Well it is the end of January and the Honda family is doing well. Tatum is almost 2 months old and he is starting to do a lot of new and fun things. He is a lot more active and likes to talk (coos and gurgles). He also is starting to really look at the details of things and it just amazes us how much he has grown. This morning we walked into see if he was awake and he was laying there watching his mobile. It was just amazing how he was calming himself and also wide awake and not waking us up. He also started daycare this week. He is with a lovely woman and doing really well. As a matter of fact he actually had a 6 oz bottle on Friday. He jumped from 4 oz to 6 oz. It was great see but also had a tummy ache and a hard time pooping after that day also. Besides the fact he is growing up quickly. Next month he will be getting baptized and Grandma and Grandpa Honda will be coming back to see him. I also started work this week and well it was rough going back to the same old stuff just different days. I did miss my kids but I actually enjoyed staying home but I was happy to go back to work and have some adult interaction. I finally am all caught up with the school work that I had to get done from coming back but as you all know there is always something that needs to be done. So the battle begins.

Well this is the last week of my maternity leave and I am not ready to go back to work. I don't want to deal with the bull crap that has been going on there. I would rather stay at home with Tatum and deal with his bull crap. Well we gotta make money so I must go back. I feel really good about the daycare that Tatum will be going to. We had a visit with her today and got her to meet Tate and then also we got some of the initial paperwork and supplies in order so that we can spend more time with him on Thursday when we drop him off. The Honda family visited the dentist this week. It actually turned out a lot better than we thought. Erik and I both have to have a tooth pulled but that is it. No cavities and Tatum did a great job sleeping in the lobby. I am going to get my tooth pulled tomorrow (1-24) and then Erik is going to get his done in February. Tatum has grown so much. He is still in 0-3 month clothes but he filling out a lot. I do not have a recent photo because I do not know how to upload the photos and we are waiting for Erik to do that. He is probably about 12 pounds. He has been losing hair since he was born and well there is actually some more hair growing in. Its brown so far but some of his other hair is brown with a red tint to it. Tatum's baptism is set for February 13th at High Prairie Church ( the same one we were married at) it begins at 9am. Invites will be sent out when I get them from Shutterfly. So as soon as I get them you will get them. That is all for this week. Take care everyone and have a great rest of January. love the Hondas!

Well things are going pretty slow here at at the Honda household. Tatum is eating about 4 ounces now and at least every 2 and a half hours. I have been told that he has chubby cheeks now. Well he is just eating well. I have also met my goal for pumping. We now have 111 ounces that are frozen and ready to go to the daycare. I know that it will not last that long at the daycare so that is a little depressing but at least I have a heads start on the game. So my reward for reaching this goal is 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep. I think that this might be the best gift of all. I have about 2 more weeks until I need to return back to work. These two weeks are going to go really fast. I am going to spend as much time as I can with Tate and tummy time. He is becoming more alert during the day time now. We also had a great night on the 13th of January because Tatum slept 6 hours. It was great but I think I was more tired than normally. I guess my body was built around his schedule. Those of you that have talked to Erik and I on a daily basis know that my gma fell earlier this week and had to have her hip replaced. This was something that hit our family hard because 2 yrs ago on the 14th Gpa Ike passed away and we were not ready for another to go. She was not necessarily going to pass away from the surgery but it was the way that she came out of the surgery that we were worried about. She is going to have trouble rehabilitating it so I hope that she pulls through and works hard for it. That is it for the Hondas today. I hope that you all have a great rest of the week and keep in touch next week.

Well this week has been GREAT! Tatum has grown so much from a month ago. We are now breastfeeding without the shield which is a time saver and also makes us more mobile. I compare this to the feeling you would get if you won about 6 gold medals in a State swim meet. I mean I love a challenge and this journey has been a challenge. I am proud of Tatum for all of his hard work for sticking through it with his slow mom:)! Also this week on Wednesday (1-6) Tatum officially is 10 pounds so we have double digits. I guess our milk monster is growing so quickly. It seems that every morning when I change his diaper I swear that he grows over night. Other than that he is going to the bathroom a lot more and sleeping about 4 hours at a time at night. We thank him a lot for the sleep that we get at night. I will be at home for another 3 weeks so I will enjoy all the time that I can since I won't get to hang out with our little boy all day long. Mommas gotta go make money. I hope that this reaches everyone well and we want to let you know that we love you all.

opps here are some photos of when Tatum and Aidan met each other on New Years Day!

Well I am trying to spend my Sundays on writing on the Blog page so that we can stay up to date with everything. The Honda's had a great Christmas. We actually stayed at home and relaxed and actually packed up Christmas early due to way to much crap from Tatum and Christmas. It was a very nice and relaxing holiday. New Years was not any different. We stayed at home and had one beer each and then just hung out. Erik had to make his first daddy run to Wal-Mart to get some more formula because we were going to run out overnight. Lucky he made it back in time to spend New Years with Tate and I. We were reading Stuart Little when the year switched and stopped to kiss him for the first time in 2011. Today (Jan.2,2011) Tatum Michael is 1 month old I cannot believe that it has been one month already since Tatum was born. It seems like just yesterday we were having a heck of a time with breastfeeding and his dehydration. Anyway we look forward to the adventures of the future with our little milk monster.