Blake takes his first shots!

Blake got his first shots this week.  He was such a good sport.  We did our own exam before the doctor came in...our checklist included cute, cuter, and cutest.  Check. Check. Check.

Are you ready for some... errands?

Hey guys- looks like a great day for watching football, right?  I'm ready.

Blake just learned that we don't sit and watch football.  Now that he's a Willems, it's time to run errands and get ready for RINGSFEST!!!  We'll check the scores later.

A day in the life of Blake Kenneth

After having some breakfast, it's good to take a quick cat nap.

Then it's off to a mid-morning ride with Raffe.

Then there's the afternoon photo shoot.  Notice his first time wearing sandals
(he likes to wear them with socks like his Grandpa Willems!).

The day wouldn't be complete without catching the beautiful sunset from our deck 

(including another photo shoot of course).

Until the next day...

Stand and Deliver, or Slobber

One of Blake's favorite things to do is watch himself in the mirror as mom helps him try to stand.  He is fascinated with the handsome kid staring back at him.  He loves to try and stand, and is working on developing his calves.  After a long day of working out, Blake always resorts to his favorite activity, sleep.  In fact he's breaking records every day.  We marked a new milestone for him when he slept through the night on the 26th.  He made it 7 hours and 38 minutes.  And he's already shattered that record, which now stands at 9 hours and 25 minutes logged on the 29th!!!

Oh, and yes, we are a data family.  We've been keeping track of many important statistics for him.  Here are some fun ones now that it's October 1st:

Diapers- Blake was born on the 24th of July, but managed to go through 70 diapers in July.  For his first full month of life, he managed 327 diapers in August.  He and his parents have learned a lot and Blake developed some efficiencies in September, setting the mark (pun intended) at 293 diapers in September.  His weekly min and max has been 57 and 81.  Daily range is 4 to 15, but who is counting?  We have more specific data, available upon request.

We've also kept track of his sleep, and he logged 406 hours, 51 minutes in August.  By the way, there were 744 hours in August.  He was more awake in September, as we tracked him at 350 hours and 38 minutes.  Ok, enough of the specifics for now.  Please enjoy some pics of standing and sleeping.