Pictures

Ella Tate had her 6 month pictures taken by Wendy Tate on March 23rd. I thought they turned out great! Here a few of my favorites...

Playdate, Class and a New Cousin!

Ella Tate has had a busy week! First, Melinda and Allie had a playdate at their house on Tuesday. The food was delicious and Ella Tate had such a good time playing with Allie's toys and watching all of the other kids.

Nolen, Tate and Ella Tate~they look like the are having a blast!

Allie, Nolen, Tate, Ella Tate, Grayson

Courtney and Nolen rode with us out to the McCormac's. This is how we found them when we pulled into the driveway. They were so worn out!

On Wednesday night, Ella Tate went to class for the first time! Mrs. Kim, Mrs. Jeanice and Mrs. Kaycee were her teachers and they said that she did great. The only problem was that Ella Tate kept sliding around in her seat, so they had to secure her with a soft belt and two baby doll pillows. She was wedged in that seat and going nowhere when I went to pick her up, but she was having the time of her life!

Before class...

And after class...

On Thursday, Ella Tate and I went to Murfreesboro to see her new baby cousin, Truitt Randolph Serbaugh. He was born last Thursday, March 26th, and weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz and was 20 1/4 inches long. He and his mommy, Aubrey, are doing great! We played at their house for a little while and then went to eat at Macaroni Grill and looked around at some of the shops in The Avenue. We had such a fun time!

Ella Tate and baby Truitt. Obviously, she thinks she is BIG stuff!

Ella Tate's first time in a restaurant high chair. (Thanks Amanda for the cover, we love it!)

She was so happy to be sitting up in the high chair and looking around!

6 months and growing...

Ella Tate has had several "milestones" in the past couple of weeks! Sitting in the grocery buggy all by herself, surviving her mommy and daddy having the stomach bug and not getting it herself, playing in her Johnny Jump-Up, having her 6 month birthday and eating veggies, fruits and a biter biscuit!

Look at the big lady sitting in the buggy at TJ Maxx

Taking a bottle while Mommy was sick

Fun times in her Johnny Jump-Up

"I'm 6 months old today"

A birthday kiss from Mr. Ducky

Ella Tate loves to suck on her toes, esp. right after she gets out of the bath!

She can sit all by herself now without any help
"I love carrots"
She thinks it is so much fun to turn her Ocean Wonders off and onGetting ready to eat some green peas
She wasn't as thrilled with the peas as she was with the carrots and I don't blame her!
We went to the Watson's house on Saturday night and Ford shared one of his Biter Biscuits with Ella Tate. It was the first time she had ever had one and she thought it tasted pretty good...

(Disclaimer...if you have a weak stomach, do not look at this next picture)

actually, she thought it was WONDERFUL!

Good Times

Ella Tate has been a busy girl over the past several weeks.

She turned 5 months on Feb. 18th, and I know she is now almost 6 months old, but just bear with me, I like for things on this blog to be in chronological order, so I HAVE to do it this way!

Fun times in the Exersaucer

This is how I find Ella Tate just about everyday when I go in to get her up from her nap. Her thumb is usually in her mouth, but she took it out right before I snapped this pic

I finally broke down and gave Ella Tate cereal. I don't really know why I kept putting it off except for the fact that I was just too lazy to do it!

See, she loved it and I know that the main reason she ate it so well was because we waited! So, my laziness did pay off in the end...and that's my story and I'm sticking to it! (hahaha!)

Nana came up to visit us and it snowed while she was here!

Playing with Nana

Ella Tate and I went back to Alabama with Nana to stay the week with her and Pop. We had such a good time and Ella Tate did great! We got to see Aunt Rachel, Unlce Jeff, Anna and Olivia everyday while we were there, too.

Blowing bubbles...the faces she makes doing this are HILARIOUS!

"Sunning" on the back porch with Nana and Mommy

Anna is on Alabama Christian Academy's JV softball team, so we got to go to a couple of her games while we were down there.

Celebrating the victory with Anna and Aunt Rachel


Pop has 7 (I think) cows, so Nana and I took Ella Tate to meet them one afternoon. She wasn't very impressed!



Playing with Pop

Getting ready for church with Aunt Rachel

Before we left Nana and Pop's on Sunday afternoon, Olivia took Ella Tate out for a spin