Blake's Place

Halloween 2009

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Not very good at updating!

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Sorry for those of you who still read our blog. I have been horrible at updating. I update my facebook account great, but always forget to update the blog.
We have been enjoying this fall weather! (kind of)
The girls are doing great. Ava still loves pre-school. This week they get to wear a community helper costume, Ava wants to be a cheerleader! Well that works, I guess:)
Emme will be 6 months on October 29th! She is rocking back and forth when she is on all fours! I'm gonna have the baby proof the house I think! I never had to put any locks on anything with Ava. She just never got into stuff. I don't think Emme is going to be that way!
Here are a few pictures I've taken over the past 2 months. I'll be posting some Halloween pics this week!

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Emme- 51/2 months, I think she's gonna be a go-getter!

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so sweet

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Emme-5 months

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Emme- 4 month checkup

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Emme had her 4 month check up today. She weighed 13 lbs. 3 oz, 39% for weight, and was 25 inches long, 94% for height!

Ava's first day of preschool!

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Fun at the Splash Park

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What a face!

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talking with daddy

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Emme is getting so big!!

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4th of July

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Pooped out

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1 month old

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1 month checkup

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Emme had her one month check up yesterday. she weighs 9lbs. 1 oz, and is in the 39% percentile for weight. She is 21 3/4 inches long and is in the 70% percentile for height. She is becoming quite the chunky monkey, I can't believe how big she is getting!! Where did the last month go?

Little Emme

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I got our pictures back!! We took our memory card in to Wolf Camera and they recovered our lost pictures of Emme's birth! It cost $40, but it was well worth it. But now, my pictures from last weekend of Ava's birthday are lost! Obviously there is something wrong with my card. I don't think I'll be using it anymore!

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Meeting Emme for the first time

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Party time

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Happy 3rd Birthday, Ava!

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Emme Addison McGuire

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April 29th, 2009

6 lbs, 10 oz

19 inches long

Sorry I'm just now getting pictures posted. Some how every picture I took of Emme since she was born has disappeared off my camera. It's very sickening. I literally feel like I could get sick every time I think about it.
We are all doing good. Adjusting to no sleep:) Ava loves "her baby". She always wants to hold her and is quite the helper!

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The Rock Star

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You can't see it very well, but she has rings on every finger.

The gymnast

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Notice, we even had to wrap her leg, I have no idea where she got that from.

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Happy Easter!

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Ava laying her Easter treats out on her blanket.

Bowling!!

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We went to a bowling birthday party today! This is the first time Ava has bowled, and she loved it! They had it all set up for little kids, which made it nice. She used the ramp for the most part (see pic. below), but I also showed her how to throw the ball. She wasn't very good at that!! We had a great time and can't wait to bowl again!

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Zoo School

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Ava getting her certificate

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I enrolled Ava in zoo school again, since she loved it so much last time. Today was our last day, unfortunately. We haven't been doing a lot lately. I haven't posted anything for a while, but that's because we haven't done anything. We were sick for the first have of February. Ava started out with an ear infection, then got a cold, then the flu, and then another cold. It was not a fun 3 weeks. We are all better now, and hopefully for good. Baby #2 is doing good. I'm taking it a little easier the past week or so, doctor's orders! It's kind of hard to take it easy with a 2 1/2 year old. With the weather warming up, hopefully we'll get outside and I can take some pictures to post.

Happy Birthday Daddy

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I didn't have 31 candles, so Daddy just got 3 candles!

Ava's first hair cut

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I got Ava's hair cut for the first time today. She did SO good. She got right up on the chair and did what the lady said. Ava loved the "big barrettes" the lady used to hold up her hair while cutting it. She played with them for the most part, so that kept her distracted. I just got the back cut off to match the sides. I was so afraid it was going to be so short, but now that it is done, I can barely tell it's cut.

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Looking all pretty

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Too funny for words!

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We're having another little girl!

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Curled up wearing her new Dora robe, with her new sleeping bag, pillow, and flash light

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Ava and her new food!!

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Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! Have a Happy New Year

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Christmas morning

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Hope everyone had a great Christmas, we sure did. Ava got SO many new toys. Her big toy was Spike the dinosaur. She has been saying for over a month that she wanted Santa to bring him to her. Well, he did. I'll try to put the video of her opening him up. It is so funny. She's still a little afraid of him when he's turned on, hopefully she get over that, because Santa spent a lot of money on him!!
I don't have many pictures to put on the blog, because for some reason my camera was on a different setting and I didn't know about it. So from Christmas Eve on, all my pictures are very blurry. They didn't look that way on my camera, but when I got home and looked at them all on the computer I was sick. Pretty disappointing and sickening :(

Opening up Spike

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Christmas Eve

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Chef Ava playing in her new apron and hat. She loves her new pots and pans. Thanks Aunt Desni and Uncle Brad

Ava and her new computer

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Grandpa, Grandma and the McGuire grandkids

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Snow fun!!!!

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My snow angel

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Shoveling snow

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Warming up with some hot chocolate

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Making gingerbread houses

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Yesterday, Kate and Ava made gingerbread houses. They had lots of fun doing it by themselves. I helped Ava put some icing on her roof and tried to help her (maybe I should say, she tried to help me) make a door and window. Then she decorated it. Now, for those of you who know me well, making gingerbread houses is my favorite thing to do at Christmas. And I spend forever doing one, just to make it perfect looking. I have to admit, it was hard not to tell her to put certain candy somewhere and to make it look Tara "perfect"! But, in the end I think it turned out adorable, and it is perfect, Ava "perfect".
I may just have to do two in the future, so i can get my fix too:)

Ava's finished Gingerbread house

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Making gingerbread men

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Ava and I made gingerbread cookies for the first time the other day. I've never been a big fan of them, but this recipe was pretty good.
We have been having lots of fun doing Christmas projects. Next week we are going to do my favorite, Gingerbread houses!
Today we are headed to go see Santa. I'm hoping I can get a good picture of Ava and him, but I'm not holding my breath! She says she is going to sit on his lap so she can tell him she wants a green dinosaur that stomps.

