Thanksgiving 2012

I really love this time of year! I love fall and the crisp air! I love the clothes for fall! I love that family gets together so frequently! And of course I love the FOOD! This year for Thanksgiving it was a tad different. Cory is now a police officer and has police officer hours. We really got lucky that he didn't have to work until 10pm on Turkey Day, and he's weekend was Tuesday and Wednesday of that week. So we loaded into the car after I got off of work on Tuesday afternoon and went and spend some time in Preston with Brad and Sheila. We had a good time of playing with the baby, watching old movies, napping, chatting, Big J's!, Just Dance 4, Nitro Circus, Duck Dynasty, and great food! We are really blessed to be able to go up there and get away from everything and relax. Thursday Thanksgiving dinner was being held at Lynn and LeeAnne's church in Logan. The food was delish and the basketball and Frisbee playing was seriously just what I needed. Thanks for Cory's cousin  Holly for letting me dump Tate on to her so that I could play for an hour! On our way home we decided to stop by Grandma Gavan's for pie and meet up with my family. Within 15 minuets Cory got a call from dispatch saying that he was actually signed up to work at Walmart from 6-10 and then start his shift patrolling at 10pm. So being 45 minutes away, Cory took off leaving me and the baby! Somehow he got home, got changed, and got to work within the hour! WHAT A ROOKIE! ha ha ha, just kidding. It was nice to be able to chat with the Givan side of my family for a little while rather than having to rush out the door. The next morning Tate and I went down to Grover to get our Christmas tree. It worked out pretty nice for us since Cory was going to be working so much that weekend. But we sure did miss him! I am SO GRATEFUL for Grover! Its the best place for me to go and be able to forget about all of my stresses and headaches. We got to eat lots of food, go for a few walks, play with cousins, chat with Sarah Karen and Mom, and of course cut down CHRISTMAS TREES! When we were about to Payson on our way home I started remembering last year and the PLUMBING DISASTER that we came home to after Thanksgiving! I said a little prayer that all was well at the condo...prayers are answered! I didn't get very many pictures, but I thought that I would share the two that were my favorite!

 

 This is Grandpa Kevin with a few of his grandkids under the Christmas tree looking up at the lights before they got to decorate it. He is such a great grandpa and friend to his grandkids!

This is Tate and I! This is one of my favorite times with him. I love that I have a picture of it so that when he's older I can look back and remember these cuddle times.

2 Months

NOVEMBER 5th

 

Things I love:

 

*Being held by mom

*Being rocked to sleep

*My bottle

*Playing with dad

*giving stone cold faces to EVERYONE else

*hearing Stockton bark and play

 

Things I'm not sure about:

*Tummy time

*Nose sucker thingy

*talking

Measurements
11.9 lbs 47th%
23.5 in 77th%
15.5 in 64th% 

November 4, 2012 Blessing Day

 

November 4, 2012 came so fast for us. I cant beleive that the little baby growing inside my tummy is now blessed! We invited so many people but thats what you've got to do when you have so many family and friends who love your little guy! Cory did such a good job and wasn't nervous at all. He never seems to be, and understands his role as a servant in the Lord's hands. He's such a great example to me. After church we had a brunch at the condo clubhouse. It actually worked out really really well! We had crockpot omelets, muffins, and fruit! Either we didn't make enough or it was super super good, because by the time I got to the food their was only a half of a muffin left! We are so blessed to have so many family and friends who love and support us. 

 Here is dad with the main little man! The blanket that Tate is wrapped in was the same blanket that Cory was blessed in!

 Sadly, this is the ONLY shot of Tate in his blessing outfit before he peed up his back! He was seriously a little stud though.

 Mom and Tate.

 Great grandparents Givan, Grandparents Bateman, and Great grandpa Bateman!

 Great grandparents Nye and Great grandma Israelsen

 Grandparents Waters

 All of Cory's family!

All of my family!

Tate's 1st Halloween!

Both Cory and I love this time of year. And this year has been great weather so it has made it even better. For family night on the 29th we decided to go on a hay ride and to look for pumpkins. The weather was PERFECT!!!

 We tried taking a few pics each but it being dark outside with that flash gave us a variety of weird eye pics! This was the best of the baby and Cory. Tate was awake until the tractor started pulling and then he slept through the whole thing. It was a pretty fun activity and it makes it better that it was FREE!

 For Halloween I whipped up a quick costume for my little man. If you cant tell, he's a MUMMY!

 I also made Stockton a mummy costume too. This is the best pic I have of his costume before Cory ripped it off of him. I kinda hate that my camera auto focused on the dog and the baby is blurry in the background! It was supposed to be of both of them. ha ha ha.

 I had to include this picture! I think his look says it all!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

Officer Waters

Congrats Cory! We're sure proud of how hard you have worked for this!

1 MONTH OLD ~ October 5, 2012

Can you believe this little guy is already a month old??? Where does the time go?

Bridal Veil Falls

Cory's family came to visit us for a weekend, well... okay, they came to visit baby Tate (0; We had a great time with them. The Saturday that they were down we loaded up and went up Provo canyon to Bridal Veil Falls. We had a great lunch of SUBWAY at the parkway.

 

 Then we walked up the the path to the falls. Last time we were here I was way pregnant, but I was also super hot and I vowed that the next time that we came I would at least get my feet in the water. So we hiked bare foot (OUCH!) up a little ways, clicked a quick pic, and got the heck out of there! The water was FFFFFRRRREEEEZZZIIINNNNGGG!!!

 This is the entire Waters family thus far. You cant see the two pups, Penny and Stockton, but they are there, they just got cut out. And Tate is, of course, snoozing it out in his stroller.

 Note to self... when my kids are doing their bug projects, I need to take them up Provo canyon because there were A TON of these little buggers everywhere! I would have been the coolest kid if I had one of these things pinned to my collection board!