On Thursday Blythe and I had a play date in South College Station. Little did we know that we were exactly where we needed to be. At about noon on Thursday a nearby chemical plant caught fire and all of Bryan and part of College Station were ordered to evacuate.
Jennifer Cabezas saw the news on the TV and called to make sure we were aware that we had orders to evacuate. We were not aware of the chemical plant fire so thank goodness she called so I didn't come home and put Blythe down for a nap. The Cabezas told us that we could evacuate to their house so I called Jason and he grabbed Luke and a couple of items and headed to their house. The news was not giving any indication as to how long the evacuation might last. I was hoping that school/work would be canceled on Friday as the Cabezas were up for a slumber party. We ended up being released back into our house at 7:30pm so we went ahead and came home so I could get up and go to work in the morning :(. Who would have thought little old Bryan, Texas would be evacuated!
8/4/09
7/28/09
Teetering to Toddlerhood
Blythe is on the homestretch of babyhood. She is now 11 months old and she took her first steps yesterday. She is quickly transforming from a baby to a toddler, ready or not.
Blythe was standing at the coffee table holding the remote and she turned and took 4 steps towards Jason, luckily I was standing nearby so I caught the last 2!
It is amazing how far Blythe has come with her stability in the last week. Just 2 weeks ago Jason and I were making the comment that we didn't think Blythe was anywhere near walking and we would be surprised if she was walking by her birthday and now she has made those first steps. We shall see how long it takes her to master the art of walking.
Blythe was standing at the coffee table holding the remote and she turned and took 4 steps towards Jason, luckily I was standing nearby so I caught the last 2!
It is amazing how far Blythe has come with her stability in the last week. Just 2 weeks ago Jason and I were making the comment that we didn't think Blythe was anywhere near walking and we would be surprised if she was walking by her birthday and now she has made those first steps. We shall see how long it takes her to master the art of walking.
7/16/09
Talking and Teething
Blythe now has several words in her vocabulary:
First Word: Ball (pronounced Dall)
2) All Done
3) Bye, Bye (Dye, Dye)
4) Uh-OH (pronounced UH and sometimes UH-AH)...still working on that one
- she says momma and dada as well
Blythe now has THREE 1/2 teeth. Her bottom 2 came in together yesterday and the second one on the top is oh so close...we can see it, we just can't feel it.
First Word: Ball (pronounced Dall)
2) All Done
3) Bye, Bye (Dye, Dye)
4) Uh-OH (pronounced UH and sometimes UH-AH)...still working on that one
- she says momma and dada as well
Blythe now has THREE 1/2 teeth. Her bottom 2 came in together yesterday and the second one on the top is oh so close...we can see it, we just can't feel it.
7/8/09
First TOOTH
I spoke too soon. We noticed swelling and white on the top left hand side of Blythe's gums on Friday. The tooth looked like it would break though anyday and today is the day! Blythe has her first tooth!
She seemed to teeth pretty easy with this first one so lets hope this is a pattern that repeats.
She seemed to teeth pretty easy with this first one so lets hope this is a pattern that repeats.
7/2/09
10 and Toothless
Quick Update:
- Blythe was 10 months old on June 27th (yes that means I have 2 months before the big bday!).
- Blythe is still toothless
- Blythe latest trick is showing her tongue on command
- Blythe is starting to stand on her own and attempted to take her first step on Tuesday night, but didn't succeed
- If you ask her to bring you a ball she will hunt around the living room till she finds one and bring it to you
- Blythe is doing really well in the pool. She will go under and hold her breath. She will kick, but we are still working on the arm scoops!
Have a Great 4th of July Weekend!
10 month photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2773263&id=8316366&l=2748f5e8ba
6/22/09
First Father's Day
We had a great Father's Day weekend. We had the 3 Bradley couples out for the weekend at the Wilkes' lake house. It was great sharing Father's Day with the couples we spent 12+ weeks with preparing for our little ones to enter the world. It is hard to believe that they are all only weeks away from entering Toodlerhood.
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Thaddeus and Michael
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Jason with Blythe, Kaela, Ian, and Michael
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Did I mention how much they LOVED their life jackets?
6/3/09
9 month Appt, Boogyman, and Zzzzz's
Yesterday we had Blythe's 9 month appointment. She weighed in at 18 pounds 1 ounce (she is really slowing down). She was 27.5 inches long. She has lost her "tall" status and now sits in the 50th percentile for height and the 40th percentile for weight.
She did not have shots, but she did have a blood drawl. We had opted for the finger prick over the full blood drawl, but found out she had to be a minimum of 23 pounds for the finger prick, so the blood drawl it was. To my amazement this went over a lot better than the shots!
As Jason I were turning in for the night we heard a loud noise that sounded like something had fallen. Jason thought it was from the garage or the pool room so he grabbed the butcher knife and the dog and went to find the Boogie Man. After he circled through the pool room and the garage he went out the front door. As he was playing "brave man with the butcher knife" I thought to myself "what is one thing that is knows to fall in the house?" I went straight to Blythe's bathroom and looked in the tub and found....the big, bad, scary, plastic frog! I quickly went outside and called Jason back into the house (butcher knife and all) to reveal to him that the Boogyman was simply a plastic frog that lost suction and fell off the tile.
Last night was a record breaker. Blythe went to bed at 8:30pm and I had to go in and wake her up at 7:15am to get her ready for the day! This is the first time she has slept through the night...at least what I consider sleeping through the night. Maybe we will have more of these nights!
She did not have shots, but she did have a blood drawl. We had opted for the finger prick over the full blood drawl, but found out she had to be a minimum of 23 pounds for the finger prick, so the blood drawl it was. To my amazement this went over a lot better than the shots!
As Jason I were turning in for the night we heard a loud noise that sounded like something had fallen. Jason thought it was from the garage or the pool room so he grabbed the butcher knife and the dog and went to find the Boogie Man. After he circled through the pool room and the garage he went out the front door. As he was playing "brave man with the butcher knife" I thought to myself "what is one thing that is knows to fall in the house?" I went straight to Blythe's bathroom and looked in the tub and found....the big, bad, scary, plastic frog! I quickly went outside and called Jason back into the house (butcher knife and all) to reveal to him that the Boogyman was simply a plastic frog that lost suction and fell off the tile.
Last night was a record breaker. Blythe went to bed at 8:30pm and I had to go in and wake her up at 7:15am to get her ready for the day! This is the first time she has slept through the night...at least what I consider sleeping through the night. Maybe we will have more of these nights!
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