Memory Walk 2009

Thanks to the generosity of many friends and family members, my team and I were able to raise $780 for the Alzheimer's Association. Wow! I'm so appreciative of everyone's support. Lori, Christine and JeanEllen joined my family, including my Dad, on the walk this past Saturday. The weather was perfect, we had a good time.

Memory Walk

The Memory Walk is coming up soon on October 3rd for the Alzheimer's Association. My family and a few friends are walking in it. I have been raising money, some of you may have received an email from me last month looking for anyone who may be interested in donating to this worthy cause. Several people have already made generous donations which I'm very appreciative of!! I don't want anyone to feel obligated, but if you're interested feel free to check out my fundraising page - https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=297930&supId=262855682

Dinner

Blake had his first meal consisting of something other than milk. He tried rice cereal, which I sampled myself and immediately understood where some of the faces he was making came from. It definitely wasn't the tastiest thing I've ever prepared. But he ate several spoonfuls, he only spit one bite back out. He wasn't sure whether to be happy or disgusted or fearful!





It was such a nice day today. Unfortunately we didn't spend much time outside, but we did have all of the windows open and still enjoyed the fresh air. Blitz and Blake have become great buddies. And Blitz likes to sneak kisses in on Blake's face whenever we aren't close by to stop him.

My little baby

Brian took some pictures.

4 Months

Last week Blake had his 4 month appointment. He was 25" (57th percentile) and 13 lbs (15th percentile). So he's pretty small. He doesn't have the chubbiness too him like a lot of babies his age. I asked if I should try to feed him some more but the doctor said he's fine.

He's starting to put everything he gets his hands on to his mouth, he likes to chew on stuff. He's also finally letting me read some books to him occasionally. And now that he can rollover he has a new favorite sleeping position, the exact position that I sleep in. He sleeps on his right side, partly on his stomach, with his left leg bent up, just like me. He always makes me laugh with all of his giggles. And it makes me a little sad when I put him to sleep every night, I always want to spend more time with him. But it's worth it because my favorite time is getting him out of his crib in the morning. He does all of his stretches and wiggling around, and then come the smiles and legs kicking from the excitement of seeing Aaron or me. (It's important to let him do his stretches first though or else he gets mad!)

On another note, Kim went to the hospital again tonight. She got a couple bags of fluids. Hang in there Kim!

Summer Fun

Today was moving day for Aaron's sister Sarah and her fiance Ryan. So Aaron went to Columbus to help them. Blake had a day with Mommy. One of our adventures was to go grocery shopping. Everything was going smooth until we got to the meat section. That's where the screaming began. I picked him up out of his car seat to hold him and saw poo covering half of his back. He immediately was placed back into the car seat and grocery shopping was kicked into high gear. Luckily he stopped crying, I just got a few more things and then headed for the checkout line. Not cool Blake!

We got a pool for Blake yesterday so today we tested it out. He loved it. He just sat there looking around at the water. He didn't splash around like I thought he would. He just happily sat there.



The first time his feet touched the grass.

My nephew Harrison turned 2 on August 5th. We went over to his house that night for his birthday party. He was so excited about it. His favorite gift was a whoopie cushion from my friend Marc. He could not get enough of it, it was hilarious!

The theme was firemen.

New Pics

Hangin' out with mom and dad.

At the zoo with Harrison.

Some mommy time.

I took off his bib for the picture and his outfit was soaked. He drools so much that the bib gets soaked along with his outfit.