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! :)

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. :)