I'm in LOVE! (Shhh, don't tell my husband!)

I met someone about 3 months ago and I fell in love at first sight. He may not be much when you look at his stats:

Height: ~ 2 feet
Weight: ~15 pounds
Doesn't talk much
Needs me to do EVERYTHING for him
Won't put away any of his stuff
The list goes on and on ...

But he's one of the most handsome I've met in my entire life.

So why do I love him? Well, just take a look and tell me you wouldn't fall in love with this face too?


I love all the chub on this little boy! I can't help but squeeze his cheeks and I laugh every time I see those rolls on his thighs! This is the first time he's worn this outfit - he's just barely 3 months old and this is a size 3-6 month outift! Yeah, this may be the only time he wears it because he's already outgrown it! I have a feeling it's going to be that way with a lot of the clothes we have for him. In fact, I could barely pull these cute little cargo pants up over his thighs and I had to work all day to keep the shirt over his chubby belly!


Yesterday was the first day he sat in his highchair and he loved it! No more laying on the counter or floor when we eat to be near us. We're hoping before long we can sit some toys on the tray for him to play with.


Honestly, I think Zach and Hailey were more excited than anyone else that Tate was in his highchair. They both just HAD to take a picture with him on that momentuous occasion.


He did quite a bit of smiling during dinner, I think he really likes being up where he can see us.


Yep, I'm totally in love with this little ball of chub! How on earth did I ever live without him? (And by the way, I feel the same about my other two kids and my husband as well!)

Gymnastics!

After a very successful and fun dance season in the spring, Hailey decided she wanted to try gymnastics this fall. I was a little reluctant since she's so tall, but decided that as this age, there really wasn't anything to worry about. So we signed her up and her first class was on Friday. She was so excited! She was bouncing off the walls all morning until it was time to head to class.

We got her leotard on and some knit shorts - she really looked cute!


As you can tell, she's not the least bit excited!


When the class started, they all sat on carpet squares and stretched out.


She was so cute doing the stretches, she kept looking up at me to see if I was watching her.


Once they finished stretching, they split up into 3 groups and rotated through a few of the different things. Hailey's group started off on the beam. She did a couple of different walks on the beam and fell off fewer times that I thought she would.


Here's a video clip of her walking on the beam:



They also practiced picking up their feet while standing still on the beam - she's like me and has a hard time with balance with being so tall, but she did great.


After the beam, their group moved to some things on the floor. They practiced jumping back and forth over a jump rope, ...


doing sommersalts on the big triange wedge, and rolling over the big cylinder.





I was hoping that they'd make it to the uneven bars, but there wasn't time. I'll try to get pictures of that next class. Rather than doing that last rotation, they decided to spend some time playing with the big parachute instead - something that she absolutely loves!


She had a wonderful time and it's going to be a long week until she gets to go again. Later that day after lunch, I asked her which she liked better: preschool or gymnastics? She thought for quite a while until I told her she could like them both the same, which she said she did (and looked relieved that she didn't have to pick one over the other). I'm so happy that she's having so much fun with both preschool and gymnastics, it's fun to go and watch her have such a fun time!