Disney on Ice

We took Tatum to Disney on Ice this past Saturday and he loved it! I was semi nervous because I just wasn't sure he would sit through the entire show or even pay attention to it at all. He couldn't keep his eyes off of it the whole time. He watched absolutely everything. I think his favorite part was the Fairy Queen from Tinkerbell. She wore this sparkly gold dress and he couldn't keep his eyes off her. When Mater and Lightning McQueen came out he said, "Whoa!" over and over. The Toy Story part of the show was great too and his face lit up at all the characters. Before the show started we took him to the souvenir stand and showed him a couple of things. As soon as the man pulled out the Buzz Lightyear sword he said, "I want that!" Boy can talk when he really needs to.

He also got his first taste of cotton candy which. he. loved. My sister and mom went with us and we had a blast. (He sat in Nana's lap the whole time.) My mom took my sister and me every year when we were little and it's a tradition I want to carry on with my children. It was so fun to see him so excited. I can't wait til next year!

Catch up as usual

As usual I haven't been posting on here like I promised myself I would :( Tatum is 15 1/2 months and saying sooooooo many new words every day. Dinodoor (dinosaur) and tutle (turtle) are his newest ones and I love to hear him say them. He yells for daddy when things don't go his way now and daddy usually rescues him. Usually. He says phrases like "where my shoes", "in da sky", "where (he,it) go", "let's go". He's starting to try to repeat lots of words we say.

Still has a terrible temper. He has been known to throw himself face first onto the floor of a store and kick and scream. He threw his paci at Dr. Joe out of anger during his 15 month check-up. He smacks at people when they try to hold him. But on the other hand will usually give them a hug as long as I'm still holding him. He's a mama's boy and I'm eating it up because all too soon he will say, "Me and dad are going fishing, bye mom."

He's working on getting his 1 year molars and he's having a really hard time with it. He gnaws on anything to sooth those swollen gums.

So for the sweet, mushy stuff.....he's precious! He makes me laugh every single day. He hugs and kisses on me all the time (in between tantrums). He says "awwwwwwwwwww" when I show him something I've bought him.

Oh yeah and he's growing up way, way too fast................

Bruised up

Yesterday we had a big boo boo day. Tatum thought he would run back and forth between the kitchen and living room as fast as he could. One trip his toe caught the carpet and he face planted straight to the ground. His poor nose caught the fall. I knew it was broken. But we took him to the Dr. today and all is well! No broken noses for my little guy :) Ahhh little rambunctious boy :) And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Bruised up....

Scuse me!

Trying to teach my little man some manners is paying off! I always try to make a point if someone burps to say, "Oh! Excuse me (you)!" Today while having lunch he lets out a loud burp and looks at me with a huge smile and says, "scuse me!" Is he the sweetest thing in the world? Why yes, yes he is!

I think this may be my favorite photo of all time...

I wuv ew!

Yesterday was quite possibly one of my favorite days ever! I was playing with Tatum and sat him up on my shoulders. He of course laughed like he always does. I then turned around and said. "I love you Tatum!" Guess what? He said, "I wuv ew!" Heart=melted. I just can't explain how wonderful it was to hear him say that. I told him to say it to daddy. He looks at Josh and says, "Wuv ew!" We both grinned from ear to ear. Were there a few tears from the mama? Possibly.

Look at these curls!

Yep, nana and I let him gnaw on that chicken wing.....

Love his little pj's :)

Slacker

So I promised myself I would write on this blog on a daily basis. Hmmmmmmm.......well it's been a while. I guess I feel like I have nothing important to write about but I know later I will kick myself for not keeping up with Tatum's daily antics.

Yesterday he thought he would take it upon himself to rip his diaper off, throw it aside, pee in the floor, and then run around naked. Yep, that's my kid. When I tried to put a clean diaper on him he shook his head, said no, and then proceeded to run around naked some more. Oh well, this is only going to be cute when he's little. Let's hope he does not want to do this when he's older, ha!

When watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Mickey asks if you want to come inside his Clubhouse, Tatum shakes his head and says, "nope". Want to be a part of Jake and the Neverland Pirates Crew? "Nope". Haha he cracks me up every single day! He also picks up the remote control and hands it to me then points at the tv to get me to change it if the show that's on at the moment isn't what he's interested in. Too smart folks.

Hopefully I can try this again tomorrow!

Teething.....ugh

It's been a crazy few days here. My little man is cutting those top two teeth and they are just giving him all sorts of trouble. One thing that really bothers him when he's just about to have a tooth pop through is his bowels. Warning: TMI for some.....he's had really loose runny bowels. He's had at least 6 or 7 a day since Sunday bless his heart. He had a particularly bad incident on the porch while we were outside playing that resulted in me having to clean the porch. Yeah....good times. He let me massage his gums this morning and I think it helped him. The fact that he was letting me do it made me realize he must be hurting pretty bad.

