Tateym at 23 Months!

Last month with a 1 year old!! :( :) I have mixed feelings about that. I am definitely sad that I don't have a baby anymore but I am loving this age! I love that she can talk now, she's so much more independent, & I feel I can actually have a conversation with her with her understanding pretty much everything. And she can go fetch things for me.. lol.

She is not only putting 2-3 words together but she's starting to say sentences as well.

Phrases we hear most often from her:

- I love you Mommy, I love you Daddy AND I love you too Mommy, Daddy, Nana, etc.
- Hi, I'm Tate!

- Tate's house, Aunt B's house, Nannie Papa house, Papi house.

- I'll be riiiiiiight back!

- I'm ok! (when she falls)

- You ok? (if someone else falls)

- T for Tate
- Gaggie NO! (Maggie) or Pop Gaggie (Stop Maggie)

- It boke (broke)

- Where are you?

- Boo!

- It's me!

- Knock Knock

- Thank You

- You're Welcome

- Momma play. Daddy play.

- No (Word she doesn't want. example: No bath. No pee pee potty.)

- Excuuuse Meee!

- Where'd Tate go?

- Oh wow.

Other words we hear most often:

- Names: Momma, Mommy, Dada, Daddy, Nana, Papa, Aunt B, Susie (Saylor), Helsey (Kelsey), Uke (Uncle Luke), Papi, etc.

- Character Names: Mickey, Ninnie (Minnie), Susie Duck (Daisy Duck), Ducky Duck (Donald Duck), Melmo (Elmo), Goofy, Foofa, Muno, Plex, Toodee, Brobee,

- Snack, milk, juice, snack, eat, pee pee, poo poo, night night, bath, outside, play, baby, uh oh, no, yes, hi, bye bye, etc.

- She can identify all numbers 1-9 and will say them all other than 1 and 7. She can say them and has before but chooses to skip them or not say those numbers.

Tateym Kayte will be 2 in just 10 days!!

Tateym at 22 Months!

Miss Tateym is a big girl now!

She can identify all her colors and she can say all the names of the colors other than orange.

She can identify numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9 and say most of them.

Typical counting sounds like.. 2, P, 2, P.. 8, 9, 10!

We started swim lessons 2 days ago & she's doing great! Every time we are getting ready to go she says, "Hippo Pool!" because we have 2 kiddy hippo pools in our backyard. Then she says, "Aunt B! Helsey (Kelsey), Suzie (Saylor), Uke (Uncle Luke)!" because usually when we get our swim suits on we're going to swim at their house.

After I clipped her finger nails I let her play with the clippers for a minute. She went to Justin and "clipped" his toenails and then "clipped" mine. Now she has an interest in my finger nails and feeling the different lengths. She's already had 2 pedicures (just toenails painted) with Mommy at the Nail Salon.

A few fairly new words and phrases:

We're Home!

Here you go Momma (or Dada)

Gaggie (Maggie) MOVE!

Apple Juice.

Excuse Me.

Hello (person's name).

Hi, I'm Tate!

Beaty Beat Beaty Beat Clap Clap (Song on Yo Gabba Gabba).

Ready? Go.

Love you/I love you (My favorite)

Tate's House or (person's name such as Papi, Nana, Papa, Aunt B)'s House!

No no Tate.

Still loves Yo Gabba Gabba, Mickey Mouse, & now Sesame Street as well. (T.V. shows, books, characters, toys)

She's a genius with technology- especially our iphones and ipad.

For some reason she is terrified of loud noises- our neighbor's loud car (every time he leaves or comes home she runs to me crying), dogs barking, trucks, airplanes, and even the bath water coming out of the faucet or my phone ringing. It's like this happened over night & I have no idea why.

She's still a picky eater but giving new foods a try every once in awhile.

Does not like: washing her hair, must meats, loud noises, when people are leaving/going bye bye, when her cup is empty (we're learning not to get mad and throw it on the floor)

Does like: fruits, cheese, juice, Yo GG, Elmo, Abby, Cookie Monster, Micky & Minnie Mouse & friends, going outside, riding in the car because she gets to watch tv, tickling Mommy, swimming, swinging, going on walks, coloring, putting things into other things (crayons in box, jewelry in box, things in a purse, etc.), make-up, being chased, animals, snacks, bubbles, giving love, family.

Tateym at 21 months!

Tateym is 21 months! Only 3 month until my little girl is 2 years old!

