Trying to Catch Up

Wow, it has been a really long time since the last post. As you can see, I have yet again changed the layout, still working on a more exciting background though. Regardless, I am much happier with this one and will vow to try and keep up better this time!

Boy have we been busy the last few months. We have visited Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Peter out in Oregon with Aunt Amanda, Mommy went to Colleen's wedding in Colorado and we celebrated Grammie's 60th birthday in Vero. We also attended the US Open-Tennis, went to a NY Mets game and visited a local farm.

Blake is becoming more and more amazing everyday. His vocabulary has just exploded over the past month or so. Granted, only Mommy can understand the majority of it, that doesn't make it any less adorable! He is repeating almost everything we say. He is especially concerned about how his friends, Gabi and Drew, are doing and asked about them probably 100 times a day or more. And now, we can practically have a conversation-a very simple one, but nonetheless, very special and often quite amusing.

So here is a quick glimpse of some of our favorite pictures over the last couple of months.

Riding on a 4-wheeler with Grandpa and having a blast!

With Grandma and Grandpa.

Just too darn cute not to post.

One of the cutest pictures ever! Loving his noodles.

The family at the US Open. Another type of ball for the little man to love.

A sleepy little man after a long day at the US Open.
Mommy just LOVED this cuddle time!

Happy Birthday Grammie!

A 60th Birthday Celebration for Mom.

Blake thinks that everything tastes better when it is dipped in ketchup.
Here he is eating lunch in Vero at the pool dipping cracker-type bread!

At the New York Mets baseball game. Ever since the ball game,
Blake has been obsessed with baseballs and bats.

Daddy and Blake at the local farm, petting the miniature horse.

Following in Grandpa's footsteps-loving tractors.

"Pop" Laughter

Blake was playing in his crib this morning with all of his balls (like we do a thousand times a day) and he started standing on one. I told him, "careful, we don't want it to pop" and hearing the word "pop" made him laugh so much. Enjoy "pop" laughter!

This Morning

I couldn't resist sharing this. This morning when we first got up and went into the kitchen to get Blake's milk, there was a peach on the counter and he pointed right to it and blurted out "peach" for the very first time! It was so exciting to hear him come out with something on his own like that. He has continually called anything that somewhat resembled this shape an apple, so this was huge!

Then if that wasn't cute enough, as I was preparing breakfast, he opened the cabinets with the pots and pans and sat there saying "hot" over and over again, while blowing on them to cool them off!

It's the simple things in life that can really make us smile!!!

Happiness Is...

...being completely surrounded by balls!

Non-Stop Traveling

Over the last two weekends, we visited the Catskill Mountains and Boston.

In the Catskills we had a very fun and relaxing time with Aunt Amanda and Tony. Daryl and Tony met for the first time and hit it off. Tony's sister and boyfriend also came. The boys stayed up all hours of the night having a grand ole time!

Future Quarterback for the Washington Redskins!

In Boston, we visited Aunt Amanda and Tony again, and Mom and Lou also came up. We had a fun family weekend and enjoyed Amanda and Tony's beautifully redecorated house along with phenomenal weather the whole time!

Chit Chat

Blake said "bubbles" today for the first time while we were playing at the park with some friends. He also has another word that he likes to say, "sit." But if you use your imagination a little, you can guess what else this word may sound like coming out of his mouth!!! And of course, "no" is becoming very popular. He says it quite a bit, but isn't really sure what he means by it...yet!

Sunny Florida & The Bahamas

Our recent trips to Florida and The Bahamas-at the Atlantis, Paradise Island.

Tiger Who?

Looks like a future PGA member. Now that we are home, he still loves playing golf, just like daddy.

Water -Loving Man

Naked man enjoying the water fountains.

Losing his britches!

Watch Out Michael Jordan!

We just bought the greatest gift ever for Blake, a basketball hoop, just his size! Daddy and Blake played ball last night and I don't know who had more fun!