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! :)

Tateym at 15 Months Old!

At Tateym's 15 Month Well Check she weighed 23 lbs. (50th percentile) & was 33 inches tall (90th percentile). Tall & thin girl! She now has 12 teeth! 4 front, 4 bottom, & 4 molars. Finally getting hair too, although it's mainly just growing in the back so it looks like a mullet. Words she says or has said: Mama, Dada, Daddy, Maggie, Wyatt, out, outside, yuck, duck, Nana, PaPa, thank you, hi, hey, bye, baba, moo, & she may have said three & bubbles? Other sounds: dog barks (and her special dog talk), un huh (yes), uhn uhn (no).

Things Tateym LOVES:

-BOOKS! I would say right now she enjoys books more than toys. I could not even guess at how many books we read a day.. which is great! She has started to "read" to herself too. She is great at pointing out objects on the pages.

- Clothes & Shoes. She likes to put on new clothes, is always bringing us shoes to put on, & likes to try to pull socks on and off. At night when she has pjs on she'll bring us clothes and shoes to put on over her pjs. She is currently wearing a red Christmas nightgown with a long sleeve Mickey Mouse shirt over it.

- Going outside. Walking around, playing on slide, going for walks or wagon rides or in the stroller. She points out the moon, birds, etc.

- Baths! I ask her if she wants to go take & bath and she takes off running to the bathroom.

- Being chased

- Dogs! Especially loves to be licked by dogs.

- Technical things/Electronics. She can hit buttons on the laptop that brings up things I didn't know existed. She would play with electrical outlets all the time if we would let her. They're covered but she takes cords and tries to plug them in anyway. She knows how my laptop charger plugs in and can do it correctly. Loves all phones & now talks to people, listens, then talks. She's learning how communication works.

- Nick Jr. - Her doctor said about 30 minutes of tv a day but she's getting more than that right now. She especially loves Yo Gabba Gabba, Jack's Big Music Show, & The Wonder Pets.

- Coloring and writing. She just has to be watched very very carefully when she has a crayon. She has colored on our bedroom door, dishwasher, kitchen tilee, my wallet, and a few toys.

- Drinking out of adult cups & glasses, straws, water bottles.

- Climbing. She can climb up on the couch, in the dining chairs, on the coffee table and entertainment center if she's really fast when we're not looking, out of the bathtub, on toys.

She also:

- Plays pretend. Likes to cook, eat, and drink with her play toys and with Mommy's kitchen bowls and spoons.

- Still sucks her thumbs, especially when she's sleepy.

- Shows signs that potty training is getting closer. She'll sometimes grab her wet diaper, walk bow legged when it's wet, and will pull TP off the roll and wipe herself over her pants.

- Pulls her bow out her head! Then most successful I've been is when I put it in when she was sleeping. It was in her about 2 hours before she found it and pulled it out.

- Likes to brush her own teeth rather than you do it for her.. she likes it but it's a battle too.

- Was NOT a fan of the real Santa in the mall! Only a fan of the Santas in our house & the 7 foot one in the yard.

-Has selective hearing (hears what she wants to hear)! I can call her name, ask her to look & she won't.. but if I say Bye or Do you want a bite? she turns to me immediately!

- Still picks up every tiny little thing off the floor and ground and usually puts it in her mouth. I was hoping she would be over this by now!

- Bubbles! Bubbles in the bath, bubbles you blow with a wand, and she has a bubble gun.

Cute things TK is doing now:

- waves bye bye when people leave, even when we grab our keys or purse she knows we're leaving so she starts waving and blowing kisses. At basketball games when people start walking down bleachers she waves or when we get up to leave a restaurant.

- Gives Mommy shoulder massages and likes to receive them too.

- Hugs & kisses babies, toys, cousin Saylor, us.

- Likes to do High Five, Down Low, in the Hole, Too Slow! Now when I hold up a one (finger) she thinks we're playing this game.

- This little piggy went to the market. Loves when I do it on her feet and wiggles my toes to do it to me too.

- TICKLES! The new favorite. She loves tickling us, Santas, the huge blow up Santa in the front yard, Maggie, stuffed animals, etc.

Knows body parts: Head, hair, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, tongue, hands, legs, feet, toes.

Tateym's 2 favorite foods are ALL fruits & cheese. Also likes bread, green beans, yogurt, animal crackers, lots of breakfast foods, mac & cheese, grilled cheese, and does not like meats!

What Tateym is up to at 12 months old

Tateym at 12 months old.......

- is starting to RUN around

- says Dada, Daddy (that's the newest word!), yuck, out, byebye, & what I think is eat? most frequently. She has also said PaPaPaPa a few times lately. She quit saying MaMa and Nana for some reason?!

- loves to explore!

- has a motor that runs non-stop!!

