We have a walker!

In late AuIn mid-July Blake started taking a few steps, mainly when bribed by blueberries, but was not quite ready to officially "walk".

By late August that had changed and she was off!

It didn't take long to go from just starting to walk to full on running around! Here she is running around in early September.

While she might have been a later walker she wasted no time in leaving crawling behind and using her new skill to get into everything!

Here we go again!

On Thursday August 22 we had the joy of finding out that Blake would be getting a baby! It is so surreal to think that in 9 short months Chris and I will be parents to not only one but two kiddos and we are thrilled!! It is a bit more of a shock the second time around, just knowing what all goes into growing a human and then raising one through the first year of their life, but the tug on your heart and the smile on your face doesn't change.

12 and 15 Month Well Visits

We just had Blake's 15 month well visit and I realized I never posted about her 12 month (or about anything in the last 4 months for that matter!)

Well she was a trooper at both appointments but especially the 15 month one...saying hi to everyone who came in the waiting room, wearing Dr. Emily's stethoscope, and not crying for any of her 3 shots....what can I say I've got a little trooper on my hands! And really a little trooper as you can see from her stats below:

12 Month Stats 

Weight: 16lbs 14oz, <3 percentile

Height: 29 3/4 inches, 75 percentile

(tall and lean!)

15 Month Stats 

Weight: 18lbs 6oz, 3 percentile

Height: 31 1/4 inches, 75 percentile

(still tall and lean!)