blakes monkey and blankie

blake is not a clingy kid he is very independent and isnt attached to much...except his blankie and my old stuffed monkey, i dont know where he found the monkey but he carries it around all day long its like his best friend. and he will not touch any other blanket or go to sleep with one ,its a pain to try and get it away long enough to wash that thing!

On our trip to North Carolina we stopped for lunch and this mall had a carousel in the food court so grandpa steveo took blake and auntie jenny for a ride!

lexi can crawl! and stand!

lexi started crawling at 6 months and she can stand too! not bad for only 13 pounds eh?

bath time!

these are just too cute ! i couldnt help but share them!

the murder cycle

My little brother always called motor cycles murder cycles because he had a little bit of speech issues, it just stuck, and i dont have very fond memories of them, the last time i was on one i jacked up my knee pretty bad, it was the size of canada and black and purple all over!the bike fell on my knee, not a fun experience, so i was very hesitant when grandpa mike took blake on his first murder cycle ride, so i just went inside so i didnt have to watch. Grandpa mike bought him a helmet so i feel a little better, not much but i dont want to be one of those mean old grumpy moms who never lets their kids do anything because of my fears, so i guess i'll just have to roll with it!

the lake

mikes parent live on a lake. we took blake out there this summer because he was finally big enough to go for a kayak ride with daddy and grandpa mike! he loved i and had a blast! he liked lookin at all the fish swimming around him too! we took Lexi too but she wasn't much of a swimmer!

big boy bed

its the big boy bed! blake did so good transitioning to a toddler bed! we took him out of the crib when he was only 12 months old! and he stayed in bed... probably because he couldnt walk yet but nonetheless he stayed in bed! we had another little one who was going to need to be in the crib and we didnt want blake to feel like he was being replaced so we left the crib in his room for a few days while he slept in his big boy bed, and he never looked back!