Blake is 1!

I cannot believe it! Blake's first birthday has come and gone. And so quickly! My mom came to visit, and we had a little party! Here are some pictures:

Thanks to my mom for decorating the cake!

Also, thanks to my mom for decorating Blake's individual cupcake!

Grandpa Clay's football from high school!

The shirt says "birthday boy", "1", and "blake".

Football pizza!

After our little party, we went to Toys R Us for presents!

Sword fighting.

Hula hoop!

Thanks for the car and trailer, Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Clay!

We finished out Blake's birthday with dinner at The Rainforest Cafe. We thought Blake would like looking at the trees and fish, and we were right! He loved it!

The tank right by the table.

We had a wonderful visit! Blake had a great birthday and was so happy the entire time! He is great at going places! I hope he stays that way. He loves going out to eat, shopping, and basically going anywhere. Here are some other cute pictures from our visit with Grandma Cindy:

Fuddruckers.

Playing with my football from Grandpa Clay!

New sweatshirt and Stride-Rites at the mall!

Walking to the car on my own!

Downward-facing dog.

Oh, and I have to mention... my parents are so cool! They got an iPad 2 today! Awesome!

A Few Things...

Well, first off... We got an iPad. Of course, I am blogging on it now... You know, I have to test it out! It is pretty amazing what you can do with technology nowadays. I recently got an iPhone, too, and I have to say that these products are by far better than any other devices I have previously had. Because of this (I never thought I would be saying this!), whenever our current PC messes up, and you know it will eventually, we will more than likely be getting a Mac! Specifically, a MacBook Pro. It will be a while before this happens, though. So, anyone out there with Mac tricks and secrets, send them my way! I have never had or hardly even used a Mac, so I will need as much help as possible when the switch happens!

 Second on my list, Blake has his first ear infection. I suppose this is pretty good since he is almost a year old, but it still is sad! He is much better now, thanks to a couple of days on Amoxicillin.

 Third, a year old! Can you believe it? I can't! In a few short weeks my baby will be a toddler! Eating more solid foods, almost walking, talking more... He is getting so big! I ordered some things for his first birthday and, of course, created a Pinterest board to gather everything I wanted to do for his first birthday party. My mom is coming in the week of Blake's birthday to celebrate with us, and I think Alex's family is coming in the following week (and we might also go skiing!). So, lucky Blake will get two first birthday parties! Many pictures to come to document all of these fun things in our future!

Goodbye F150...

... Hello, 2005 BMW 330 ci - Alex's new car! The truck was pretty much about to fall apart with rust, so we had to invest in something new. I don't know too much about BMW's, but apparently this car has SMG (sequential manual gearbox) which allows Alex to drive the car as a clutchless manual like regular, from the steering wheel, or as an automatic. It also has a built in navigation system, which is pretty sweet! It was dark and rainy when we got it so my following pictures are not too great. Hopefully, I will have better pictures in a future post!

First Blog!

Technology peer pressure has gotten the best of me, so I have started a blog. It is a classic case of "everybody's doing it." Blogging seems like a great way to keep in contact with friends and family and let them know what is going on in your life. There are so many ways to communicate in today's world! We have Facebook, Twitter, picture sharing programs, blogging, cell phones, and more! Technology gets more amazing every day.
Here is what is going on in my life right now:

Blake and Duncan.

All smiles.

Perfectly content.

Sitting with Daddy.

Sitting up all by himself!