Okay…These past two weeks, our computer has been on the fritz (for the remaining weeks of vacant postings, I have no excuse). At first, we thought that it was caused by the workers installing FiOS, but thanks to the Geek Squad at Best Buy, we found out that our McAfee was out of whack. The good news is that we don’t have a virus – hooray!


So…onto our new blog posting…


We’ve been busy with Tate (of course). This past week, he had his 9 month check-up. His stats are as follows:


Weight: 17 pounds 12 ounces (10th percentile)
Height: 29 inches (75th percentile)


Ed’s still pleased with the height, but we still don’t understand the weight. He keeps dropping in percentile and we aren’t sure why this happening. Pretty soon he’s going to be in the negative percentile.


Now the fun part of the posting begins...


The other day while Ed was playing with Tate, he fell into the base of his Lego box and he thought that it was hilarious.

Also, Tate likes to torment the cats. It seems as though Tiger enjoys spending time with Tate…

While Whiskers wishes for there to be a barrier between the two…

I have also started making Tate’s food. The other day, I had Tate supervise my cooking. He also decided that he wanted to try a little of the food (he’s eating a parsnip in the picture below).

Not only is Tate getting new (and better food – my opinion, of course), but he also has a new chair (compliments of my parents).

Last, but not least. We spent a little time with my parents, my sister, and her children. A few weekends ago, we decided to go to the Maple Festival in Virginia. I know what some of you might think – “Maple syrup in Virginia?” – It seems a little strange, but, yes, there is maple syrup in Virginia! We had a great time and Tate took it all in.