The BEACH!

Tatum got to go to the beach!!  The car ride wasn't very fun.  She is now so mobile that she didn't understand that she couldn't get out of her car seat and roam around the car.  She was happy sometimes during the ride....such as the picture above.

She did sleep some.....

The sand wasn't her favorite.  The ocean freaked her out a bit as well.

The beach was beautiful!!  The sand was white and the water was blue!

We spent one afternoon at the outlet mall.  Tatum shopped until she dropped....and here's the picture....

We had a nice pool all to ourselves!

In true JuJu fashion, we had to make a trip by Jo Ann's fabric.  I found this tiara for Tatum to play with while we shopped.  She hates to have things on her head now for some reason.

Tatum loves her Tuffy!!

11 months

Tatum has grown so much in the last month!!  She is now loving table food.  She will eat pretty much anything that she's able to grab herself.  She's not a big fan of being fed.  I guess that you could say she's "Miss Independent"

Here's Tatum enjoying some tea!  

Thankfully, she's now mastered the sippy cup and a straw!!  We've tried many different cups and finally found one that works.  

Tatum's crawling all over the place.  She has figured out how to take the baby proofing electric socket stuffers out on her own.  She's pulling up on everything!  

She can clap, say Mama, Dada, yeah, and make a motor boat sound.

We are working on the parts of her face.

Sleeping in is not one of Tatum's favorite things to do.  Usually she's up by 7.

10 Month Pictures

Since T is finally sitting up well, we had her pictures taken by Eric.  He works with Philip and is incredibly talented.  He has a great eye and an awesome camera.

I loved every single picture but here are a few.

This one with the tea cup is on her first birthday invitation.  

She's having a "T" party since we call her T.

Now here are just a few other random pictures from the last month.  

Tatum has been doing SO well with food.  Her 1.5 tooth can apparently chew much more than we had anticipated.  She loves her morning granola bars.  If I let her eat it herself, she will make a complete MESS!  (see below)

Ally had her birthday this month at Mee-Mee and PaPa's house.  They are now officially moving back from Florida and we are very excited about the kids getting to know Tatum better.

Tatum got to wear a tiara at the Barbie party.

This picture is from a few months back when Tatum was still in the baby class.  It's classic because Mrs. Annie who was Tatum's favorite person (She probably loved Mrs. Annie more than us at one point in time) would pull Tatum's skirt up so high all the time so I had to get a snap shot of it for memories....

Notice the skirt is empire waist....

Lola + Tatum = BFF

When Philip and I got Lola, we really did not anticipate her being as hyper as she ended up being.  We also did not anticipate having a child so soon after we got her.  

Luckily Lola has taken a liking to Tatum.  Lola is much better about letting us put bows and such on her head....Tatum these days HATES her bows and shoes.  I'm not sure what we are going to do about it either!

We were trying to catch a picture of them loving on each other.

Tatum loves to get in the kennel!

Sometimes they get in the kennel together....

Daddy's Girl

Tatum loves her Dada.  Philip is great to watch Tatum so that I can go to girl's nights once a week.  Now that she has to go to bed so early, she can't hold out too long on Tuesday nights.

Here are a few of their special times.

Tatum thought it was hilarious when Philip put his hat on her head.  This is one of the FEW things that she will allow to stay on her head.

They love to hug!

She's a good snuggler....

10 months!

Yesterday Tatum turned 10 months old.  For her 10 month birthday she got to have blood work, a shot, a catheter, and a chest X-ray.  She was thrilled!

She ran a fever Thursday night and it stayed 102-103 even with medicine so Philip took her to the pediatrician.  Everything was clear except her blood work showed she had a pretty bad bacterial infection.  Fortunately today the antibiotics seem to be helping and she's only had a slight fever today. YAY!

But while they were there we got another accurate weight....drumroll please....18 pounds!!!

The chocolate has probably helped with weight gain.....HA!  We were eating chocolate covered strawberries the last time the girls came over and Ray-Ray fed hers to Tatum....She loooved it!!

Recently Tatum also made a visit to see Uncle Chad at the fire station.  She was quite attached to him!

Here Lately.....

Eating: rice cereal, cheerios, puffs, crackers, pinto beans, baby spaghetti

Still taking 5 oz and then 7 oz at night of milk

The sippy cup is not really your friend yet.  We've tried several without any luck :(

Now you are wearing a size 3 diaper

You scoot around everywhere and HATE....HATE the pack n play.  

You can transition to crawl but you just don't crawl.  

You have a tooth!!!  one...lower left.

Ju Ju and Tuffy have now moved and we were introduced to their church last sunday!

Random Pictures

Tatum enjoyed a pool day and wore her sunglasses well!  

Now that Tatum is in the bigger class, she gets to go on buggy rides.  She loves getting to go outside and see other kids around day care.

We are still a big fan of the jumpy!  It wears her out....

These two pictures are very special to me because we bought this outfit last Memorial Day weekend when we were on our last vacation before Tatum was born.  We picked this out and it was our only purchase for her that trip because I just loved the shabby chic fabric.  It was surreal to see her wearing it a bit since I picked it out with her in mind but before we knew her.  I love it!