Family pictures (by Victoria Greener)

Okay so this proves to me I NEED to lose weight, I didn't realize I had such a fat face until I saw these pictures. I do love them though, When I lose all my weight we'll just have to get more :-) My friend from high school took these. She did an AMAZING JOB!!! hope you enjoy them.

Before and After

Before... (look at his hair) -picture taken by Samantha Parent and After... (this is really his second haircut)
If you can see I cut it all off. But all of his hair is the same length now. Joseph now has 5 Teeth!!!

the top two aren't the front their sides So he looks like a vampire haha.

10 months

Can you believe it? my little guy is 10 months already!!! I can't believe how fast time has gone by!

haha he LOVES the swings!

Go Bronco's!!! It's because he dressed up that they won of course! I have no idea what is in his mouth, my mom was watching him for some of the day.

can you see the 3 teeth? they are there. He is also getting 2 on the top also just about to cut through! So 5 teeth in 1 week isn't bad at all!

I love my little boy so much! he is SO much fun!

Teething...

Oh boy, the joy of motherhood.

I seriously LOVE being a mom, I really wouldn't have it any other way, however there are times I wish I could just go somewhere and hide for a few hours.

Joseph is teething now, he's got 3 cute little teeth on the bottom.

No more him sucking on my chin anymore to give me kisses.

Their sharp little buggers, I don't blame him for fussing all the time and wanting to cuddle but man some times I feel like I could go crazy.

He was doing SO well in his crib sleeping all night, but now he wakes up screaming and no matter what I do I can't calm him down. well that was until I bought more Hylands teething tablets and those things are AMAZING!!!

Seriously all you mom's out there with teething babies should try them out. Best thing is their all natural!!! Joseph LOVES them he'll bring me the bottle of them so I can give him more. I tried them, they really just taste like powder sugar to me, it didn't do anything to me, but it has to do something because every time I give them to Joseph he seriously will calm down and the fussiness stops for a couple of hours. When ever Joseph will let me take a picture of his teeth I'll post them.

It's been awhile

How about a few updates on us Barkers.

Tanner
he now has a new job at t-mobile, Idaho Power were getting rid of meter readers and so Tanner was lucky enough to find a job before he was laid off at Idaho Power. yes it is a pay decrease but we get by just fine. He just started another semester of school boo!!! with him doing school in the mornings and having to work nights we never see each other. But we are making the best of things.

Joseph,
He's already 9 months! can you believe it? he's lived as long as I have carried him. He is crawling, pulling himself up, letting go of things, and he's actually stood up by himself twice (not realizing it) I am so proud of him! he is growing up SO much, soon he's going to be walking. He also is talking a LOT his favorite words are dog, mom, Dada, g ma, g pa, and baba. the Dr said for his age he's advanced at talking :-) we've got one smart little tiger. He loves dancing to music he's always bobbing the head and waving the arms. he loves the beach boys song Barbara Ann he'll even try and sing a long! awe he is the love of this family.

Me,
Well I guess not to much goes on with me. I'm enjoying being a stay at home mom. Joseph is my world and I don't know what Tanner and I ever did before he was born. Granted I am the worst house wife in the world we don't seem to mind as long as we're happy. It is however embarrassing sometimes. However I am getting better at it. My cooking skills may never improve however with Tanner working nights I never think to cook anymore. We spend our mornings cuddling and watching lost until he leaves. but now that he has started school we hardly see each other. Joseph is eating real food now so maybe I'll start cooking dinner again for him. I'm getting discouraged, losing weight seems to be impossible for me. I've never had a problem with losing weight until now, and now all i find myself is looking in the mirror not happy and wanting to go anywhere. However for doing my dads sign for his business he bought me a bike and a bike trailer and now that its not SUPER hot out I'll go ride with Joseph, he has a cute helmet.

The Barkers as a Family,
Tanner and I have been married 2 years! time has flown by SO fast... We made everyone think we had a vacation planned. Where did we really end up going? home sweet home. My mom watched Joseph Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and half of Wednesday. longest time we've ever spent without Joseph, but spending that time with Tanner was the best thing ever. We went and watched movies, and went to Tucano's yummy!!!! One of my favorite restaurants. We wanted to float the River but I ended up throwing away my bathing suit by accident, how retarded am I? haha. but we had a blast. That's what's new with us Barkers we're loving life and making due with what we have for now.

Time is just flying by!!!

Pregnancy seems like its 9 years and not 9 months. Once your little one is here its like they grow up so stinking fast!!! Joseph is just getting so big! I started him on rice cereal and solids at 4 months hoping that he'd eat enough and sleep through the night again (yeah only worked for like a week) it's so fun watching him try new things and seeing if he likes something or doesn't. or the face of "i'm not to sure about this"

Now he is 5 months old and just growing like a weed! He can roll over both ways he now actually likes his belly! he's very talkative and i'm getting him to say "hi" and working on "ba ba" he's closee to sitting up on his own too! Soon he'll be crawling he loves getting on his hands and knees but gets very frusterated when he can't move anywhere. when he kisses me he'll grab my face and suck on it. he only does that to a select few. I have a bouncy saucer for him and he LOVES jumping! Tanner will stand in front of him and start jumping and he gets a look like "hey i can do that too" and starts jumping with him. I love the way his face lights up when i walk in the room or tries to escape someone who's holding him to come to me. being a mom is the best thing in the world and i wouldn't trade it for anything in the world! here's some pictures of him just because he's so dang cute!

Denver trip and Pictures

So for my birthday present I asked Tanner if I could go to Denver with my parents so I could meet my new niece and nephew. He of course said yes, so we bought my plane ticket and on Feb. 16th Joseph, my mom and dad, and I headed to Colorado. Joseph did amazing on the plane, slept the whole time except for the last 10 min. and he was just as happy as could be. In the airport I've never seen him so alert and interested in EVERYTHING!!! he just loved all the hustle and bustle. We headed to my brother Marc's house to meet Miri, and Jaxon. both of them are just perfect!!! Miri was born just 9 days after Joseph so Nov. 18th, 2009 she is so cute but when she gets mad she sure has a temper. I was expecting her to be so much bigger than Joseph. she was 2lbs bigger then Joseph when she was born. but Joseph was HUGE compared to her, she is just a petite little thing. Jaxon was born Feb. 2nd 2010 and SO cute! he's going to get bigger then Joseph I just know it. at 2 weeks he was already 9lbs Joseph was 10lbs at 2 months. I love seeing my family I was sad not all of us could be together at once and that I left Tanner back in Nampa to be on his own. longest we've been apart since married. My nieces, Kirra, Kylie, and Paige are all so big I can't believe how fast they grew up. Paige is just 2 and is so stinking smart! to smart for her own good too. Kylie is way to tall for being 6. Kirra who is 9 is shorter then her crazy stuff! This trip was a little much for Joseph wasn't used to all his aunts and uncle's and wouldn't go to bed at all unless I was right their with him. so he slept in bed with me. and he would peek every now and then to make sure mommy was right there it was pretty cute. Debbie, Nikki, and I wanted to get pictures with all the 3 little ones so we went and got them done and they turned out great. the blessing outfits my mom made all of them, she did a great job! enjoy the pictures!