He has been jibbering up a storm today and it is so funny and cute. He will look at me and hold his little hands up and jibber something to me. I talk back and he will jibber some more just like we are having a conversation. If I can catch it on video I'll post it here. He's also started shaking his head no today. I think he is trying to tell me when he is full because he's been doing it when I offer him a bite of food and it's always towards the end of his meals. That's really cute too and he thinks it's funny when I laugh.

Last night we had our Wednesday night church service outside at Mamaw and Papaw Hack's house. It was really nice to have church with them since they aren't able to come anymore. I know they enjoyed it. What was Tatum doing you ask? Playing in the dirt and gravels and screaming. But what can I expect? He's learning all sorts of new things and he's too busy to slow down. Can you blame him?

Have I mentioned lately he's my favorite little thing in the whole wide world? I am just so in love with him :)

Mother's Day

I had my very first Mother's Day! I counted my first one really when I was pregnant last May but this year my sweet baby was in my arms to celebrate. Josh surprised me with a new Vera Bradley camera bag. He picked it out all by himself and I love it! He said Tatum showed him the one to get ha! The highlight of my day? The 3 hour nap that Daddy, Tatum, and I took together Sunday evening. Tatum hadn't had a nap all day long so about 4:00 we snuggled up and he finally went to sleep so we all climbed in the bed. We woke up close to 8:00 and believe it or not Tatum was ready for bed by 9:30 after a late supper and bath.

I also attended a new Sunday school class at church for wives and mothers and let me tell ya, it's great! Our first lesson was centered on Matthew 6:33 and it is seeking Jesus FIRST above all else, because how can you be a good mother and wife if you don't have your #1 relationship  in order? I'm loving the class. I take Tatum with me and it is sort of a challenge, he is so busy now and learning to walk so he doesn't like to sit still at all. But I WILL NOT quit going. Even if I have to get up with him 500 times during the class, that is ok. I just hope he's not disturbing everyone else.

He's cutting his top 2 front teeth and they are hurting him so bad. He's gnawing on everything in sight. I'm hoping they will pop through soon. They've been trying to come through since he was 6 months old.

Hope you had a good Mother's Day! I know this post is way past due!
Pictures tomorrow hopefully!

Who me?

I'm throwing it away mom, NOT getting into the trash!

Oh, I was helping you put the Q-tips away.......

Mom, did you know these made that much noise when you throw them against the floor?

Ahhhhhh, my little explorer.....

Big steps!

That's right folks, my little boy took his very first steps ALL BY HIMSELF! Could I be any prouder? I mean really, that's a BIG deal! I have been following him around constantly with my camera because I knew it could be just any day. He has been walking behind a walker for a couple of months now and just recently has been wanting us to hold his hands and walk him around the house, yard, etc. So I knew those precious first steps would come sooner than I was ready. I mean technically he is a "toddler" now. Ahhh, it breaks my heart and makes me happy at the same time. Being a mama is so bittersweet. So where did it happen? I naturally thought it would happen at home since that's mostly where he gets brave and tries it. But, no. My sister and I met Kayla and her babies at Relay for Life on Friday night. I ran into an old friend that I hadn't seen in like a year and was trying to catch up with her while my sister graciously wrangled my child. She had him down on the grass playing when the next thing I knew she was yelling at me to look. He took one little step and I freaked out! I mean tears came to my eyes I was yelling and clapping, there were a million people around probably wondering what was wrong with me. Did I care? No, my baby just had a very important milestone and this mama was going to celebrate it. On the other hand, he thought something was wrong and started crying. So, note to self, do not freak out because you will scare your baby and he will think walking is something bad. He took 4 more steps to my friend's boyfriend (whom he had never met by the way) and was happy as a little lark about it. Since then, he's taken a couple of steps here and there by himself. He is going to be everywhere in NO time. He's growing up on me. But I am so thankful he is a happy, healthy, little walker! 

He loves wearing sunglasses!

My little walker

Walking to my friend's boyfriend haha!

The pictures are blurry because we were so excited we forgot to turn the flash on the camera ha! 

Have a blessed day!

Photo Friday

Mom why do you take SO many pictures?

Ok, I'll give ya a good one.....

Photo Friday

 

Learning how to "drive" at Food City!

                                      
                            But he got distracted by the balloons haha!

Baby

Tatum has learned how to say baby now and he crawls around saying, "I bay-bay, oooooohhhhh bay-bay. It is so stinking cute! My mom came over for a little while today. While playing together he grabbed a handful of her hair and pulled HARD. He has been doing this to me lately and I've tried let him know that it is not okay. So I told him, "NO NO we don't pull hair". He looked at me, screamed, and pulled it again. When I told him no the second time he sat down in the floor, screamed, kicked his legs, and basically had a melt down. Then he would get up, touch her hair, and look at me. Everytime I would say no and everytime he would throw that little fit. But? He minded me and didn't pull it anymore! He wanted to but didn't. I think 10 months is a little early to start these fits. He doesn't. He is a handful, but I love this mama life :) Most of the time he is very precious.

"Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ." 1 Peter 3:16

Duck Duck Goose

Yesterday Kayla and I loaded up the babies and went to the Duck Duck Goose sale. I had never been and wasn't really sure what to expect. It was packed out! There were even people who had brought their own shopping carts (no idea where they got them). These people were serious about this sale! We got there a little after 10 and left a little after 3. I think we waited in line for 2 1/2 hours! It's a little chaotic to shop that sale especially with a 9 month old. By the time I got through the clothes and shoes I was frazzled. I had so much fun though and it was nice to spend the day with Kayla. We were exhausted but the babies did really well considering they had to wait in line with nothing to do. Jackson was awesome, he's almost 3 and he was basically an angel. He didn't make a fuss for having to wait and as a reward Kayla let him ride the "train" outside. I wish I had a picture because he loved it! He thought he was really driving it and the smile on his face was priceless. I got a ton of clothes for Tatum. I think he is set for summer.

This is about the 5th night in a row that Tatum has "slept" through the night. He still wakes up and looks for his paci and sometimes needs a drink of very watered down juice. But he was drinking 3 bottles a night, so this mama is getting a little more rest. He wouldn't sleep in his crib again last night. We aren't giving up but I'm not pushing it. He will sleep there when he gets ready. All too soon he will be 16 and I'll be wishing I had that little baby sleeping in the middle. Right now he needs me to snuggle him at night and I'm so okay with that!

Oh and he has another tooth that popped through yesterday making a grand total of 5! Whoo hoo!

"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore, comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do." 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11

Have a blessed day!

The dreaded crib...........

Last night Josh took Tatum's crib apart so that he could move it into our room. I have been dreading this since he was  born because I LOVE snuggling him every night. But he is getting bigger and he is all over the place. He tries to push Josh out of the bed on a nightly basis. My thought was that he would probably like to sleep in his nice roomy crib where he could flip and flop, toss and turn til his little heart was content. I wasn't sure about how it would go and to be honest I was nervous. So when bedtime rolled around I gave him his nightly bottle and tried to rock him to sleep. He however, did NOT want to go to sleep and we had a rough time. He would fall asleep for a few minutes and then sit straight up like, "oh crap I fell asleep!" When I thought he was good and asleep I attempted to lay him in the crib. He was not having it. He would get up reach for me and say mama all pitiful. I would lay him back down and he'd get right back up. It absolutely broke my heart. How can I tell him no when he says mama like that? So I picked him up, put him in my bed, snuggled him and he fell right to sleep. And I was happy that I got to snuggle my little man another night. So poor daddy did all that work for nothing. Maybe tonight will be better? If not, he's always welcome in my bed :) We'll just kick daddy out.

On another note he is LOVING Blue's Clues. He will watch the whole episode and laugh and clap his hands. It is the cutest thing ever! He also loves Peek-A-Boo on the Baby channel. It is hilarious to watch him. The little baby pops out and says peek-a-boo and he freaks out and screams, claps, laughs, and kicks his legs. It excites him soooooo much.

Hope I'm not boring you guys and thanks for reading about our adventures :)

"Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." James 5:16

Have a blessed day!

My First Post!

I am most definitely new to this blogging world, but I thought this would be an easy way to keep up with what my little man is doing on a daily basis. I also thought it would be fun to share with our friends and family who are interested in reading it. I'll try not to make it too boring and if it is I'm sorry. This is just a place for me to have to look back and remember these sweet baby days. I'm also going to try to back up and sort of keep up with what he was doing at each month (if I ever get the time haha).

So for now this is his 9 month post. He is crawling EVERYWHERE and he is into EVERYTHING! He is standing on his own and acts like he wants to take a step. He'll pick up his foot and then fall to the ground and take off crawling as fast as he can. I keep joking that we should enter him into a crawling contest.

He has started this adorable fake laugh and when he gets into something he's not supposed to he will look at me and do that sweet little giggle that makes it hard for me to say no. AND HE KNOWS IT!

He has started eating some table food but he actually prefers his baby food which I suppose is a good thing.

He says ma ma, da da, na na, and uh-oh. He whispers pa pa and Tate Tate, I have no clue why he won't say them out loud.

The child LOVES his bath. All I have to say is, "Tatum would you like a bath?" and he crawls straight to the bathroom and waits for me at the tub. He even tries to take his shirt off for me.

He has 3 teeth two middle bottom ones and one on the top that we call his "fang". He's working on his top middle two and the other "fang" on the top.

He is a hoot and does something new and funny everyday and I want to remember everything! So hopefully I can post here daily. Thanks for reading and I hope I don't bore you!

Daily Bible Verse: "that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of man, but in the power of God." 1 Corinthians 2:5