Tate, the Little Man!

Tate is sure growing up fast.

(2 1/2 going on 16!)

Tate's sooooo cute and fun to be around. His new favorite thing is making up songs. So far he's come up with 3 of them all by himself!

• "Cars and Trucks"-Repeated over and over again
• "Grandma Margaret has a bird-it lives at Grandma's house"
• "Mommy is a Lady-Daddy calls her Dear" (This one is absolutely too funny!)

Tate continually asks if he can drive my car, Daddy's truck, an airplane, a school bus, and a helicopter. He doesn't want to just drive in them, he actually wants to drive them! He thinks that because he's a big boy now, he can do it all!

Bryan's parents watched Tate on Saturday so that we could go out

(Thank-You!) On the way home we had a conversation, this is how it went:

Mom: Did you have fun at Grandma's house?

Tate: Nes (Translation=Yes)

Mom: Do you want to go back?

Tate: Nes

Mom: Do you want to live with Grandma & Grandpa

Tate: PLEASE!!! (When he really wants something, he skips the nes and goes straight to please with that cute sincere little voice)

Tate recently learned his full name, now whenever anyone asks him his name he gives the long version "Tate Joshua Stradling". It's so funny because he says it so fast that you can't understand a word he's saying. He knows Bryan's and my fulls names too.

Tate's very favorite things include:

Car Movie (He would literally watch it all day if I let him)

Candles (Yes, he likes matches too. Once he grabbed them when I had my back turned, and was just about to light it on the box when I caught him!!! )

Mommy School-(Tate's been begging to go to school, so I started teaching him a little bit most everyday)

Books (His favorite is the Babybug Magazine)

Soap & Lotion (Anything that smells good and is messy)

Being Outdoors (He loves playing on the slide and swing in the backyard, and picking Mommy's vegetables)

Tate's Talents

Perfect Sumersaults

Jumping about 2 inches off the ground

Drinking a full glass of water in about 30 seconds or less

It's so fun being a Mommy-I'm loving it! Tate's constantly on the go and into just about everything, but it keeps me going, so it's all good!