And off He goes!

He walked for the first time last night! More then his usual 2 steps too!! It was great! He just kept going back and forth between the 2 of us!! Oh boy! He is never going to stop & slow down now!

All by Myself!!

Taren is now in the fun stage that he wants to do EVERYTHING by himself. He has always been very independent, however, there were still somethings I was able to help him with. Not really any more though, he has now learned to feed himself with a spoon. Last night at dinner he decided he wanted to feed himself his dinner with a spoon & this morning he ate his yogurt all by himself. Wow! He is growing up way too fast!!

Here is a video of him eating with a spoon all on his own for the 1st time last night at dinner

Move those Hips!

So much personality in such a small package! Taren loves to dance! Anytime there is music he will start to rock out. Even if he just gets excited about something he will start to move. He is such a crap up! Here is a video of him "moving those hips". Notice how he takes a minute to "pet" the dog. :)

Always Talking!

Taren loves to talk. It is rare that he ever stops talking. You can usually hear me across the store. Joseph doesn't have to look hard for us :) He defiantly has plenty to say & makes sure he is heard! Here are a couple videos of him jabbering away.

So Proud of Daddy!!

For those of you who do not follow hunting, Bow season opened this last Saturday. Joseph is a faithful bow hunter & loves to get out as often as possible during season. Since Joseph & I have been together (6 plus years), he has not had much luck at getting anything. However, day after opening day I get a picture text from Joseph who was out for the weekend hunting.

(Text read: we will not have to buy meat for a long time!)
Amazing! 2nd day of season & he gets a NICE size elk! Not something that has ever happened for him! He said it was the perfect set up, straight out of a movie where you can't believe it is happening. Everything was perfect. After 6 hours of packing his elk out Joseph came home sore & exhausted, but on cloud nine.
(Packing the elk rack out.)
We are so proud of him! This is a very exciting event for our family! Lots of celebrating & congratulations all around.
(Taren helped make a "good job daddy"sign)
I would love to be able to say that I am so thankful he got something the 2nd day of hunting season, since I was not prepared for him to be gone every weekend. However, I am not so lucky as to be able to say that. :) He will still be going out with his guys to call for them & just be out in the woods like he loves. Plus he says he still has his deer tag, bird tag & bear tags that he can use.. :)

ALL BOY!

This week Taren & I went camping & Taren is ALL boy! We were not even there an hour before he was head to toe in mud & getting into everything! We had a great time with our friends! Just wish the weather would have stayed nice.



Not even an hour after we got there, he crawled under my friends trooper & got oil all through his hair & his pants .



MESSY!!! Everyone kept trying to clean him up. I just gave up & let him get dirty. We showered before bed but otherwise it was a waste of time & effort to clean him up every few minutes.



He kept wanting to go for the puddles, so finally I let him. He had so much fun in that water!!

WATER!

This week I pulled out the kid pool we have so Taren could play in it & cool down. He was so excited!
While I was blowing it up in the living room he wanted to be inside of it!

Then when I took it outside to fill it up he got in fully clothes & would not get back out. He loved the pool!


Taren playing with his friend Honor on a hot day.