Playing in the sink at Grandma and Grandpa Haddon's
Someone little got Legos for Easter and loves them! He can't wait to play with them everyday!
Oh ya, Legos are messy!
Tatem loves exploring in his walker. One morning he was playing and he had walked down the hall and got very quiet. So I figured something naughty was happening. When I went to find him, he had gone in my room, pulled a pillow off of our bed and cuddled up and went to sleep! So So cute!
This is a picture that we took on Grandpa & Grandma Allred's back porch. It's so cool to be able to see the temple out the back of their apartment!
My goodness time flies! I'm not what you could call a dedicated blogger I guess! Life has been so busy in the last couple months! Currently, I'm a returning student to Utah State University. I have it set up so that I can take all of my classes online and hope to be done with my Bachelor's Degree in Family Studies. Many people know that I've always wanted to be a teacher but once I started the coursework, I realized that I do love teaching and kids, but my passion is more in helping kids in their family settings. I hope to go on to teach parenting and marriage classes and firesides. Tanner is still working for DirecTV and is enjoying it and considering applying for a job opening with the Utah Highway Patrol at the end of the summer as it has been a goal of his for a long time. We'll see how everything goes. As of today, he is at Annual Training for the National Guard and we haven't talked in about a week with a week left to go. They're only in Dugway just outside of Tooele, but me and Tatem still miss him! He's a HUGE part of our family and we love him!
Ok, Ok, onto the reason why you're reading this blog! Tate!
He is just getting cuter and cuter by the moment.... well I think so. He's 8 months old, still no teeth but like we've said since 4 months old, it looks like he'll be getting some any day now... crawling is something he's SO close to, but still working on. He really wants to walk. He starts crawling, gets mad and tries to stand up to walk instead and of course falls. It gets ugly. He still loves to eat, but finally his growth charts are getting a little bit closer to to normal, still chubby but I wouldn't have it any other way. The past couple weeks he's started only waking up once a night! I haven't slept this well since before I was pregnant! He even goes down for naps and bedtime by himself! Heaven is smiling down on us!
I love being a mom and I can't get over how big my baby is already! I love being in the stage of growing my family and I'm so glad it's just beginning. I really couldn't feel any more blessed than I am now. I have a wonderful husband who sacrifices everyday for myself and our son, and couldn't love us more and I him. We have a happy healthy baby and family members all encirling us who we get to be with all of the time. I don't mean to brag, just want to say I feel so blessed and feel so thankful to be where I am at this time in my life.