BIRTHDAY
5/27/06 20 inches 9 pounds

11 DAYS
6/7/06 21 inches 9 pounds 4.25oz

5 WEEKS
First trip in an airplane – We took a trip to Chicago for the Christopher Family Reunion

2 MONTHS
First day at the beach
First trip to La Jolla
First tennis tournament
Says “hi” to Grandfather

3 MONTHS
1st swim in a pool
First taste of ice cream
First college football game – UCLA vs. Utah
Sept 5th – First hula show – you loved it!
First trip to Santa Barbara

4 MONTHS
9/27/06 24.25 inches 13 pounds 12 oz

5 MONTHS
Sits just before 5 months
First Halloween – you dressed up as a lion
First candy – you licked a tootsie pop
Nov 12th – Meet Tate party at Grandparents house

6 MONTHS
12/6/06 25 1/4 inches 15 pounds 9.25oz
Can wave bye bye – waved bye to Christi as we left to go to Johns parents house for Thanksgiving dinner
Sits unsupported
Says mama on his 6 mo bday and dada the next day
1st tooth on bottom
First Thanksgiving – starts solid foods
Starts crawling – first crawls backwards – can go long distances backwards even into the next room
Dec 3rd – 1st carousel ride

7 MONTHS
Army crawl
Jan 13th – Cross crawling begins
First balloon
Jan 18th – pulled up to standing in crib, we woke up in the morning to Tate growling loudly. went in to see him standing and smiling super big – very proud of himself
Jan 19th – Says mama and mommy all day – seems to know mama is me and dada is his daddy – can also say daddy – working on b’s too – maybe baby?
Jan 20th – Pulling up to standing everywhere

Tate LOVES his silver racecar.
Other favorite toys: tennis racket, ping pong racket, crinkly fish, little lamb with bell, all blocks, ole dog
Favorite games: ball – we both sit facing each other and we roll it back and forth – you laugh, laugh and roar, peak a boo,
Favorite songs: itsy bitsy spider!, Tate is here today, Good Morning, small world, Jack Johnson Curious George CD

8 MONTHS

Stand by himself for 30 seconds (1st week / Feb 01st)
Crawling everywhere and pulling up on everything and cruising across walls and across big spaces between furniture

9 MONTHS
3/2/07 26 3/4 inches 17 pounds 13oz
Loves Cheerios!
Walks with his aligator push cart all over including some training at the Long Beach State Track
Tried his swing for the first time at his Grandparents home
Say’s “hi”
Still growls ALOT
Dances all of the time to Jack Johnson and French Playground also loves background music at restaurants and dances while eating.
Likes to point at new things he can see
Watches the trash truck with Felix every Tuesday
HATES having his clothes changed
Plays Peak A Boo by himself
His valentines balloon was the most attached he has become to something – it always cheered him up when he was sad.

FIRST STEPS!!! whooohooo! Go Tate Go!
gives a kiss
says “YES” with arm gesture

10 MONTHS

favorite music: french and african playground
first trip to Palm Desert
throw a tennis ball
hit a ball (attached) with a racket
kicks a ball
throw a ball
says “goal”

11 MONTHS

dances by shaking his shoulders / shimmy
eats lots and lots of cheerios
smells the flowers
favorite toy: music box from Dysarts with spinning giraffes
favorite music: sing-a-long
walk all over the house
1st time getting really dirty several days in a row
very social – talks/falls in love with waitresses in restaurants
bla bla discussions
give Felix kisses
cuddle with Felix
words: Dali Lama, agua, Ma Ma, Da Da, Ya Ya, there, over there
loves to hear the word Christopher – smiles when I say it and you try to say it

12 MONTHS
6/11/07 28 3/4 inches 19 pounds 4oz
strum a guitar
1st time painting
1st time dancing with a band
ride pony
ride pig
1st hay ride
hit a pinata
plays kazoo and xylophone
loves to blow kisses
stand in Daddys seat in the car and pretend to drive
shares binky and cheerios with Mom
starting to understand what we are saying…answers questions about where is your binky etc…
LOVES stairs
throwing balls, kicking balls, giving balls, holding balls, loves balls, any kind of ball
loves the opening song of the Backyardigans – dances along
claps ALOT
favorite song: itsy bitsy spider
new words: chicken, Daddy, Hi Daddy, there, over there, Da Da
favorite foods: blueberries! cheerios, pasta, kiwi, yogurt
learned how to race cars and make the zoom sound
JUMPED for the first time
rode on a bicycle with his fun new seat from Lisa and Lisa for his bday

13 MONTHS
said the alphabet up to f in spanish – then got stuck on da da

15 MONTHS
Says Thank you all of the time – makes his Mom really proud
First trip to New York
first trip to the US Open
First trip to Sea World and to see Shamu

16 MONTHS loves Elmo and sings la la la la, la la la la
yells “touchdown”
hugo, go go (ball), and go go for GO
shoes, two and toes
counts: two, two, TWO!
a, e, ee, o, uu (sort of)
cheese, please and cheeks
Mom
hi, bye
loves all vehicles especially motorcycles
first catch of a ball
first tennis class
new dance moves

18 MONTHS
LOVES to talk about the moon and choo choo’s (all cars, trucks and planes)
words: thank you, moon, choo choo, go go (ball), thank you, mommy, da da, GO!, no, no no, ah ah ah, waffle, cookie, juice, night night, bye, hi, eggs, pat pat, mmm, mmm, mmm, eat, bath, bus, boat, tractor,
sounds: meow, growl, tweet tweet, pants like a doggie, vrooomm
new dance moves and high kicks
hates to get diaper changed and new clothes – worse that a shot at the doctor!

2 YEARS OLD
6/27/08 33.5 inches 26 pounds
talking lots – and lots of sentences
first international travel to the Bahamas
first trip to Disneyland
first movie
LOTS and lots of singing
loves Choo Choos and all vehicles
loves tennis and base ball