He Laughs!

Who knew that to get him to laugh, we had to use the remote?!

Santa loves Tanner

http://portablenorthpole.tv/watch/569783f66418e55d9552fd5626281a10


Tanner also got to see Santa at Macey's Grocery store!

Morning Hair

The reason we trimmed his hair...

Loving a Story

Tanner loves it when someone reads him a story!

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving this year! Tanner had to sit with Dad while we ate, so I think Clayton didn't eat as much as he wanted to. (It was probably good for him...) Tanner did have a rough moment during dinner when Grandpa Berg sat across from him and dropped a hot dish of yams his way. It scared him pretty bad. Tanner also tried to take a really good nap on Grandma Berg's bed, but two of his cousins decided that he needed to be tickled instead. He looked pretty nervous when I found him, but I think he likes his cousins.

Pumpkin Pie

I got to make the

pumpkin pies

for the Berg Thanksgiving this year.

I think I was a little excited. Can't wait to eat it!

For Sale!

I'm so excited to announce that our condo is up for sale! (However, I will miss spying on the neighbors.)
Please let us know if you or anyone you know is interested.


Also, if you know Ross Quigley, use him as your realtor. If you don't, use Clayton! (He has his license now!)
http://www.utahrealestate.com/search/map.search

We are so HOT!

Check us out...

http://thestoryphotography.blogspot.com/

Thank you to Marie who is an awesome photographer. She made it so much fun!

High Expectations

I think I have high expectations for Tanner...




I'll let him make up his own mind. For the next 19 years, I think he wants to stay home with his momma.

Halloween Fun

Our cute little Tanner was a penguin this year! He was adorable and very good even though he didn't get any candy.

He had lots of fun with Grandma and Grandpa Knutti.



Grandma and Grandpa Berg gave Tanner some cool lights that he loved to look at.


He is such a cute penguin!

Smokey the Bear and More

I am a big fan of Smokey the Bear. Tanner loves when I sing this song to him. His Aunt Rachel supplied him with the perfect size bear to hold. I think it is adorable!






On another note...
This is Tanner's favorite position to sleep...


I think he gets sick of all our kisses...


We're also pretty sure he's sick of the camera in his face. We just can't help it, he is so stinkin' cute!
NO MORE PICTURES PLEASE!

Cute Fall Pictures

HUG ME!

Tanner's Blessing

How wonderful is my son? We blessed Tanner yesterday and he was an angel. The men in the circle said that the during the blessing Tanner just stared at his daddy. No crying! He was held and loved by many yesterday and just stayed asleep most of the time!

It was a great blessing, Clayton did a great job! We are so lucky to have Tanner in our family.

So Long

Goodbye Avalon. Clayton will miss you terribly. You were the car that he learned to drive in, that he went the fastest in and that he took on many memorable trips with friends.

We now have another car to drive. Its miles and the miles on our other car combined are still less that what the Avalon had when we sold it!

More Late Night Conversations

Anyone see what time I made this post? (This is Michelle.) Yeah, thats right 3 in the AM. I couldn't go back to sleep until I sent this little story out into cyberspace.
Tanner has had an ear infection. We feel pretty bad for him. However, he is such a good baby that we didn't know he was sick. On Thursday morning, I woke up at 5 overjoyed, because we had put Tanner to bed at 10 and he was still asleep! Then minutes later, I had a screaming baby throwing up bile. He was sick enough to be sleeping through his hunger.
So, we have been setting our alarms to wake up and check on him to see if he needs food because the medicine we have him on makes him extra sleepy and I can't handle watching him throw up bile again.
Here's what happened tonight:

12:00 AM
Michelle's alarm goes off...
Michelle: Clayton, do you think he needs food?
Clayton gets out of bed and walks over to Tanner.
Clayton: When was the last time we fed him?
Michelle: 8
Clayton: He's a cheerleader.
Michelle: Go to bed.

3:00 AM
Michelle's alarm goes off... She shoves Clayton
Michelle: I think I'll change his diaper and see if he acts hungry.
Clayton: I'll go start a bottle for him.
Michelle: Thanks
Clayton comes back in the room and helps me change him.
Michelle gives Tanner to Clayton and he starts to feed him.
Michelle: Do you know what you did at 12?
Clayton: No
Michelle tells him...
Clayton: Man, I'm sorry. Did we charge him down?
Michelle: WHAT?
Clayton: Wait, did we write him off?
Michelle: Are you freaking kidding me?
Clayton: No, in the bank when we have a loan, we say we charge it down to the collateral value and write it off.
Michelle: cuss words and shoving
Clayton: laughing oh man


Michelle is still awake making sure that Tanner is actually fed and taken care of.

Ha! Just barely, he admitted that "his mind may not have been fully awake."

Why would you put that in my mouth?

I love this! The look on his face is my favorite!

My Boys

They are so stinkin' cute!

What 3 week old can...

get his hair blow dried and love it and...

pretty much have the beginning of a mullet?


THAT'S OUR TANNER!

Early Start

No need to call DCFS daddy is just trying to get his son used to his future career. I figure the younger he starts, the sooner he gets his first hole in one. Tanner also told me his short term goal is to not only beat Grandpa at golf but to beat daddy as well.


