BEWARE!! CUTEST BABY ON EARTH

TANNER TRAVIS BALDWIN

9 Months

Isn't he the cutest baby ever!!!!! He is the joy of my life! He melts my heart on a daily basis. His shy personality is so cute. He does the cutest thing when he is feeling shy. He covers his eyes with his arms and tilts his head and tries to hide. I can't believe he is already 9 months old. Where does the time go? Before I know it he'll be leaving on a mission. He truly is such a blessing to our family. We love you Tann Tann!

Here are some fun things he is doing:

*Eats anything and everything.....he eats more than sissy!

*Weighs 22lbs and is 29 inches long...only 4 pounds under sissy!

(50% weight & 80% height)

*Army crawls

*Rolls super fast to get around

*Says Mama and Dada

*Loves to blow raspberries with his mouth

*Loves to be tickled

*Loves his Sea Turtle in his crib

*Loves his binkies

*Loves his Blue doggie and worm

*Loves his blanket

*Loves when Sissy plays with him

*Has the bluest eyes I've ever seen

*Some of his nicknames are: Bro Bro, Tann Tann, Tanner B., Buddy

Oh How We Love Him!

Leaves and Artwork

Earlier this month Sophie and Daddy spent a lot of time raking up leaves. They (well Sophie) had so much fun....I don't know how much fun Daddy had raking leaves...but I know he had fun having a little buddy outside to help him. Every once in a while I would look out the window and see him tossing her into the leaf pile. I can't remember why I wasn't out there helping, but it was something worthwhile...I think I was making homemade Strawberry jam or something like that. Plus, it was some good Daddy/Daughter bonding time.

Sophie is quit the little artist. She has been ever since she figured out what a crayon was. I never had to worry about her eating crayons because she was always too interested in coloring. She loves to 'color in the lines' she tells me and then sometimes she tells me "I just felt like scribbling". Since I am not scrapbooking and not keeping all of the art projects she has done here are just a few to keep for memories.

Sophie 28 months (September 2009) also working on writing the letter 'D'...the 3 on the right.

Sophie 30 months (November)

She loves to color when she goes to the gym....thats how I get her excited about going to the gym!!!

Happy New Year!

We spent New Year's Eve at Sea World this year. It was so much fun. Our passes were expiring and since we may not be getting new ones since we are moving we decided we'd spend most of the day there. Sophie rode lots of rides, we saw lots of shows...well all of them...and then finished the evening off with a concert and firework show. Celebrating the New Year at 8pm was perfect for our family! This year is going to be an exciting and eventful one. With lots of changes coming our way. I feel its going to be our best year yet!

Getting ready to ride the Shamu roller coaster

Sophie and Daddy on the Roller Coaster!

Sophie with her hands up on the ride!

Watching the concert!

The Twilight Sea World Celebration!
Tanner watching the fireworks!

HAPPY 2010!!!!!

Sophie Playing

I love to watch and listen to Sophie when she is playing. She is really starting to use her imagination. Pretend play is so much fun! Here is Sophie playing in her new "Market" she got for Christmas. She loves to call her friends on her pretend phone too! This was Sophie calling her friend Elizabeth. She loves to have us order food through the window and give her money to put in her cash register. Should I be scared when she asks, "Mom, where is my credit card?" Then I had it to her and she swipes it! Ahhhh! Not to mention today in the car she says to me, "Where is my phone? I need to text someone"....What? I don't even text...we don't even have texting on our phone plan and all my friends know not to text me because it costs me 20 cents. Where in the world did she learn about texting!

Christmas Day 2009

We woke up around 8 am Christmas morning and saw that Santa had come to our house! Tanner was already up, so we waited for Sophie to wake up. She woke up in a bad mood so we just waited in her room until she was ready to come out to see what Santa brought. She finally woke up completely enough to realize Santa really must have brought her presents. So we opened the door from her room and she took off running with a smile from ear to ear. Tanner got excited too, since Sissy was so excited. What a fun and relaxing day! We played lots of games, took 3 hour naps, and played more games!!! I loved this Christmas so much!

This was Sophie opening the "Little Mermaid Barbie" she had been asking Santa for all Christmas!!!!! She sleeps with Sophie every night!

Tanner got a lot of Playskool toys with the balls!

Sophie, Tanner, and I got Daddy the game 'Operation' to see how good his hand skills are!

Daddy looking at his book we made him!

Tanner Buddy!

Sissy Pie!

Christmas Eve in Texas 2009

CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE BALDWINS 2009

Christmas Eve was so much fun. We started off the night by having a yummy Christmas Dinner with Ham, potatoes, corn, rolls, Sparkling Cider, salad, shrimp and of course my favorite Christmas dinner dessert...Ribbon Jello. I'll talk more about that later. My good friend Melissa let me borrow some of her Christmas Dinnerware for our fun little family dinner. Which of course made our dinner a lot more festive.

Sophie getting ready to eat our Christmas dinner!

My favorite Christmas Dinner food I had growing up was my Grandma's Ribbon Jello. I remember growing up always looking forward to my family's Christmas Eve dinner when I would get to eat "ribbon jello". I used to look at it when I was little and always wondered how my grandma/mom made it. Well I decided since our little family was going to spend Christmas here in Texas, I would make some "ribbon jello' for dinner. Well wow now I know how my grandma and mom made it...with lots of patience. It takes quite a while to make. Letting the layers set takes hours. However, it was worth it to me! I loved it! Travis...not a fan. Sophie..likes the red and green layer...and well Tanner....loved all of it! So this the picture above is for my siblings and mom....to show them a picture of the famous "ribbon jello"!

The Craft table. Travis was a little nervous we were not going to be able to relax...he thinks I sometimes plan too much. However the crafts were fun, short, and to the point. Each craft lasted maybe 5 minutes....which is about as long as a 2 year old can do one task. Crafts and arts like the ones we did on Christmas Eve make me miss teaching school. I am so blessed though that I get to stay home with Sophie and Tanner and be their teacher while they are so little.

Tanner eating his Christmas dinner! Yummy canned Ham! He loved the Ribbon Jello!

Rolling out the cookie dough to make cookies for Santa.
Sophie doing a dance for our Christmas program.

Reading our scriptures from the advent calendar! After we finished reading we watche "Joy to the World". What a great movie to watch for Christmas. Sophie kept saying, "Where is Baby Jesus?"
Daddy and Sophie looking on the computer to see where Santa was and to see how close he was getting to Texas.

Finished will all the crafts! including Christmas Mice, Decorating cookies for Santa, writing a letter to Santa, and decorating a paper tree with Christmas stamps and stickers.The kids in their Christmas jammies!

Sophie opening up a Christmas Eve present!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas 2009

We had a wonderful time celebrating this wonderful day with our little family here is Texas. How grateful we are for our Savior Jesus Christ and for the opportunity we get to celebrate his birth. The scripture we read today from our advent calendar was D&C 76: 22-24. These verses reminded us that Jesus lives. Merry Christmas!