I bought a house on Oct 29th 2009. At closing, I paid 2 months real estate taxes. My first mortgage payment was due on Dec 1st 2009 and I also paid real estate taxes to my lender in addition to my mortgage payment.
I received a 1098 from my lender and only lines 1 and 2 were filled in for my Mortgage interest and Points paid on purchase of principal residence.
Are my real estate taxes deductible in 2009. If so, do I add the 2 month of real estate taxes I paid as closing and the amount I paid as part of my mortgage payment?

The only real estate taxes that are deductible for 2009 are those that were actually paid to the municipality in 2009. In other words - it doesn't matter how much you paid to your lender - it only matters what the lender paid to the city on your behalf. The 1098 seems to show that they have not paid anything yet. So no - you can not add the two months payments of taxes - nor the amount you paid at closing - as tax-deductions on your schdule A.
I would recommend that you review your escrow account statements, and compare it to your 1098 to make sure there are no mistakes.

Thanks for your help. I think I now have a better understanding.
However, where do I get my escrow statement from? Do I also receive this from my lender?
All I got was my HUD-1 form from my realtor and the 1098 form from my lender (which had nothing in line 5)

Your lender should send you an ascrow statement annually. If you have on-line access to your mortgage account, you can probably log in and see the escrow activity (I can do that with my mortgage account).

Ok thanks, looks like I'll have to call my former lender, as the sold my mortgage to my current lender like a month after I closed. I do have online access with my new lender and I see they paid out 3 months of property tax this month. But to date, I have paid 5 months of property taxes - 2 at closing and one from each month from Dec - Feb.
Thanks a lot for your help though. Much appreciated.