Thursday, July 30, 2009
7-30-09
Blake had his 15 month check up yesterday. He got a couple more vaccines and of course did not like anything about it. He weighed in at 19 lbs 8 oz and is 29 inches long. Ok the boy just does not want to hit the 20 lb mark, but he has finally gotten onto the curve for his length. Yeah. He is walking all over the place, of course he waddles sometimes and falls down but he is doing so great. He is saying mama and dada all the time...more mama than anything...whoohoo good job buddy! Haha. He has also started a new in home day care and isn't sure if he likes it yet or not. He is so spoiled and fusses when his sitter puts him down. Can you imagine...Blake...never. His grandmother spoils him wrotten and can't stand to see him cry so she carrys him everywhere...even when I tell her not to. That's a grandparent for ya..making my life harder haha.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
7-21-09
So Blake now knows how to turn on and off the t.v. It comes as sort of a problem when you are trying to watch The Bachelorette. Good thing we have DVR. He has been getting really good at walking around the room for longer distances at a time. Tonight he walked from the living room to the kitchen all by himself. I was in there cooking and Rob was in the living room. He walked over turned off the t.v....which he is once again doing right now...come on.......anyway, then turned and walked to where I was in the kitchen. I can't believe how fast he is growing.
So I just finished cooking dinner and I heard Rob calling me. I looked up to see Blake walking towards me holding his calendar that I write in when he does something funny or great. He decided to bring it to me lol. What a turkey. Right now Robert has him sitting in his lap and is holding a glass of iced coke. Blake keeps grabbing it trying to drink from it. Robert put it up to Blake's foot and said "it's cold" and Blake started laughing. He pulled his foot away and then stuck it back up there for Rob to stick the cold glass back on his foot. He is so silly. He also knows when it is time for his bath. The other night he heard Rob turn on the bath water. He turned looked at me and started pulling at his shirt for me to take it off. It is so unbelievable how smart they are at this age. Love him love him love him!
So I just finished cooking dinner and I heard Rob calling me. I looked up to see Blake walking towards me holding his calendar that I write in when he does something funny or great. He decided to bring it to me lol. What a turkey. Right now Robert has him sitting in his lap and is holding a glass of iced coke. Blake keeps grabbing it trying to drink from it. Robert put it up to Blake's foot and said "it's cold" and Blake started laughing. He pulled his foot away and then stuck it back up there for Rob to stick the cold glass back on his foot. He is so silly. He also knows when it is time for his bath. The other night he heard Rob turn on the bath water. He turned looked at me and started pulling at his shirt for me to take it off. It is so unbelievable how smart they are at this age. Love him love him love him!
Friday, July 17, 2009
7-17-09 Blake's "Snack"
Well Blake has finally done it. He made it so that my mom's curse on me finally worked. He tried to eat dog poop. At my mother-in-laws house there is a peepee pad for the little dogs who refuse to go outside. So normally I am able to get to it once they go, clean it up so there is nothing he can get into. Well apparently one of the dogs went and I didn't know about it but Blake did. He found the pad before I did and decided to have a snack. Wow did he ever get upset once he got it in his mouth and realized it was not a tasty treat after all. I grabbed him up REAL quick and got it out of his mouth. Then I had to wash out his mouth, then use toothpaste and scrub even more and then wash it out again. I made dang sure there was nothing left in his little mouth. Poor thing, he cried and yelled the whole time but there was not way I was taking any chances. I was so disqusted the entire time. I just hope he doesn't try it again....you would think he learned his lesson, but little boys can be very mischevious. I can only imagine what is to come.
Friday, July 10, 2009
more pics
begging for food from Grandma like the dogs...crazy boy.
Thought he was funny putting his sock in his mouth.
Family dinner
Blake had two little girls bring him a balloon and flirt with him. He loved it of course.
Watching fireworks for Fourth of July
Playing with Daddy and Papa
Sitting with Mommy
Cheese!
Waiting for the fireworks with Papa
Waiting in the AC'd car for the fireworks to start...too hot outside. Blake was watching a movie and thought he would attack the screen.
Mason and Blake both wanting their Daddy's attention
Big Blue Eye'd Boy
Getting into the toy closet at Nana & Papa's
in his bouncer jumpingSome pics
Easter 2009
being silly in Daddy's hat
Before surgery with Papa
Hanging with the boys
Wants to be a newborn again
Chillin with his NICU buddy Belle
Dr. Polon...the one that saved my life!
