Turkey Day and Christmas #1

We celebrated Tate's first Thanksgiving in Omaha with my parents and Marc and Amanda! We had such a great time. Tate loved the food and his favorite was the turkey bone that Grandpa Tim gave him.

On Saturday we went to St. Joe, MO to visit Aunt Maagie, Susan and Ashlei, Jimmy and Diana! We had an awesome lunch and celebrated Christmas. Tate loved it and was thrilled with his new toys!

We are happy to be home again and look forward to getting ready for Christmas! Let the decorating begin. I can't wait to see how Taterbean does with the tree! Christmas is going to be sooo much fun this year!

Thankful this Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!
I know that I have SO much to be thankful for this year. It's amazing...each year I find myself having more and more to be thankful for. I remember last year at this time I was thanking God for the active little baby boy that I was carrying.
NOW I have that little boy and he's the most amazing thing. He has made it so Blair and I aren't only a couple but now we're a family. What an awesome thing.

Each year I have my students talk/write about what they are thankful for. Now it's my turn...

Here's my 'thankful list'-

I am thankful for....
My family- My awesome husband, little boy, my parents, my brother, my inlaws, and extended family.
My friends- I have such amazing friends that support me and let me 'vent' whenever I need to. :)
My job- After getting 'pink slipped' last spring, I'm very thankful to have my job. I get to spend 180 days a year with 3rd graders! They are a joy (most days...hehe).
My house- It's warm, cozy, and safe!
My Health- So far, so good this year! :)
My Faith- God, my support, because without Him I would have nothing. He's everything!


This Thanksgiving we will be doing lots of traveling. Tonight we will head to Omaha to visit Marc and Amanda in their new house. We are soooo excited to see it! They've been working very hard to make it their home.
Saturday we will head to St. Jospeh, MO to see Aunt Maagie and the rest of the gang (Blair's mom's family)! Then we'll head to Creston to Blair's parents so we can see his grandparents and Grandma Ann!

Happy, safe traveling!

Martina :)

10 Months!!

Our little man is 10 months old!! I can't believe it! Seriously, I know people say it all the time but WHERE DOES TIME GO?

He is still on the go...busy, busy, busy!

He has a new fasination with the kitchen cupboards and tupperware. He can have a cupboard emptied in record time. But, hey-it's cheap entertainment! :)

Other BIG news...

Blair's Grandpa has been sick and gave us all a scare. We are happy to report that after lots of praying Papa Dick seems to be on the mend. He was in the ICU at Methodist in Des Moines, but he's making major improvements. In a way it didn't surprise us--he's such a strong (stubborn) guy! :)
We love you Papa Dick!

Happy Thanksgiving Week!

Handsome Boy

Tonight I caught Mr. Tate in one of his sweet moods. He was showing off and enjoying some "treats" with Mommy. I love this little man!

Here's a little video....

Long Overdue...

Happy Fall!! It's been forever since I've taken the time to update our blog. Our computer crashed and it took forever to get it all up and running again. I had to reupload all our pictures...ok, so enough excuses...it was time for an update! :)
These Taylors are great! I can honestly say that I love teaching third grade. Blair is enjoying West Marshall's successful football season. And for Tater-he's just a little wildman and so much fun.

Tate is 9 months old. He may be small but he is mighty.

Taterbean update:
is 16.5 pounds and 27 inches
has lots of 'tricks' (patty cake, so big, bye-bye)
is learning some sign language (more, milk)
just had his first ear infection
is a terrible napper and some days will sleep no more than 30 minutes total
sleeps from 8:30-6:30 (most of the time--don't want to jynx it)
is turning into a mommy's boy
is starting to DISLIKE baby food and wants more and more table food
is pulling himself up and will walk behind his push toys
crawls 60 mph :)
is still obsessed with the bathroom...silly boy

He's truly so much fun right now. He's such an awesome little boy and he continues to amaze me every single day!

Thanks for reading! Enjoy a few pics!

Love,
Martina