47 Weeks Old

November 27th: Happy Thanksgiving!!

The Monk family celebrated Thanksgiving this week. Since Rich was on call Thanksgiving Eve, Blakely and I spent the night at Gigi and PopPop's. We love a sleep over!
Blakely and I both slept in, then cuddled on the couch while we watched the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Blakely loved the music and the dancing. She loves to dance. Every time she hears music she bounces up and down, waves her hands and claps. It is adorable. We had a great day celebrating with the Tober family and got to meet Ryan's new girlfriend's mother.

So, so, so much to be thankful for this year!!!

My Little Turkey

Highlights from the Week:
-Blakely's first Thanksgiving
   -She loved all the people and food
   -Watched the parade with Mommy... loved the singing and dancing parts best!
   - Absolutely LOVES left overs!! Everything for Thanksgiving is surprisingly baby-friendly!
-Blakely cut her first Molar this week... very painful, lots of Motrin. :( Poor girl!
-Banks went to Camp Gigi for the first time! ...and Auntie went back to work. :(

Picture Highlights from the Week:

Blakely wanted to help get ready for Thanksgiving, too! This is a picture of her "shopping" in the fridge.

 

Blakely in her Phil&Ted chair "helping" Mommy and Gigi cook Thanksgiving dinner.

 

 

Gigi and PopPop hard at work. It was delicious!!

 

My Sweet Family

Loves Thanksgiving dinner!! Everything is so yummy!!

 

Left to Right: PopPop, Gigi, Uncle Ryan, Olivia (Ryan's girlfriend), Ms. Terri (Olivia's Mother), Richard and the BLAKE-A-BEAR!!!

Richard and Blakely reading the paper preparing for Black Friday!!

 

 HAPPY THANKSGIVING Y'ALL!!!

46 Weeks Old

November 20th: Getting Ready for the Holidays...

This week was a time to prepare. The Cogdill''s were going to North Carolina for Thanksgiving, and the Monk's were preparing to stay in Charleston with the Tober family. Alyssa and I did a lot of cleaning, cooking and shopping. It was crazy, but as always the BEST TIME EVER!!! I love raising babies with my sister. Love you Lyssa!!

Highlights from the Week:

- Crawls into Mommy's lap for story time: Loves to read Pajama Time by Sandra Boynton and Each Peach, Pear, Plum. We have read each of these books so many times that both Rich and I have literally memorized these books.
- Mountain climber: Blakely climbed 22 steps in 2 minutes at Auntie's house (with A LOT of supervision). Richard might not be wrong about her being a Mountain Climber! HA!
- Crazy cooking with Auntie: The Tuesday before Thanksgiving, Auntie and I...
-Took care of 2 babies...
- Made 2 appetizers...
- Made sweet potato casserole...
- Made Mimi mashed potatoes...
- Made 1 pumpkin pie....
- And packed Auntie up for the Mountains... ALL in 90 minutes! Whew! Go us!

Picture Highlights from the Week:

Hanging out with my Daddy! I love him.

 

Blakely is getting to be such a fast crawler!! She can go from one side of the room to the other in 2 seconds!!

 

Speedy Gonzales!! So fast... she's a blur!