Blake turns ONE!

Crazy how time flies. We had a fun, intimate, family birthday part with cake, backyard pool fun, and hot air balloons.

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Balloon Festival

Gardner was the hot stuff for a couple days this year with our annual balloon festival. Here’s some shots from our first night there with Kate’s extended fam.

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More for the Blake fans

Seriously… that thing he does with his eyes is both hysterical and creepy at the same time.

For you Blake fans out there…

On mothers day Blake started walking. Like for real walking. We were skyping with my parents for about 45 min and mom was trying to coax Blake to walk, but he wasn’t into it. Five minutes later, this is what happened:

I’ve completly overhauled the aging wishlist and given it it’s own home on the web at wishbottle.com.

I’ve added some new features, but the biggest goal was to get this ready for public consumption. Now your friends can start using wishbottle.com… since it’s easier to add and manage your friends/family’s wishlists.

Plus, for those already using wishlist, you can now select items as “recieved” as well as maintain gifts you’ve claimed by using the new Shopping List feature.

Play around with it and let me know what you think!