Oh, Did I Tell You?

For those of you who don't already know, yes we are pregnant with Baby Blackham #2! I'm about 7 weeks along with a scheduled due date of December 20th. Jake and I are both very excited, even though this wasn't planned; we're starting to wonder if ANY of our pregnancies will be planned...Oh well! It looks like Connor and the new baby will be about 21 months apart, which I hear isn't horrible. For all of you mom's out there with children close in age, any advice?

Thanks for all of your love and support! Now, I think I'm going to take a nap before Connor wakes up.

Mother's Day Album

This year for Mother's day for Connor's grandma's, I decided to make an album of the first year of Connor's life. Thought I share the finished, electronic version with you all!

Young Women's Activity

For our Young Women's activity last Wednesday, we took a trip up to St. George to a bridal boutique. The boutique sells trendy, modest prom dresses. They learned the importance of dressing modestly and how to wear dresses that are flattering for their body types. Then, the girls were able to have a mini fashion show and try on a few of their dresses. Of course they made their leaders, Rachel and me, try on a dress as well. We had SO much fun!!!

Rachel and me modeling our prom dresses....just about everywhere we go, people either mistake us for one another or ask us if we are sisters. Our own children have even gotten us mixed up. I guess what they say is true, everyone has a twin!

Mesquite Days Parade

On Saturday, our family attended the Mesquite Days Parade. Connor had fun watching Jake chase after all of the candy being thrown from the floats. Sometimes I feel like Jake is more of a kid than Connor!

Congratulations Natalie!

I just wanted to let my little sister know how excited I am that she decided to serve a mission for our church. She's been called to serve in the Utah Salt Lake City South Mission and will leave for the MTC on July 9th. Yeah!!!

12 Month Checkup

Connor and I went to the doctor's this morning for his 12 month checkup. I was surprised to see that he has lost weight since he's been crawling; is that normal? He now weighs 24.8 lbs (60th percentile) is 30 1/2 inches long (80th percentile) and I can't remember how big his head measured, but the doctor said it was off the charts...aka "huge melon" as Jake calls it. He did fairly well with the shots this time. It sure will be nice to be done with vaccinations for a while once he turns two, although I think I get more nervous about it than Connor does.

Congratulations!

I would just like to congratulate Jake along with the Nevada State Bank softball team for winning the 2008 Mesquite Men's Softball League Championship on Wednesday night. Way to go guys!!!

Connor's First Birthday!

Today our little boy turned one! Can you believe it?! We actually did most of our celebrating a few days early since Jake's side of the family came to visit over the weekend. Connor LOVED opening all of his presents. He got several toys, books, clothes, and a new pair of shoes. Aunt Lucy even gave him his very first cell phone (her old one). He was SO excited!

Of course we couldn't end the day without giving Connor his first piece of cake. He wasn't too sure what to do with it at first. He basically just ended up scraping off the frosting and squishing it between his fingers.

Go Carts and Bowling

Jake's parents and sisters came to visit us this weekend. We had so much fun racing go carts and bowling.

As you can see, Connor kept trying to chase the bowling balls down the lanes. I'm sure he would have gotten a strike if we let him.

Happy Birthday, Jake!

I couldn't resist posting this baby picture of Jake (I think Connor looks a lot like him). Today, our own April fool turned 29! Hope you have a great day!