Life With LaRoses: 2012

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Christmas fun with Liv

Here are a few of the Christmas crafts & fun that Liv & I have been doing:

We've made tons of sugar cookies & frosted them. We made this cute paper straw wreath, we made
ornaments for our tree, & I made Tater's first stocking. Fun fun fun :)

Tater is 4 months!...and almost 5 mths by the time I finish this post ;)

Baby tate is 4 months old!

What's new with him....

1. He wears 6 month clothes.

2. He is barely able to fit in size 2 diapers. Tryin to get through this last case :)

3. He weighs 15 lbs. 7 oz. & is 26 inches long. He is in the 54th percentile for weight (yes I know everyone's shocked ;)), 78th percentile for height, & his noggin is still 30th percentile. He took his shots like a champ too! AND the hour & a half wait at the doctor's office. Mommy's fault, I always get the late afternoon appts.

4. His favorite thing is to stand up on your lap or chest while you hold his hands. He loves to be so big & tall!

5. He jibber jabbers all the time. It is so fun & cute! I LOVE his stories!

6. He has a growing affection for his sister. She is always so good to hop in the backseat of the car & calm him down when he is upset. She is a great help with him, & he always has a smile for her :)

7. He has been a little off this month to be quite honest. He was going through a growth spurt a time or two, where he wanted to eat every two hours, & he would actually take naps. These spurts passed, and now his range is between 2-3 1/2 hrs again, even during the night. He still doesn't really nap. 15-20 minutes if he takes one, & once in awhile he will sleep for an hour & a half (but I truly think it's only because he is just plain wore out at that point!). We think he is afraid he will miss something. I've never seen a LITTLE baby fight sleep so hard. He is a little funny to watch sometimes, trying to force those eyes to stay open. He is still gorgeous, amazing, wonderful, & so so much fun...just a bit challenging :) I really think it's only hard because I've gone back to work. Bobby works a lot, & is still a great daddy. He helps when he can, but working nights is tough stuff & I try to let him sleep as much as he can. I have to say though, we are a pretty dang good team together, taking turns when we need to. I'm not complaining, I'm just journaling Tater's progress so I remember, & can somewhat know what to expect when I have another baby :)

8. I swear he gets bigger & cuter while I am gone to work! He grows so fast! (You'd think it would be exhausting work, bein a growing boy, but he manages just fine ;))

9. Grammy & Poppy saw a full-fledged tantrum while they were tending him. Now they know we're not lying ;) jk. Tate is so cool & chill alot of the time though, that I'm sure it IS hard to imagine.........

Now that Tater is almost 5 months old...

10. He learned to roll over this last week! December 7th. Since then he is a rollin maniac. He mostly goes to his left side, but can roll from back to tummy, or tummy to back. It is so fun! He loves it. I think he likes the new point of view.

11. This week we also started rice cereal. It was funny. Bobby was on video camera, Liv on the regular camera, & my camera phone. We were all ready, and... it just dribbled out of his mouth. I guess I expected him to do more. Out of about 10 tries he played around with 2 of them, working it around in his mouth...I tried again the next night & he did seem a little more interested, opening his mouth & working it around in there more. It is so fun to watch him do it, but it does make quite a mess :)

Build-A-Bear Fun

Oh my gosh this was SO fun! Grammy and Poppy take all the new babies to Build-A-Bear to pick out a little friend. I have never been in this store & was fascinated! There was a little birthday party going on there that looked SO much fun too!

Tate loved it & was so cute to watch. What's funny though is that all the pics my mom took of him, he looks terrified & so upset (I still need to download them. In my spare time. Haha. That's why I'm finally just posting this because it was MONTHS ago, I figure I can add them later :)).

It was so much fun, but we were sad because Poppy couldn't come with us. He had a cold & didn't want to get Tater sick.

Thanks Grammy & Poppy! You're the best! We love you!

We love our new puppy 'Max" too!

Xoxo

Liv's first term grades!

Liv has transitioned to Jr. High great. Check out these grades! Way to go girl! So proud of you, as usual :)

Friday, November 2, 2012

Tate's first Halloween & Bobby's Birthday!

Papa Ed

Nannie

Gramma Marilyn & Grampa Bert

I decorated the house the night before for Bobby's birthday. He was working, so I wanted him to come home & be excited. I also made him key lime bars :)

So my car is broken, & I couldn't go get him presents, but we went to dinner later that night, we have a couples massage on Sat., & next time we get a day off together I'm going to take him to get a pedicure. It may sound femmy, but they are amazing! Everyone's feet are gross & overworked. If you've never had a pedi you should treat yourself!

Part of Bobby's present was to let him sleep in as long as he wanted, & I would make the Halloween rounds with Tater. Working nights & having our new lil night owl, obviously sleep is a little hard to come by. I think that gift was his favorite!

Me n Tater starting our day!

Uncle Ry-fry & Aunt Lindsay

Auntie Russie & bestie Ryker

Auntie Vincie

Bestie Ryker is a vampire. Watch out Tate!

He is seriously trying to eat him & his outfit. Too funny!

Grammy & Poppy

Gramma Sandi & Grampa Bob

Cute LaRose clan cousins

Uncle Trent

Uncle Tyler

Aunt Angie

Daddy & Tater after we went to dinner at Wingnutz. It was sooo yummy! I worked up an appetite all day! Wingnuts is Bobby's fave place. We ALL love it though.

This pic is toooo funny! I made key lime bars & they were covered with powdered sugar. Me n Tater sang to Bobby & he blew out his candle & the powdered sugar went flying EVerywhere! I just so happened to get an action shot (of course by accident :)). Isn't that cool!?

We missed Livers, but totally understand that she wanted to go out with her friends. She had a blast with Bella & her other friends. Anyone who knows me knows I love to keep the bday celebration flowin, so we will celebrate again later! I got a football pinata for next fam dinner!