Update....

Can it seriously be April already?! I have not posted a blog since January and honestly it is due to me forgetting all about my blogspot! Hard to believe, guess I have so much going on that it took the back burner for a bit.
Well, a lot has happened since Blake's first birthday. Him walking for starters. A week long visit from Noni during spring break. A trip to Knoxville(mini vacation as the girls called it). And now SNOW in April! We are also redoing our half bath, that is almost finished! Thank you Paula for all your help!
Katie is going to go on her FIRST feild trip and ride a school bus for the first time on Wednesday April 8th. They are going to the Tivoli, Ally and I will meet them over there and watch the show with them! They are going to the zoo later in April. She will be starting Kindergarten at St Jude in the fall and is very excited to be attending the same school her mommy went to.
Ally is loving her new teacher at PDO....considering it is her MomMom.....it is not surprise!
Pictures to come as I decided which ones out of the hundreds to post!

ONE year?!

Blake turned ONE year old on January 8th. ONE year! Where did the time go?

As I sit here and try to think of something witty or elegnat to write, all I can think of is

the bitter sweetness of my little baby turning into a toddler, a little boy. The things he does now, fights off his sisters, loves hammers and anything with wheels, can devour any food you put in front of him faster then you can give it to him, is trying his darndest to walk, climbs...climbs like his sisters never even attempted, crawls faster then I can walk at times, head butts with his daddy, gives the sweetest little kisses, hates getting his diaper changed and can make a mess in less then a minute.

The more the time flies by, the more babytraits are replaced by boy traits. I am watching a little boy form right before my eyes. I never imagined how different my little boy could be from my little girls. After we had Ally, I was shocked how two sisters from the same parents could be so very different. And surprisingly I have been shocked again by the vast difference my little boy has shown me thus far.

Blake found a strong love for Cake, pizza, strawberry flavored milk, hamburgers, french toast and anything else that his sisters eat! We have been feeding him anything and everything we eat the last couple weeks and he is loving it. I never would have dreamed of feeding some of those things to the girls this soon. But my little man spits out any baby or baby grauate food you try to give him, taking 'real' table food any day.

We threw him a huge birthday bash...two of them actually. One a couple days before his birthday for family and another a few ays after for all our friends and extended family. He had a blast playing with balloons, opening presents, eating cake and getting more attention then he knew how to handle. Thank you all who were part of those celebrations, it means a lot to us!

Christmas past

So I noticed my last post mentioned that Blake was going to get tubes. He did in the middle of November and he has had 2 ear infections since. The tubes make it where the fluid from the infection drains out so it is not trapped in the ear. So he only required antibiotics in the form of an ear drop. He had his ears checked yesterday and now they are perfect! I am so excited. That means this is the first time in almost 5 months his ears have been clean and clear!
Ally finished potty training. She has random accidents but for the most part has done fantastic! She also has been having several ear infections and fluid in her ears the last couple months. And what worries the doctor about hers is she does not complain about it, it does not hurt or bother her. Why that is bad I am not sure but she has to see the ENT in 2 weeks(After her 3rd round of antibiotics). SHe had tubes last fall('07) that fell out in 6 months. They normally would like for the tubes to last 2 or so years. So there is the possibility she will need to get another set of tubes soon. The Doctor thinks that her ear problems off and on since she was a baby is contributing to her lack of speech. In addition to having an older sister, being shy and stubborn.
Katie's Christmas break is almost over and I have had so much fun having her home 24/7. I will miss her when she starts back to school!
We had a wonderful Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve with my family, had a wonderful home cooked(by mom) dinner and opened a couple presents. We also had an array of different treats to munch on mom made for us all! On the way home the girls and I watched for Christmas lights. Christmas we spent the morning at home having some wonderful quality family time, opening gifts and playing with the kids new toys. Then went to my parents for lunch and to open more presents for the kids.
Now it is New Years Day. I can not believe how fast time flies. Last night we went to a friends home where the kids played with some friends and we socialized with ours. We were hpme by 9pm and let the kids lay in bed with us till the ball dropped. We slept in this morning had a special(fatty and full of sugar!) breakfast for a treat, had lunch with my family and helped do some cleaning at the church nursery(they are rennovating it). Then off to Play World Down under for a play date and home for dinner of left overs and family play time.
Katie goes back to school Wednesday. We plan to do some more fun things before she starts back. Although I will be sad, she said she misses her teacher and wants to go back!