Our (Very Informal) First Christmas Picture

Blake's Bumbo

Our friend is letting us borrow her bumbo and Blake loves it! He likes sitting up and being able to watch whatever we are doing much better than laying down in his bouncer now that he is bigger.

Thanksgiving week

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving week. We drove up to Kokomo, Indiana and spent the holiday with Rob’s cousin’s extended family. We arrived at around noon on Thanksgiving day. We ate a delicious dinner and then watched America’s Funniest Home videos. There were so many desserts to choose from…it felt like being at home! Blake did super. When he needed to sleep we put him in a room in the back where it was quieter. Thursday night Rob, me, and some of the other married cousins went bowling…and Aunt Becky volunteered to watch Blake. I felt unprepared because I didn’t even have a bottle for him but there were lots of other grandbabies and plenty of extra bottles. Anyway, I probably had the worst bowling game of my life but it was fun! We slept at Grandma Marler’s house and then left Friday afternoon. The highlight of the trip for Rob was when he and the guys went out shooting. One of the cousins brought back a dead squirrel which was cause for a lot of shrieking among the girls when he brought it into the house! We miss and love our family and are so very thankful for them and for their love and support. We cannot wait to see you in a few weeks!

Here is a little video that I hope will make you smile :) This had been going on for about a minute by the time I finally found the camera...

We had fun getting some pictures of Blake in his overalls

A picture of Blake's first oatmeal meal! Yum! I even put his A&M bib on.

He is really learning how to use his hands.

Our friends gave us this snow suit for Blake to wear this winter and we will be bringing it with us as Christmas time :)

Hilarious! This is what happens when Rob makes himself a sandwich and doesn't know that there is paper between the cheese slices.

Things have been going well here in Kentucky! Last week we enjoyed some really pretty weather with lots of sunshine. Apparently we even had an earthquake, but nobody felt it. Today is pretty cold, though! These are Blake's 4 month measurements:

Height: 25 inches (60%)
Weight: 14-11 (50 %)
Head: 44.5 cm (92%)

Rob continues to enjoy dental school and works so hard. He is a great husband and dad! I love how Rob is so cheerful. On the days that Rob drives the car in the carpool we sometimes hear the beeps of the car when they get home. I look out the window and Rob is always smiling and having fun. It makes me happy to see him happy. Haha- I made him very happy the other day when I told him that our grocery money with food stamps doesn't come in until the 9th of every month. Well-- the 9th of December is the day that Blake and I are leaving to San Antonio so I wont have time to stock the fridge before we leave. This means that Rob will be buying his own groceries for that week before he join us and boy oh boy is he excited about his "man shopping." Rob was so sweet and informed me that some night this week he was going to watch Blake so that I could go to the Temple.  

I have been enjoying doing little things with my sewing machine and I want to make a skirt soon. Also, I didn't use my bread machine very much my first year of marriage, but I am finding that I like it! I really like being able to make dough with it...it's so easy. Last week we made some pizza dough and had calzones (all Rob's idea) for a date night.

Blake is 4 months!

We have our Doctor's Appt. tomorrow and I will post his measurements! I love my Blake.

My giggly baby

I caught a some giggles on camera! Sorry it goes on for a while. I was trying to get him to giggle some more!

Today it has been dark and rainy and cold. Blake has slept a lot today. This morning we went to Costco and met up with my visiting teachers and tonight there was a girls' night where we did a murder mystery night. It was fun.

Ward Halloween Party

It has been a great couple of days! Tonight we are going to a cafe rio party...which we are very excited about. Everyone is bringing something so there should be lot's of yummy cafe rio food. We are bringing pork and green sauce...which thanks to my mother in law we have the BEST recipe for.

Last night was the ward Halloween party. Blake looked soooo cute in the giraffe outfit my mom sent :)

It has gotten really cold here. But no snow, which is good...for me. The beautiful fall leaves are quickly falling off and I am sad that we didn't get many pictures of them. Last Sunday we went on a drive to look at the leaves but I forgot my camera so we didn't get any pictures. Next Fall we are going to get some family pictures with some of the scenery.

He kept sticking his tongue out like he was a real giraffe :)

I loved his tail.

He was pretty mesmerized by his costume

Trying to figure out what that cute thing is in the mirror

As you can tell Rob went all out with his costume... He was feeling very original ;)

Blake's friend was wearing the same costume

 This video has too many things in it for me not to post it...Allan and "Aunt" Darin should especially watch this...

My little giraffe was having a lot of fun with his tongue in this one...

Pictures of the boy :)

Big 3.5 month old

Wow Blake is getting so big. Everyone that saw him at church today couldn't believe how much he's grown. I know how fast babies grow but I didn't realize how much Blake's grown until I looked at pictures from a couple of months ago! I love holding him close and just being grateful for getting to be a mommy.

Okay...so he can't play with them yet but he likes looking at them! (But actually, he's figuring out how to move his hand around and touch things :). )

Funny face :) caught between smiles.

 

I love watching him sleep. He didn't do anything super funny in this video but I love when he starts laughing in his sleep. 

Our day at the pumpkin patch

It was a cold day when we left but was perfect when we got there!

YUMMY pumpkin ice cream

We had a blast and it was so fun spending time together during Rob's fall break :)