Walking!

Well, the last few months have really been exciting for us as Tate has turned one and started doing so many new things. It's been fun to see him grow, yet sad to realize he's not our little baby boy anymore!

He's now talking quite a bit. Some of the things he now says:

Mama
Dada (usually a very enthusiastic "DA!")
Nana
Papa
Bye-bye
Night-night
Duck
Ball
and just today he started saying "bra-bra" for brother and "thiiii" for sissy

Needless to say both his brother and sister are thrilled now that he can say both of those!

In addition to words, he is now walking up a storm! He's been pulling himself up next to furniture and cruising along it for quite a few weeks, but just the last week or two he's been venturing off into the room away from something to hold on to. At first, he didn't make it very far, only a step or two, but the last week or so he has really been making it quite a distance. Here are some pictures and video to see our little "toddler" in action!







And here's a little Tate smile for you - he's such a happy and content boy and is always giving us smiles and laughs - we all just love it!


Another thing that has become a recent favorite with all of our kids are the Trios legos that we have. Zach and Hailey love to sit and build things, Tate would rather just throw them around, put them in his mouth, or sit and bang them together! The other day, I got them all to hold still long enough to get a quick picture with the Trios.


One of the sets we got came with a car and Tate just loves things that spin (especially wheels) so the car is one of his favorite things!


I just love these three - they are so good to each other (most of the time anyway) and I love them with all my heart!