9 Months, Harvest,and Hunting

Farmer Blake :)

 Blake is now 9 months and is walking all over the place!! He does not like to crawl any more at all. He took his first steps on August 10th but officially started walking on September 8th. He would take many steps each day in that month but on the 8th is when he started walking around the house without falling....too much anyway :) We still have falls but he is doing really good. He sometimes will run but that usually ends up with a crash. He has been able to stand up on his own for several months but just started doing it all the time about a week ago. He is growing up fast :) He still just has his 2 bottom teeth but the top ones are working on coming through. Blake is a turning into a hunting and farming boy just like his daddy! He loves to be in the tractor riding with daddy. He likes to help drive the tractor any chance he can get. For the past week on the days I don't work we will ride 5 to 6 hours a day. He will take one nap while we are riding but he doesn't want to miss any of the action. He has rode in the combine a couple times and also rode in the auger wagon tractor some. Since he has been riding in the tractor he likes his tractors at home now even more than he did before. We have also noticed he likes "big bucks" a lot too. We have showed him the deer that Tyler mounted quite a bit since it has been on our wall and each time we show him it we say "big buck." Two nights ago we were watching a hunting movie and Blake was all eyes! He wouldn't even turn his head away from the screen to eat ice cream! And he usually likes ice cream a lot. Every time he saw a deer on the screen he would make a "buu" sound and look at us. If we would ask him where the "big buck" was he would look back at the screen. If we would ask where daddy's "big buck" was he would look at it hanging on the wall. So it looks like he will be just like his daddy! :)

I am now working at  Homestead Buttery and Bakery. I worked there before Tyler and I got married so it was nice to go back. I enjoy it a lot! I work in the deli and will sometimes help in the kitchen. I also help package all the bulk foods. I work on Tuesday from 8 to 5 and Thursday from 8:30 to 5. So on the days I work Blake goes to a babysitter, on Tuesday he goes to his Aunt Jenn's house and on Thursday he switches every other week from Great Grandma Furrer's to Great Grandma Ponto's.  He is getting used to this schedule pretty good. I miss spending every day with him but it is also nice having a break. I also do the hog records for dad. So on Friday's I head over to his house and do those. I will also be doing some soil testing for dad this fall.

Tyler still enjoys working on the farm. He told me he thinks he finally found his career! He said it doesn't really feel like work so he is enjoying it a lot! He enjoys hauling grain during harvest, he said during lunch today that he misses it when he isn't doing it. They are picking corn in a field several miles south of the 
farm so they are using semi's to haul the corn so he is doing other jobs until that is done. Yesterday he ground feed and did a few other jobs and today he has worked at the shop and is fixing the honey wagon this afternoon. Then he said hopefully he can get back in the tractor and haul some beans later today.

Deer season is just 12 days away!! We hung a few stands the other night at one of the woods. Tyler will be working on opening day but I hope to go out and try to get a deer with my bow :) We have done some squirrel hunting this year already. Tyler has gone out a couple times by himself, he took Trent once, and then he took Blake and I once. He has gotten at least 4 squirrels so far. Blake is usually pretty quick to get a hand on one when he can :)

Here are some 9 month pictures I took:

Wagon rides.....something this little guy loves!!

Farming at home with his tractor and boots!

One of my favorite pictures!

Sitting in the combine tire!

Playing in the grass.

Harvest time!!!

What was the yield again grandpa?

Taking his nap. He snores most of the time during his tractor naps.

Him and his best friend.....Daddy!!!

Hunting for squirrels...no I didn't shoot the gun holding Blake, I was just holding it so Tyler could take a picture :)

The first squirrel Daddy brought home!

Listening for squirrels with Daddy!

This is what Blake and I look like each night. I love my snuggle time with him! :)

New Job

We have officially moved! We moved out to Wolcott on Monday and Tyler started work on Tuesday morning. For this week we are living in my parents house while the rental we will be moving into is getting some repairs done on it. Eventually we will be moving into the house that my brother Josh and his wife Jenn rent right now. They bought a house so they will move into it when the people living there move out. Hopefully it doesn't take too long before we can move into "our house."

Yesterday Tyler ground his first batches of feed and this morning he ground more feed. That will be one of his jobs he has on the farm. Right now he is helping put up a new hog pen for some sows. Tyler is really enjoying working on the farm and Blake and I are really enjoying it too. :) We can go out and see daddy any time we would like!! We made a couple trips to see him yesterday and Blake helped him grind some feed this morning :)

When we go see daddy we get to drive the ranger, as you can see Blake likes to drive it (don't tell him it's in park :)).

Waiting on daddy for a tractor ride.

 Putting feed in.

 All smiles on his tractor ride with daddy! :)

 Going to unload the batch of feed.



Blake must have thought unloading a feed batch was boring.....he fell sound asleep helping daddy :)

Have a good week!