Cousin Jill & Devin were kind enough to further his golf career by letting him chill in their golf carts for a couple of minutes. He really is driving the cart, trust me.


River Oaks golf course at 10 days old. Tanner already has 2 years experience on Tiger Woods. Dad really thinks he enjoyed it.

Late Night Conversations

I can't post without a picture of my cute Tanner. I just love him.

Anyway, we obviously aren't getting much sleep and I have to share this story of a late night talk with Clayton. At the time, I was so mad, but in the morning it was really funny.

12:00 AM
Tanner is crying...
I get out of bed to get him...
Clayton sits up in bed and speaks in his snotty attitude voice...
Clayton: What are you doing?
Michelle: Getting a bottle.
Clayton: WHY?
Michelle: because Tanner is crying.
Clayton: WHY?
Michelle: because he is hungry.
Clayton: WHY?
I go over to him and look at his open eyes. I put my hands on his shoulders and say...
Michelle: OUR SON IS HUNGRY AND WE NEED TO FEED HIM.
Clayton: WHY?
Michelle: JUST LAY DOWN!
Clayton then lays down and goes back to sleep.

Later in the night Clayton insisted that he had already done the 6:00 feeding when it was just barely turning 6:00.
Hopefully we'll be more awake and attentive as we get used to our new sleeping patterns!

Here he is!

Tanner Clayton Berg came into this world 9.8 Lbs and 21 inches long on August 10, 2009 at 1:45 P.M. after an hour and a half of pushing by mommy, he came. We're so happy to have him and are completely amazed by his hair. We don't know where it came from as daddy is bald. Mom is doing well and is an awesome person for going through with this.



Stay tuned for more pictures

Neighbor Update and More

So last night we came home around 9 and Kenny was sitting on the stairs of the place across the way with the POLICE! So, we left all the lights off in the house and spied for a while. Smoker walked around in the house a lot and came in and out onto the patio. Kenny stayed on the steps until the cops left. When the cops left we saw Kenny go in and sit on the floor in Kath and Smoker's house. He sat in the middle of the floor almost in the fetal position. Smoker kept wandering and Kath sat in a chair across from Kenny.
So here is what I have concluded... Kath and Smoker found out about his two timing ways and said they'd had enough. There was a little bit of a domestic dispute, the police came to straighten it out and Kenny was forced to see the error of his ways and cry on the floor for forgivness.
I'll keep you updated!

Oh yeah, my Doctor is inducing me on Sunday night, hopefully to have the baby by Monday at noon! Yeah!

Rear Window

So yes, we are still waiting for this little guy to make his appearance. I no longer have a job so I have been spending my days at home cleaning, and oddly, watching the neighbors. I decided the other day that I have turned into Jimmy Stewart in the movie Rear Window. (I love old movies!)

There's a guy in the condo's, we'll call him Kenny. He has been "seeing" a neighbor across the way, we'll call her Kath. Well, Kenny and Kath have been seen together for quite a while at the pool and around. They look cozy. Well, Kath got a new roommate, we'll call her Smoker. Well, in my time off I've been driving by and looking out the window and have seen Kenny and Smoker at the pool being cozy! Then on another day in the week, I saw Kenny and Kath at the pool! Something is going on there. Who needs soap operas on TV?
So now you know even a little more about how weird I am, as well as how much I need this baby to come so that I'll stop being so nosy!

Cabin Squirrel

We laughed pretty hard at this squirrel at the cabin. We went there on the 4th of July and had a good time.

Staying In Bed

So we've had a pretty exciting week. On Wednesday I called my doctor with a question and was told to immediately go to Labor and Delivery. I left school and got there at 11. If you see the blue line in the picture below, that is me having contractions about every 2 minutes for about 3 hours.

They gave me some shots that slowed them down and sent me home. At home they continued about every half hour. So now I am on some pills that make them come every hour and I get to stay in bed for a little while. I'm not on bedrest, just rest. I get to go to the doctor on Tuesday to find out if I have to be on bedrest and what in the world this baby is trying to do.
I keep telling him to stay in for a little while longer, so hopefully he knows to listen to his Mommy already!

Wow!

Three whole years! Three things I've learned
1. I would be nothing without Shell
2. Temples are awesome, because our marriage is for eternity
3. Being married makes men gain weight.

Love you Michelle, thanks for putting up with me.

OH MY HECK - IT'S MULE DAY!!!

Clayton and I took a trip to Star, Idaho to visit Uncle Steve and Aunt Pat. Star, Idaho had it's biggest event of the year... Mule Day.

They had a parade. Of the 15 or so entries in the parade 2 random farmers just drove their tractors through the parade. The highlight of the parade was the Star High School marching band. Not only was it the highlight of the parade it was the highlight of these high school kids lives, something they had worked all year for.

And as in Uncle Steve's words "this was the biggest thing that would happen to this kid in his whole life."

After we celebrated Mule Day, Clayton realized he was at his ultimate vacation home.

Aunt Pat and Uncle Steve have 10 acres that are all beautifully manacured and 2 ponds with fish. As you can see from above Clayton played golf for a while because of the green he was able to hit to.

This is the fish pond that anyone can catch a good 23 inch 3 lb trout from.

This "little" casita is what we had to stay in for the 2 nights. Yeah life is rough.

Here are some other random pictures of our trip.




Senior Citizens and still moving!!!