18 MONTHS OLD!!!

My sweet little cherub, Tate, is 18 months old! Gone are the days of babyhood.... Coming at me in FULL THROTTLE is Toddlerhood.... and I am loving it! Today to mark this momentous occasion we had a photo shoot with an amazing local photographer. I am loving every picture that was taken!

Check out more pictures of Tate.... What I have posted does not do her justice!

Ever since Tate's first birthday, I had wanted to have her photographed in her first birthday Tiger hat and shoes..... I am so glad I did! The enamel heart is from Norway and is a gift given to her from her Nana on the day of her blessing. This has been a family tradition with Tate being the last granddaughter to get one.

FIRST HAIR CUT

Only a SLIGHT trim to even up the fine baby flutters. I worried that this cut would make Tate's sweet little slight curls disappear. No worries, they are still there!

Thank you Tabby for your expert work rangling a wiggly 17 month old.

BAKING WITH TATE

I told momma that we needed to try a little baking, so we dug out our secret family recipe for sugar cookies and got baking.

Momma added the butter and egg and I started stirring and stirring mixing up all that cookie goodness.

Checking out the texture and flavor.

I had so much fun making COOKIES with momma, I told her that we should do this every day! Why did Momma laugh at that?

NEW HAITIAN DOLL....

The cutest girls are making these adorable Haitian dolls and are donating all proceeds to aid in the Earthquake victims.... These cutest girls are sisters ranging from 8-12 yrs old. I just love that such young kids can be so globally aware.

Tate was very interested in her new doll.... She examined it

And shared it....

My girls, Tate and Mesa (nose in view only) checking out the new doll.

Both Tate and Mesa are very excited about the new doll.....
If you want a doll too, you can go to this blog and see some of the cute dolls just waiting to go home to you...

FUNNY SIDE NOTE....

Tate found this bracelet and placed it around her ankle... she insisted on wearing this all day even when we put shoes and socks on and headed out the door.... Funny girl.

THE TODDLER SPORT.....

Of tissue tossing ... Tate has perfected it

FOUND PICTURES

Too cute not to share....

WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN....

Tate LOVES shrimp and lobster!








She had her first bite of my lobster and ate the whole lobster tail. I thought for sure she would gag on a bite of shrimp. I had to pry her hands from the empty shrimp tail. I love that she is open to new flavors, textures and tastes. A girl after my own heart.

SSSSS NOOOO.....W MUCH FUN!!!

Bundled up so snugly. Tate is wearing some SERIOUS winter boots that are a few sizes too big. She has officially become a walker within the past week so this extra challenge of heavy boots in too large of a size proved a handicap to her. I just picked her up and plopped her where I wanted her.



Her first Snow angel!!!











I pulled this sweet snow bunny up and down the snow covered sidewalks on our street. She is still learning the balancing thing and would tobble over constantly. She loved tobbling over so much I started wondering if she was falling over on purpose!

OH HOW I LOVE THIS FACE!

And the funny sweet personality that accompanies it.

TATE AT 16 MONTHS OLD

Tate has been under the weather for the past 10 days. A few day with fevers hitting 104 degrees and the rest of the days 100.4 degrees. Even though she has been miserable, she still has been an amazingly pleasant baby!

I decided to take Tate to the doctor today... Poor baby, Tate has strep throat!

Tate does not get too many sweets so when she does, I let her totally get into it.... She loved her first peppermint candy cane so much she offered Mesa a taste and lost the whole piece of peppermint to one ill mannered dog!



I really think Tate will be a little dancer. She loves music and will sing and dance constantly. She is also quite flexible.



At sixteen months Tate has started to feed herself. It seems that she wears more of the food than she will eat.

Tatie loves her room and her books..... She will disappear only to be found sitting in her comfy chair with a few books.

The love affair continues with E.L.M.O.... I find myself humming the Elmo's World song ALL THE TIME!

ANNOUNCING TATE IS NOW A WALKER!!! She would prefer to be carried but will walk if she needs to.

A QUICK GLIMPSE OF CHRISTMAS.....

Two of Tate's favorite things.... Her Nana and Elmo. She is obsessed with both!



Santa gave Tate this Tree House tent. She loves it!

Tate was sick with a 104 degree temperature and spent most of her time snuggling with me or sleeping. This lasted for about a week. Today she is feeling like her adorable self and is ready to parteeee to make up for all her missed Christmas celebration.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Wishing the MERRIEST Christmas ever and a bright shiny 2010!!!

SITTING ON SANTA'S LAP FOR THE FIRST TIME

Through the windowpane we spy Santa.... I am watching safely in my big cousin Amanda's arms.



Checking out this man in red.



Okay momma, I will pose with Santa with NO tears but will not SMILE!

WHAT DOES SANTA SAY?

HO HO HO!!!




A little out of focus but LOVE it anyway!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND 6 MONTH FAMILY DAY!!!

FIFTEEN MONTHS OLD

Today was Tate's 15 month check up and four more shots! POOR baby. Her doctor pronounced her amazing. Healthy, SMART, charming. He says he has a crush on my girl. I am wonder if this is why he wants to see her every two months.

Stats.... Weight... 22.5 lb (47% US charts) Height 32 inches (91% US charts)

• her speech is exploding. She babbles constantly. She will mimics beginning sounds of words. Knows about 12 words or words she uses ... Momma, Mesa, Nana, more, baba (bottle), hi, bye bye, baby, ball, puppy, naaa (Norwegian for no), cup.


• Says "hot" and blows on everything she eats... fresh fruit, ice cream, as well as the warm foods.



• Tate has started pretending with her doll. She insists to hold her doll when driving places, will wrap the baby in a "blanket" or burp cloth, and feed the doll a bottle.

• Loves LOVES LOVE to wear beads and necklaces. She will put them on by herself.
• She is showing more of a preference for her left hand when she reaches for things, eats and colors.

• will call out "Momma!" from her crib when she wakes up... at nap time, in the mornings and in the middle of the night. When it happens in the middle of the night, I will wait hoping she will go back to sleep. Sadly this was not the case the other night. She wanted MOMMA! And MOMMA jumped right up. She looked at me said "Momma. Baba (bottle)" then smacked her chest as if to say "Momma I need a bottle". There was NO question as to what Tate needed that middle of the night.



• stands on her own without holding on to something. Will go from standing and bend down and get back up. Is able to go from crawl to standing. Still not walking.



• Knows the difference between up and down and will go either up or down when instructed.



• Animal sounds.... cow, horse, cat, dog, monster, monkey, tiger. She makes the monster sound and loves it when I act "scared".



• Yikes.... the other day I caught her climbing. Apparently there was a barricade blocking her way to Mesa. She must climb go over it to get to her dog. What does a good momma do when she sees her loved one toddling while climbing? Grab her camera of course and snap away.

• SHE LOVES MESA!
  

Tate just cracks us all up... She crawls with "ATTITUDE", if you have seen it, you know what I am talking about. Gliding forward with swinging her head side to side.