Lakes

Here are the lake pictures that I said I would post about a month ago. Sorry it has taken so long, life has been just a little crazy around here lately. We had a wonderful time at the lakes with Tyler's family. It was a very relaxing week. Blake did really good the whole week and loved being in the water. After a while he got tired of it but over all he liked it. He has changed SO much since my last post!! He is now pushing anything he can around the house walking behind it. He can stand by himself for about 5 seconds without hanging on to anything. He will be 8 months next Tuesday. He climbs on everything he can. He still likes to blow bubbles but is also learning different voices he can make. His most recent discovery is the word "Bob". :) We hear about "Bob" all day long. Right now he is actually pulling on the computer cord saying "Bob Bob Bob". He is quite goofy :) He also has 1 tooth!!! :) We first noticed it on July 3rd. He went in for a well baby checkup the beginning of July. He was 19 pounds 10 ounces and 29 inches long. Our doctor said he is doing great and is way ahead of most babies his age. She was actually comparing her 9 month list to him and said he has accomplished most of those goals aready. So he is advanced :) He liks to pull all of his toys out of his toy box and all the books off the shelf. It makes a mess of our living room but it keeps him entertained.

In other news....we are moving!!! So that's why our life has been a little crazy :) In 2 weeks from today we will be living in Wolcott. It was 3 weeks ago tomorrow that Tyler and I first talked about it. We both had been feeling that God was calling us to a smaller church. So after some praying, talking and reading we decided that it was what we were supposed to do. So, Tyler will be helping out on our family farm full time and I am going to be working at Homestead Buttery and Bakery (where I worked before we were married) and also helping on the farm. Both Tyler and I's last day of work in Bluffton is the 27th and we move on the 30th. We have been very busy filling boxes these last couple of weeks! Almost every corner of our house is stacked with boxes. At this point we are still not exactly sure where we will live in Wolcott but we are in the process of figuring that out.

Now on to the pictures :) 

We got Blake his very own fishing pole, it came with a plastic fish and as you can see he loved fishing with Daddy!!

Blake's first ear of sweet corn! Since then he has had an ear every time we eat it.

Meet Sir Shorts A lot! He is the newest member to our family. This is Tyler's buck from last season that he just got mounted last week. He did it himself and it turned out great! The pens are still in him because he is in the drying process.

Farmer Blake

Daddy and Blake in Crooked Lake

We went boating one day on vacation and as you can see Tyler enjoys it!

Daddy and Blake going putt putt golfing.

 

And just to make you laugh today :)

6 Month Pictures

 These past several weeks have been very busy! I was a VBS teacher and was in charge of the 4th grade craft. We made checkerboards. It was a very busy 2 weeks but it went really good! Then after VBS was over we went to the lakes for a week with Tyler's family for vacation. We got back on Saturday morning in time for Tyler to make it to work. Now we are trying to get back to normal. I will upload some pictures from vacation some other day. These are a few of the 6 month pictures I got of Blake while we were at the lakes. I can't get the ones at the end to switch directions so you may have to just move your head :) sorry! leave a comment of which is your favorite :)

Everywhere and Everything

Blake sure likes to use his new crawling skills to get into everything! And he goes everywhere! The bathroom seems to be his most favorite spot to go. If we don't keep the door shut you can probably find him in there playing with the rug or tangled up in the shower curtain. When the door is not shut and we see him crawling to the bathroom we shut it and sometimes that results in an unhappy crying Blake. But he is a lot more content now that he can get places on his own. He is keeping us busy and is a lot of fun to play with.

He is starting to pull himself up on things.

His favorite spot....the bathroom!

Playing with daddy's shoes. He really likes doing this, he sat in this spot and switched from shoe to shoe for probably 45 minutes. Daddy had some pretty soggy shoe strings when he was done! :)

On the move to somewhere else!

His first pond experience!! The water was really cold so he cried the first time we stuck his feet in but the more his feet were in, the more he liked it. He started splashing water with his hands by the time we were done. But we did not stay in to long since the water was really cold. Hopefully there will be more pond time this summer when the water is warm!

Have a wonderful week!!

Changing

Our little boy is changing everyday! He is now crawling and sitting up on his own. He is also has a lot of fun blowing bubbles. He makes Tyler and I laugh all the time with his goofy faces and his actions. He still loves his Jumparoo and is in it several times a day. He can get moving pretty fast in that thing which makes him very fun to watch. He is eating baby food several times a day now and will eat almost anything we give him. He went in for his 6 month checkup on Tuesday even though is isn't quite 5 1/2 months. He was 26 1/2 inches long and weighed 17 pounds 5.5 ounces. Dr. Jencks said his ears were a little pink so he is on Amoxicillin for 10 days. Even though he may be a little sick he is still very happy and smiles all the time!

Playing with Molly the monkey.

Cuddling with Molly while Tyler and I fried chicken for supper tonight. And we did not put her there, he did :)

One of his goofy faces he makes.

My 2 most favorite people on this Earth! I also think they are the 2 cutest! :)

Have a good weekend!!