Cougtastic!

We took Tate to his first BYU game. We went to the Utah State/ BYU game on Friday night. Tate loved everything about it. He especially loved seeing the Cougar Maching Band (aka the Power of the Wasatch). We watched their pregame show and watched the drumline do their little show. I know the percussion director (he was on the line with me back in the day) and he let Tate play the cowbell for one of the songs. I didn't get a photo of that, but I couldn't have been prouder.

There also was football to see and Tate did love that. It was all around cougarific!! (One side note- You may notice that Tate is wearing a lumberjack-style orange hat. My mom took him into the baby gap last weekend and he fell in love with this hat and tried to steal it. Now he wants to wear it all the time. It isn't my first choice, but I am willing to comprimise. He better not be starting the whole choosing-his-own-outfit phase. That might be too much for me.)

Tater Videos

Here are two videos we have taken of Tate lately. The first is him cheering for the Cowboys with his dad. The second his my attempt to video him counting. He can count from 1-13 usually, but sometimes he gets confused and shouts out random numbers (such as five-teen).

Happy 5th Anniversary!

Nathan and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on Sept 24. It has been a wonderful 5 years and we are closer now than ever. It is pretty fun to be married to your best friend. I have come to love Nathan more as I have watched Tate grow up. Nathan is the best dad and just adores our Taters. It is still wild to me to see Nathan's traits in Tate (how can a love of washing your hands be genetic?) We celebrated our anniversary by going to a hotel in Salt Lake. We had a great time going to a movie, Gardner Village, Cheesecake Factory and a little shopping and relaxing. It was great and I was a little bummed to come back to real life. (Oh, and thanks mom for watching Taters!)

I love you Nathie!

Today is Blog Day

We have been super busy and haven't had one second to speak to 0ur fans! :) But, I did want to post something to let everyone know we are still here. This is going to be one mega post about what we have been up to (so pace yourselves..)

My mom had a birthday on Sept 10 and we all had fun celebrating by going to dinner and having some cake. She does so much for us and Tate loves his grandma very much!

Football season also started and we have had a lot of fun watching games. Of course, Nathan is excited about the Cowboys' season with their new stadium. Tate loves the Cowboys and often randomly yells out, "Cowboys Yeah!". He also asks us to put him in a Cowboys shirt just like daddy. We are planning on taking him to a BYU game this year to cheer on the Cougs (as well as the marching band!). :)

Part of the reason that we have been so busy lately, is the I have been craftin it up. I have been doing (along with my mom and sister) craft fairs on Thursday nights and Saturdays (selling my plaques, magnet/cork boards, etc). It has been a lot of fun and reasonably successful.

And, here are some cute photos of Tate and videos of him dancing. This kid LOVES to dance at any opportunity. We experience more fits because we stop rewinding dancing/music scenes on TV (after 20 times). We hear "more dance" several times a day. Crazy boy....

23 Months Old!

My baby will be two years old in just one month!! Sometimes I look at him and I just can't believe that he is such a big boy. He is seriously big. He is talking up a storm and just cracks us up continually. He is saying sentences now (well, three or four word phrases), so we can have conversations. When we go places, I talk to him like I would any person (he gives good feedback at the craft stores). Some of my favorite things he says is "I hold you" (when he wants you to pick him up), "Wash the hand" (he LOVES to wash his hands), and "I lub you" (it melts your heart). He loves music and dancing. We hear "more music", "more dance" and "more drums" all the time. I couldn't be prouder of him. Maybe he will be a star athlete and in the marching band. But, I dream. :)

He can be a crazy boy: he dumped an entire bottle of red paint on the carpet a few weeks ago. But, he is mostly sweet and hilarious. I love my grown up baby!

Look What I Did!

Today we had a really fun work retreat. We went repelling up Spanish Fork canyon. I didn't think they were serious when they said that we would be doing this, but they were and it ended up being really fun! We crossed a river on a rope, hiked up the mountain and then repelled down it. It was alot of fun and something I didn't think I would ever do!

22 Months Old!

Tate is 22 months today. We are officially on the countdown to two years old! Tate is pumped about it because 2 is his favorite number (he is also quite fond of ten). Tate has such a funny little personality and it comes out more and more each day. I took this photo and video of him this morning because he brought me one sock and one shoe and sat on my lap and told me to put them on him. Then, he got the guitar from Rock Band, dragged it to the chair and told me to put him on the chair. He is always working on something, and it is usually wierd (but funny). His vocabulary is huge these days and he can say almost anything he needs. And, he repeats everything you say (no matter how long the word is- which can be pretty funny). He still loves balls and books, he loves to dance and sing, and he loves to drum. We are excited for football season because Tate freaks out when any football is on TV. It should be alot of fun!

Some of my favorite things Tate has said or done recently:

*We were on our trip to Seattle driving through the night. It was 4:00 am when we stopped at a rest stop and Tate immediately woke up and said "I see road." He was then awake and ready to party and asked for chicken and french fries.

* He is always signing and asking for "more" of something. The other day we were at the park and he saw kids playing and then he couldn't see them and asked for "more kids." Today he brought a rock in the house and then dropped it and asked for "more rock." (You get the point.)
* While we were at the park he saw a little girl (probably 2 1/2 years old) and Tate kept trying to kiss her. He knows how to work the ladies at the playground!

PS- In this video I repeatedly say that Tate is 20 months. I am confused and apparently don't know how old my child is.