Your Song

Todd and I were laughing hysterically as we went through some pictures of Blake from this month. He has some of the best facial expressions! He brings us so much joy. I couldn't get part of Elton John's "Your Song" out of my head.
"How wonderful life is while you're in the world..." Trying to use mind control to get the bottle to his high chair.

He loves Jack and gets so excited anytime Jack is near him. I can't say the feeling is mutual for Jack, but he is so sweet enough to duck his head down far enough for Blake to pet the top of his head instead of grabbing his ears and nose. No, that's not a shock collar around Jack's neck... it's ummm... something that says "good boy" everytime we push it.Listen lady, we've gotta talk about this pureed food junk. Where's the steak?

You're serious about this?? (he can raise one eyebrow!)

Daddy's way of feeding Blake. I have to admit, it was probably better than him keeping Blake's clothes on. I found carrots in the most random places after this meal.
These are just from the first glance of silly photos. There are plenty more! I need to save some of them for later posts. Stay tuned for his FIRST CHRISTMAS!

ChristWhit 2009

My friends and I had our annual Christmas/Whitney's birthday celebration. (aka ChristWhit)
Sadly, Todd couldn't make it this year because he was in San Antonio watching the Trinity Trojans win the State Championship. We had a wonderful time as always. Blake got to hang out with his new buddy, Will.
He also got to open his first Christmas present, ever! He did a really good job opening it. We weren't paying attention and he was already tearing into it. He had a sneak peek and was AMAZED at what he saw!
Thank you Aunt Sara and Uncle Jon for my awesome plate! Blake took awhile to warm up to Aunt Nanci. I can't imagine why!?! But after receiving her fabulous froggy lovie gift, he decided she was great!

Blake had to learn the hard way... don't be the first to fall asleep around this crew!
He got the last laugh as he sought his revenge. All was forgiven... and we had a fantastic time! Merry ChristWhit!!

Carrots!

In honor of Blake's 5 month birthday... we tried his first vegetable, CARROTS! We were prepared with video camera in hand for his first taste of real food. There was no point. No funny faces, no unapproving sounds. Apparently changing from rice cereal to vegetables doesn't matter. The kid loves food. He has food all over his face because he couldn't wait for next spoonful. He would grab his bib and try to eat it. After the carrots were all gone he tried to eat anything else he could grab. "Mmmm... a giant cookie.""If I only have one it's ok, right?""Have you guys tried the giant cookie? It's heavenly!"

"Wait, that wasn't a cookie??"

Happy

Blake is such a joy. We are having a great time with him. He is happy all the time... so we had to buy an outfit to tell everyone.

Some mornings I wake up to him laughing and talking away in his crib. He will turn himself sideways in his crib and put his feet up on the bumper. He kicks the button on the rain forest soother to turn on the music. I am able to get completely ready without him fussing. When I walk in the room to get him he smiles really big and starts cooing and laughing at me. It has really made me more of a morning person because he brightens my day before I even leave the house.

He is growing so fast! You can see his first two bottom teeth in this picture. He got his first one right after his baptism and his second one around a week later. He isn't even 5 months old yet! He is ready for some chicken fried steak.

I know I need to get a new background for my pics of Blake. Most of his photo opps are in the morning before he goes to the ECDC so it is easiest to have him right there. I will work on my photography skills!

He is also rolling all over the place.

Blake's first class, Rolling Over 101.

Daddy needed some tutoring.

Gobble Gobble!

Happy early Thanksgiving to everyone, from our little Gobbler.
In related news... Blake got his first tooth yesterday! Blake and his buddy, Bryan. We will have to pay for this later in therapy bills.

Rice Cereal

We are finally getting the hang of rice cereal! He just isn't sure where the food comes from.

Baptism

Blake was baptized today! Pastor Chuck Brown officiated at St. Timothy Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The service was beautiful and Blake was an angel. The gown Blake wore is an heirloom which was first worn by his great grandfather in 1912. The gown has subsequently been worn by his grandchildren and great grandchildren, all of whom have their monogram encircling the slip.

Blake was surrounded by his wonderful family on this special occasion. We are blessed!

Four Months and Halloween!

Blake had an eventful First Halloween.

He celebrated by wearing a different Halloween outfit to the ECDC every day for 2 weeks leading up to Halloween. I figured you didn't want pics of all 10 outfits, so here is one.
We went to the Jeremy's Friends Charity Event as a football family.
He was a little stinker for a family party and Trunk or Treat at Bear Creek.

Of course we had to carry on the air freshener tradition.

Blake also just had his four month checkup. He is 27.5 inches and 17.4 pounds! His head and height are off the charts and his weight is in the 90th percentile. He is growing and learning so fast! At 3 months he started rolling over from his back to his stomach and then began pushing himself up on his arms.

We tried rice cereal. We will keep trying.