- likes to climb on or up anything she can

- loves to open and close anything she can (doors, drawers, toys)

- loves to put things in and pull things out (of cabinets, bags, diaper bags, toys)

- turns the light switch on and off and then laughs

- finds little pieces of leaves, dirt, or junk on the floor and then looks at me and runs off to hide behind furniture because she knows I'm going to take it away

- plays pretend: gives play bottles to babies, herself, us, cousin Saylor, stuffed animals, Maggie, and anyone else she can find.. stirs spoons in bowls and feeds babies and us.. pushes her baby in a stroller.. takes animals for rides in her car.. rides the horsey on anything she can get on and ride

- likes to play peek-a-boo, chase, go on wagon or stroller rides

- loves bath time and cries when it's time to get out

- starts to suck her thumb and bounce herself up and down when she gets sleepy.. sometimes starts to sing to herself like Mama

- is learning body parts. She consistently points to ears, feet, and head when asked and sometimes nose, hands, eyes, and belly (still working on those and more)

- surprises me with how much she knows! She got her shoes one day and tried to put them on my feet, got my makeup bag out of my purse and started rubbing the brushes on her face, points the remotes to the tv (sadly she's done this since about 10 mo. haha),

- waves Hi and Bye Bye but also blows kisses every time we say Bye Bye

- yells at the parent that walks out of the room, "EEEEEE"

- copies how I play with Maggie (hitting the floor, stomping my foot at her, chasing her, etc.)

- still gets totally freaked out by men! We were in Home Depot tonight and she was having a blast walking by herself down the aisle. A man started coming our way and she turned around and ran to me.

- loves to hug, kiss, and cuddle. Today I watched Tateym & her twin friends Macie & Marlie and Tateym would come up and give one and hug and kiss and then go back to playing. A little while later she would go to the other one, hug and kiss, and go back to playing. It was priceless.

-is waking up several times during the middle of the night crying and making her Mama exhausted the next morning!

- LOVES LOVES to brush her teeth. Which also bringing me to the point of......

- is Miss Independent! She wants to brush her own teeth, feed herself with the fork or spoon, brush her own hair, etc. I'm thinking she's too young for this apparently she's a big girl!

- "dances" or should I say bouncing up and down to music :) too funny

- loves to drink out of a real cup or glass! and is actually pretty good at it

- puts real and fake cell phones up to people's (and babies') ears

- pulls the toilet paper roll or tears off a piece to "blow her nose"

- drops what she's doing to go see Daddy when he gets home

- runs her fingers of her lips and Mama's lips to make silly noises

- thinks she's pretty funny!

- can step into her shorts or pants! I think this is pretty impressive. I hold the shorts out and she balances herself and steps in one leg at a time.

- Can put a bib on (minus the velcro) and take it off. She finished a bottle and took her bib off and gave it to me. I thought, "Wow. My baby is grown up."

- enjoys car rides so much more now that she is facing the front and can see us :)

- can kick a ball and can roll it to me using two hands

- can more frequently identify or go get objects such as ball, bottle, baby, Freddie (her stuffed frog), cup, shoe, Maggie, Wyatt, family members, the lights, puppy, hat, etc.

- is starting to realize she's getting hair and playing with it more often

- messes up what Mommy clean up :)

- loves fruit and fruit juice

- gives us bites of her food & throws food over the side of her highchair to Maggie

- likes to get behind curtains and walk away as if the curtain is her veil

- keeps us entertained, exhausted, laughing, & happy, and is unconditionally LOVED!!

Tateym's 12 Month Pics with JoJo

I am very behind & have neglected my blog so I'm trying to play catch-up! Here are Tateym's 12 mo. JoJo pics! The last ones we're going to do... unless I decide to do them each year on her birthday! Look at how much she's grown since 1 month!! Lots more 1st birthday pics coming soon!

Tateym is 11 Months Old! On July 20th

Tateym is 11 months old already!

Only one more month until she's a BIG ONE YEAR OLD!

Here's what Tateym is up to lately...

- WALKING! She still crawls as well (especially when she's in a hurry... much faster at crawling!) but she's getting much more braver and walker a little more every day. Sometimes she looks a little drunk or starts giggling so hard she falls down but she's doing a great job at it!

- Most of the time now she refuses to eat from a spoon. She thinks she's toooo big for that. Needless to say she's eating mainly fingerfood and Graduates or 3rd jar baby foods when I can get her to eat it.

- Is sucking her thumb more often now......

- Yells OUT! to Maggie

- Said Hi.

- Said what i thought sounded like Maggie.

- Still "talks" to the dogs in her doggie language/noises

- Loves to open and close things (cabinets, drawers, doors), put things in and out (diaper bag, my purse, toy baskets, etc.)

- Makes tons of silly noises and faces :)

- Likes to play with Mommy's belly button

- plays peekaboo

- LOVES to be chased

- blows kisses in the air (without the hand)

- Gives kisses and hugs & knows what those words mean

- Holds up 1 finger when we ask how old she's going to be

- She's getting more hair!

- Has 7 teeth (4 on top, 3 on bottom)

- BITES! Ouch.

- Tries desperately to play with Maggie. She crawls up to her and head-butts Maggie ??

