11 Months!!

My little guy is 11 months old!!! The last year has gone by so fast, I can't believe that next month is Tate's 1st Birthday!! I'm excited but also a Little sad they grow up way to fast, that's why I'm just enjoying the now and all the silly and wonderful things he does because I know he will grow out of it soon.

It's awesome to see his personality come out. He does the Oh O!! games I guess its fun to see mommy pick up the bowl from the floor over and over again. He has learned to "melt" when he doesn't get his way ( MELT= this is when you chid starts "melting" out of your arms to the floor and fake crys).
Oh and he grinds his teeth it drives me crazy!! He has 7 teeth going on 9 maybe 10 those are still working their way out, so the drooling is constent.
Oh and yes, he has learned to scream that very high pitched scream that makes your ears ring.
It's been so much fun and he has been keeping me really busy!! I love it, I love being a mommy!!

Here are some pics:


He loves to walk around with his walker , It's so cute he looks like a little old man walking.


In his car seat (which is way too small for him but we are holding out to put him in his new forward facing car seat). Anyway he is so cute making "raspberries" and every time we get in the car he starts making car noises "brmmmm" "Brmmmm". Don't mind the crumbs on this child he had just had a very yummy cookie!!








Having fun with Daddy!!


Getting into stuff he has no business touching, the stove was child proof!!!


Everyday he has to take out all our DVDs and put them back in again, the cute thing is he looks at each of them almost like he is studying them!!


We house sat for my sister-in-law and this is what I found he took all his clean clothes out of his bags, Naughty, Naughty!!


Super Cool Baby, Look at that handsome man!!


So since we have been giving him "table food" or as we call it "big people food" he has decided he does not want baby food anymore, that's right every time I try to feed him any kind of baby food he spits it right out, Stinker!!!
Anyway he has become the biggest "MUCHER" we cannot be eating anything around this kid he will come up to us and either just stare at you or open his mouth or make as much noise as possible until you give him some food!!




Laundry basket "Super Baby Car", Garrett will tug Tate around in the laundry basket and make car noises, it so cute!! He loves it!!


He love looking at his animal book, and now he can make the animal noises when he sees them.


We have this gate blocking the laundry room, I was doing laundry and when I turned around this is what I found. My baby boy at the gate with his toy keys in his mouth, kinda of reminded me of the dog in Pirates of the Caribbean.

I can't keep up!

Life is busy right now but I love every minute of it, Tate is so mobile. He is 10 months old I can't beleive that he will be 1 year old in two months, time has gone by so fast.
He gets into everything, loves going up the stairs and is determined to get up on the couch( its only a matter of time). He opens drawers and doors, when I'm folding laundry he takes clothing out of the basket, he likes climing over everything! and absolutly loves the dvd/VCR and the directv box because of the buttons, he gets the remotes and starts pushing every button possible he actually got our Tivo to record a whole bunch of stuff! And he loves to "walk" when we hold his hands, I have a feeling once he learns to walk theres no stopping him.
And as always he is still a talker, yap yap yap all day long. Loves laughing with his Daddy they make each other laugh.
I'm looking forward to spring and summer and do lots of fun stuff.

Here are some pics:

Mr. Tate is 9 months old!!

I can't beleive my baby is 9 months old.
He is such a blessing in our lives. I love watching him learn and grow every day.

We went for his 9 month check up and he is doing great!!

His stats:

Height= 30 1/4 inches long. 91%
Weight= 21 Lbs. 50%

I'm pretty sure all 9 month olds can do these things but for me he is a little geniouse and everything he does is awesome.

Learned to sit up all by himself.
He is crawling all over the place ( I can't keep up).
Loves to be chased he takes off and giggles.
Wants to get under the couch and our bed.
loves little forts, he has a tunnel that he loves to sit in and just play but it's getting small.
Loves to open drawers and cupards and take everything out.
Is very curiouse about the stairs (going up!) and tries to pull himself up on the first step.
Feeds himself cheerios, snack,wants to grab the spoon and be a big boy.
Wants to eat what ever mommy and daddy are eating (he's a little pig!!).
Is imitating sounds that we make, he humms and "sings".
learned to make a smaking sound with his mouth.
Laughs when people around him laughs.
Says" Mama " and "Dada".
Learned to make a funny face from daddy.
Loves bath time and has learned to splash. (loves splashing).
Learned to shake his head for "NO", does it when he doesn't want to go to sleep or he is done eating.
learned what the doggie says: "woof woof" but he says "Oof Oof"
Has a very fake cry when he wants something.
Does his "SUPER-COOL-TRICK" when he wants attention. specially in church.
Loves to "wrestle with daddy" and makes the same noise daddy does when wrestling.

There's so many more things he does, it seams that everyday he learns something new and I am truelly blessed to be able to be with him everyday. Life is great I love being a mommy and even when I put him to sleep I miss him. I absolutly have the best husband in the world! I love watching him play with our baby boy he is a wonderful daddy, life couldn't get better!!

Here are some pics:

Baby Food!

I made my own baby food this week and it was a lot easier then I thought and alot cheaper then jarred baby food. This is just the beginning I plan to make alot more, specially now that Tate is starting to eat chunky food. I'm proud of myself, it takes a little time and effort but its worth it. Tate loved it but then again that kid eats anything!!!

Here are some pics:

I made Sweet Potatoes, Acorn Squash, Spaghetti Squash and carrots.

Squashes and sweet potatoes were baked in the oven and peeled.


Carrots steam cooking.


Handy dandy food processor.


All the veggies whipped and processed.


Then I put them in ice trays and let them freeze for about 18 hours.





Finished product.


I also made pasta.

So the past 3 weeks have been a little crazy alot going on!

My girlfriends took me out to dinner for my B-day. It was great I always have to much fun with these girls it was a blast we always laugh so hard! As you can tell my friend Meli is pregers Yah!! 3rd and last she is having a boy!!
Megan(left), Me and Melissa (right)


We started a tradition that every new years eve ( my B-day) we spend it at my brother in law's house ( Greg). His wife Amy made me a super yummy chocolate birthday cake and of coarse they had to sing Happy Birthday!! I can't believe I'm only a few years away from 30! Yikes!!


This is at my brother in law's place, Tate absolutely loves Ian (left) and Aidan (right), they had so much fun. Cute boyz'



This is Tate's SUPER-COOL-TRICK. He does it when he wants your attention or just to show off he does it at church all the time!!


First week of 2010 and I had a very sick baby! It was just a head cold but it was the first time he had a fever, and because he has such bad eczema he broke out in hives. He just barely got over it this week.

Look at those rosy cheeks, oh and he now feeds himself when we give him treats ( cereal and yogurt melts).


Falling asleep on the floor while watching Mickey Mouse club.


He was such a good boy I would put a cold rag on his forehead to help lower his fever and he would just leave it there didn't even complain. I did make a game out of it, I would make funny noises.


Falling asleep again on the floor, (no worries he had two comforters underneath him so he wasn't cold), he was holding his teddy watching Mickey Mouse and this is how I found him, Isn't he precious!!!