Dr. Mazurski...the one that saved his life!
Visiting Gabe at St. David's
7-10-09
Wow it has been a long time since I have updated Blake's blog. I have been so busy. I finally graduated from college and have been looking for a teaching position here in Houston. So on to Mr. Blake.
On April 1st Blake had tubes put in his ears. Ever since he has been doing great and has not had any more ear infections. He also had an airway check because his sleep study showed some obstructed sleep apnea. However there was nothing really abnormal that would cause the obstructed apneas. Since he doesn't completely stop breathing during the apneas and only skips breaths, they are not worried about it. He will have another sleep test done when he is around 18 months old. He started showing progress in his crawling after that and around Easter started crawling all over the place!
He turned 1 in April. It just so happened that on his first birthday March of Dimes hosted the March for Babies 2009 here in Houston downtown...crazy it was on his actual birthday. So on the day before which was a Saturday we had his birthday party. All of our family and friends were able to come in from out of town to celebrate with us. Then on the next day which was a Sunday we celebrated by participating in the March of Dimes walk downtown. We had a huge group of people and raised a lot of money for March of Dimes. Thank you to all that donated in Blake's name. And of course since it was his first birthday we had to go all out and bring big old balloons to carry. When we walked across the start line they announced his birthday which of course made me start crying. I was so happy we had made it this far!
So Blake is now 14 months old and has recently started taking steps and walking a little bit more every day. His balance is starting to get better. I never thought I would see the day he started walking. I just want time to stop so he can stay little forever! He has learned to say Dadadada and just a couple days ago started saying Mamama. He also has one tooth in on the bottom and one more on bottom and one on top coming in. And for some reason it isn't the center top teeth, it is his left side incisors which normally don't come in till after the center ones. But since when is anything go normal with Blake? Poor thing is in so much discomfort from them. He has had a really hard time cutting them and getting them to come through. I just hope it doesn't stay this way the entire teething time because I can't stand to see him miserable.
Blake loves the water. We have started taking him swimming at my parent's neighborhood pool. He loves to splash the water. We went and watched the fireworks for fourth of July and I honestly thought he would freak out over the loud pops and booms but he didn't. He loved watching the fireworks. We even got him a glow stick to play with which he also loved shaking around. He is becoming such a big boy. I got a little teary eyed while watching my dad holding Blake and pointing up to the sky. This time last year I was spending the fourth of July at Blake's bedside in the NICU. I could hear the fireworks popping outside in the sky and all I could do was pray that his blood pressure would not increase any higher from all the fireworks noises. He was still fighting high blood pressure at that time since they had just moved him into an open crib only the day before I didn't know how he would handle all the extra surrounding noises. He was so used to his quiet safe isolet. That was a big change for him. He handled it like a champ though. And again this year he handled the fireworks like a champ. My little man is getting to be such a big boy!
On April 1st Blake had tubes put in his ears. Ever since he has been doing great and has not had any more ear infections. He also had an airway check because his sleep study showed some obstructed sleep apnea. However there was nothing really abnormal that would cause the obstructed apneas. Since he doesn't completely stop breathing during the apneas and only skips breaths, they are not worried about it. He will have another sleep test done when he is around 18 months old. He started showing progress in his crawling after that and around Easter started crawling all over the place!
He turned 1 in April. It just so happened that on his first birthday March of Dimes hosted the March for Babies 2009 here in Houston downtown...crazy it was on his actual birthday. So on the day before which was a Saturday we had his birthday party. All of our family and friends were able to come in from out of town to celebrate with us. Then on the next day which was a Sunday we celebrated by participating in the March of Dimes walk downtown. We had a huge group of people and raised a lot of money for March of Dimes. Thank you to all that donated in Blake's name. And of course since it was his first birthday we had to go all out and bring big old balloons to carry. When we walked across the start line they announced his birthday which of course made me start crying. I was so happy we had made it this far!
So Blake is now 14 months old and has recently started taking steps and walking a little bit more every day. His balance is starting to get better. I never thought I would see the day he started walking. I just want time to stop so he can stay little forever! He has learned to say Dadadada and just a couple days ago started saying Mamama. He also has one tooth in on the bottom and one more on bottom and one on top coming in. And for some reason it isn't the center top teeth, it is his left side incisors which normally don't come in till after the center ones. But since when is anything go normal with Blake? Poor thing is in so much discomfort from them. He has had a really hard time cutting them and getting them to come through. I just hope it doesn't stay this way the entire teething time because I can't stand to see him miserable.
