Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Baby to Toddler

Blake is trying all types of new things now that he is getting older. Today he walked all the way to the car holding Daddy's hand!











Next, he got his first kid's meal! We went to Moe's for lunch, and kids were free! Blake tried a cheese quesadilla meal. Here he is digging in.


Now, it may look like he is eating it up, but he really only ate like two bites.
Next, we headed to Babies R Us/Toys R Us and Wal-mart to get some baby proofing materials. Now that Blake is crawling everywhere (soon to be walking), we needed to upgrade our current baby proofing. We got a new TV stand to hide our electronics and new corner covers. Here is Blake enjoying himself at the stores and our new set-up!









Sunday, January 8, 2012

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!

Monday, January 2, 2012

A Well-Traveled Christmas

Well, we packed up and drove to Indiana! It was quite a trip! We had a completely full car with all of our stuff and the dogs! We left after Alex got home from work on December 14th and drove straight through the night. This completely SUCKED for us, but Blake slept almost the entire way, which was easier overall. We stayed a week in Plainfield and a week in Schererville and headed back on December 30th. We visited with all of our families and saw many friends along the way! We played games, gave gifts, open gifts, took lots of pictures and videos, and even went to the Shedd Aquarium! It was a fun-filled, action-packed trip, and here are some pictures to prove it:

Blake and his Great-Grandpa

Blake and Great-Grandma



Blake and Cooper

Blake and Grandma

Blake and Great-Aunt Ann

Blake and Dani

Blake and Grandpa

Blake and Auntie Lauren

Blake playing piano with Aunt Becca!

Hanging with Meghan!

Visiting Dustin (I like Dwight's face in the background!)

Sharing a candy cane with Pam

Hoesman Visit!

Sitting with Ang eating a cell phone

Ice Skating

Watching the ice skaters with Daddy.

I've got mittens!

Chillin' with Grandma and Great-Great-Uncle George

Shedd Aquarium

I like turtles!


Beautiful!

Jellies are the best!





Thursday, December 1, 2011

Santa!

Blake went to see Santa! He was not afraid of him, just curious! But we could not get him to smile at all. We did get a couple pretty cute pictures though:



We also took a couple of pictures of Blake by our Christmas tree. Enjoy!






A Yummy Thanksgiving

Well, it is official... Blake had his first Thanksgiving! Alex's mom and sister came to spend a few days with us over the holiday. We had good food and fun! Blake had his baby food, but specific Thanksgiving flavors! He had turkey and rice, green beans, and peach cobbler (and, of course, his new favorite of mozzarella cheese.) Here are some pictures of our day!
Waiting on the food to be done!

Before food nap.

Carving!

Yum!




That bib says "My First Thanksgiving."

Our ridiculous spread of phones and iPods (I threw Blake's in for good measure.)