Things Daddy says...

I try to keep this blog to keep track of funny things Blake says and does and the milestones that he hits. Well, I can't help but make note of a couple things his Dad has said this last week....

I was in the bathroom and over heard Tom opening up a box we had gotten in the mail, and tell Blake "Blake, go get me a knife.....Um, never mind, I'll get it!"

Then, apparently Blake said "Oh Damn" in front of Tom, while I was in the laundry room. All I heard was, "Blake, don't you ever say that again....now go tell your Mom what you just said." No wonder the poor kid gets confused!

Tonight, I was bundling Blake up to get him ready to go outside with Tom. I was trying to convince him to put his gloves on because it's pretty cold outside. He tells me with the most serious expression on his face, "I'll put my hands in my pocket.....Don't worry momma." So cute!

Potty Training

Tried Blake out on the potty tonight...after a few small candy bars, some root beer, and about 45 minutes...he finally peed!!! He called everyone to tell them about it, although the first person he wanted to call was Virgil! He called Grama and Virgil, Aunt Jody, Uncle Jeff, Grama Mya, Grama Arbaugh, Grandpa Regentin, Erin, Trish & Fred, Aunt Suzette, Aunt Peggy, Uncle Todd & Aunt Kristin...I'm sure there were more, but I don't remember who else! I'm SO proud of him....just hope he keeps it up!

Cora

Poor Cora has a cold at only 6 weeks old. She went to the doctor 11/30/09 and with clothes on, she weighed 11lb, 8oz. Growing like crazy! She smiles every now and then, but I don't think it's intentional or because of recognition of faces or voices just yet..but it won't be long!

Bad Dream

Blake woke up the other night from what we figure was a bad dream. He came into our room about midnight talking about the animals and snakes in his big boy bed. Poor thing! It took Tom about an hour to get him settled down and convinced to go back to bed. I thought he might have forgotten about it by the next day, but when he went down for his nap yesterday, he told me about the snakes in his bed, but he still went down ok!

Hard to believe Cora will be a month old tomorrow already. This month flew by! She is doing good and still sleeping a lot. We have her switched to formula now, just trying to figure out which one works best for her. She has a case of baby acne right now, so hopefully that will pass. Either way, she is still beautiful!

Blake at 27 months...

Blake's sayings and doings....

Blake has been counting to 15 for about a month now. He could count to 10 and say his ABC's before he turned 2!

His new thing lately is...he always asks what EVERYTHING is....and then he takes it a step further and always asks "What does it do?" He's very curious, but that will make him that much smarter!

We are still working on colors...he's not doing quite as well with them!

He does know a few shapes...circle, rectangle, triangle, square and oval.

He is now starting to watch cartoons. It's nice because it gives us somewhat of a break once in awhile and the cartoons that he watches seem to be a little educational...working on numbers, shapes, colors, etc.

Cora Jane - first photo shoot