Lots of Firsts!

Here are Blakely and her Aunt Lindsay, Lindsay was home for Labor Day from college!

Blakely on her 1st day of daycare.
Blakely and I doing infant massage. She loves it and it helps her sleep soooo good!

Trying on some of her Fall hats. Look at those big, beautiful blue eyes!

Blakely and her Great-Grandma Helen meeting for the 1st time.

Four generations of Harkens.

Neal and Grandma Helen acting silly...

Mom and Dad in their "future" rocking chairs!

Mom painting Grandma's nails!

Blakely acting silly in the car, Neal put her Mr. Whoozit on her head and thought it was hilarious...I was driving so I had no control over this!

Blakely watching us eat dinner...

Sleeping in her crib for the first time!

Lots of firsts for Blakely this week...her first road trip to meet her Great-Grandma Helen in Iowa. She did so good in the car and overnight at my aunt's house, she is such a good baby! She started daycare and has been doing well, she already has a favorite teacher Ms. Sheila...only she can get Blakely to sleep and calm her down when she is crying! I think daycare has been rougher on me than Blakely...at night we just play and cuddle. Tonight we put her bassinet in the basement and she is sleeping in her crib...I told Neal she looks so little in it! She is still growing like a weed, she is gaining more head control and really doing well during tummy time holding and turning her head. She is starting to notice if we are in the room or not and will often cry and then when we pick her up...stop crying (she just LOVES being held)! I think she is really starting to reconize us and smiles when we make lots of funny sounds..she especially likes it when I make the "ruff, ruff" doggie sound in her book! I think her laughs are right around the corner!

-Mrs.