She is talking twice as much now! I'm sure I can't list them all but here are some words that she is saying regularly: Momma, Mommy, Mom, Dada, Daddy, Dad, Maggie, Tate (what she calls herself), Nana, Papa, Papi, Aunt B, SaySay, Kelsey (said twice now), GG, puppy, kitty, fish, hippo, giraffe, monkey, rhino, duck, pig, piggy, teeth, ball, balloon, hop, march, ice, eyes, keys, light, night night, eat, off, up, out, cookie, snack, milk, juice, shoes, sock, pink, blue, purple, yellow, green, black, apple, uh oh, up, thank you, pool, baby, baba (bottle), Yo Gabba Gabba characters: Muno, Foofa, Plex, & calls the show "Ba Gabba or Ba Gabbug", Mickey characters: Minnie (Ninnie), Mick or Mickey, Puppy, Duck, and goofy, book, bubble, bee, two, nine, Elmo, hat, bunny, bobo, yummy (or um), eat, Ming Ming (wonder pet character), hi, bye bye, bow, choo choo, tickle tickle, twinkle twinkle, circle, star, heart, bug, yes, no, no no, Abby (Sesame Street character), ding dong, knock knock, book, stop, the end (when reading a book- sounds like uh han).

She's putting 2 words together now. She just said, "Uh oh Momma.. Tate bobo." She got a bobo because she was climbing on the coffee table. She is a climber! I've already taken her off the kitchen table this morning by 9am. She's very active and rarely slows down. She hops, marches, runs, climbs, can kick a ball hard, throw, do a forward roll all by herself, & jump.

Makes these sounds: Moo, back (chicken), quack, tweet tweet, elephant noise with arm extended like trunk, monkey noise, eigh or neigh for horse, pig noises, bark (same little snort she's always done), vroom vroom (car/truck), chugga chugga choo choo, ssss (Snake)- this is what she told us she found in her potty- gross.

Knows colors! First learned pink and blue. Then purple, green, and yellow about the same time. Red shortly after. Now can say black and recognize orange and gray but doesn't say those.

Knows some shapes! Can say and recognize circle, heart, and star and can draw a circle.

Loves Mommy's makeup and purse, writing with a pen, bubbles, Daddy's Ipad, snacks, juice, cheese, reading books, watching her dvds or shows, and animals!

It's amazing how she knows how to work Justin's Ipad 2! She can unlock it, scroll through to find her icon, click on it, choose which app she wants, and plays with the app. She knows exactly how they work and how to exit it, etc. She went to give Justin a hug then other day when he got home but then saw the Ipad and went straight for that! Her favorite is the animal app (or piggy is what she calls it), but there's also Cat in the Hat book, nursery rhymes, piano, etc.

She got her first pedicure the other day (toes painted) with Mommy, Brandy Chappell Turner, baby Dayton, and Mrs. Chappell. She also had her first sucker there!

Knows body parts: head, hair, eyes, nose, teeth, tongue, ears, chin, cheeks, belly, belly button, arms, elbow, hand, fingers, legs, knee, foot, toes, hiney (her bottom), back.

Loves the shows Yo Gabba Gabba & Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Also loves her Elmo dvd. She'll have a Yo GG birthday party in August for her 2nd bday.

Does not like: going to sleep, rinsing hair in bathtub, most meats and veggies, having to put on panties, pullup, or shorts after going most of the day naked waist down.

She's naked waist down most of the day because she's been potty training. She's pretty much potty trained (after 3 days) but when she has on a pull up she'll just go in it and has acccidents in panties. If she doesn't have anything on she'll go sit on the potty herself!

The funniest potty training event: One day she got the potpourri bowl off my shelf, emptied it out, and peed in the bowl! Oh my! Let's just hope she doesn't do that at someone else's house..

Her hair is getting long and her bangs will need cut in about a month or so.

She went to the Waco zoo and the Circus last month. The elephant and lions were a hit and the zoo and the elephants and puppies were a hit at the circus.

She picks her nose a lot and sometimes eats it if she doesn't think I'm looking. Gross.

She's wearing a size 7 shoe & 18-24 month or 2T clothes

Cookies, crackers, and chips are all called cookies.

Maggie still sounds like Gaggie.

Tate (what she calls herself because she can't say Tateym) is such a fun little girl! I love this age and how she has her own personality and opinions. She's such a joy to have and be around- what a fun silly little girl and a blessing to our family!

Tateym at 19 Months!

Tateym is a busy body who likes to climb!!

