Tate is Two!!

My baby turned two on Tuesday, Oct 6! We spent the day playing with him and watching videos from his life. He is such a big boy and I am so grateful for the little person that he is. He is hilarious and has such a crazy little personality. He loves to perform whether it is with music (more dance!) or sports. But, he is also such a little sweetheart and loves to give hugs and kisses and snuggle. Can it get any better than that combo?? I don't think so!

On his birthday, we went to lunch (chicken and french fries) with him and played in the play area. We then had dinner (pizza) and a little tiny party with cake and presents. Tate loved all of his presents from his mom/dad, grandparents, great grandparents, aunts and uncles. He definitely is a loved little boy! We decorated the house in Elmo and had an Elmo cake and lots of balloons. It was one wild night!

Here are some photos and videos of the big day, as well as the inviation for the scrapbook!

Fall Is Here

This weekend was a chilly one. Why does Utah love to skip Fall weather and go straight from hot hot to freezing? Anyways, we took some pictures while Tate was playing outside. Don't you love those cheeks?

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!