Well, she looks more like a little Frankenstein, but she's finally showed interest in moving around like a big kid...without the help of the furniture. It probably won't be long now that she's off and running...not really sure if that's good or bad :) She started trying to walk across the living room last night, so Lauren decided to shoot a little video this morning. ENJOY!
We're not too sure what's going on here, but it looks like she's getting ready to bust out a boy band dance :)
Blake & Lauren headed over to the mall today to meet Amity, Bria and North. The kiddos got to play in the play area for a little while. We didn't get too many pictures because the camera ran out of batteries...O WELL! Here's a picture of Blake hanging out in her stroller getting ready to go play.
And, here she is playing.
We'll probably attempt the mall play area again, so maybe I'll get pictures then. We hope this finds everyone loving life. Speaking of, CONGRATS to Shell & Craig on the recent marriage! Sorry we couldn't make it.
Claire giving a big cheese for the camera...too funny!
After a full day of running errands and visiting, we were even able to take in a nice dinner before calling it a night. Thanks to some random passer by, we were able to get a decent shot of the whole gang.
Sorry Suz, but it was just too cute when we were headed out of town and Claire had to potty. Claire was being such a big girl and was doing great at letting Suzi know when she had to potty. So, we pulled over on the side of the road and got business taken care of...it really was too cute and somewhat reminiscent of a few road trips we took in college. My, how things have changed!
Overall, it was just such a wonderful day! Jess, since we were talking about how sappy you can be on your blog, we'll post a quote on our blog, too :)
And, here's our pretty girl in a new outfit. You probably won't see the bows anymore as Blake pulls them out and hands them back to you as soon as you put one in now...O WELL! At least they lasted a few days, right?!
Bob was nice enough to watch Blake while Lauren took a nap this weekend since Blake decided to get up at 4:45 a.m. that particular morning. As you can see, it was really tough work for him.
And, a cute shot of our flexible baby girl.
We had a pretty lazy week last week, so we're making up for it this week. Lauren tackled most of the laundry today and even got the living room carpet shampooed...HOORAY! Blake usually plays in the living room, so Lauren had a little helper while vaccuuming and shampooing...and she thought she wasn't going to workout today. Blake likes to be toted around, so Lauren got a workout and got to clean without a fussy kiddo - somehow it's still just not right calling it a win-win :)
Well, that's it for now. Hopefully, this finds everyone happy, healthy and enjoying life!
The campground had a really neat play area for the kids. Blake wasn't quite big enough to enjoy it, but Lauren let her crawl around and stand up against the equipment. Lauren also took her down the slide when there weren't a lot of other kids around. Blake seemed to really like it. Here's a pic of the playground at sunrise.
Blake didn't change her routine of getting up around 5:30 a.m. so she didn't always get her hair combed until Mom had a little more time to wake up. What a messy-haired, morning girl?!
Here's Blake all ready to go swimming.
We took the pontoon boat across the lake to a shaded, beachy area where there weren't any other people around. We spent most of Saturday & Sunday on our own "private" beach. It was nice to let the dogs (Copa, Maddie, Griz & Moose...we had canine friends along as well) off the leashes to run & play. And the kids had fun fishing, swimming, playing in the sand and relaxing...heck, the adults did too :) The campground host was very rude (it's a whole other story that I'm not even going to touch on), so we just wanted to get away and make it a more enjoyable experience for all. Blake didn't seem to mind the water temperature which was a chilly 69 degrees and even cooler in some spots. Here she is hanging with her mom in the water...
...and her dad on the beach.
Mahayla and Emma kept Blake busy for us when she was hanging out in her pack 'n play.
Blake did AWESOME all four days away from home. Here's the little cutie konked out in her pack 'n play after the first day hanging on the beach.
All the girls seemed to have a lot of fun playing with Copa & Maddie. Here's an action shot of Copa chasing sand that Morgan was throwing up while Mahayla was watching.
Bob found a little point to fish off of that was really close to the beach. So, he kept taking the kids over to help them fish. Braelynn was the most enthusiastic about wanting to catch a fish. Unfortunately, none of the kids were able to catch anything, but Bob did catch one walleye (he was wading out about waist deep and casting from there) when all the kiddos had given up. Here's a picture of Bob, Braelynn & Wally fishing on the point.
Blake got into the swing of things pretty quickly. She had no problem napping while we were out on the beach.
I couldn't resist posting a picture of Griz. He is such a busy, little guy. He's still learning, but he did pretty well this weekend...especially considering his age. I think he's only about 17 weeks old. He did show his puppy side with a few sneak attacks on Moose (a Chiuaua mix that was out with us).
Copa LOVES to swim, so she was in heaven fetching sticks and just flat out swimming with everyone. Here she is bringing a stick back to the bank.
Maddie doesn't like to swim as much as Copa, but she does enjoy cooling off in the shallower parts of the lake. Maddie also likes to steal the stick from Copa at the bank. She then acts as if she was the one to fetch it for you...what a weirdo!
And finally, here's a picture of Blake and her daddy splashing in the water.
Hopefully everyone had as wonderful a weekend as we did...including all those who were able to attend Shawn & Heather's wedding. Sorry we couldn't make it!
