Poop

Update on Blakester: (I know this is what most of you care about anyway)

1. Blake's first Halloween was a success. We went with Joni, Beau and Grant to Boo at the zoo on the 26th and then went trick-or-treating with the Williams' and Mimi and Paco on halloween. So Blake was able to sport the chicken outfit twice, and what a cute chicken she was!!




2. Blake is saying a few "words". I put that in quotations because, really, most are hit or miss. But she does have some that she says consistently.
-bye (and waves)
-boo
- peekaboo
-mama
-dada
-og (for dog)
-she can't say "all done" but she can sign it (not with a pen, with her hands)


3. My favorite trick right now? She will fake sneeze. If she sneezes or you sneeze or you just fake sneeze, she will say "aaaahhhhhh cha." She will also fake cough very dramatically.


Side story:
(I was wanting to post this last week but I decided to wait until Ryan actually got back in town so no creepy internet people would find out where I live and kill me while he was gone.)

So, Ryan was out of town all last week for a thing for work (which was really an honor for him because one of the families that he works with was chosen by the state to come and speak at a conference and be an example for how well the counseling program Ryan uses works...did that make sense?) and this brings with it many challenges. Number one, Ryan is the one that drops Blake off in the mornings. So each morning I had to get both of us ready. Did I have to wake Blake up and get her out of bed. Nope. The sweet girl was still adjusting to the time change and was rising and shining at 6:15. Wednesday morning Blake was playing in our bed while I was trying to make myself get up and I see what is best described as snot coming out of her ear. Yes, her first ear infection and Ryan is out of town! She busted her ear drum and all kinds of grossness was oozing out of her ear. But she felt fine the whole time. So we can check first ear infection off of our list of things to do.


4. This isn't really an update on Blake but...we have started putting her in cold weather pjs and they are so stinking cute. See how excited she is?!?

5. And, drum roll please, Blake took her first steps tonight!!! Real steps. Not walking around the couch steps. She was standing in the middle of the room holding a pair of pjs and decided she wanted to play with her giraffe rocker (thanks, Robin!) and she took two steps over to it!

6. Also, Blake is having a lower GI done this Thursday at 10:00 to see if we can figure out what is causing her constipation (this inspired the title of the blog...). There are several things that could be causing it but they want to rule out some major stuff first. FYI, Blake has had poop issues her whole life, all 10 and a half months of it. It is really painful for her to poop but her tummy doesn't seem to hurt otherwise. So hopefully this is something she will grow out of or can take some medicine for. So, if you think of us, please say a prayer for Blake on Thursday!

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