San Diego Trip Day 1

Aaron is working in San Diego this week, so Blake and I went down for the weekend to join him. We stayed downtown, which made Blake super happy because he could sit and watch all the trucks go by on the street below. Earlier in the morning we went running and it was a lot more exciting than our usual run at home. We got to see a lot of trains and then we ran along the harbor and saw a lot of boats and Blake's favorite...birds.

Once we finally found Balboa Park, we were able to have some fun. We are in front of one of the several museums, which being the cultured people that we are, didn't go in any of them.

Instead, we did more fun stuff, like ride some rides. Blake seriously waves at everyone. I was able to catch him waving at the guy who was in charge of the ride.

The first time on a carousel and loved it.


We went on a train ride, which was super fun for him because there were a lot of people to wave at.


Next we went to the park so that Blake could run around.

The park was in the path of the airplanes, which were constantly flying above us. Blake was pointing out the plane to me.

16 Months

Blake is our little bookworm. He would much rather read books than play with any of his toys. But by reading his books, he has learned many new words. He now says Kitty. For a long time animals were either a dog or a bird, so it is good that he is learning more animals.

The other word that I love that he says is "nigh nigh". He tells me that when he is ready for a nap or to go to bed for the night, will then walk up the stairs and try to climb into his crib. I put him in his crib and he waves bye to me.

He has been saying all done for awhile, but has just recently started saying that after a prayer. We get a couple of chuckles at church when he does this. At least he isn't saying all done in the middle of someone's talk.

Blake still loves to go to the park. Last week when we were there, his friend, Grace arrived shortly after we did. Once she got out of her stroller and Blake saw her, he waved to her and they ran toward each other and then Blake gave her a hug. She is 4 months older than Blake (and a couple inches shorter and several pounds lighter). It was pretty cute.


Apparently he wasn't too happy with dad trying to interupt his reading for a picture.

I do like how Blake can help me get things now. Here he is getting the luggage to help me start packing for our trip in a couple days. He grabbed the handle and pulled it around the house. Of course he had to put some of his books in there.

Red Necks

My parents and brother, James, recently took a trip out to Illinois, where James served his mission. They brought Blake back a shirt from the John Deere factory.

Lunch with Jen

Before Jen moved to DC a couple weeks ago, we had lunch with Jen and the gang. Blake sure misses you Jen! When he sees a picture of you, he waves.

Cool kid

He hates hats, but will wear sunglasses (even if they are big).

15 Months

Blake turned 15 months old last week. He loves Aaron's razor and he found Aaron's old razor and immediately put it up to his face and started to "shave".

He has to monitor what is going on the kitchen, so he was "helping" me cook the other day and found the zucchini bread and decided to help himself.



We have been going to the pool a lot lately. One day after the pool we came home to water the plants and of course, Blake had to do it.

This is what happens all day...everyday! When Blake is bored, he will put on his shoes and say all done and bye-bye and open the door. Don't you just love his little flip flops?

Double the fun

We went over to visit our friends last week and their cute twins, who are just a couple of weeks old. Here are the happy (possibly a little tired) parents with Elle. Thanks for having us over!


And here is the other midget, Michael with the newlyweds Jen and Spencer.

Sleeping like a baby?

Ok, so what's the point? You buy a crib large enough so he doesn't have to be cramped and what does he do? Incredible. Next time, just buy the extra small one cause he's just going to curl up in the corner anyway. At least his foot is getting some much needed fresh air and space.

Day at the zoo

So it was zoo time again this week. We headed up the road to the Orange County zoo. Blake really likes two animals right now--dogs and birds. So, the entire day every animal we saw was either a "Da" or a "Bir". At least the coyotes are in the same family tree.



They have a little petting area with a lot of goats. Blake even got to do a little brushing himself.



We were over by the bunnies when a deer came walking along. Bambi wasn't as accommodating to the petting as the goats were.



A man after his father. :) Blake met this little girl and she couldn't keep her hands off of him. This innocent love blossomed right by the raccoon den. Coons, is there anything they can't do?



Blake's love of all cleaning doesn't just stop at our house. Right as we arrived to the petting area, the worker there was just finishing straightening up. Apparently, Blake didn't think she did a good enough job. :)



After getting our fill of enough live animals, we headed over to the park and Blake wanted to see if he could last 8 seconds on the wild plastic horse. Yee-haw!

Happy Father's Day

Aaron was gone this week for work and we sure missed him! Blake kept going in our bedroom looking for dad (apparently he thinks sleeping is the only thing dad does). Happy Father's Day!