- Calls her Nana (my mom) by herself on the phone pretty regularly. Every # has a speed dial but she only pushes my mom's #.

- LOVES wagon rides and swinging outside

- LOVES swimming and baths. She actually kicks and "swims" in the big pool.

- Has been caught climbing the bookcase.

- Waves bye bye when she or someone else walks out the door or if she seems a truck.

- LOVES her Nana - chooses her over Justin and I all buy 1 time.

- Likes to ride the little horsey

- SNEEKS over the the fireplace and entertainment cabinet & then looks back at me and starts giggling when I see her. The word NO makes her laugh! Not quite understanding the meaning of that word yet..

- She's more lovable and cuddlier than ever! Such a sweet girl. :)

10 Months Old! On June 20th

Tateym is already 10 Months Old!!

Here is what she is up to lately:

- crawling faster than ever

- loves to be chased
- walks well and fast along furniture, with push toys, and holding someone's hand
- has taken steps by herself!! 2-3 steps at a time, so it shouldn't be much longer before she's walking
- says dada (all the time), mama, nana (my mom), baba, and lots of babbling and noises. She says "E" and the B sound and T sound a lot now. She also whispers "What's that?" as she points to things, pretty often now! I'm sure she's heard that phrase hundreds of times from us so now she points and says it.
- wrinkles her nose up and snorts a funny face like mommy taught her
- shakes her head back and forth to daddy.. he taught her that one
- LOVES peekaboo and starts it up by herself sometimes. She puts blankets over her head or hides behind things
- hides behind the recliner and giggles when you find her
- hits things she likes (which isn't great because she really likes her baby cousin Saylor)
- has started to pinch mommy & daddy's neck when we're holding her
- has started doing kissing lips. I throw kisses in the air to her (without the hand) and she has started doing it back. It's adorable! She doesn't "blow" out she sucks her lips in so sometimes it looks like fish lips.
- likes to eat her shoes when she wears them
- LOVES to open and close things (especially doors and drawers). If I'm holding her and just stand in front of the pantry she'll open and close the pantry door until I walk away.
- looks back to us before she does something that she's not supposed to. We haven't baby proofed a cabinet in the living room so every time she goes over there to open the door she'll look at us first. We'll say No and she'll open it and smile.. If we put our hand on the cabinet door or on whatever she's not supposed to have she'll move our hand
- is about to graduate from her carseat to a big girl carseat
- she's very very persistent.. if we move her away from something she'd crawl back to it about 100 times if we let her and didn't get tired of going to get her. There was a vase on the floor at someone else's house and her only goal while we were there was to get that vase.
- she loves to unload or pull things out of something. She has 2 baskets of toys in the living room and she'll pull everything out of each basket. She really loves to pull things out of her diaper bag or my purse too.
- has started throwing temper tantrums when she doesn't get her way. They don't last too long.. she gets distracted easily.
- has her own language for talking to the dogs! If she sees Maggie in the house or hears her or Wyatt bark she starts her doggie-talk, which is a raspy growl. She does it randomly also but definitely uses it to "talk" to the dogs.
- she's about 29 inches long and weighs a little less than 20 pounds.
- is a PRO at her sippy cup!
- is doing much better with 3rd jar foods and finger foods. Some table foods she has had include: pancake, blueberry muffins, strawberry, watermelon, banana, chicken, hamburger meat, tortillas, corn, peas, carrots, rice, popsicle, Eggo waffle
- LOVES to swim and take baths. She actually kicks around in the big pool.
- patty-cakes/claps
- waves Bye-Bye! even if Maggie is going outside to potty, Justin walks outside, someone leaves the room, or if she sees a car or truck pull up or drive by she'll wave bye bye
- really really wants to play with Mommy's laptop or any of our cell phones. She thinks our phones are way cooler than the ones she has.
- sometimes refuses to be spoon-fed.... that's for babies obviously.
- goes to bed around 9:30-10:00 and just this week has started sleeping in until 7:30-8:00. For a long time we were getting up anytime between 6am-7am. She naps 2 times a day. The morning nap is 1-2 hour and the afternoon nap is about an hour. I try to get as much done then as possible!
- LOVES to ride in her wagon and be outside. LOVES to swing outside also.
- LOVES to ride the little horsey. She'll come get on your leg and start riding it until to start singing the song and shaking her up and down yourself.
- LOVES to go see Wyatt and giggles when he tries to lick her.
- eats ANYTHING & EVERYTHING on the floor. We've pulled out grass, leaves, 1 bug, and 3 stickers that Maggie had pulled out of her hair.
- gives sweet sweet hugs to us and her baby dolls
- bites! She made my mom's stomach bleed
- is very very scared of men! She's even hyperventilated a few times around men...
- thinks seeing herself in the mirror is funny
- has 6 teeth!
- is absolutely adorable and perfect in every way!! We couldn't be more thankful for a such a sweet baby girl!! She is constantly making us laugh. I just can't believe she'll be one in two months!