It seems like yesterday that I brought home this little darling. What a sweet day in our lives. Hard to believe Tate Alexander went from this.......
to this! What a handsome boy!!!
So, to celebrate our 11 years of Tate heaven, I thought I would give 11 reasons why we love and adore him so....
1. Tate did not speak until he was 3 years old. His first word (or rather words) were "My name is Tate." Since then, when he speaks it is to the point, usually thoughtful, mostly important and calm (although he can yell like the best.....). I cherish my conversations with Tate. He is wonderful.
2. Tate is easy to sleep with and is a true cuddler. We have heard that girls like to cuddle and thought we would miss out on this. Tate gives us a good share of cuddling! We love that!
3. Tate is so handsome. We could eat him, he is so cute! He had BIG features as a baby and I thought he would never grow into his face. Well, he sure did and WOW! What a gorgeous boy!
4. Tate is a loving brother. He is very sweet and patient with Finn. Finn loves him dearly. You can often find them cuddled up somewhere, hugging and spending time together. They have shared a room for the past year plus. It is coming to an end, but has been very good for their relationship.
5. Tate is a loyal friend. I love this about him!
6. Tate is very forgiving. This tender, sensitive side of him is going to get him far in life. I often am so amazed at his ability to forgive and forget.
7. Tate is a good sport.
8. Tate has a creative, fun imagination. He is constantly building things, taking things apart and adding to our many piles with homemade guns, crossbows, armor etc. He is great and patient in building with Legos and has many wonderful art projects, pottery etc around the home. I am always amazed!!
9. He gives the BEST kisses and long, sweet hugs. It melts my heart.
10. We can always gauge a movie by listening and watching Tate. If the movie is good and funny, Tate will belly laugh. He is usually more fun to watch or listen to than the movie is. He has a great and mature sense of humor. His smile is contagious! Tate makes life more fun for sure!!
11. Tate strives to chose the right. He doesn't use bad language and is selective with whom he surrounds himself. He never says negative things about others (this does not include his brothers.. lol). He is a righteous boy and a good example to his brothers.
12. ONE TO GROW ON.... Tate is a good son. Eric and I love him so much and am so proud of his successes, talents and accomplishments. Tate has had many struggles in his young life, but he works hard, is open to change and has an amazing presence. We are so blessed to have sweet Tate in our family.
1. Tate did not speak until he was 3 years old. His first word (or rather words) were "My name is Tate." Since then, when he speaks it is to the point, usually thoughtful, mostly important and calm (although he can yell like the best.....). I cherish my conversations with Tate. He is wonderful.
2. Tate is easy to sleep with and is a true cuddler. We have heard that girls like to cuddle and thought we would miss out on this. Tate gives us a good share of cuddling! We love that!
3. Tate is so handsome. We could eat him, he is so cute! He had BIG features as a baby and I thought he would never grow into his face. Well, he sure did and WOW! What a gorgeous boy!
4. Tate is a loving brother. He is very sweet and patient with Finn. Finn loves him dearly. You can often find them cuddled up somewhere, hugging and spending time together. They have shared a room for the past year plus. It is coming to an end, but has been very good for their relationship.
5. Tate is a loyal friend. I love this about him!
6. Tate is very forgiving. This tender, sensitive side of him is going to get him far in life. I often am so amazed at his ability to forgive and forget.
7. Tate is a good sport.
8. Tate has a creative, fun imagination. He is constantly building things, taking things apart and adding to our many piles with homemade guns, crossbows, armor etc. He is great and patient in building with Legos and has many wonderful art projects, pottery etc around the home. I am always amazed!!
9. He gives the BEST kisses and long, sweet hugs. It melts my heart.
10. We can always gauge a movie by listening and watching Tate. If the movie is good and funny, Tate will belly laugh. He is usually more fun to watch or listen to than the movie is. He has a great and mature sense of humor. His smile is contagious! Tate makes life more fun for sure!!
11. Tate strives to chose the right. He doesn't use bad language and is selective with whom he surrounds himself. He never says negative things about others (this does not include his brothers.. lol). He is a righteous boy and a good example to his brothers.
12. ONE TO GROW ON.... Tate is a good son. Eric and I love him so much and am so proud of his successes, talents and accomplishments. Tate has had many struggles in his young life, but he works hard, is open to change and has an amazing presence. We are so blessed to have sweet Tate in our family.
Happy birthday Tate! You are our sunshine!!
3 comments:
This is from Aunt Tia. She had to put it somewhere else because I was late posting. Thanks Aunt Tia and cousins. We love you!!
What a cute family! We want to wish our sweeeet growing boy a hippy hoppy b-day! This is coming from Aunt Tia...Riley says he does not use such words...now that TATE is 11 and we are supposed to START using some grown up words, the kids are wishing you lots of yummy cake; Rosie sends chocolate ice cream; Isabelle is blowing kisses with a wink; Ian sends the "peace-out" sign and Riley politely wishes you well....uncle Brad says no one is EVER too old for the "spankin' machine!" Anyway, we hope it was a good one! Love you all LOTS!!
TATE! Happy 11th Birthday. I would wish for you that you got all that you asked for, but I know you did! So excited for you and the most powerful handheld laser on earth!! You'll have to keep me posted on what kind of cool things you get to do with it!! Love you lots n lots handsome and great Tate!
Love,
Aunt Liz
Sweet Tate - please come for tea:) That is one of our first memories of you and Kate having tea together. Cannot wait until we can. Happy Birthday to you. Thanks for being such a dear boy in our family. We love our cousins. Hugs and kisses. We like em too. Aunt Dayna and all the family.
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