Tate at 18 months

Hi everyone. Thought I'd say a few things about Mister Tater at 18 months, but I guess he is almost 19 months! Well, as cute as he is, I think the terrible twos are starting a little early. He is a little moody and gives lots of people dirty looks--he seriously scowls!!! It is a cute face but no way to treat the people who are smiling and talking to him! Silly goose!

Gma Debbie and Uncle Cole came for a visit, and Tate had a great time! He loves them both, and he even knows how to say "cul Cole," meaning "Uncle Cole." Those are the first two words he has tried to put together! Go Tater!! Last night was the funniest, Cole was laying on his stomach in the living room and Kade, Tylar, and Tate were basically playing dog pile on him. Too cute!

Tate is definitely having a hard time learning to share. He gets very frustrated when his cousin Mason, or even his favorite person, Tylar, tries to play with the same toy he has, and he often takes toys away from Mason!! Last night Tate was crying just because Mason was standing next to him in the bathroom as I filled the tub up for his bath! And poor Mason, he is just a sweetie and trying to play where everyone else is! Little does Tate know that he is picking on his future best friend!! And Mason is getting big--if Tate doesn't watch it, Tate might be getting tossed around by the little fella!! :)

Tate has a book by Sandra Boynton that goes something like this: "Red hat, green hat, yellow hat, oops!" Basically it shows 3 animals each wearing a different colored hat, and the last animal is a turkey wearing the hat wrong. So it says "oops" under the turkey. Well, Tate has been read this book so many times that he knows where to say "oops"! It was hilarious when he started doing that!

He also likes a cartoon character called Caillou. Caillou is on IPTV, for those of you who have cable and are not limited to public broadcasting! He loves to sing Caillou's name and dance during the song at the beginning of the program. Too cute!

Tate is really starting to talk--his list of words is getting longer and longer. Also, it is unreal to me when I ask him where something is ("where's the elephant?") and he points to it. So cool!! Most recently he has been interested in umbrellas. I would love to hear him say that!

Today something funny happened--I was cooking dinner in the kitchen (there's a first time for everything, people) and Tate was standing by the tv watching Baby Einstein. I heard a knock at the front door and knew that Cael was home. Apparently, though, it scared Tate! He took one look at the window, saw someone standing there, and started bawling and running into the kitchen. He obviously didn't recognize it was Cael, and while we comforted the scared little pumpkin, we were giggling about it. :)

Well, come September 3rd, Tater will be 19 months! Time to get him into the photo studio and pray he will smile a little for the photogs!!