Tanner the Turtle! Oh the Irony...

Yes a Turtle! I know what your thinking.. He must be playing up the irony. We all know my military crawl is more representative of a Hare, not a turtle. But isn't that what Halloween is all about - being something you're not? I mean my buddy Manny went as a chili pepper and unless he replaces Anthony Kiedis one day I don't see him actually being a pepper.


Anyway, we had a really fun party with all my friends in the building. Check out the festivities here.

Bonham, Lee, Ulrich got nothing on T!

You should hear me rock out on my brand new drum. I'm starting to put it all together now. I bang the drum. I bite the drum. And then I move onto something else.

Here's a sneak preview of my latest drum solo:

Me and my Nonna

Thanks for coming to visit last week Nonna. I had so much fun with you. I hope you don't mind when I squeeze your cheek. I'm just showing you the love.

And as much as I dread going to the mall, I totally scored when we went. I love this shirt you got me. Can you tell from the expression on my face?

They've got my back!

How lucky am I? I've got my 2 cousins right up to road .. well, right up I-95 (20 short minutes).
Macy is 3 and she loves me. She told me so. We play this game - I pull her hair and she laughs. When I play that game with Mommy she says "let go." It's automatic. I'm not sure what this "let go" means, but I know she'll say it. It's like a conditioned Pavlov response. I get a kick out of it so I do it everyday. But Macy laughs. Interesting.


And Grady is only 4 months older than me, and man he is solid. We think we might have a future linebacker in the family. It's so cool to watch him do things I'll be doing soon.

More pics from our play-date here

Can you stand it?

Book of the Month Club

I love this new book I'm reading. Well, more like biting and hitting.
Did you know there is a fish with a star on his belly? pretty cool.
The old fish makes me laugh.

Happy Anniversary Mommy and Daddy!

Thanks for tying the knot September 24th (2 years ago) because without you guys I wouldn't be here talking shop with my little bear. I like to tell him my plans for the future. He is a great listener. I do smack him a lot - it's fun and he doesn't mind. Hey look I'm sitting up by myself!

Critics applaud the Fall premier: CSI White Plains

Forget Las Vegas, Miami and New York – the final installment of Bruckheimer’s CSI franchise set in the emerging city of White Plains is being praised: the hottest show this season!

Stripped from the headlines, the pilot episode titled: Now you see it; Now you don’t uncovered the mystery of the infamous Westchester baby’s so called “first tooth”.

Flashback June 2007 where a mom publicly claims a tiny white spec was seen surfacing her 3-month-old’s gums.

Jump cut to August - the cover of the NY Post reads: Mom caught in tooth tale – investigators find nothing but gum.

Was the infant’s mom fabricating the arrival of an early tooth? What was her motive? Conspiracy theorists set the blogoshpere ablaze. Can she ever prove her case with her only witness being the baby’s father?

A-list film star, Tanner R. Johnson makes his small screen debut as not only the pilot episode’s protagonist, but also the series main character TJ Looker, who leads an elite team of forensic investigation experts.

In a chilling quest for the truth, viewers are taken on a suspenseful ride of unexpected plot twists and turns. Camera angles never reveal TJ’s mouth until the last minute where the camera zooms in ever so slowly and TJ flashes his budding pearly whites.... or does he?



Tune in next week to see how baby TJ Looker takes over the department.

Gonna party like it's your half birthday

I turned 6 months today!

Mom and Dad got me this exersaucer. It rocks. I mean everywhere I look there is something to hit, shake, pull, eat, talk to and some things even sing back to me.

I had my 6 month Dr. visit today. I'm now 15 lbs 3 ozs (25th percentile) and 25 3/4 inches long (50th percentile) so I'm tall and thin -mom says "sweet" dad says "ha! it miiiight not last." I got the last of my shots! I was such a good boy too. I cried at first with that really cute cry face I make, but then I was my usual laughing, flirting, smiling self all day. Oh and my ear infection is all gone - poof -just like that!

I can say Haaaa Chooo

I got my first cold this week with an ear infection to boot. I'm sorry you got it too grandma. So Dr. Avvacato (yes that's her name) has me sleeping in my stroller all week. I don't mind it - I don't even have time to fuss because daddy has the quickest pacifier trigger on the East Coast. Speaking of dad, has anyone ever watched him watch the Jets on TV? I think he thinks the players hear him. He wasn't happy with a guy named Defense, but pretty impressed with"this Kellin Clemins".


