Blessing & Mother's Day

Today was special as Janie was given a baby blessing. All of her grandparents were here. She wore a cute dress given from Grandma Deni and used a beautiful knit blanket from my Aunt Sally. It was a perfect Mother's Day.

I love being a mom and I love these kiddos!

My dad stayed until Tuesday and my mom stayed until Friday. We had so much fun and I am sad they are gone. Unfortunately it rained most of the week but we did get to the Field museum and to a mall. We ate at Potbelly's and also had some deep dish pizza. My mom took Blake for walks. I got a three hour nap! My parents were so great and helpful. After my dad left Blake said in a sad voice "I need my grandpa!" He said the same for my mom when she left. I feel the same.

Blake - 21 Months

* Before every prayer, Blake takes a minute and tries to interlock his fingers. Then he tells us to do the same. "Wike dis Mommy! Wike dis Daddy!" Once we do what he says we can say a prayer. Some times he changes it up and folds his arms and tell us to do it 'like this.'

*He is a such copy cat. The other day we were eating dinner. I was eating standing up because I was trying to hurry so I could feed Janie. It took me a while to understand Blake but he was telling me that he wanted to stand up and eat too. He was not happy until I got him out of his high chair and he ate his food standing up.

* He loves pointing out our emotions. If he does something he shouldn't and I make a sad face he says "Mommy sad. Sorry! Mommy happy!"

* Thanks to the Leap Frog Letter Factory movie that we have watched one too many times, Blake can identify most of the letters of the alphabet and say their sound.

* The other day Blake and I almost bumped into each other and he yelled "Watch out!"

* He is sweet with Janie. Every once in awhile I will eye him giving her a kiss on the head. He always gets in her face and talks to her. And he shows her pages in books and says "Look Janie!"

* When he gets excited he has started to say "thats fun" or "that's funny." This morning I gave him a bath and he threw one of his foam alphabet letters and it stuck to the shower curtain. He started laughing so hard and said "dats punny. dats silly."

Buddies

There's nothing like being naked with your friends. This is little Asher that we used to babysit for. Blake and Asher get so excited to play together. Blake screamed as we were opening the door and Asher screamed on the other side. Then Blake screamed louder. The boys were playing so hard that they were sweating and they wanted their clothes off . We are going to miss our friends when we move in a couple of months!

Janie - 9 Weeks

Bed Part 2

I can't help myself. Here are some more pictures of sleeping Blake.

New Bed

Since Blake has been getting out of his crib we changed it to a little bed. He has only slept in it two nights now and can't quite seem to stay in it. I check on him every time I'm up with Janie and I always find him in a new spot. I am nervous opening the door to see where/how I'll find him. He is still sleeping great through the night despite his weird positions.

I've found him on the floor multiple times. I feel bad seeing him sleep on the floor. I wish I could see how he makes it there. Will he eventually stay in his bed?

Easter

We didn't do much for Easter this year, but Blake loved finding Easter eggs. We put fruit snacks and cheerios in them and he thought it was great! We hid them around a big room in our building and Blake squealed as he found them. He ran from egg to egg and wanted to open them and eat what was inside. He loved it so much that we hid the eggs again. This time most of the eggs were empty. He waited patiently on the couch in the next room while Eric hid the eggs. He again ran and squealed as he found more eggs. This time he picked each one up, shook it, and announced if it was empty or not. If it was he chucked it and ran to find another egg. Eggs are not cool without treats. Although I don't consider cheerios to be treats.

Janie is 2 months old. She is smiling tons and cooing. I melt when she does this and my eyes even water sometimes. It is so fun to have her interacting more. I have been reading her books lately only because my doctor asked me at her 2 week appointment if I had been reading her books. I told her I hadn't. (2 weeks?!) She asked me again at her one month check up and I still hadn't. I go in for her two month check up and want to have a good report. Anyways, Janie loves books! She smiles so big when I hold them up for her. I don't think she would have responded this way 6 weeks ago though.

2 Month Stats:

Weight - 11 pounds (50th %)

Height - 22 3/4 inches (50-75th %)

Head - 38.5 cm? (50th %)