All in a matter of a month

Blake will be turning 1 on Wednesday, July 15th, but it seems like most of his milestones have happened this month (11 months). He took his first steps and is now trying to walk like his big sister. Blake has also been toothless until last week when three of his teeth broke through all at the same time. He still has one more on the way. The Boston’s celebrated Blake’s 1st birthday this last weekend and I got some classic “ first cake” pictures. Hope you enjoy!

Thank you Lord for one year with Blake. We are blessed with his bubbly laugh and cheerful smile. I will hopefully have more pictures to post when we celebrate his birthday with my side of the family this weekend.

One last picture of him falling asleep in my arms last night. This doesn’t happen very often anymore. I never want to forget these moments.

Since 7th Grade

I first got my hair highlighted in 7th grade and have been doing so off and on up until now. I have wanted to change my hair for an extremely long time, but I have always been to chicken. I finally made the move and boy did it change! I asked for a color that was a shade darker than my natural color. Well, lets just say that the color really took to my hair. I was really nervous for Brian to see me. The only persons opinion I cared about was my husbands since he has to look at me everyday and I didn’t want him to be repulsed by his wife. I called him and prepared him before he got home. He walked in the door and stared at me for about 5 minutes. I kept asking over and over again “ please say something. I need to know what you think.” and he kept saying “give me a minute, I need to take this in.” He started smiling and said “This is a shock for me, because I feel like I just walked into my home and I have a new wife. I never thought I would say this, but I like this color on you better than the blonde.” Those words made a day of uncertainty for me into a day of confidence.
Well, I am not sure what everyone else may think, but I am probably going to be a dark brunette for awhile.

Pictures

Just trying to catch up with some new pictures of the kiddos. Allyson is 3 1/2 years old and Blake is 10 months in these pictures. I could only upload a couple of the pictures due to their MB size. Blake will be turning 1 year on July 15th and I can't wait to see him demolish a piece of cake. He loves his sweets.
Hope everyone has a wonderful fourth of July. May we remember the men and women who faithfully serve our country and allow our freedom.

New Deck

My husband has been building a new deck on the back of our house with help from all of our family members. I failed to pull out the camera and take any pictures of the work in progress, but here is what we have so far. We still need to put some stain on the deck and add an awning with railing and then it will be finished. Thanks to Mark (brother-in-law), my dad, Brian’s dad, Mike and my brother Brian we are able to sit outside and watch our children rumble in the yard and enjoy God’s creation.