3 favorites things at the moment: make-up, bubbles, & books.

Favorite tv shows: Yo Gabba Gabba & Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

New words: Minnie (sometimes sounds like Neenie), PaPa (she's said it before but says it regularly now), milk, bug, bunny, No (great- I was dreading this one), knock knock... etc.

She's now using the potty 2-4 times a day! She doesn't tell me when she needs to go so I'm putting her on every once in awhile. She gets 2 mini M&M's each time she goes and really looks forward to these! She reaches for them right when she sits down, but she only gets them when she goes.

She can now open doors! Including the front door which is now dead-bolted all the time.

Tateym at 18 months!

I am a little late in getting this posted. Big surprise!

At 18 months Tateym's words include: Mama, Mommy, Dada, Daddy, Maggie (sounds like Gaggie), Nana, PaPa, Papi, puppy, juice, book, up, out, off, yuck, duck, kitty, piggy piggy, tickle tickle, clock, tree, shoe, truck, baby, bye bye, uh huh (yes sound), un uh (no sound), outside, who's that/what's that, eyes, ice, uh oh, eat, cookie, snack.....

Animal sounds: her special doggie noise, moo, meow (sounds like ow- more like a real kitty sound actually), Bac bac (chicken sounds), niegh or eeeigh (house sounds), ooo ooo ooo (monkey sounds- I have no idea how to spell that out), quack quack like a duck but does the hand signal more often, tweet tweet (bird).

When she gets hurt she goes to every one in the room to kiss her boo boo & then it's magically all better!

She is climbing even more lately! Now trying to get on top of the coffee table, entertainment center, our big bed, into big chairs, jump on the couch, and now she like to try to balance on things! She will stand on her Little Peoples house, in windowsills, etc. just to give Mommy a heart attack.

Has lots of hair! She can wear 1 bow on top of her head or 2 piggy tails in the back. It's slightly past her shoulders with a few curls.

Now more than ever waves, kisses, & throws kisses when going bye bye. When I was packing our things this morning she said, "Gaggie..." knowing that I'm about to go find Maggie and put her in the kitchen. Then Tateym waves to Maggie and throws her a kiss every time we leave the house or go outside.

Loves Wyatt! He escaped the other day so when someone brought him back to the house he got to stay in the living room for a few minutes. T hugged him, laid her head on his back, laid down beside him when he laid down, shook his hand. Loves loves loves all dogs.. well most animals. I can't wait to take her to the zoo soon.

Says "burr" and shakes when the wind blows.

Hears birds when even I don't notice the bird noises at first and says, "tweet tweet!!"

Looks for her shadow on the ground when we're outside. She loves to wave to her shadow & see it wave back. This is a big thing right now! The most fun is when Mommy, daddy, & Tk are on a walk and all of their shadows wave back.

Is infatuated with Mommy's makeup. She mainly likes to put on lipstick or chapstick and then put the lid on and off.. on and off.. Twice now she's gotten into the dark eye shadows and given herself a beautiful makeover.

When you ask her where her freckles are she points out the 2 on her ankles.

Still enjoys reading books! We read TONS daily. There's a few that I have memorized. The funny thing is I think she does too! I'll turn to a page and she recognizes it. We were reading If You Give a Pig a Pancake yesterday. There's one page the pig starts dancing and as soon as I turned to that page she started dancing. There's several books she does this with.

She is starting to flip through and look at the pages herself occasionally.

LOVES playing outside. Walking down the street to hear the dogs, riding in the wagon or stroller, driving her 4 wheeler, swinging, climbing on her slides/playset, blowing bubbles, sidewalk chalk, etc.

Announces when things are hot! Food, candles, lightbulbs, fire.

Smells flowers, her hands after washing them, but sometimes blows out of her nose instead.

Can unlock Daddy's Ipod by sliding over the lock.

Slowly trying new foods: pizza, corndogs- which she loved and eats now- yay one new meal I can feed her. Also eating more and more chicken- Chic-fil-A & Panda Express rice and mandarin chicken. Also ate pigs-in-a-blanket this morning for breakfast.

Tateym at 17 Months Old!

Tateym Kayte is the sweetest, cutest, & coolest kid ever! I'm a little biased. Here is what she is doing at 17 months old...

She can say: Momma, Mommy, Dada, Daddy, puppy, Nana, juice, yuck, duck, out, eyes (sounds like ice), ice, shoes, hi, hey, puppy, baby, fish, hat. Answers Uh huh (yes) & un uh (no).

