November Catching Up

I promise to get better...eventually. :) Here are some November highlights:

Addie loves animals. She is begging us for a cat...we are pretty close to giving in which is HUGE for Chris and I. Nonetheless, the local animal shelter sets up in front of the post office on Saturdays and we typically get suckered into letting Addie fall in love with one of them. This one was adorable.
We spent a lot of time outside in November and December. Brody is a huge fan of the tot lot in our neighborhood as well as he loves one of our neighbors little cars.
Bath time...still a favor in our household...must have bubbles.


Thanksgiving was spent in Modesto this year. It's always great to be with the family.

Savannah celebrated her 4th birthday over Thanksgiving with a bounce house princess party.

More bath time....Our first family fun run...let's be honest though, it was a fun WALK. Addie sported boots for the occasion so she was carried most of the way our sat in the stroller. Brody was super content enjoying the amazing day in Monterey as we joined our family in supporting Athletes for Adoption.

We even got metals for finishing. :)

Monterey Bay Aquarium...Addie is a huge fan of the aquarium and this is Brody's second time. He seemed to enjoy the large fish in the tanks and would point at them as they went by.

1 year photo shoot

Brody's 1st Birthday

It's hard to believe that our Brody-Boy is already one. As I write, I find myself going back one year from today and the joy Brody brought our family when he was born on 12-11-10 at 9:46pm. I remember saying the words, "he is just perfect!" over and over when he was born...and it's still true today. Yes, he is ALL BOY, rather ornery, and persistent but he is ours. And let's be honest, I think those adjectives probably describe most Blakes. :)

To date: Brody has 2 teeth, growing hair (sort of), crawls like a champ (no need to walk in his mind), learned to crawl stairs on his birthday, loves to eat (especially bananas, grill cheese, yogurt and anything else), waves to cars driving by, squeals while swinging, performs hand gestures to "Wheels on the Bus", cuddles Melvin the Monkey always, and loves his sister and Dad (both can make him smile at a drop of hat).

To celebrate our big boy, we threw a Hungry Caterpillar party. I have to admit that Pinterest got my creative juices flowing and there seemed to be no stopping me. I have the excuse that the party planning was my escape from work but I think the reality was that it was my last child's first birthday. :)