A Few Pictures from the Week.

The Cutest Face of All!!

My New Tricycle and my Cucumber face!!!

Blake got a new bike from the Easter bunny, and loves to ride on it, he is not sure how to use the petals yet but we are working on it.

Blake has found that he loves cucumbers and dressing, I caught a few shots of his "cucumber face" and his new "cheezing" face.

First Girlfriend!!

During spring break we took Blake to the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, gigi and gmax went with us and we had a GREAT time. We met up with some wonderful friends and made some wonderful memories, we cannot wait to go back.

This is Katie Beth, she is the granddaughter of gigi's roommate from college, Mary Edith, and as you can see they hit it off pretty well.

Priceless........ Katie Beth (4) and Blake (22 months)

I don't know....could it be a future Josh and Rebecca???

This is by far my favorite picture, I just wish I knew what they were thinking!

Katie Beth and Blake enjoying the afternoon.

Before lunch Blake caught site of the train and so we went to ride it after lunch, well as you can see it was NOT successful!! Next time I will know he would rather watch than ride!!!

Waiting for the train ride.

Taking in all the animals at the zoo.

Llama Llama and the Hokey Pokey!!

Blake has learned how to do the Hokey Pokey and thanks to Josh's late grandmother, MiMi, we have inherited The Hokey Pokey Elmo. At first Blake did not like it much at all, however he has learned to love it and has you can see below it is so much fun to watch him do the hokey pokey in his own little way. (I have tried and tried to download a video of Blake doing the hokey pokey with elmo, but it has failed multiple times :(

Blake loves to play in his GiGi's bed and all of her fluffy pillows, her bed was nicely made before Blake got ahold of it.

We have llamas that live right down the street from us and everyday we have to take a walk or pass them while driving the car to "see the llamas." On this particular day they were all right next to the fence and when I honked the horn they all looked up, Blake thought it was wonderful and I had to take a quick picture. As I have posted before Llama Llama Red Pajama is Blake's favorite book so it is a lot of fun to get to see real and alive llama's.

Feeding the Ducks

Blake and I decided to go feed the ducks and enjoy the park and sunshine one morning. Blake still is at his happiest when he is outside so we spend much of our time out and about when we can!

Going down the slide! Lots of static electricity!!

Climbing the spiral thing, mom was a little freaked out but Blake went up and over like a champ!!

Looking for the ducks....

feeding the ducks.

Our second trip to the Zoo.

Mom and John came to visit while my dad was in Haiti and we decided to spend the day at the Greenville zoo. We have come to love this place, Blake really enjoys the animals and the great park they have there. Here are some pictures of our morning there:

Riding on daddy's shoulders...and look at all of that hair!!!

Playing on the playground, Blake loves to "drive" the car.

Getting ready to go down the slide.

Blake feeding the goats at the zoo.

This gives you an idea how tall Blake is, that is my mom standing beside him!!

Blake checking out the monkeys.

The giraffes are our favorite.

I just love this picture, yes we support Tony Romo and the Cowboys but only because of my brother Blake, they were his favorite!!

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Since we last posted, we have had 2 ear infections, a BIG snow fall and Valentine's Day. Josh and I were able to sneak away for a couple of hours for Valentine's Day thanks to GiGi and Gmax. I will have to say, Blake has no problems spending some quality time with his grandparents, he absolutely adores them both. Thanks GiGi and Gmax for reminding us and letting us have a few hours of "grown up" time.

Blake is still struggling with persistent ear infections, we are hoping that with the change of seasons there will be a change in the number of ear infections we have to deal with. We have had 6 since October 2009, waaaaaaaaay too many!!! Blake is still weighing in at 30 pounds and just over 3 feet tall and surprising us with new things everyday. He is talking in 2 to 3 words/sentences now, can count to 10 and sing his ABC's with just a tiny bit of help, he is simply amazing. He has found a new love with the garage doors, he loves to push the button and watch them go up or down ALL DAY LONG!!! Can you tell it is driving us all a little crazy?For a week after discovering this wonderful invention all he said was "door, door, door etc......" We have left the era of Horton Hears a Who, and now we have discovered Barney, yes Barney, I said I would never let any child of mine watch Barney, but he does. Oh yes, and the best news yet (sarcastically) is that Blake has been termed a "head banger." What does this mean you might ask, well at our last ear infection visit to the doctor I mentioned that Blake will hit himself on the head or bang his head on the floor or the wall when he is mad or being disciplined, the doctor simply said oh yes, we call them "head bangers." WHAT??? It absolutely drives me crazy, but apparently it is normal in some kids. I don't call that "normal" and we are working hard to get past this stage quickly.

It is hard to believe that Blake is 21 months old, we will soon be celebrating his 2nd birthday and yes I have already started planning so mark you calendars for May 29th 2010!!!

Here are some pictures of the past few weeks, hope you enjoy!!!

Here is Blake playing with Marley, he first tried to climb into the shopping basket himself, that didn't work of course and so we put Marley in instead!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Blake LOVES balloons, so in addition to his owl his daddy and I made at Build-a-Bear he got this balloon which he still totes around the house.

We are all excited about getting snow this year, we have had enough for this year though. Blake loves it as much as his daddy does, mommy just likes the way it looks!!!

Aunt Mindy, Cousin Hayden and Sarah came to visit and and to play one afternoon.

I absolutely LOVE this smile!!!

Finally...A true hair cut.

So I manage to take Blake to get his haircut...finally!! It was VERY traumatic for both of us, needless to say he did not like it at all. After all was said and done my baby turned into a little boy right in front of my eyes!!! He is so big and learning so much these days. I will have to brag a little he knows almost all of his alphabet letters and he is learning to count now. It is unbelievable how much and how fast he can learn, it is true what they say, little ones are like sponges, they just soak it all in. No one could have ever told me that my heart would melt a thousand times when I hear him say mama and know he is talking to me. Being a parent is the absolute best, it makes life make sense!!!

Ok, no more sappy stuff, as of today Blake is 30 pounds and 3 feet tall, no I am not kidding, the child is over half my height. We are learning to deal with ear infections real well, we have just gotten over our 4th ear infection, no way getting around that, both mom and dad had their rounds to.

Funny things that has happened lately: he has learned what a belly button is and loves to stick his finger into every ones belly button. He decided to surprise us a few weeks ago by climbing out of his crib and coming into our room at 530 am, needless to say we removed the bumper from the crib that morning!!

He is still a ball of energy and joyful spirit and we are loving every minute of it. We hope you all had a happy new year and hope this year is full of promise and joy for everyone.