Easter and Such

So better late than never.....Here's a little bit of what went on around Easter

Tatum, Mama Jo, and I went to Hot Springs and stayed at Uncle Jack and Aunt Mandy's house with Reed, Jessica, Tuffy, and JuJu.  We enjoyed visiting with them.  Since mom's grandchildren were together we had to get a picture of them in their Easter gear.

Reed was thrilled...

Mama Jo wanted pictures with her greatgrands...

Tatum and I had a photo session with the azalea blooms

Finally getting a little bit of hair!!!

We went to see the Easter Bunny at King Hardware.  T was not a fan....

Stoic T

Lizzie had her first birthday!!!  We enjoyed celebrating at Lady and Papa's house

While shopping T loves to dig in my purse.  This dress is one of my favorite finds for her Easter clothes.  It's a chenille bunny...with ruffles

Easter weekend Philip and I took a mini vacation to Augusta, Charleston, and Columbia

Philip got to go to the Masters which has been a lifelong dream of his.

Philip and I got a day on the beach in Charleston.  It's a great place to visit and would definitely go back!

Of course Philip squeezed in a round of golf...

While we were away T made the rounds between Mom and Dad...and Shannon and Chad.  This was at the Fall's easter egg hunt.  Tatum loved picking the eggs up!

18 months

Life has been busy so I haven't had much time to document the latest on our lil T...so here's some major catching up....

Recently Tatum had two ear infections

This picture depicts her behavior around that time.  Mama Jo got her these cute pj's for Christmas and she loves them!

Bath time is definitely one of the highlights of her day.  She loves to line up all of her toys on the edge and watch them dive into the water.  She lost her balance the other day and had a minor panic attack in the water but she's quickly resumed her playful demeanor in the tub.   Philip has also introduced bubble baths which she loooooves.

Per usual....she and Lola are still BFF.  Every morning Tatum waves bye bye to Lola.  She also says "BAD" when we get onto Lola for trying to eat her food or chew Tatum's toys.

The spice rack is still one of our favorite places to explore...

Tatum knows what a Sonic drink is...or any Styrofoam cup for that matter is usually taste tested by this chick.

We finally installed her TV in the back of my car and she loves The Lorax.

Teeth...Tatum isn't always a fan of brushing her teeth.  She's had 4 teeth forever and finally got another one on top and also a molar in the back came in last week.

The park has been a place that we've been frequenting.  She loves the swing and thinks that it's hilarious when she "hits" anyone while she's swinging.

Sliding with Daddy

Sliding with Mommy

Tatum loves prissing around on Sunday mornings. This is the first time I let her wear her pearl bracelet.  She literally walked around with her arm out for hours showing it off.  PRESH! 

I hosted a shower for Taryn and Tatum partook in the cupcakes....

We are excited about Hutch coming soon!

Tatum loves RayRay.  Here they are enjoying punch at Phillip's baby shower.

We spent Saturday with Mama Nell, Papa Dig, and Mama Jo recently.  Here's Mama Nell teaching Tatum all about our family.

She had a rough day and slept the whole way home from Minden.

So Valentine's Day I tried to get a similar picture from last year but Tatum was very upset that she wasn't allowed to have her pacifier for the picture......Recently she started arching her back and stomping her feet when she's mad.  I guess she saw someone at school do this....surely she didn't get it from her parents.

Riley had a princess party for her 4th birthday and Tatum wore a cute dress with a castle on it and loved the food...clearly...

Tatum and I love to play and take our pictures...

Tatum crashed boys night and fell asleep while Philip played Xbox with the guys.

She loves her CozyCoupe!

Philip and I went to Nola this weekend so that I could run the Rock n Roll Half Marathon and my parents kept her for us.  She enjoyed Orange Leaf with them...

18 Month Stats....

Height 30.5 inches

Weight 22 lbs

Head 18.5 inches

No shots this time!! YAY!

Christmas and Photo Dump

Tatum and Riley have become great friends.  They were thinking alike this night with matching pjs!

This is what T does to a NutraGrain bar....

Our Christmas tree this year

Tatum sleeps on a nap mat now!!  Philip snuck this pic one day when he went to pick her up.

And she has glasses!!!  She's been doing great with them!!  She leaves them on all day and only will take them off when she's trying to sleep in her carseat.  The kids at school have also adjusted well to them.

I was very worried about getting/losing them...but so far so good.

Our tacky Christmas party picture!  Yes Philip is an elf.

Santa brought T a kitchen this year which she LOVES!!  She will just unload and load all of her dishes/pots/pans in and out of it.  

T did NOT care for Santa.  Lizzie smiled and laughed with Santa while Tatum screamed at Santa.  Maybe next year she will like him....

All of the grandkids at MeeMee and PaPa's

Daddy and Tatum

Our family picture

Mommy and T

Papa and Philip

MeeMee and Papa got Tatum a car!  She sees it in the garage every morning and wants to ride in it before school.

Mama Nell gave Tatum some chocolate Christmas day and she looooooved it.

T and Lola love each other.

The spice rack is Tatum's new favorite place to play.  She acts like the kitchen is her kitchen these days.

T loooooves a Sonic drink.

first big bruise....

Poor little T fell on her head and got a huge goose egg!  It scared me to death!

This is an angle to see how high it came up.  Also you can see her lovely vegetable, cheese, and turkey combination.

Craft Day and Fall Fest

Christy, Sara, and I got together to make some things that we had pinned on Pinterest.  

It was great to visit and get crafty.  Very therapeutic!!!

I made T a Christmas tutu and another bright colored tutu. 

Then we headed to Fall Fest where Tatum got to play, eat, and swing.  They had great activities that she will definitely enjoy next year like pony rides, face painting and bouncy houses.

They had a great fall background for photos.  Tatum was too busy checking everyone out at this point and not wanting to look at me. 

This is one of my favorite pictures!!!  The girls are making silly faces while Tatum looks bored...mad...

~Halloween~

Tatum's first day in her new class was Halloween.  She agreed with

this promotion mainly because her first day she got to eat cookies!

I dropped her off in the new class and she just acted like she was in her old class.

Meredith, one of the other little girls in her class, pointed to her and said, "baby."

She's definitely the smallest and youngest. But that's ok!

They will teach her a lot and hopefully it doesn't involve biting.....

We enjoyed carrying T around in the wagon in the neighborhood.  

Aikman and Tatum rode in the wagon.  He was a tiger.

And here's our little ghost.  I worked on her saying BOO but it was a no go.

Here's the family.  Kaity was a lady bug.  Ally a cowgirl.  Camden was Spider Man. 

Aikman a tiger.  All along with MeeMee and Papa