The Lake

 This weekend I decided to attempt a trip with these two...(something that totally changed our plans for this week of going to the beach for the 4th.) Let me just say that i am EXHAUSTED from our 'relaxing' weekend at the lake. After much thought and deliberation, I decided that a 5 hour trip to the beach for a week was out of the question. (at least while P is this young) I'm gonna give him another month or so before I attempt that one!  Our weekend started a little something like this...a 2 hour car ride hearing the same 5 songs over and over via Blakely's request. Let me tell you from experience, Elmo will make you feel really crazy after 2 hours! It was either that or hear constant screaming-we chose elmo...

Our nights were interesting. I attempted to sleep in the same bed as Blakely. I know lots of Mommy's out there do this on a regular basis but I am not one of them. I love my sleep and so does she. There have been many nights where she will scream out to me needing something that she accidently dropped. After I pick it up she always tells me 'night night momma-bye bye, Blakely sleepy.' in other words get out!!!

Anyways, when I crawled into bed around 10 she didn't even notice. (YAY!) THEEEN at 2 she woke up-and I mean WOKE up! She was jumping on the bed having a ball. Asking me to sing songs while poking all over my face...not fun at 2am! All the while I am literally praying our little Parker doesn't wake up since he is in our room too! This party lasted until she finally passed out around 4:30am and then you know who woke up! Fun times for this Momma!  

On a positive note-she loved the water this year. Last year she hated it! She did great letting me put sunscreen all over and didn't mind having her floaties on. Also, she did MUCH better the second night =)

Below is a pic from last year in July  

And this year...

Funny what difference one year makes!

Lake Fun

I'm sad to report that I didn't take many pics this weekend =( I did snap a few in my latest creation though. I just got a new embroidery machine-yay! and I'm learning how to use it. This little jellyfish was my first solo attempt. Turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself. I made an Auburn outfit just like this one & I'm in love with it! I'll post pics soon of that one!

Oh and I must tell everyone-Blakely officially LOVES 'swimming' in the lake now! YAY!!! She did so great this weekend just floating around. We kept her down there one time for around one & a half hours and she loved every second of it! I can't tell you how happy that made me! I even dunked her under water and she didn't even cry. Such a breakthrough!

13 Months Old

I cannot believe one month has already slipped by on us. Blakely is still not walking aside from a couple of steps every now and then. She liked the lake this time!!! I went to target and bought some of those bath foam letters and have been getting in the bath with her in attempts to make her love her bath time again-success! She loves bath time! YAY!!! So I was hoping that getting in the lake would now be fun too & it was! She still doesn't like getting in her float but she loved us holding her!

Life has been really getting fun lately. Blakely is pretty much always happy these days. She loves peek-a-boo & has learned to now hide from us. She laughs and laughs when you get right next to her hear and say anything. She loves swinging in the swing Kaki bought for the lake.

Our biggest achievement this month is our transition to the sippy-NO MORE BOTTLE!!! So this month we dropped formula & the bottle & she drinks all her milk ice cold out of the fridge (never thought we would get here!) She will not drink out of just any sippy though-only the nuby ones with a straw... It is so funny to me how each and every child is so different! We are also phasing out our paci. Blakely only gets it at night and in the morning we drop it in the crib and say 'bye bye'. Really funny side story-at the lake when she didn't want to sleep at 2 in the AM I am sitting on the floor by the pack-n-play rubbing her back and trying to make her take the paci so she will go back to sleep & then I see her grab the paci and drop it over the side saying 'bye bye'... hmmm she's a lot smarter little bugger than I have been giving her credit for!

So she knows the words bye-bye (buh buh), hi (hiiiiiiiii), hey (heeey), momma, daddy, thank you (tank-ummm) Tank-ummm is a favorite! She says this when she wants anything. I have always said thank you as I was taking something she didn't need to have & well I guess she now thinks that saying thank you means you can take anything-whoops!

Stats:
Weight- 24 pounds
Height-
Size Diaper- 4
Eating - Exactly what we eat!
Drinking - Around 24 oz whole milk & water throughout the day
Sleeping- Still sleeping till 7 most days, naps for around an hour in the AM, an hour after lunch, and an hour around 4, goes to sleep around 7.
Size Clothes- 18 months

Progress at the lake

The pier is finished & the deck is just about there!  Thanks boys!

Speechless

Every weekend the sunset seems to outdo the prior one seen! I cannot even pretend to describe what this sunset looked like in person. These pictures do a good job at showing its magnificence though! I have lots more pics to come of our time at the lake this weekend & an update post on Blakely turning 13 months! Hoping to get those up today!

Hope everyone had a great weekend.