Science Center

Last weekend we went to the Janet Huckabee's Science Center with Grammy and Papaw. You had so much fun. You got to fish, get in a big bird house, feel all of the animal fur and crawl in and out of the tent. You had a blast.

18 months old

Blakely- WOW! We can’t believe that you are 18 months old. You are a true blessing to us and have absolutely been so much fun. You are a true toddler!Weight: 24lbs 2ozHeight: 32 1/2 inchesYou are talking non-stop. Your dad and I tried to count how many word you have said or saying it is close to 60. You are saying new words everyday. Lately you go around the house and say “no, no choe (Chloe) or beb (Jeb). If you find a oe (shoe) or ocks (socks) you try to put them on even if you already have some on. I swore the other day you said your first sentence, “I want juice.” You are truly amazing us everyday. It is also so cute when you say Blakely- you say “Bakey” and point to yourself.You love to be outside. When we are leaving you try to run away from me so you can play outside instead of getting into the car. You love to get into everything and have keep us busy chasing you around the house.You love to read books. You like to look at them by yourself and especially be read too.You love to point out different objects in the books. Sometimes if I can’t find you, you are in your room looking through books. You can point and/or say these body parts.*nose*hair*eyes*ears*teeth*mouth*foot*hand*fingers*belly button*knee*toesI think I could go on and on, but I will stop.We love you Blakely and are so proud to call your our daughter.

Happy Valentine's Day

We had a Valentine party at our house today! The kids played, ate and made cute little valentine bags. The party started with you falling on the floor, landing on your mouth, then bleeding. So...you were not in the best of moods after that. Before we tried to take the group picture I had given you your big blankee...then I took it away for the picture and you had a major breakdown. I know you love your blanket and I am sure it will be with us for a while. Other than those two catastrophes you had a fun time with your friends.Your friends who were there were: Bella, Caroline, Eli, Julia, Olivia Grace, Rhett, Sam, Thomas and Trace.Thanks to everyone for a great time and making the trip.

Snow

Well we got some snow Blakely! When it just started snowing we had just gotten home, so I let you run around for a few minutes. You were having lots of fun! Then yesterday I thought we would venture outside and acutally play in it - well you can tell from the picture you didn't like it to much. You fell in the snow and that was it. Oh well I'm sure in the years to come you will be begging to go outside and play in the snow.

Art Time

Blakely I thought I would let you help me paint a picture frame. So I got one of your Daddy's t-shirts and put it on you-I think you liked that the best. Then we started to paint. You did pretty good at first, but then started trying to eat the paint and then you thought it was fun to just paint yourself. You are such a cute little mess!!

Nana comes to visit

Nana came to visit us this past weekend. You had the best time with her. She keep you entertained the whole weekend. You loved when she read books to you-I think she read almost all of your books-which is a whole lot. Thanks Nana for coming to see us.In the picture of you and your Daddy - you are saying Bye! Bye! You say it all the time! Does that mean we are always going, going and going???

Drivers Beware

You got two Dora Cars for Christmas from your Grandparents. One is a VW bug that is electric and the other is a cozy coupe. You love both of them, but the cozy coupe is about to kill us because we can't get the roof on it-we have already taken back one and exchanged it for another...so it is partially put together until we either take this one back again or figure out how to get the roof on (any suggestions out there?) You finally figured out how to push the pedal on the VW bug and it is quite comical - since you don't put your hands on the steering wheel and just go.

Fun City

You had such a fun time at Fun City with all of your friends. You especially loved the balls and did NOT want to get out. You also enjoyed riding the rides and walking around everywhere. It was great to see everyone!

Yeah!! Blakely is potty trained!

The past few weeks Blakely has been wearing big girl Dora panties all day and even at nap time. She tells us all the time when she has to go potty. She has had one or two accidents, because she couldn't get her pants down fast enough. She still is wearing pull ups at night, but most nights she does stay dry. We are so proud of her and so happy that we only have to buy Lilly diapers.

Lilly's Portraits

Lilly was such a cutie and had her full smile on when she took her pictures. She was so happy.
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Blakely's Portraits-Almost 2 1/2

When I took Lilly to get her 3 month portraits I wanted to get one of the two girls together-that didn't happen. Lilly was getting too tired. (I even had the matching outfits. ughh...) So Blakely wanted to take pictures by herself. I think they make her look so much older than what she is or maybe I still want her to be my little Blakely.
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will and the girls

Will came over to see all the girls Blakely, Caroline and Olivia Grace. It was good to see you Kerri!!! We all had a good time visiting and watching the kids play.

My Ice Cream

You had your very own ice cream cone during the holiday. It was a baby cone from Shaky's. You ate every bit of it. Darby and Zach were in the back making sure you didn't spill any on you.

Our Weekend

We went to MO this weekend to see your Grandpa and Nana. You had a good time seeing all the family. We went to Stephanie and Jacob's wedding reception on Saturday night. You had SO much fun walking around with your red balloon. It was so good to see all of the Pope family.

Blakely and Madison

You finally got to meet Madison. I was so excited that the two of you finally got to meet. You had lots of fun shopping together. Mrs. Martha and I have been friends since we were 2 or 3. Maybe one day we can live close to each other so you could play with each other all the time.