Blake and Mommy

All I can say is the pictures say it all... She Is Perfect!!

xoxo

St. Patty's Day

For St. Patricks Day this year we really didn't do a whole lot!! We had a great day as a family. I gave Griffin a Green Amp drink and made Lucky Charms Treats. 

Blakelee is a drooling mess I think she is getting teeth.

Her first time tasting a pretzel! She loved it :)

Baby girl helping mommy make the treats for the night.

Mmm they turned out great! Such a fun treat.

We had our friend Steve and Lara over for the night to watch Walking Dead and eat goodies. The boys had a Green Amp Float haha! They said it didn't taste that good.

Milk Coma!! LOL!! She had a big day. We took her up to bed while we watched our show.

Hahah Griff wearing his GREEN for the day!! I don't know if you remember this sweatshirt but it is from our Ugly Sweater Party in December. He decided it was appropriate for the Holiday!

Boys will be boys haha they always have a good time when they get together!! I don't have any clue what they are laughing about.

I love Holidays even the small ones. It is always fun to do something to celebrate them. Such a fun night with our friends, treats, and our show!!

Happy March 17th!!!

Blake and her Food

We were so excited when we were told that we were able to start her on actual food!! So I ran to Target to pick up a good amount of different types of food. It is so dang cute when she gets so excited when we feed her!! She loves food. Every time we are eating our meals she opens her mouth and leans in hoping for a bite haha!! Poor thing... I feel so bad every time I put the food in my mouth and can not give her some. Don't get me wrong we have shared a good amount of different things off our plates with her!! She is such a good eater. It amazes me how much she will eat. Of course it can't be cold!!! Room temperature or warmed. When we feed her her baby food she does tend to make a pretty big mess... She tries really hard to take the spoon from me, with her LEFT hand, to feed herself. Yes Left!!! I am not sure if that means she will be a lefty or not... There are other things she uses her right hand for, such as: grabbing her toys, touching our faces, and rubbing her eyes. So we will see. 

1st Food Carrots 

February 17th

She did so good with the carrots. I was surprised that she loved them as much as she did!! She could not get enough of them. When I would take the spoon away to refill it she would scream at me... "hurry mom!!!" By the way don't mind the mess on her face it looks really gross haha!!

Prunes and Rice

February 28th.

With her Prunes I put rice in them so it would make her fuller, well she didn't love it at first! Lets cross our fingers she isn't a texture eater like her daddy!!! It took a few spoon fulls for her to realize it was yummy. You can see in the pictures how she eats.. She grabs my pinky finger hahaha, this way she is in control of when the spoon is in and our of her mouth. It makes me laugh because EVERY time we feed her she grabs the pinky or the spoon!

Peas

March 1st

Pea's were really tasty for her! She loved every bite right after she realized it was good. Her first taste of every food she pulls a face because she is not quite sure what it is or if it is good. I am so beyond glad that she does eat and like her veggies. It makes for a proud and happy mama.

Bananas

March 5th

When I fed her bananas she was VERY tired!! She was pretty much all ready for bed, just missing her night bottle. So as you can tell she was slouchy and not as excited. But all in all she Loved her nanners!!

We have a super awesome eater (so far) on our hands!! Hallelujah it is so nice that she will eat what we give her!! We love this baby girl to the moon and back!!

Side note of cute little things she has been doing as of late:

• The bucking bronco- she will literally buck while you are holding her or when you sit her in her bumbo or high chair. If you don't have a good grip on her she will tip over or bonk her head! SO cute!
• NO- It is the cutest thing when she is laying down, has the back of her head against your chest, or doing tummy time her head will go back and forth like she is saying no!! If I say no to her sometimes (not often) she will do the head shake. It cracks us up so much. She starts to giggle with it haha she knows she got mom and dad laughing!
• Scooting- She has been scooting backwards, but now she has started to scoot in a circle!! I lay her one way and walk away, when I come back she is the opposite direction. She then will grin ear to ear at me!
• Jumping Bean- When you hold her in the standing position on the floor or on your lap she just jumps away!! She loves it and will giggle so much with it. It must tickle her tummy. 
• Drooling- Her shirts and soaking wet by the end of the day! She wants to be chewing on something constantly: fingers, toys, teething rings, blankets, burp clothes, and pillows. 
• Tongue- She must be teething or just love the feeling (^^ same goes for these ^^). She will push her tongue down over her bottom gums and push it against her bottom lip. She does it over and over, it is seriously so cute!!!
• When we are holding her or she is in her play saucer or swing, and she hears our voice or wants to see something that is away from her she will lean over and look around what ever is in her way just see what she need to see. Such as Griffin was asleep on one side of the couch and we were sitting on the other side. She leans all the way around me cranks her head just so she could see his face to see what he was doing, then she smiled!! What silly girl.

She is perfect!!! Love all her new little things she is doing. Her personality is shinning through more and more!

What's New??

• We are doing some work on our home such as: STILL painting base board (since Blake's was born that has been put on hold), Putting knobs on the cupboards, still working on Blake's room, and wanting to change our kitchen color from red to teal. I can not wait to get all these projects going and done!!
• I am still working for SportClips Haircuts, I am there only 4 days a week now. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday. When I was working 5 days I just felt like I couldn't get anything done around the house, no errands were getting done, and of course I missed my baby girl.
• Griffin is working a lot, he is doing coaching now!! He works every day but Wednesday and Sunday. I feel like I never see him because he will work close to 12 hours almost every day. But I am SO Thankful that he is willing to put in extra hours so I can have more time to be mommy! We love and miss him when he is not home.
• Blake's is 5 months old and we are hoping to get 6 month pictures booked soon. I want to take some of just her, our family, and 4 generations. I can not wait!!!
• We are trying to think of something little but fun for her to celebrate her 1/2 birthday when she turns 6 months!! We will both have to work so it will have to be small. Thinking caps are on.
• Easter is up in our house :)!! I need to start buying gifts for both Griff and Blake. Holidays this year and from here on out will be the BEST!!!!!!
• I have started running every day. I have only done just a little over 1 mile but I will get more as time goes on. I want to get back to Post Baby Body!!
• We want a Truck!!! I don't know when or if we will get one but it has been a conversation we have had quite a bit! Hopefully this year. That way camping will be a breeze.
• My sister, Zach, mom, dad, and my friend Nicole have been so helpful with watching Blakelee while we work and when we have something planned. It has been so nice knowing that she is in good hands and that they are all so willing to help us out!! Thank you.
• Griff and I have now been spending our free time better. We spend it together more since our time together is slim picking. We watch shows, go to dinner, make dinner, do massages, clean, pay bills, play with Blake, work on our projects, and hang out with the family and friends.

xoxo

Our family Pictures we took Last Fall... Yes I know these are LONG over due but I thought it is better late then never!!! Love my Family!!