February 4, 2009
Pulling Himself Up
Blake gets on his feet with only minimal use of his six “climbing spikes.”
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Flash video.Crawlin’ Around
Since this video was filmed, Blake has learned to crawl the real way. He saves his military crawl for when he’s taking sniper fire or clearing an enemy bunker.
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Flash video.January 27, 2009
Blake is 8 Months Old!
Time for another post! This one isn’t embarrassingly tardy, but it is again, alas, bereft of pictures.
For those who have NOT seen the hottest video on Facebook featuring baby Blake, it is available here. I hope you enjoy it.
Blake Crawling – Video – Jan 2009
Here are some juicy snippets:
- Blake now eats peas, carrots, Fiber One Cereal, Oatmeal – Old Fashioned Style, and salmon. He does not yet have a taste for lentils, and he is only lukewarm about pumpkin.
- Blake has begun a behavior – hopefully it won’t become a habit- of GRINDING HIS TEETH. It makes a horrible blood-curdling noise. It sounds like rocks grinding together, but when you know it’s his teeth, it makes your skin crawl.
- He is doing a new adorable smile without opening his mouth. Is he embarrassed by the gap between his front teeth? I hope not!
- He can pull himself up on furniture like the couch. He uses both hands and his mouth to get up. He can’t yet “cruise” or go side-to-side on the furniture.
- Blake can now do a straight-arm-crawl in addition to the army crawl. He likes to crawl under his exer-saucer, it’s like going through a tunnel.
- Blake wants to give a shout out to his new baby cousin Bennet and a new baby at church Lillian. Maybe when you two can sit up we can arrange a virtual play date.
- Blake loves Daddy to sing him to sleep – especially “The ducks come marching home again!” He’s not sleeping through the night, so Mommy only treats him to very repetitive and low-inflection versions of Twinkle-Twinkle and the Alphabet song.
That’s all that I can think of that’s interesting. He keeps changing his sleep pattern on us, so he’s waking up about 4 AM and going back to sleep til about 8:00 or so. He’s very happy and smiley still. He’s looking forward to seeing his Southern relations on his birthday!
Emily
June 28, 2008
First Bottle
Blake downs his first bottle. He calls for another round, but the bartender cuts him off.
Once you’ve sobered up a bit, son, you can have your car keys back.
June 24, 2008
First Addiction
Technically pacifiers are Blake’s third addiction, if we count hugs and sunshine. He’s pretty indifferent to kisses and kittens, but give him an artificial nipple and he loses all self-control.
That’s “nuke” as in “nuclear option,” not “nuclear weapon.” As in, what you resort to if diplomacy breaks down, which is not uncommon when dealing with infants.