Such a big boy!

Blake continues to amaze me everyday. The last couple of days he has been listening so well. I'm not sure if I'm more surprised that he is understanding what we say or that he's actually doing what we say! For instance, if we tell him to go put his clothes in the laundry....he does it and thinks it's so fun! Same thing with throwing away his dirty diapers, putting away his toys, putting away the Tupperware that he's dragged out of the cupboard. He loves it - and so do we!! I'm looking forward to Christmas, I think he will have fun with it, I know we will anyway!

More Snow!

Wow, more snow today! Glad it's the weekend and we don't have anywhere to go. Here's a few photos I took through the window this morning!

Up til now...

Wow, I'm doing good. First day and my third blog already!

I thought I should give a snapshot in time of where things are in our life if I'm going to keep this blog updated in the future...so here goes....

Blake is 16 months old, almost 17 months actually. He is at a really fun age, but also a real trying age. He likes to push buttons, literally, and including our own. Anything around the house that has buttons, he's pushing them. But I know it's just because he is curious.....except when he pushes the same ones and gets in trouble every time he does it!!! Anyway, he started walking at 13 months and hasn't slowed down since. He is a very happy baby and a good sleeper, too. He ususally sleeps 7-7 every night, give or take an hour. We are so lucky to be sleeping all night again..it took awhile though. He didn't start sleeping through the night consistently until he was about 8 months old. Let's see, what else....he is a talker! He will wake up in the morning talking, not crying. He will stay in his crib and talk and play for at least 1/2 hour before we go get him. When he is up and moving, his mouth is going constantly. Some of the things he says just amazes me. Some of the more recent words are Santa, snowman, home, diaper, Mary, and of course I can't think of any others right now. At his 15 month check-up he weighed 27 pounds, so he is a growing boy. He is wearing mostly 24 month clothing at this point in time. He loves balls and books right now, especially books that are somehow animated or do cool things. He goes to day care at Mary Ellis' every day, and does very well there. Except when him and his little buddy Sadie Jo get into trouble ("Sadie Jo" is also one of his favorite words) at Mary's! Blake has about 12 teeth at this point in time, but I think more are on the way since his fingers haven't left his mouth the last couple of days.

Regarding Tom and I...well Blake is pretty much our life, so not much else to update there! Tom has been working at Keinath Tire in Deckerville for almost 4 years now. I started a new job this past spring at GreenStone Farm Credit Services in Sandusky. We are very thankful to have jobs given this tough economy that we are currently living in. In Tom's free time, he enjoys his Fantasy Football league, playing Wii or Playstation, and "playing" with his new JD tractor outside (plowing snow!). I enjoy scrapbooking, photography, reading, Wii Fit, and of course spending time with my boys! That pretty much sums up our life!

It's a Blizzard!

Today was one of the biggest snow storms we've had in quite some time. Many local businesses were closed, including the court house. I had to leave my car at work, and Tom had to come pick me up and Blake from daycare. It's a good thing too, because my car would have never made it down the roads. It's 9:00pm and they still haven't plowed our road yet. We might not be going anywhere for awhile! I will have to take some photos in the morning and post them. It was so snowy and windy today, I didn't dare take my camera outside!

My Christmas shopping and wrapping are officially done! Almost....just need to buy a few stocking stuffers and it will be complete. I'm looking forward to having 5 days off next week/end!! But of course it will be busy with all the family Christmas gatherings.

Here's a few Christmas photos of Blake. He loves the tree and was a little surprised I was temporarily letting him touch it!

New Years Resolutions

All right....My New Years Resolution is to update this blog at least 3 times per week! As I'm getting "older", I'm realizing that my memory is not as good as it used to be, and as Blake starts doing more and more everyday, unfortunately I'm not going to remember it all if I don't document it! So, starting now, even if no one ever reads it, I'm going to keep this blog updated, so it will be easy (and fun) to go back and read and configure a timeline of his milestones. Of course I will have the usual resolutions of losing weight, staying organized, and keeping up with my scrapbooking!