The Dithiest Place on Earth: September 2010

What a wonderful month it's been! We had a great Labor Day weekend with family in Lakeside, as evidenced by the photos below. The Whites and Winkelhakes had a great dinner together one night in Plumb Cottage, with Steve at the grill!

It was rather chilly over Labor Day weekend, especially by the lake, so we had to bundle the Tater-bug up quite a bit:

A good vacation means lots of good naps... Shh, don't tell Grandie that Zoey was on the sofa...

The girls had fun being buried in the sand, Tate had fun overlooking the project:

Tate says, "Those whitecaps don't scare me!"

Mom put Zoey in a leg lock, just to keep her from misbehaving ;)

The hottest bonfire ever!!! But it made some good s'mores:

Back at home, Tate enjoying his first taste of a wheat cracker:

The beaver hat appears again!! Although it's already a wee snug :(

Tate loves books! Right now he really just likes how they taste, but one day he'll enjoy the story, too!

Hope the arrival of autumn finds you all happy and healthy!

XOXO,

Meredith

How is it already September? The summer has just flown by, and the last month, especially, has been a blur. Tate has really grown and is quite a chunk now ;) He's sitting up on his own now and thinking about crawling. He's rolling and scooting himself all over the place. It's been fun watching him try all the new fruits and veggies over the last couple months, too. At first most of the food went on him, and not in his mouth, but we've gotten much better! Below he's enjoying his squash and sweet potatoes, which continue to be his favorites:

Go Cubs, Go!

Tate loves to hang out with Daddy:

He also loves his feet so much that sometimes he falls asleep holding on to them:

We headed down to Woodstock August 21st to celebrate our niece Autumn's 7th birthday, and while we were there Papa got in some good snuggle time:

Autumn got some pretty great loot!

And the following week we were so excited to meet our new nephew Tyler Michael!!!! He was so anxious to meet his family that he came 5 weeks early, on August 27th, at 8:40 a.m.! He weighed 5 lbs, 12 oz, and was 19 1/4 inches long. He's still in the NICU so he can be closely monitored, but it sounds like he's eating and growing like a champ. Adriane and Mike are home now, but logging in many hours a day in the NICU visiting their newest addition. Auntie Mere and Uncle Kenny were so glad to meet him and hold him, and cannot wait for his cousin Tate to meet him too! Please keep your fingers crossed that he can go home soon!

Look at all that blond hair!!!

Oh, don't cry at your Auntie, she's going to spoil you soon!

The new family:

The next day we trekked back to Woodstock to celebrate Kenny's brother Aaron and sister-in-law Tanya's baby boy that's slated to arrive in October! Tate is gonna have so much fun getting into trouble with his cousins!