Blake loves the water. We have started taking him swimming at my parent's neighborhood pool. He loves to splash the water. We went and watched the fireworks for fourth of July and I honestly thought he would freak out over the loud pops and booms but he didn't. He loved watching the fireworks. We even got him a glow stick to play with which he also loved shaking around. He is becoming such a big boy. I got a little teary eyed while watching my dad holding Blake and pointing up to the sky. This time last year I was spending the fourth of July at Blake's bedside in the NICU. I could hear the fireworks popping outside in the sky and all I could do was pray that his blood pressure would not increase any higher from all the fireworks noises. He was still fighting high blood pressure at that time since they had just moved him into an open crib only the day before I didn't know how he would handle all the extra surrounding noises. He was so used to his quiet safe isolet. That was a big change for him. He handled it like a champ though. And again this year he handled the fireworks like a champ. My little man is getting to be such a big boy!
Monday, March 23, 2009
December till 3-23-09
Wow I have really fallen behind on my blogging. So Sorry! I have been swamped with college and Mr. Man I have had absoltuley no time to write. So let's do a quick recap since December. We had Christmas in Kerrville with family. My parents came down from Ohio. Blake absolutley loved all the Christmas paper and unwrapping everything. The boy loved the paper more than his new toys. My parents anounced to the family that they were moving back to Texas to be closer to us kids. I think the cold was getting to them. JK. Let's see. Blake had his first New Years and stayed up with us to celebrate...trust me it was not our idea. He had his own plans. He tried to take Rob's champaign glass away from him. We celebrated in our PJ's and socks. On January 5th Blake sat up for the first time on his won for a little bit. He also got an ear infection that day...The first of MANY! He had his first overnight stay on Jan 9th with his Grandma while Rob and I went to see Celine Dion and celebrate (late celebrate) our Anniversary. We found out he is allergice to Pennicilin just like his Grandpa Bob. We went to Austin to see our friends and stopped by the NICU to visit. Blake was the center of attention. We got there right at shift change and every nurse that came out stopped to see him. He was in love. He made flirty eyes at everyone and gave them all the biggest smiles ever. He started saying Mamama and bababa. I think it was just him talking and not putting it together with mama or anything. After Austin, he got a horrible stomach virus which wasn't fun and we all then got it. He stated holding his own bottle at his nine month mark and at his checkup weighed in at 14 lbs 4 oz. Oh he started going to an in home day care on Monday's all day and Tuesday's in the afternoon while I am in class. He gets to play with two other little kids one is three and I think the other is a little over 1.
The first week of February Blake started sitting up without assistance. He came down with more ear infections this month. He also decided he didn't want to wear contacts anymore and destroyed every single pair we had. Due to him getting many many ear infections over and over and different viruses, he has stayed around 15 lbs for the entire month. He is trying to figure out how to roll from back to front and almost has it.
This month in March Blake had changed a lot. last week he weighed in at 16 lbs 4 oz. He finally gained weight after 2 months of not. He rolls from his front to his back and back to front. He pushes up and tries to crawl but due to his balance and fluid on his ears he falls over every time. He puts his head down and tries to push forward with his legs and head instead of using his hands to crawl. He saw an ENT last week and will be getting tubes put in on April 1st. What a way to spend April Fools Day! Yuck. My parents finally moved into their new house here in Houston last week. Guess what we got to do all spring break. If I never see another moving box again it will be too soon. Rob and I put in a bid on a house and are waiting to hear back if we get it or not. While at my parents house Blake started walking in his walker. He had never figured out how to do it until last week. They have wood floors and he busted a move all around the downstairs. He would follow me from room to room. It was too cute. He has finally figured out when we leave his sight or not. Not sure if that is a good thing yet or not. lol. He is having a really hard time cutting his teeth. They just don't want to pop through so he hurts a lot. Poor baby. He is a lot more vocal and loves to hum. He has started giggling at the dogs and things he thinkgs is funny. He had a sleep study done last week and they found he is having "blockage apneas". That is where his brain fires signals to breathe, he does the work to try to take a breath but he doesn't get any air in. Something is blocking the air from entering. His doctor says it is not life threatening becuase he still gets other breaths in and itsn't like central apnea where he will stop breathing all together...I hope he is right. When he gets his tubes next week they are going to check his adnoids, tonsils and size of his throat and airways to see if that is the problem. Since he can't crawl yet, he rolls himself all over thr room. At this very minute he has decided to help me unfold the laundry I just folded. He rolled off his mat and over to the clean pile of burp rags and has thrown them everywhere. He is also knawing on them. Thanks buddy! So as you can see, he has come a long way. I can't believe he will be a year next month. It has gone by so fast. The March Of Dimes walk is on his one year birthday, so we will be walking in it to celebrate his one year victory and to support March Of Dimes. If you would like you can make a contribution to our team to support Blake. The money all goes to March of Dimes and their efforts to come up with new and improved ways to save the lives of premature babies.
