We had another fun visit with Aunt Natalie this past week.  Here's some pics from our exciting week.

We took a trip to Miller Park Zoo..........

                   

Then a trip to Chicago to see the cousins.....

And a 5K Walk in honor of Matthew Steinmetz ( I realized I didn't get that many pictures of the walk  :( 

Maggie, Blake and Ethan all had matching "team Matthew" shirts

Of course, NO ONE can make Blake laugh like Natalie.........

Ft. Lauderdale

We had a GREAT time in Florida!  We spent most of the week relaxing, swimming and spending family time together.  Here's a recap of our week.........

     

It was an early morning flight out of Bloomington at 6am.  Blake did great on the plane sleeping most of the way.  When he did wake up he was busy checking on the people behind us and smiling at the flight attendants as they walked by.

Blake was very eager to unpack once we arrived at the condo.

We spent a little time at the beach

            

But most of the time we were out at the pool!

Then back on the airplane to come home.  Good-bye Florida, we will miss you!

Finger paint fun!

We had our first finger painting experience today.   I think Blake was more excited about the paper than the paint.  Here's some tips to "successful finger painting"

Remove all clothes and place large towel on floor

Insert binky to avoid snacking (on paper and paint)

Proudly display artwork on refrigerator!  

A month of excitement

Wow, I can't believe I haven't blogged for an entire month!  There's been so much to blog about, but not enough time.  I'll try to catch you all up in one post....here it goes.....

    

Easter came, and I was FINALLY able to put Blake in this cute little tie to match Daddy!

We learned how to eat a puff....

Crawl under the table....

and tear up the doctors office!

But the most exciting adventure for April  was meeting our new little niece/cousin, Maggie Sue.  We've been waiting for you Maggie!

Good morning!

Here's some cute pics daddy took yesterday morning before heading off to see the doctor.

On the move

trying to be anyway! Blake has learned to go backwards, around in a circle, sometimes forward, and on his tip toes. He gets so determined to get somewhere and typically finds a way to get there. We have the lovely pleasure of finding puddles of puke not only on his blanket now, but he leaves a few surprises on the carpet. What's great is when you pick him up in one location not realizing that he had already spit up just feet away and you end up stepping in it. Here's some video of his new adventure.....

Homemade baby food

My sisters got me a Beaba Babycook as a baby shower gift so that I could try my hand at making homemade baby food.  Here's what it looks like:

I attempted carrots this week.  It was really easy to do and actually did not take that much time.  The machine steams, purees, and even defrosts your baby food if needed.  Here's how it turned out...

Not bad huh?  Blake seemed to enjoy.........