We just wanted to share with everyone how grown up Blake looks in his new winter coat!
Musings from our Family of Five
Friday, October 31, 2008
Halloween 2008
Blake had lots of fun this Halloween! He dressed up as The Incredible Hulk! (He calls it his muscles) Here are a few pictures. We went with Mama Corrine and Papa Mark to StoneBridge's Trunk or Treat party. They told lots of different Bible stories and illustrated them. Once Blake listened to the story and interacted with those telling it, he got a handfull of candy. Hopefully he doesn't expect candy every time mommy reads him a Bible story!
We ate hot dogs and drank hot cocoa as we visited all of the different trunk displays. We all really enjoyed ourselves.
After Trunk or Treat, we went to see Papa Tom, then came home and handed out candy to the few trick or treaters who stopped by our house. We had a very good night and Blake had a blast. I'm pretty sure he really likes Halloween!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Hospitals and Other Details
Well, we have now officially pre-registered for our labor/delivery at two hospitals. One near our home and one near Desiree's work and school. So when Alexia comes we will be well prepared no matter where we are.
We appreciate all of the moral support we have gotten so far during this pregnancy. It is so comforting to know we have such a large group of friends and family who love us and are extremely excited for Alexia to join the family. We welcome all of you who would like to come share with us in the time before labor and once Alexia is born. If you would like to be notified when we go to the hospital and which hospital we are in just let us know in advance and we will be sure to call you and give you a heads up.
As of right now we are finishing up the 27th week and will be starting our third trimester on Friday! We are very excited to be so close to our delivery date! If I remember correctly the last trimester seems to take the longest because of anxiousness to meet baby, but I'm sure we can manage. This pregnancy has been a wonderful experience for us all and we are so happy to welcome a new life into this beautiful world!
We appreciate all of the moral support we have gotten so far during this pregnancy. It is so comforting to know we have such a large group of friends and family who love us and are extremely excited for Alexia to join the family. We welcome all of you who would like to come share with us in the time before labor and once Alexia is born. If you would like to be notified when we go to the hospital and which hospital we are in just let us know in advance and we will be sure to call you and give you a heads up.
As of right now we are finishing up the 27th week and will be starting our third trimester on Friday! We are very excited to be so close to our delivery date! If I remember correctly the last trimester seems to take the longest because of anxiousness to meet baby, but I'm sure we can manage. This pregnancy has been a wonderful experience for us all and we are so happy to welcome a new life into this beautiful world!
We Found Our Porches!!!!!
We've been hard at work on our house, but with both the expected and unexpected turns life takes sometimes, it has been on the back burner for the last couple months. Luckily, with the help of Angels in the form of family we were able to rent another dumpster and clear even more things out of the house.
Our porches which were cluttered with empty boxes and boxes with broken or damaged things in them are now clear! We have beautiful porches and Blake already loves to go sit on the front porch. It's a whole new play area for him and we finished clearing it just in time for it to shield him from the chilly weather we are experiencing.
Travis cleared the basement out quite a bit and it is about twice the size it was when all of our boxes and several other things were down there. I've discovered that I really did marry super-man! He is so multi-talented!!!! He also cleared out the garage, it is amazing how large it is!!!
We are planning on painting, but may not get to before winter comes. We only have 2 more closets to clear out and we are pretty much done other than the painting. We are also planning on adding either a half bath or a 3/4 bath.
I will try to post some pictures as we get work done!
Our porches which were cluttered with empty boxes and boxes with broken or damaged things in them are now clear! We have beautiful porches and Blake already loves to go sit on the front porch. It's a whole new play area for him and we finished clearing it just in time for it to shield him from the chilly weather we are experiencing.
Travis cleared the basement out quite a bit and it is about twice the size it was when all of our boxes and several other things were down there. I've discovered that I really did marry super-man! He is so multi-talented!!!! He also cleared out the garage, it is amazing how large it is!!!
We are planning on painting, but may not get to before winter comes. We only have 2 more closets to clear out and we are pretty much done other than the painting. We are also planning on adding either a half bath or a 3/4 bath.
I will try to post some pictures as we get work done!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Baby Shower #1
My friends Meagan and Kati threw a beautiful baby shower for Alexia October 12th. It was perfection and we had tons of fun. We were joined by Brianne, Aunt Cheryl, Grandma Wilson, my mom (Corinne), Tiffany, Holly, Kari, and quite a few others sent their love and gifts, but were unable to make it.
The theme was Fairy Tale Princess, so I they gave me a tiara and we received lots and lots of fairy tales to read to Alexia! We are so excited for her arrival and can't wait to be able to share the joy of reading with her!!!
All about Blake
Blake is a big boy now! A whole Two years old! He is very excited about his little sister, but is happy to have the next few months as the only child. He wants to be just like daddy and mimicks everything daddy does. He loves slides (He calls them wees) and loves to wear his "elmo towel".
He is talking up a storm and is very imaginitive and creative. He loves to draw judging by our collection of Blake drawings. He loves going to school to play with his friends 3 times a week and has recently moved up to the big kid room where he has a few little admirers!
More Fall Fun!
We participated in the Race for The Cure October 5th, we had a great time walking, Blake really liked seeing all of the babies and puppies. After the walk we stopped by the nearby park and took some pictures with the horses!
We also had lots of fun with our good friends Shane and Amy and their kids at Vala's! Shane and Travis are displaying their competitive streak trying to launch apples, and Travis takes Blake down the slide as mommy makes sure nobody falls off! We had a lot of fun and plan to go back soon with "Ma-Ma Corinne" and "Pa-Pa Mark".
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