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Morning Tatum! We started on a walk with Coti and to greet the beautiful sunny morning of about 65 degrees. 

Then, it was time to head to school!

She first had to play a bit and climb on Mommy. 

And of course, give Grandma some love and kisses!

She is almost one year old!!! YEAH TATERS!!!

 

Tatum, may angels surround your day and you be filled with strength and love. May you know how much you are loved by God who is your TRUE DADDY. His arms will embrace you today and keep you high and lifted up.

May I be filled with wisdom! Raising Tatum successfully requires lots of patience, love and HELP! Often, I just go with it and remember to just love her through the tears, tantrums and trials. Thank you, God, for giving me this beautiful bundle of love. What did I do to deserve this? I will be forever grateful. GR8FL.

Tatum decided to rearrange her floor today. She Is carrying the “B” around and deciding where to put it. She carried it all the way over to her Leap Frog. Maybe this is her new “bear?” or “baby?”

OK, now I’m obsessed with shoes for HER! Pink! Perfect for my Tot. The first thing she did when I placed them on her feet was attempt to put them in her mouth. The velcro fascinated her producing a need to taste them. Eradicating this habit is going to take some time apparently. Taste first, then wear.

We are off to our play date now at Desert Horizon Park. Hat and all.

Well, the hat lasted about 10 seconds. She cannot stand anything on her head, so off the hat went. Thankfully, she got to see Will and Alex after a whole two days hiatus. More importantly, I enjoyed meeting the moms!I

t’s funny, every day, I enjoy playing with all the kiddos from Temple Chai, yet I’ve never met the mommies! So, for me, today was especially fun. Plus, I don’t feel so alone in this “what’s that she’s doing?..why is she doing this?…or does yours do this or that!??” Tatum did great for a WHOLE hour investigating the grass flakes and various twigs on the mat. Perfect!

And then…..it was time to go. It is amazing how they have an internal clock of “I’ve had enough of this scene..time to move on!” Moreover, she was hungry and had missed her nap.

Since I was meeting with Kaitlin at 11:30, we had enough time to head to church to hide in the “serenity” room for a feeding, mom to chill, and to hopefully get fed a bit of God’s wisdom. And so it was! We did just that.

It is now 1:00 and we made it home with happy tummies, active feet and unscraped knees, and ready for nappies (hopefully :-))

 

 

Size 1. Did you know there was such a thing? Thanks to Marla at Temple Chai, Tatum had a nice pair of tennies on yesterday. This definitely helps the stability factor when attempting to stand. The weather has dropped in Phoenix to the 70’s and this means brrrrrrr for us wimpies here. Tatum needed to be bundled up in the morning and her feet need coverings now too.

I have a 4-day weekend, and to celebrate, we walked over to the McCormick and Stillman Railroad park to ride the train! It was the first time Tatum has been in her stroller sans the infant seat too. Plus it was to be 80 degrees today!

The place was filled with strollers and kids of ALL ages; the park is one big momfest! I imagine her riding the carousel very soon since her eyes became like saucers when we entered the park.

We got

  

So, first time today for many things….shoes, stroller, and choo choo!

We ended the day at Starbucks for some refreshments.

This weekend has been a bit of a breakthrough in a couple of ways. First, she has started to articulate her MAMA sound and appropriately when looking for me. Kinda like this! My confidence ebbs and flows with her which many find silly, but it makes sense to me. I want her to know how much I love her. I feel like Bruce Almighty when he becomes God…he finally gets how God must feel. When she fusses/moans/cries etc… I cannot take it personally. Yet I do. Ick!

When she says MAMA, she looks at me adoringly and for that I am so grateful.

Then at swimming class this weekend, she back floated confidently for 3 laps! She’s splashing like a many-finned fishy and having a blast. Also, when she comes up from going under, she now reaches for the side of the pool. WOOHOO! Now, getting out is the next step. After class this Saturday, we met Kelly, my sweet cousin, and the girls for coffee at Barnes and Noble.

A lovely time with Tater. Next thing I know, she’ll be walking. This lap time I’ll savor as long as I can 🙂