Camping with Friends

A couple of Weekends ago, we were invited by our friends, The Cox Family, to go camping.  He, Brother Cox, was being deployed for 6 months and wanted to get together with his friends one last time before he headed out.  We had such a great time camping at White Beach with several families from our Branch.  The Holbrooks, The Downings, The Schooleys, The Wahlquists and of course the Cox Family.  We barbecued and played games until 2 AM then had a great breakfast the next morning.  I really enjoyed spending time with everyone and being able to be with wonderful people.  We had a great time talking and getting to know everyone more. 

We stayed in the cutest little cabins and I wished I had taken more pictures but we are pretty bad about remembering to get our camera out, so these 2 are the only ones we got.  These 2 girls love our little Tatum and are always trying to find her when we go to church.  Too bad Tatum is going through a little separation anxiety though, so she wasn't playing for too long.

Tatum Eating

Tatum is a crazy little eater and really enjoys putting food in her hair.  One time, she had eaten some peaches and had peach juice all over her hair.  I wiped as much as I could out of it since we were heading out the door and didn't have time to give her a bath.  Her hair looked all crazy and kind of had a flip up hair do going on and someone asked what kind of hair gel I used to make it look so cute.  Well, I said peach juice works best and then rub a wet wash cloth all over and let it do it's own thing.

Here is Tatum learning to feed herself with a spoon.  I think she did a pretty good job.  Now she loves trying to feed herself with a fork and spoon.  She gets frustrated once in a while so sometimes Mom scoops and hands her the utensil to feed herself.  It works pretty good.  She just hands me her spoon or fork when she is ready for some more. (March 10th)

Tatum Turns 1

Not only did my cake taste good, but it made a good seat too

This feels squishy between my fingers

I love babies and  taking care of them

Tatum is giving loves to the bunny Tayson got for her

Tatum was very anxious to open her presents

Tatum turned 1 on February 28th and we can't believe it.  Where did the year go?  Our little angel had such a wonderful birthday.  She really enjoyed opening presents, being sung to and best of all getting to eat her cake with her hands (and feet).

Here is a little about Tatum: (in no particular order)

-She blows on her food even if it isn't hot

-She loves the challenge of trying to get into anything she shouldn't have; mostly Dad's video game consoles

-She loves to smile or give dirty looks.  You never know which one you're going to get but their both cute

-She loves to share her food with you even if it's already been chewed.  She doesn't want you to go hungry.

-She gives her own kind of kisses.  First she purses her lips together and makes kissing sounds to show you she wants a kiss and then she comes in for the attack with mouth wide open and has recently added tongue as well.  

-She giggles after she toots and I really can't blame her it is pretty funny

-She gives great hugs and cuddles

-She enjoys bouncing on the trampoline (which is finally fixed) and laughs really hard when we play steamroller

-She is a little water baby and loves swimming.

-She loves babies and it breaks her heart when she can't hold a baby and give loves

We (and pretty much anyone who meets her) just love Tatum and she brings a lot of joy to us.

Happy Birthday Sweet Angel