I won $100!!!!!!!

You could totally be saying that soon, BECAUSE......my great friend Niki is doing a giveaway for a $100 visa gift card. Oh oh oh, AND, she is a great photographer! We have had her do two photo shoots for us and we have loved them!! The boys current pictures in the following two posts were done by the one and only Niki!

So ladies, shuffle on over to her blog HERE and you could be the winner!

Tate is 4!

Just recently...OK, like a month ago....Tate turned the big 04!!

For his birthday dinner Tate wanted to go "eat steak!" So we took the family to Texas Roadhouse. Yummy!!

Tate has grown up so much in this last year! He is such a mature boy.

Tate loves to eat! His favorite food is rice, but coming in a close second is, quesadillas with salsa and sour cream, red noodles, steak, strawberry oatmeal, spahgetti, chicken cresents, cereal, broccoli, apples, oranges, kiwi, carrots, waffles, german pancakes, nutella sandwiches, cheese, gogurt, fruit roll ups, pudding, hamburgers, cheesy breadsticks, ranch, bbq sauce, ketchup, and anything that Benson likes.

His best friend is Benson and his second best friend is Bella (these two are inter-changeable depending on the day or hour).

He is a hard worker. Tate's idea of a good time is digging. He wakes up in the morning and runs into our room and says "lets go dig mom!" Dirt is like a drug to Tate....he goes into withdrawls with out it!
He loves to dig, find treasures, load up his dump truck and do it all over again the next day! He loves to help us work and just this past weekend stood in the back of the truck and helped load up wheel barrow after wheel barrow of dirt for the flower beds. He never ceases to amaze me!!!

When Tate isn't digging he loves to fix things around the house for me. He'll call me on the phone and ask if my chair is broken, or if I need help painting my house and he'll strap on his tool belt and run right over to help. He also moon lights as a firefighter and will rescue many cats, dogs, goats, or babies thru out the day.

He is tough on the outside. We quickly learned to ignore him when he gets hurt. Do not ask him if he is OK, or even acknowledge the fact that he got hurt.

He is tender on the inside. He gets his feelings hurt easily and is very shy with those he doesn't know very well (or even with those 2nd mommies he knows VERY well!) He is very loyal to those he loves.

Tate is a carbon copy of his daddy, except for one thing....he got the red head personality that daddy didn't! He is so sweet and tender...but watch out!! He can get so mad so fast, you won't know what hit you!!! He's not afraid to tell you what he thinks either!! Many times a day I have been told that he is mad at me and he won't play with me ANYMORE! But, then 5 minutes later he is snuggling on my lap and giving me kisses with that heart melting smile of his.

Tate, we are so glad to have you as part of our little family. We love you so much!


Tate at 2 years old