our link is
www.marchforbabies.org/teams/620818
I will be posting new pics of our little man so you can see how big he has gotten. Again I am so sorry for not updating sooner. I am taking 21 hours of classes to try and graduate this semester and am a little overwhelmed with everything. Oh I almost forgot. This past week Blake disscovered his little peepee. Every single time we go to change his diaper he has his hands ready and waiting on his tummy. As soon as that diaper comes down, he moves in for the kill. He thinks it is the funniest thing. And of course what does Robert say? "That's my BOY!" Go figure.
The first week of February Blake started sitting up without assistance. He came down with more ear infections this month. He also decided he didn't want to wear contacts anymore and destroyed every single pair we had. Due to him getting many many ear infections over and over and different viruses, he has stayed around 15 lbs for the entire month. He is trying to figure out how to roll from back to front and almost has it.
This month in March Blake had changed a lot. last week he weighed in at 16 lbs 4 oz. He finally gained weight after 2 months of not. He rolls from his front to his back and back to front. He pushes up and tries to crawl but due to his balance and fluid on his ears he falls over every time. He puts his head down and tries to push forward with his legs and head instead of using his hands to crawl. He saw an ENT last week and will be getting tubes put in on April 1st. What a way to spend April Fools Day! Yuck. My parents finally moved into their new house here in Houston last week. Guess what we got to do all spring break. If I never see another moving box again it will be too soon. Rob and I put in a bid on a house and are waiting to hear back if we get it or not. While at my parents house Blake started walking in his walker. He had never figured out how to do it until last week. They have wood floors and he busted a move all around the downstairs. He would follow me from room to room. It was too cute. He has finally figured out when we leave his sight or not. Not sure if that is a good thing yet or not. lol. He is having a really hard time cutting his teeth. They just don't want to pop through so he hurts a lot. Poor baby. He is a lot more vocal and loves to hum. He has started giggling at the dogs and things he thinkgs is funny. He had a sleep study done last week and they found he is having "blockage apneas". That is where his brain fires signals to breathe, he does the work to try to take a breath but he doesn't get any air in. Something is blocking the air from entering. His doctor says it is not life threatening becuase he still gets other breaths in and itsn't like central apnea where he will stop breathing all together...I hope he is right. When he gets his tubes next week they are going to check his adnoids, tonsils and size of his throat and airways to see if that is the problem. Since he can't crawl yet, he rolls himself all over thr room. At this very minute he has decided to help me unfold the laundry I just folded. He rolled off his mat and over to the clean pile of burp rags and has thrown them everywhere. He is also knawing on them. Thanks buddy! So as you can see, he has come a long way. I can't believe he will be a year next month. It has gone by so fast. The March Of Dimes walk is on his one year birthday, so we will be walking in it to celebrate his one year victory and to support March Of Dimes. If you would like you can make a contribution to our team to support Blake. The money all goes to March of Dimes and their efforts to come up with new and improved ways to save the lives of premature babies.
our link is
www.marchforbabies.org/teams/620818
I will be posting new pics of our little man so you can see how big he has gotten. Again I am so sorry for not updating sooner. I am taking 21 hours of classes to try and graduate this semester and am a little overwhelmed with everything. Oh I almost forgot. This past week Blake disscovered his little peepee. Every single time we go to change his diaper he has his hands ready and waiting on his tummy. As soon as that diaper comes down, he moves in for the kill. He thinks it is the funniest thing. And of course what does Robert say? "That's my BOY!" Go figure.
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