our ups and downs...

We have had a busy week...we definitely had more UPS, than DOWNS...last Wednesday, we got a call from Day Care that Blakeley had a 103 degree fever! Needless to say, I was freaking out!! Blakeley has only ever had low grade teething fevers - so I was just SURE that she was going to be so sad and pitiful. Boy, was I WRONG! Blakeley was her sweet, smiley, talkative self...just a little run down. I took her to the doctor to learn that it was just a stomach bug (which was a no brainer since she didn't eat lunch that day - and baby girl NEVER misses a meal!)

The only good part was b/c of the Day Care rules, Blakeley could not return to Day Care until she had been fever free for 24 hours - which meant I got to stay home with my little one!

Here are some pictures of Blakeley Wednesday morning... at first I thought she was already back to 100%...

But then, she slowly wore herself out and needed a nice long nap...

Then by Friday afternoon - we were back to the same old same old....making a mess with the Munchie Mug!




Saturday, was a BIG day! Blakeley got to go to her first Festival! We met Buddy, Mimzy, and Aunt Missie at the Suwanee Day Festival. We had to park far away and ride a charter bus to the park (and Blakeley LOVED getting to run up and down the aisle).




And running all over the park....(she does NOT love the stroller anymore).





Blakeley was very curious about all the doggies that were there.

She even found some great fall decorations!!

Isn't my girl so strong?? She's hold two FAKE pumpkins! ;)

Saturday afternoon, Blakeley felt guilty about the mess she was making at home, so she decided she would help clean up....

but her cleaning up really means she just pushed the mess all around...but she gets an 'A' for effort!

Sunday morning, we skipped church (to make sure every one stayed in good health) and we lounged around....

And Daddy, may or may not have shared some Cherry Coke with Blakeley...

You can't tell from this picture - but she actually said "mmmmm" after drinking the Cherry Coke....

Later in the day on Sunday, we had Blakeley's Baby Dedication at Lakewood Baptist Church. We weren't sure if she was excited or not.....because she just stayed frozen...

I'm not exaggerating...she stayed like this the whole ride up the Gainesville....
We thought she had a question, but she never said a word.

Here is the dedication with Dr. Tom Smiley

And we even had our favorite couple, Scott and Dawn Smith pray with us to help commit to showing Blakeley the love of Jesus Christ!

Luckily, we got to go first, because this little one was ALL.OVER.THE.PLACE.

Justin, Blakeley, and I were so thankful to have members of both sides of our gamily present at this special time! Thank you to everyone who was able to come and show their love and support for Blakeley and our whole family!