching a movie.

Chris and I

Grant and Talan

Rehearsal dinner
Talan and Aubrey

Here are a couple of pictures of Talan and Aubrey practing at rehearsal dinner.

This was the first time that Talan got to try on his tux. He referred to it as his work suit. He was not wanting to take the tux off so we had to bribe him with a Spiderman popsicle.
We had a wonderful time at the wedding this past weekend and everything went so well. Thank you so much for letting the three of us be a part of your beautiful day!

Play Time

Here are just two pictures of Talan playing at home. He is really into his legos right now. He loves to build something and then come and show us his masterpiece. I am just amazed everytime. He can come up with something different to make every time.
Talan is really growing up. He will go to his room and just independently play for quite a while. Justin and I will go back there and find him just talking to his toys or whatever and playing so nice. He just getting so big!

Florida

Over the 4th of July we went to Destin, Florida for a family vacation. It was so great to get away and just relax and not worry about anything but spend time with our family. It was the three of us, my parents, my brother and his fiance Brittany, grandma, Jill, Jeremy and his girlfriend Kathryn. We had a wonderful time!
We were to take Talan to see the pirates and ride on a pirate ship, see the alligators, let him hold an alligator, and play on the beach. We even got Talan his first pet there. He got two hermit crabs and names them Grandma and Buck. Where we got those names...we don't know.
I have posted quite a few pictures but we have many more. We don't have too many pictures of Talan on the beach because we didn't want to take a chance and get sand in the camera and ruin it.
This is the family picture we tried to take on the 4th. As you can see, Talan was done taking pictures. He wasn't crying, but when we said okay turn around and smile he just layed on the ground and waited until we were done. We thought it was pretty cute! It is a good memory too. He was ready to play in the sand.

Talan buried in the sand.

This is after I got finished burying Talan in the sand. We were at the beach waiting for the fireworks to start.

Just a cute shot of our handsome little man!

Family picture!

For my birthday, Justin surprised me with a trip to Shell Island, snorkeling, and a dolphin cruise. We had a great time. We found quite a few shells and sand dollars while we snorkeling. We saw a lot of dolphins but they didn't come close enough to the boat so we weren't able to get off the boat and swim with them. It was a wonderful birthday surprise!

Our boat!

I just thought this picture was adorable. Talan was laying and watching a movie one evening at our condo. He just looks so peaceful.

Talan has become absessed with pirates ever since we saw Disney on Ice. (Peter Pan and the pirates were there) Anyway, we heard about a pirate cruise from a family friend and decided it was a must for him. We were on a pirate ship for two hours and the kids had water gun fights, sword fights, dancing, a story, found a treasure chest that was in the ocean, and many other fun activities. We can say that Talan didn't find his sea legs. He wasn't quite sure about the motion of the boat at first.
This first picture is us with the captain of the ship.

Talan and I getting a water gun.

Watch out...he will get you wet!

Talan with his pirate sword.

Another cute shot.

Family shot.

The pirate ship.

We also took Talan to the Alligator Restaurant. You are able to feed alligators and even hold them at this restaurant. Of course, Talan got to do both of them. He was so excited when they brought the alligator to them. He told the lady, "please put him on my knees." He sat there so proud with an alligator.

Talan putting the alligator food on the fishing pole to feed them.

Talan is ready for a day at the beach.

We took this picture right after we pulled out of the drive way to head to Florida. Talan was so excited!