Blake's Babtism

Blake looked like a sweet little angel at his baptism. And yes, he is wearing a dress. I love the dress - what a keep sake - sewn by Great Grandma Ginia-mom & tatting done by Nana. The kids did awesome in church. Only a few yells from Blake that (mostly) were during when the church was singing. It was so nice to have so much family there & we had a nice reception afterward at Gabe's parent's house.

Happy Thanksgiving

I'm especially thankful for the safe arrival of Blake this year. It was scary having him arriving 6 weeks early, but he's perfect.

7 Months!

Wow...Blake is 7 months today. Now he's closer to 1 year than a newborn! He celebrated last night by being up from 2:30-4. I'm pretty certain he's getting his first teeth. He seemed to be in pain & didn't want to be set down. So we rocked & walked & rocked & walked some more. He spoils me - seriously that's the first time he's been up at night for an extended period of time like that. So I guess that's why I can say I actually (kind of) enjoyed our time together in the middle of the night. I'm guessing I won't be saying that if he does it again tonight!

He is getting better every day at pulling himself around - especially when he gets his sights on something he wants. He just gets super excited and gets so determined to go after it.  He's not crawling, just scooting, usually gripping onto the carpet to help himself along.

Blake loves it when his big sister tickles him.

We had a pizza party tonight & Campbell got to stay up and watch Dancing with the Stars with Grant & Dede. This picture doesn't accurately portray the night - most of the time Campbell was bouncing off the walls having a blast with Granty Baby.

Last night Nana & Papa flew in from Arizona & even though it was late, they couldn't resist stopping by to see the kids.

Campbell-isms

I've come up with a new word for Campbell's great (in my very biased mommy opinion) sayings/quotes -  'Campbell-isms. Here's some recent ones:

• Absolutely. (She used that yesterday instead of saying 'yes' she said 'absolutely'.)
• Can I tap dance on Blake? (I appreciate that she asked me first so I had a chance to say NO & try to explain that we can tap dance on the floor next to Blake, but not ON him.)
• You sit in that chair so you can enjoy my dancing. 

Natalie came over last weekend for a visit. When I told Campbell about the visit Campbell said "Natalie is Mariah's sister,"  which I thought was pretty cool. Thank you Natalie for coming to visit & playing with the kids - as you can see they had a great time!

Have to run - Blake is pulling himself over to some stuff he shouldn't be playing with. Funny how he has more than enough age appropriate toys right by him, but just has to get over to the drum stick so he can try to gag himself with it!