I've been MIA

Just wanted to let y'all know that I am still alive!! Haven't posted ALL week....but I have good excuses! I plan on posting tomorrow....Life keeps getting in the way of my blogging :)

Mommy and Me pictures....

As mentioned Blake and I had our little photo shoot on Tuesday night...and he was TERRIBLE. Such a pistol the whole time. Literally throwing a fit. I didn't think that we would get any good shots....BUT, low and behold...we did. Miranda at MP Photography is amazing. She was so patient and sweet with Blake. I was humiliated by the way that he acted...but looking at these 4 'sneak peek's' that she posted..you would have never know what a little terror Blake was :)

I really like this one....B's eyes look SO blue.
And this one where the little stinker wouldn't give me the flower...

I am pretty pleased that we got a few framers :)

I've been a bad blogger....

I just haven't been posting lately....or taking ANY pictures. Not sure what it going on. Guess I am in a funk.
SO...what have we been up to?

• Celebrated my mom's birthday on Monday! We to lunch at her fav restaurant...we are still planning on dinner sometime, but have been so busy.
• Blake turned 17 months last Thursday...and I didnt even do a post!! (bad mama)
• Blake and I got our pictures taken last night. It was a disaster! If the poor photographer got one good picture I will be shocked! I guess Blake just wasn't in the mood!
• Took Blake in for his allergy follow-up today. Doc says he is doing MUCH better...and looks good. We can take him off some of the meds...just going to stick with the nasal inhaler for now and see if that works! Thank goodness.
• I could not believe how much he weighed...23 lbs. 7 oz! That seems so big to me! Doc still wants to keep him on the pediasure for a bit to help with the weigh gain and growth.
• The weather looks like it is finally getting better...so hopefully we can enjoy some time outside!

Here are a few older pictures. These are from cousin Addy's 1st Birthday party...impossible to get a picture of these little wiggle worms right now...

And another for a couple of weeks ago...when Blake still had his curls :)

Up All Night!!

We had a pretty LONG weekend….with very little sleep! Blake was up all night on both Friday and Saturday nights. I am not sure what was happening. I do know that the poor kid was burning up…so he had a fever. We took him to the walk-in clinic on Saturday and he did have and ear infection, AND he is popping his molars through. Poor kid. He is on anti-biotics (again), so hopefully that will help. He did sleep through the night again last night…so hopefully we are turning a corner!!

We were at my parents house on Friday, so my poor mother was up all night with him…bless her heart!! Saturday we were home…

He is so stinking smart…giving him medicine is almost impossible. I have tried all of the tricks…but nothing works…and he holds the medicine in his mouth and then just spits it all out. I just pray that he is getting a little…and that it is enough to make a difference!!

Blake's Trip to the Barbershop!

As mentioned yesterday, Blake had his 1st real haircut!! He looks like such a big boy now. My dad wanted him to go down to the Broadway Barbershop where all of the men go for their haircuts. Yesterday we met my dad down there, so he could help us out!!

Here is the mop beforehand!!

Getting started!
Blake did such a good job. Just sat there on my dad's lap like a big boy. It could have been a disaster...but I was so proud of him!

He was really concerned with what was going on in the next chair over most of the time!

They even had a little reading material to keep him entertained!

Starting to take shape!

The back view of our sweet little guy afterwards. I guess I didn't get a good front view...but it looks really good...and he looks like a boy now..not a baby!!

8x8

Chelsea tagged me to participate in a photo game.

The rules are:
1. Go to your photos files and select the 8th photo folder.
2. Select the 8th photo in that folder.
3. Post that photo along with the story behind it.
4. Then challenge 8 blogging friends to do the same

My 8th folder contained pictures from last summer. This is a picture of my dear friend Kellianne and I last summer up in Traverse City. We were up for the weekend to attend a wedding. Kellianne is getting married this summer on August 7th! I am so excited for her :)

Now I tag:
1. Francis at the Fick Family Blog
2. Ashley at the Thames Trio
3. Terri at Peace Love and Applesauce
4. Paige at Mommy and Charli
5. Samantha at Sink or Swim
6. Heather at Step Inside...
7. Annie at Chapters of our Life
8. Stefanie at Lexie Loo & Dylan Too

Bye-Bye sweet curls....

Say farewell to these sweet soft blonde curls. We got Blake hair cut for the first time today (besides a few snips that I did myself when needed). I did take some pictures, but I have not loaded them yet. I will post them later.
It was a little bitter sweet to see those sweet curls fall to the ground. He looks like such a big boy with his short hair.....it really does look so much better. He did a GREAT job at the barber shop....yes we took him to the barber shop. He sat there on my dad's lap with all of the other men, and took it like a man. I was so proud of him. Our baby is growing up.