Blake Turned 5!

On Sunday, Blake turned 5!  We had a wonderful day filled with friends and family.  Scott and I decided to have the party at our local splash park.  We had pizza, a water balloon fight, cake, and lots of splashing!  We probably had 50+ people there.  It was so much fun and everyone got to laugh and the kids got to enjoy the beautiful day.  We gave the kids a personalized beach bucket to kick off their summer too.  They were so cute!  Blake got a lot of great presents and we haven't even got to open them all yet. We are very blessed to have so many people who love him.  I know that Blake is loved by so many people and it makes my heart happy. :-)  Here are some pictures from the party.

This is how the day started.  Blake and some of his friends running around in a circle.

Then came pizza.  We had to wait on Blake because he kept eating more and more! LOL

Then came the water balloon fight. :0)  I got in on the action too! hehehe

Then it was splash park fun!  Blake was getting a water board here.  (I think that's what they call it. hehe)

Cake time and we sang happy birthday to my 5 year old!

Some of you are probably wondering where Luke is.  He was there, but he hung out with his aunt in the shade.  Here is a pic of my little hot red faced baby with my cousin Trudy. :0)

Blake lost his first tooth!

The week before his 5th birthday, Blake lost his first tooth!  He was opening a water bottle with his teeth and it loosened it.  Yep.  A water bottle!  I was feeding Luke and Scott was golfing.  I am not a fan of teeth at all!  It was just dangling there so we waited for the dentist to tell us what to do.  We waited for two hours until Blake kept wiggling it and it was so lose it was barely hanging on.  I spoke to Uncle Genie and he gave me a tip to get it out without pain. (and the best part is that I couldn't see it! LOL)  He told me to put a washcloth in the freezer and then yank the tooth.  I did and it worked!  I wanted to throw up, but I kept my dinner in my tummy.  He was so brave, but scared to death.  I hadn't talked to him about his teeth so it took some getting used to.  He was sad for a little while, but he told me to pull it after a little while.  He actually was trying to pull it himself.  He says now that he has a joker smile because The Joker has a missing tooth there too on the Batman cartoon. :-) The tooth fairy visited Blake that night and he got $5!  The tooth fairy didn't realize what the going rate for teeth was so she overpaid for the first tooth. hehehe  Scott took Blake to the dentist and the dentist said the tooth must have already been loose because it was ready to come out anyways.  He also said that Blake will be losing the one next to it very soon.  You can already see the new tooth coming it.  That is a relief because I thought for sure he would be without a tooth for a year! 

Before.  Hard to get him to show me right after the tooth came loose.

Here is the loose tooth!  Can you see it just dangling there!  UUUGGGHHHH

Blake and his joker smile!

The Adventures of Luke

As I told you in our last post, Luke started solids.  Let's just say it has been an adventure.  He is so in charge.  He wants what he wants when he wants it!  LOL  He kinda tolerated solids at first and after a month now, he has started to like them.  His favorites so far have been squash and bananas.  He was not a fan of green beans at all, but that could be because Blake kept saying, "That is disgusting Mom!  EEEWWWWEEEE Gross!" in the background. hahahaha  I wish you could have seen Blake's face.  He was seriously disgusted.  He could not believe I was feeding that stuff to his brother.  I tried to give some for Blake to taste, but he didn't fall for it. hahaha  Here is a few pictures of him eating. :-)  We have now found Blake's small tabletop high chair which Luke prefers.  He kept getting out of the bumbo! LOL

Luke turned 7 months old this month.  This big baby is growing so fast!  He started sitting up right after he turned six months.  He has really gotten a lot more mobile.  He started reaching for me when I come near him.  I am his favorite after all. :-)  He is so alert.  He cracks me up because when he can't reach something with his hands, he tries to get it with his feet including the dog!  Too cute!  Thankfully, Trixie doesn't mind.  She loves Luke.  He has really been trying to pull up already.  He will pull up on my but he is still a little wobbly.  He has also gotten up on all fours in the crawl position but hasn't put it altogether yet.  I am ok with that! haha  He has such an amazing giggle.  Sometimes, Blake just looks at him and he giggles.  Makes my heart happy to see that.  He is a happy baby mostly.  He has really been teething.  I looked back at Blake's baby book and he had 11 teeth at his first year.  I am thinking Luke won't have that many since he still doesn't have any.   hahaha  I am staying home with the boys this summer and I have already realized that Luke HATES the car!  He protests the entire time mostly.  He cried so loud yesterday, Blake even said something.  He does not want to be in there and he will tell you all about it.  Just another way he is showing me he wants to be in charge. :-)  He is my strong willed little baby.  He went swimming for the first time at Auntie Lynne's house.  He was kinda tired and didn't want to sit in his floaty.  We went swimming again yesterday at Auntie Hah's house and he loved it!  As long as he was with me and not in the floaty. hehehe  I think I will be going and getting a smaller floaty for him.  Here are some pics of my little baby boy.

We actually got all of the family in this one.  You just can't see all our faces. hahaha