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!