Has said: Wyatt, outside, Kristy, PaPa, bye, thank you, up,

- Knows some sign language: more, milk, & is learning how to sign "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

- Knows animal sounds: Cow, owl, sheep, dog, & makes the quack quack with her hand for what a duck says.

-Knows who she is & how old she is. Points to herself when you ask where is Tateym? (sometimes covers her eyes to play peekaboo) and holds up one finger when you ask how old she is.

- Know body parts: head, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, lips, chin, cheek, elbow, legs, hand, feet, toes, knee, hiney.

- Likes to put on lipstick, makeup, deo, & lotion. This is something she just learned from seeing Mommy do it.

- Loves Books! She is actually sliding her finger along the lines and sometimes sits and "reads" to herself. She points to each object to count them with me. She has 2 baby's first 100 words books & she can point out just about every object.. apple, banana, orange, fork, spoon, lemon, clown, dog, cat, cow, horse, turkey, chicken, lamb/sheep, goat, duck, leaf, house, couch, tree, pig, cup, potty, baby, clock, keys, tv, etc. She has a collection of alphabet books & when she gets the M one she says Momma because I said M /m/ like Momma.

- Favorite animals it seems: dogs, cows, & ducks.

- Favorite foods: cheese & all fruits.

- Other foods she eats well: green beans, weiners, mac & cheese, grilled cheese, carrots, yogurts, jello, crackers, cookies, raisins, pancakes, eggs, toast, etc. She is finally starting to try more meats too! It may be only a 3-4 bites but it's better than 0.

- Loves to go outside & on walks (in wagon, in stroller, on her little 4wheeler, walking herself).

- Loves electronics. Daddy's 2 phones, the laptop, kindle, and remotes are the best!

- Loves tv a little too much! Yo Gabba Gabba stops her in her tracks any time! Love love loves it because they sing & dance. Also likes Wonder Pets, Fresh Beat Band, & Jack's Big Music Show on Nick Jr.

- Music lover: likes to dance several different ways (bouncy, twist, head bob), claps after anyone (us or on tv) is finished singing a song, & hums. She actually put both hands over her ears when someone was signing on American Idol.. not sure where she got that but it was funny.

- Knows Itsy Bitsy Spider, Row Row Row your Boat, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, If You're Happy & You Know It, Ring Around the Rosie, Head Shoulders Knees & Toes. (She does the motions)

-Cleans: has 2 vacuums of her own although she likes to push the big real one, has a mop that she "mops" the kitchen & dining room with, & wipes tables and things with a rag or kleenex. Also pulls clothes from the washer to the dryer. She'd love to help with the dishwasher but I won't let her. She must have learned these things from Nana. lol

- Still likes being chased, to tickle everyone, taking a bath, swinging, giving dogs treats, putting on shoes and socks, talks to Nana on the phone (sometimes I call her & sometimes she'll pick up a phone or random object & say Nana, Nana, Nana)

- Has such a guilty look when she's about to do something she's not supposed to.. like climb on my ladder bookshelf, get my candles, try to get toilet brush, etc.

I can't believe how much she KNOWS! Knows how things work & what they're supposed to be used for.. like the makeup and deo I mentioned, shampoos of course, where plugs go in the wall, she takes her diaper to the genie.

- Sometimes gets smell in or blow out of the nose mixed up. Majority of the time she's correct when she blows her nose, blows on hot foods, smells socks or flowers, but occasionally mixes them up.

- Still has 12 teeth but I think she'll get 1-2 more fairly soon. Getting lots of hair although still doesn't care for bows. If I do 1 on top she takes it out but sometimes I can sneak 2 in the back. :)

- Sometimes favors Mommy or Daddy a little more than the other. Some days when Justin gets home she won't go to him at first.

- Lays down to change her diaper for us MOST of the time. The other times are a battle.

- Went to her first MOPS meeting. Mommy was so nervous to leave her for 2 hours. She cried some & wouldn't go to anyone. They put her in a stroller to calm her and she wouldn't get out until I came for her! I went to peek in and check on her & everyone else was sitting at the table having a snack while TK was pushed up to the table in the stroller. Haha! I HOPE it gets better next time. Meetings are every other Thursday from 9-11am. I enjoyed my mommy meeting though. (Focuses on being a mommy, wife, & Christian).

I hope I didn't bore you. This is mostly for my personal record of Tateym at 17 months! :)