Hey look... I'm already getting better.

Anyway, Happy Bithday Matty Moose (he's my cousin- turned 9 today!)

He's the Man!

Thanks for coming over today Manny.

We had so many laughs my belly still hurts. That joke you told about the rabbi, the priest and Dora the Explorer was a classic. I tried to tell it again later and it came out all jumbled. It sounded like "da da daa da", which my daddy loved.

I think my mom caught on to our plot to crack this crawling code when they're not looking.

So anyway.. Ya wanna come over for the Jets this Sunday?

Enough Jibba Jabba - there's a new T in town

First name: Mister Middle name: Period. Last name: T

I pity the fool who don't know my Uncle Robbie.

Montauk '07

We drove home from Montauk for the last time for a while today. Summer '07 rocked - my best summer yet (wink). It started out a little rough being just 2 months on Memorial Day and mom was really nervous. The whole pack n play thing threw me for a loop, but soon enough I stopped checking out the scenery every 3 hours and finally let mommy and daddy sleep - 10 hours - your welcome.

The first beach days I stayed snug in my bugaboo in my lil' tent. By 3 months I was sporting my wetsuit and lounging in a swimming pool. 4 months I was watching the sunset at the Montauket. And 5 months I'm ready for my board, well.. maybe not yet, but I did graduate to playing freely on my blanket on the beach.

And the friends I made..I never knew I had so many Aunts and Uncles.. .

I'll miss seeing Charlie, Olivia and Henry every weekend. We had some serious bonding in the 'under 5 club'. Thanks everyone for looking out for me and making me laugh - so much.

(all the pics are in the photo gallery to the left..)

Bundle up .. It's August

Just last week mom had me down to my size 2 Swaddlers because it was too hot out and suddenly I'm in my first pair of jeans and a sweater. Who knows what brought on the quick cold spell, maybe hurricane Dean? maybe Rhianna's ubiquitous Umbrella (ella ella) is shaking up the atmosphere? Anyway, don't I look cute?

Sorry about the spit up stain on your sweater mom.

Fine Dining

I don't know what was going on. Mom sat me in this chair and put this soupy banana tasting milk in my mouth. I spit some out, swallowed some down, made confused faces and smiled when everyone around me was cheering and laughing like they were watching Eddie Murphy Raw for the first time. Every time the phone rang mom said "Tanner had his first food today! Rice cereal with bananas." Daddy says if I'm like him I'll really love this food thing. Chinese food is next.

Stay Tuned..

We're away all week in Montauk and mommy doesn't have a way to load up any of the trillion photos she's been taking of me, but stay tuned! There are lots of firsts for me this week: first cereal - big event! First time wearing a sweater and even my first pair of jeans.. You might wonder what's up with that gear in August? A random cold spell hit us, but it'll be short lived.. I'll be back in my board shorts tomorrow. I'm hanging with my new friend Olivia Rose Comella. She's so little at just 8 weeks and really cute.

Oh and I turned 5 months this week! What else is happening in the world this week? A-Rod hit his 40th HR for the season.. that's 500 something now (but is it enough for us to make the playoffs?). The mortgage meltdown rocks Wall Street (daddy's been calling it for months). Leona Helmsley dies (mom tells me my grandpa had a meeting with her once). And K-fed looks like the angel in the custody battle for Brit's kids, but really..who gives a poop?

Sparks fly over Live Jazz

Tanner and his buds took in some funkadelic White Plains jazz down by the fountains tonight. Pudgy legs were kicking, little heads were bopping...
and I think the sparks were flying with baby Noa. YYYY

And then the dads got involved..

Just do what I do...

Tanner: Hey Henry, How do we get my mommy to stop photographing us?
Henry: Just do what I'm doing - cry!



Tanner: whhhaaa!
Henry: whhaaaa! works like a charm!

Tanner and Henry....play nice?

Me and my buddy Henry are having so much fun.

Hey Henry, get back here!

Man that's a soft hood you've got there... lemme try it.

Tanner: yum! Henry: Ma!

Tanner: Nice, you got my dad to pull me off of you.

Henry: man!

Look Who's Talking:

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