Catch Up

What have we been up to since daddy has been home? Lots of fun stuff...and lots of studying on Zach's part! We have been able to enjoy a lot of family time, but Zach still has to study like crazy. His big exam (the USMLE Step 1) is June 17th. As soon as that test is over, we will be ready to have a wonderful summer of nothing but family time...and I CAN'T WAIT!

1. We experienced Tate's dreaded first ear infection. He spent 2 whole days so pitiful and tired, but the meds worked quickly!
2. Tate had a great first Easter here in Fair Oaks. Over the holiday weekend all of the siblings in Zach's family were able to be together which is rare! It was nice and Sunday we went to the Easter Egg Hunt at the Country Club...next year little man will be running around that thing!!
3. Tate had his first beach trip, also on Easter weekend. The water was too cold for him to really play in it, but he did dig his little toes in the sand and get a great beach nap on mommy!

4. We walked in our first March for Babies walk! Our family team raised over $400 and had some cute t-shirts. The walk was wonderful and very humbling to realize once again how fortunate we were in our preemie situation. It will be a yearly event for us without a doubt!

5. We attended cousin Emma's 1st birthday party! Not sure how is already 1 year old but the calendar doesn't lie. She had so much fun running all over the place! And at the party, Tate gave us his biggest belly laugh ever all because of a dumb stuffed bunny. This kid laughs all the time at everything (but that is a whole other post)!

6. Got to spend time with 3 of Tate's 4 great grandparents! Now he just needs to meet my Grammy!

7. I celebrated my first Mother's day. These almost 9 months (crazy) of being a mom have been wonderful, amazing, tiring, stressful, and so happy! I feel so so blessed to be Tate's mommy...because I am!

8. Tate mastered sitting up! And now is a little scooter as well. He moves all over the floor, mostly in circles, and only when he is on his tummy. He is getting so strong and is so proud of himself!

9. Zachary and I celebrated our 4th anniversary on May 12th and spent the whole day out and about. Grandmom took care of Tate and we went to lunch, movies, dinner on the Riverwalk, mini-golf, and shakes (a little shopping in there too)!

10. Tate had his first breathing treatment. It went really well actually! It was at the doctor's office and his daddy kept him smiling through most of it. We now have a nebulizer at home to use as needed. He has pretty much had a cough every week or two his whole life. Hopefully this is the trick and it doesn't develop into asthma. (And we totally totally love our new pedi here in San Antonio...that is also another blog.)
Those are all the big things I can think of for now. We are SO happy to be back together as a family and are looking SO forward to the summer!