Blake turns 7!

November 16th, we celebrated his 7th birthday. We do parties for our kids every other year, and this year was not his turn for a party. But we tried to make it special for him by cooking his favorite breakfast: scrambled eggs, bacon, and hash browns. He then got to play Minecraft for a while, his favorite new game. We then headed to Wendy's for lunch, and then Gamestop so he could spend his birthday money from Grandma Maxwell. He chose a new game for his DS, Super Mario 64. After we got home, we had ice cream cone cakes and opened his presents from us; a beyblade stadium with a beywarrior, some new Star Wars Legos, and a Lego Ningago cards/figure set. He loved all his presents! Because it was a cooler day, we got some firewood and after eating pizza for dinner, we made a fire in the fireplace and enjoyed that. It was a great day, and I think he liked it. The next morning he asked if he could turn back time so he could have another day like his birthday. We didn't make him clean his room before he played video games, and he was super excited about that! We sure love Blake, and love his spunky personality and quick wit.

Nathan is 11 months old!

Only one more month and Nathan will be a year old! Where has the time gone? This month he has learned to clap his hands, wave to people, stand on his own, and crawl and climb at super speed. At his ENT appointment today, he passed the hearing test with flying colors, and she loved all the new sounds he is making. And the best part was seeing him weigh in at over 18 pounds!! He has gained over 2 pounds in less than 2 months. I am so happy about this. He's gone up to almost the 5th percentile, and I'm sure it will only go up from here, because he LOVES to eat. His favorite is cinnamon toast and yogurt in the morning, a PB&J sandwich and fruit at lunch, and dinner, he'll eat whatever we have, usually. We love our Nathan!