Tanner turned 4 on July 26th!! We celebrated at Wild Dunes, just off of Charleston, with Nana (Greg's mom) and Aunt Allyn...and had a wonderful time!! Last Labor day while we were at the beach, Tanner asked why we were always at the beach on Landon's birthday but not his...that got us thinking...we are always at Emerald Isle with our extended family the second week in June. It did seem a little silly that we were going to the beach for Memorial weekend just to turn around and go back 2 weeks later. So, this year, we decided to spend our long weekend trip in July for Tanner's birthday celebration. (Not sure how we are going to work going to the beach on Mathis' birthday since it is in Dec...but I'm sure we could come up with something! :) It was the best decision ever!! What a fun time! Due to the situation in the gulf, we swapped Destin for Wild Dunes and although we are still hoping to get to Destin sometime this year, we really enjoyed the change. 
One crazy thing to get used to is that Wild Dunes is actually a resort, which we don't usually do, so we went a little crazy and ordered room service breakfast for our birthday boy and Landon. We kind of had to...it was polka dot pancakes!! Pancakes are Tanner's favorite...and these had tiny m&ms in them...what could possibly be better?! Anywhoo, when I called in the order, the chef actually took the call and when I told him we had a birthday boy he assured me that he could take care of things for him.
So 30 minutes later when Chef Cedric himself delivered Tanner's breakfast, he also brought along coloring sheets, a container of chocolate brownie ice cream and the yummiest chocolate cake you have ever tasted...Tanner was thrilled and we had so much fun watching his reaction! (Did I mention how incredible the cake was!?) It was such a fun surprise...for all of us! We spent Tanner's day doing what he likes best...playing baseball on the beach and playing in the pool. Then that night we hit the grand pavilion for some music and dancing...all three of the boys had a ball dancing and playing the tambourine...and flirting with the girls...
One crazy thing to get used to is that Wild Dunes is actually a resort, which we don't usually do, so we went a little crazy and ordered room service breakfast for our birthday boy and Landon. We kind of had to...it was polka dot pancakes!! Pancakes are Tanner's favorite...and these had tiny m&ms in them...what could possibly be better?! Anywhoo, when I called in the order, the chef actually took the call and when I told him we had a birthday boy he assured me that he could take care of things for him.
So 30 minutes later when Chef Cedric himself delivered Tanner's breakfast, he also brought along coloring sheets, a container of chocolate brownie ice cream and the yummiest chocolate cake you have ever tasted...Tanner was thrilled and we had so much fun watching his reaction! (Did I mention how incredible the cake was!?) It was such a fun surprise...for all of us! We spent Tanner's day doing what he likes best...playing baseball on the beach and playing in the pool. Then that night we hit the grand pavilion for some music and dancing...all three of the boys had a ball dancing and playing the tambourine...and flirting with the girls...
Tanner really seemed to understand that four is a big jump from three. All weekend long he kept offering to push the baby in the stroller, opening doors, holding the elevator and attempting to listen on the first time. When I would tell him how proud he was making his daddy and me he would just grin that impish little grin and say "I know, I'm big now". He really is such a joy. It is so hard to believe that he is already four...he'll always be our little peanut! :) 