Welcome home Daddy!!

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Ava's last night in her baby bed

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Sunday night was Ava's last night in her baby bed. I brought home a twin size "big girl" bed for her. I told her she could have any sheets that she wanted, so we went to walmart. I picked out Dora, princess, Tinker Bell, and many more. She said no to them all. I asked her what she wanted then and she said Polka dot sheets. You would know, I can't find them!! So she just has plain white sheets on her bed for now, but she's okay with it. She's done pretty well with her new bed. She has slept in it for 2 nights now. The first night she woke up a couple times and last night she slept all night. I think I was more worried about it. I just knew she was going to fall out. I have to get over it. She has rails on each side of it, so I think I'm worrying a little much!!

The best thing about making sugar cookies!

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Very boring here

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Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. Not much has been going on here. I haven't even taken any pictures lately. I'll have to get with it.
We are counting down the days until Blake comes home. We have about 1 1/2 weeks left!! We are so excited.
About the only exciting thing that has happened is after 2 1/2 years, Ava finally climbed out of her baby bed. We are ready to put her in a big girl bed anyway, but I'm waiting for Blake to get home. I'm gonna let him deal with that. I figure I can deal with her climbing out for 10 days, and then Daddy can deal with the transition to a big bed! I'm so nice.

Happy Halloween 2008

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Hope everyone had a great Halloween. Ava had a blast. This is the first year that she really understood what she was doing. We started the day by going the a Halloween story time at the library and at 4:30 we went to one of the shopping centers and trick or treated around there. Then we came home and went down a couple streets in our neighborhood, before calling it a night.
I have some more pictures, but my friend Jessie took them on her camera. So as soon as I get those, I'll post some more pictures.

Trick or Treating

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Everytime Ava would knock or ring someone's door bell, she would turn around and run away.

Cookie decorating party at school

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On Thursday, Ava had a cookie decorating party at school. I think she ate most of the candy before she got it on the cookie.

Halloween: part 1

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On Saturday, the zoo was hosting Spooktacular, where you could go and trick or treat. The weather was nice enough that Ava and I could wear our matching poodle skirts. I got them off Ebay, and was so excited, until I got them. Both our skirts were a little shorter than I would have liked, but once I got the whole outfit together, I thought we looked pretty cute.

The 50's girls

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Dumbo and Snow White

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Friday night, we went to the Homecoming parade downtown. The kids get to trick or treat at all the businesses before the parade. Ava had a great time, and was in awe of the whole thing. It was pretty chilly out, so she wore her Dumbo costume. We had a hard time trying to get the hood to stay on though. Here, Ava and Kate are enjoying some suckers before the parade started.

Fall Festival

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We went to a Fall festival last weekend while we were home. I knew they were doing pony rides and Ava always talks about riding a horse, so I really wanted to go. She did better than I thought. She had to have Grandma Julie walk beside her and hold her hand, but at least she rode it! They also had a petting zoo that was different. They had the typical goats and sheep, but they also had a baby zebra, camel, baby kangaroo, donkey, and baby buffalo to pet. The zebra was enough for me. I thought that was so neat to be able to get up close to one.
We also went on a train ride, which was fun. Ava really enjoyed it. It was about 20 minutes too long for her though. But overall, she did really good.

Taking a train ride

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Ava and Boots

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This is the first picture of Ava holding Boots that I have been able to take. When she lived with us, she would hide all day under my bed so Ava couldn't play with her. As soon as Ava was in bed she would come out and play. So therefore, I took her back to my mom's house. I kind of feel bad now, cause she loved all over Ava last weekend and would let her play with her. I'm thinking Boots misses us.

My little cook!

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Ava's new thing is to help me cook supper. She thinks it is so cool to get the chair and stand by me while I'm cooking. Last night she "helped" me cook hamburgers.

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As you can see, she ate more than she helped! You may not be able to tell by the picture, but she took a bite out of each tomato. Just one bite, out of each one.

Kate and Ava walking to the hayride

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Yesterday we went to a pumpkin patch with some friends. The kids had a great time and us moms were wore out! They had a horse drawn hayride, which was Ava's favorite part.

Picking out the pumpkins

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2 for 2, on R & R

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We have exciting news to share. We got lucky again on R&R and are expecting our second baby in May! We are so excited and just wanted to share it with everyone.

Beautiful weather

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Ava's first day of "school"

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Ava has done nothing but talk about going to school for the past 2 weeks. Well, today was her first day. It's not really school, it's a mother's day out program, but she calls it school. She goes once a week from 9-1. She was so excited when we got there. Her friend Kate got there at the same time so we walked in together. Everything was great until Kate went into a different classroom. Then Ava wasn't so excited. It took a little convincing to get her to go in, but she did, and without crying. I peeked in on her before I picked her up and she was having a blast.

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R & R

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Sorry it's been so long since I've posted anything. Blake came home for R & R on August 10th. He left this morning. I'm just now getting time to post our time together for the last 18 days. We had a wonderful time together as a family.
Ava didn't hesitate much before going to him at the airport. Then she broke dad in right off the bat, by making him take her to the potty!
We really didn't do whole lot while he was home. We just hung out with family and friends. We did go the the Lake of the Ozarks for a couple days, and back to Deanna Rose petting zoo.
We hated to see him go, but at least it will only be 3 months, and then he'll be home for good.

Daddy and Ava

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Having a tea party with Daddy

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