11 Months Old!

I'm not sure why she insists on keeping her arms straight out every time I try and get her picture, but that is precisely what she does! Blakely has grown up so much this month. Every single month amazes me, but this one was really big! She is now constantly calling 'Mama', 'Daddy', and 'Zizi'. Just yesterday she opened the office door and called for 'daddy' with a question tone in her voice. She is so smart. I have also heard her say 'hi zizi' about 3 times in the past week. She loves to move-no doubt about that. This little girl is ALWAYS on the go. If you have a magazine, book, notebook or any other form of paper-it will get torn up and eaten if she can get her hands on it. She loves our cell phones, her sippy cup and zizi. I have caught her being very mischievous with zizi lately. She loves feeding zizi & zizi loves eating whatever she has...I don't love either. 

She loves peek-a-boo, her lovie, her giraffe 'raffe', books, BATH BATH time, "click-clicking" her tongue to make funny noises. She is literally running with dino lately and anywhere she can keep one hand balancing her. Last week she stood up on her own & when she realized she wasn't holding onto anything she panicked and dropped to her booty. She is plenty strong to walk on her own and I'm pretty sure the balance is there-just a matter of time now! She has 4 teeth now. (The top left front and the one beside it and the two bottom center) The other top tooth on the right is SO close to breaking through!

Although our house is child-proofed I am finding so many things that are not. It amazes me what all she finds to get in to...she is just so fast. I've heard from so many people that as soon as they start crawling-it's all over. Boy were they right. She is literally a full time job these days. 

& now for the stats:

Weight- My scale still isn't working....I'm thinking 22 pounds???

Length-Will measure and get back to you...

Diaper size-3

Mo. Clothes- 18-24 months (even the clothes I've been sewing have been 18 mo.)

Shoe Size-3

Naps/Sleeping-1 hour in the AM, 1 hour in the afternoon & 1-2 hours in the late afternoon, 7 PM bedtime

Eating-4, 8oz bottles every 4 hours & Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner.

She likes grits, oatmeal, toast or pancakes, ANY fruits & pretty much any veggies

She loves cheese, yogurt, puffs, yogurt melts

I guess that's it for today! 

Easter

We had such a great Easter this year. Blakely is feeling great these days (yay!!!) so she really enjoyed her day, which made it really good for all of us! =) The Easter Bunny came for a visit last night and brought both Zizi and Blakely some fun goodies! Blakely was more interested in her $.50 plastic eggs than anything else... We then went to Church where she did excellent playing with everyone. After church and lunch, while Blakely took her afternoon siesta, Clint and I dyed Easter eggs! (obviously my idea and persuasion!)-but we had a good time. Then after Blakely woke up we went on our way to the Lyle's for some more goodie baskets and time!

Here are pictures from today!

Pretty Blakely & family after church

Easter Bunny done good!

Blakely with her Great-Grandpa Lyle

Happy Easter!

Feeling better!

CHEEESE!

Taking each and every diaper out of the basket & handing them to me one by one.

We are finally getting over a bad cold/teething deal going on. Blakely started feeling yucky on Friday night and by Saturday morning it was on. This is the worst she has felt since birth I'm afraid. I have spotted 4 new teeth in this process so I am assuming the runny nose & high fever are a result to that. I however, also have a really terrible sore throat & have had this for a few days so who really knows...All I know is that I am so happy to see her feeling better! Nobody likes a sick baby! Maybe with some sleep I'll get to feeling better too! =)

We have been LOVING this beautiful weather. Blakely loves her wagon rides around our neighborhood. It seems to be the only thing to settle her crying during the day. 

Chillaxin'

Words cannot express how much I love this creature!!!

An afternoon outside!

Blakely sure did enjoy lounging in her wagon and soaking in some rays this Saturday afternoon. She has been really feeling terrible & some sunshine seemed to have really helped, little did I know what nighttime held for us! Yesterday was Allison's 30th birthday and we had intended on getting together with the rest of the family for dinner, cake and presents...Blakely had something else in mind! Let's just say we didn't get to eat with the family & no strawberry cake from Edgers...

This was early in the afternoon

& the one below is just before our 30th Birthday celebration! Looks happy right?!? NOT FOR LONG!!!

Crusin'

We are proud to announce that Blakely is basically running with her dino these days. She entertains herself quite well with her toys (which is so huge for me!) =) Here are a few shots of her playing around our house today!

Happy Birthday Mr. Man

Yesterday was Clint's Birthday & what a birthday it was! We went to lunch, visited the zoo (Blakely's first visit), Clint rode his bike and then we went to dinner at the Cheesecake factory while my mom watched Blakely for us! Cake and presents ended the day back home. Here are some pictures of our full day!

Cake & Presents

                        

                               About to go eat dinner!

Sweet Sophia

We got to play with Sophia today! (This is our sweet neighbor from across the street) She is exactly one month older than Blakely so we get the privilege of seeing what Blakely will be like in the future. It is so much fun letting them play together. We are lucky to have them so close in age!

Sunday Snapshots

Today was absolutely perfect. The sun, the cool breeze, everything about spring is just so calming. We got some great shots at the playground too!

Lunch at Memaw's House

Today was such a great day! We went on over to Memaw's for a little visit.  We were so glad to get to see Uncle Brian, who came in town for Clint's birthday! Blakely loved every second of it. Memaw let her play with some Easter eggs which totally entertained her for most of our visit!