Long Overdue!

Sorry faithful Tate Blog Readers but this post is very LONG overdue and very LONG! We have been trying to catch up with everything since Sara has gone back to work and with William starting school full-time. Slowly but surely we will get there :-)

Here is a fun little look as to what we did 2 weekends ago. :-) We were so excited that Memaw and Pawpaw decided to come for a visit. They came down Friday afternoon and picked William up from school. He was SO excited to see them when they picked him up. Once Mommy and Daddy got home from work we all spent some time together and then Mommy and Daddy were able to go out on a date night! Thank you Memaw and Pawpaw! We SO SO SO enjoyed that! Saturday morning Mommy headed out to spend the weekend with her friends Lea and Shannon. They had a fun girls weekend in Gruene. She really had a wonderful time!!! While Mommy was away, Daddy, Pawpaw and Memaw did what they do best. They had FUN! They went for a ride in the pick-up truck, played with William, and did a bit of gardening. On Sunday the 4 of them headed to one of our favorite state parks, Guadalupe State Park, for some fun by the river. Here are some fantastic shots of them together. The river is actually up! Thanks to all the good rain we got about 2 weeks ago, and we should be getting some more tomorrow. Yeah!

Pawpaw and William Reading


Memaw and William Playing


Pawpaw teaching William to throw rocks


Good Throw Will!


Memaw and her little man!



And now a more current update...This past weekend we spent the majority of the time trying to get William better. William has been having terrible allergies lately and on top of that we think caught a virus. Poor Baby! By Friday evening he had a 103 fever. Most of Saturday was spent snuggling while Mommy and Daddy took turns moving furniture out of the guest room and into the master bedroom. For those that may not know Nana is moving to San Antonio! WOO HOO!!!!! She will be living with us until she settles on something more permanent in the area. We were able to get so much accomplished! Nana's room is all ready for her to move into. Hooray!

This will be quite the week for us as well. Colby is in St. Paul through late Wednesday night on a business trip, which means Momma and William are solo for just tonight. Colby arrived safely, but is now feeling poorly AGAIN! He was sick last week with allergies/sinus infection and now he is feeling like he has the flu :-(

Nonno and Nina sat with William tonight so that Mommy could teach her evening class. They were such a big help and we are very thankful for that! Nana is driving down tomorrow to bring another load of her belongings, and will be here until Thursday morning which means we get to celebrate her birthday with her! Hooray! Friday Daddy gets to fly solo since Mommy will be at an all day conference in Austin. Saturday we will leave bright and early to head to Patillo. We will be celebrating cousin Neil's second birthday in Weatherford while Daddy and Pawpaw drive to Sherman to help Nana move. Saturday night William and Mommy will drive to Sherman to help the boys load the rest of the goods up and then we head back to San Antonio on Sunday. What ride! :-)

We know we say this all the time, but we do feel very blessed to have the best family and friends around! Thank you to everyone who helps and supports us! Y'all are the best and we are constantly reminded of that!

Wish us luck this week :-)

Hugs to all,
The Tates

School Time Fun

Hi Everyone!

William's school now has a website for parents to check out pictures of their kiddos during the day. We are just loving it and I thought I would share a few pictures of William and his adventures at school. He really seems to be enjoying his time and school, and absolutely adores his teacher Ms. JoJo. Mommy and Daddy couldn't be more pleased with his school. Our latest few daily reports from Ms. JoJo are really proving to us that he is becoming more comfortable at school and letting his personality show. Today for example we were told that he is becoming more "rebelious." When asked to help clean up William replied "Oh my goodness!" and then walked away. What a silly little boy. He also decided he thought it would be a great idea yesterday to try and cut someone's hair with his kiddie scissors, but Ms. JoJo stopped that ASAP! He told us about it at home. "Momma me cut hair." He really didn't, but we had a little talk about how we don't do that. What a little monkey. Good thing he is cute ;-)

Indoor Fun


William and his OCD outside ;-)


One of his favorite activities...driving the cars!


Such a happy boy!


Enjoy some snacks with Nonno and Nina at Grandparent Snack Time


Painting with his nose...a fun activity all the kiddos did.


Love this one!


Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we do!

Love,
The Tates

Dress Up Like A Grandparent Day

Today is Dress Up Like A Grandparent Day at William's school. They are celebrating their grandparents all week. We asked William who he wanted to dress as and of course the answer was "Pawpaw." We found him a button down shirt and jeans just like Pawpaw wears. William doesn't have boots, and we thought that might not be a great idea at school. Momma hunted for a black cowboy hat just like Pawpaw's, but only found a straw one. William actually has a matching Pawpaw cowboy hat, but it is at Pawpaw's house.

This morning we get William up and get him ready for school........and he decides he DOES NOT want to wear a hat. The response was actually "No Momma! Hat GO AWAY!" So glad we hunted for that yesterday ;-) Then we tried to get him to pose for a picture and that didn't go very well either. This is the best we could do at 6:45AM.



It is raining here in San Antonio!!! Hallelujah!!!! It should rain some the rest of the week. Thank goodness...we are only 13 inches below normal.

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday!

Love,
The Tates

Our Labor Day Weekend

We had a nice and relaxing Labor Day weekend this year. Nana came for a visit, and we loved having her here with us. Poor Daddy was sick so he spent most of the weekend playing video games and sleeping. Not his picture perfect 3-day weekend, but he is slowly starting to feel better.

We went and had BBQ at Cooper's in New Braunfels on Saturday, and then Mommy and Nana made King Ranch Chicken casserole for dinner Saturday night. We just spent most of the day playing with William and running some errands. Mommy made William a train cake for being such a good boy at school the previous week. He was so excited about his cupcake cake. It has been hard on him to understand that he can't have a cupcake every 5 minutes :-)


On Sunday, Nana and Mommy took Will to the park to play in the morning so Daddy could rest and try to start feeling better. We really just relaxed the rest of the day and evening. William, on the other hand was his silly self all day long! Nana and Mommy found him a new Cars water bottle and snack cup at Target in the dollar bin, and William just went crazy with it. We laughed so hard because he kept "chugging" the water. Thank goodness he is 2 and not 21!!! ;-)


Nana left on Monday and the three of us worked on cleaning up the house before the work week started. William is such a big helper. He loves vacuuming! Who knew?! It was nice to spend the day at home with each other. We love days like this!

(Side note: Yes William is wearing the same shirt 2 days in a row...Sunday was laundry day and he picked out the same shirt on Monday.)

This week William is celebrating grandparents at school, and tomorrow he has to dress like one of his grandparents. Any guesses on who he will dress as? Check back tomorrow to see :-)

We had such a nice weekend that it was sad to see the work week begin. Thank goodness for the 4 day work week this week :-)

Love,
The Tates