Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving in St. Louis this year. There were 18 people at Eric's parents' house- 8 adults and 10 grandchildren. Before dinner we went to play football and it was a beautful day. Afterwards all of the adults were moaning and groaning because of injuries.

Eric loved wearing his high school baseball outfit.

On Friday we went to the zoo. I had not been to the zoo in years and I think I enjoyed it as much as the kids. I was fascinated by these anteaters. They are so weird! I also loved the hippos, giraffes, and zebras.

On Saturday Eric and I played cops and robbers and capture the flag with all the kids. Again, so much fun and something I haven't done in a long time. We also got to visit some college buddies, the Gertsch's, who live in St. Louis. Each night the family played games- mostly Guesstures and Pictionary. Pictionary is my new favorite game- it is so fun!

We left St. Louis with snow on the ground. Blake did great on the ride home- we made a record time drive of 5 1/2 hours.

Latest and Greatest

Blake started sucking his thumb yesterday. And he has started to make the "m" sound- especially when he's crying. Look at those chubby legs!

ASHA

This past weekend I attended a convention for speech language pathologists. It happens once a year and is three days filled with classes. This year it happened to be in Chicago- just 4 miles from where we live. There is a list of available classes and you choose what interests you. I went to classes about literacy, fluency, language, vocabulary, and lots more. I felt like it was an EFY for work. 14,000 speech therapists attended and everyone was so friendly. It is a great way to earn continuing education units in order to maintain membership of the organization called ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association). I ran into my favorite professor from San Jose State, had lunch with the owner of the company I used to work for, and saw some friends. I loved it all.

Eric’s mom came to watch Blake. It was hard to leave him for three days- more for my sake than for his. I knew he would be fine. My friend Jen came from California to come to the convention and stayed with us. We had so much fun. At night we all played games, ate, and talked the night away. After going to bed at midnight each night, waking up with Blake in the middle of the night, getting up at 6:00 a.m., and sitting in class for 8 hours- I was ready for a nap.

4 Months

Blake had his 4 month doctor appointment today. He weighed in at 15 pounds 11 ounces and is 25.5 inches long. The doctor said that he was in the 75 percentile for both but I think it's higher based on multiple nurses comments of "Whoa- that is a big baby!" He did great with his shots.

It snowed today! I walked home in the snow. I remember always loving the first few snows when I was in Utah and that is how I felt today. I know that I'll be singing another tune in a few months but for now it is fun.

Big Smiles

These pictures make me happy!

Personality

Blake likes to be outside.
He doesn't like to wait for his food.

He likes to watch people chew gum or eat.
He doesn't like it when other babies cry.

Likes taking a bath.
Doesn't like the vacuum.

Likes to observe others and smile at strangers.
Doesn't like to cuddle.

Likes being tickled and has started laughing/squealing.
Doesn't like being on his tummy and grunts the whole time.

Likes his mom taking multiple pictures of him in every outfit worn for the first time.
Doesn't like being buckled in his car seat.

Happy Halloween!

Blake was a horse for Halloween but he did get some compliments on what a cute cow he was. Our ward had a trunk or treat party and Eric and I attempted to dress up as cow people (cowboy/girl) to go with our horse.

We didn't have much for our costumes so Eric thought my jean jacket would be a nice addition. Do any of you know this side of Eric? And why does he fit into my clothes?