| YEAR ONE: | |||||
| William Wallace Blake | |||||
| Born August 6th, 2004 at 12:32 am ~ 7 lbs. 1.4 oz., 18.5" long | |||||
| 2nd Week of July 2005 ~ 11 months old ~ Myrtle Beach, SC ~ With Jackie & Bryce; Mr. Sand Face; Out & About | |||||
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| June 24, 2005 ~ 10 ½ months old ~ Mary and her parents, Bratton & Shannon, came to visit | |||||
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| June 12, 2005 ~ 10 Months ~ In NC | |||||
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| May 27-30 2005 ~ Bryce and Jackie came to visit over Memorial Day | |||||
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| May 21-22, 2005 ~ 9 ½ months old ~ Backstage at Mommy's dance recital; Running around the house | |||||
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| Beginning of May 2005 ~ 9 Months | |||||
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| April 15-17, 2005 ~ 8 ½ months old ~ Isle of Palms, SC ~ Will's 1st Beach, and Mommy & Daddy's 3rd Anniversary | |||||
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| March 16 - April 6, 2005 ~ 7 ½ to 8 months old ~ Spring, Easter, Crawling, Best Friends... | |||||
|  |  Beautiful Spring in our backyard |  | |||
|  Best friends, Bryce & Will |  |  Bryce attacking Will with love | |||
|  Bonnie helped Will learn how to crawl... |  ...by barking and enticing him closer... |  ...and now he's all over the place! | |||
|  First Easter Bunny ~ March 24th |  First Easter basket! |  Pulling up and standing anytime, anywhere | |||
|  |  First hockey stick - he LOVED it! |  | |||
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| March 13, 2005 ~ Bonnie, Buddy, & his Biter Biscuit; Daffodil Exploration; Reading with Daddy; Look at my FIRST TWO teeth! (bottom gum, center) | |||||
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| February 2005 ~ 6 Month Professional Portraits by Photography by Lisa | |||||
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| February 12 & 18, 2005 ~ First Rice Cereal, Big Boy Crib, and Grandmommy & Granddaddy visit | |||||
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|  "How you doin'?" |  |  Swinging with Grandmommy & Granddaddy | |||
| Superbowl Sunday at the Jarrell's ~ February 6, 2005 ~ Exactly 6 Months Old: | |||||
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| Family Playtime ~ End of January 2005 ~ 25 Weeks Old: | |||||
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| First of the New Year in North Carolina ~ January, 2005 ~ 22 Weeks Old: | |||||
|  |  Grandmommy helping Will pet their big beagle, Buck |  Will is rolling over, playing with his toys and feet like a champ! | |||
|  Bonnie Blue & the BudBud, actually napping together! | |||||
| Pittsburgh Visit ~ December 29, 2004 - January 1, 2005 ~ 21/22 Weeks Old: | |||||
|  Meeting the Smiths and the Parkers (Sawyer & Liz Smith, Holly Parker, Will & Mommy) |  Playing with new friend, Sawyer |  | |||
|  |  Meeting new friend, Gianna |  | |||
| Christmas in Michigan ~ December 26-28, 2004 ~ 21 Weeks Old: | |||||
|  Meeting Lauren |  |  | |||
|  "Christmas in MI" morning Daddy, Mommy, Will, Aunt Tam, Uncle Dave |  |  The Blakes | |||
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|  Meeting new friend, Jason, and his parents, Tina & Adam |  |  | |||
| Christmas in North Carolina ~ December 24-25, 2004 ~ 21 Weeks Old: | |||||
|  Will has become obsessed with glasses! |  Together with Wendy |  Christmas Eve at Great-Grandmommy's house | |||
|  |  Playing with present bows on Christmas morning |  | |||
| December 10-17, 2004 ~ 19 Weeks Old: | |||||
|  Holiday shopping at the mall for Daddy |  Baking Christmas cookies |  Meeting baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro | |||
| First week of December, 2004 ~ 4 Months/18 Weeks Old: | |||||
|  Very first time on Santa's lap, and smiling, too! |  Will loves his blue puppy |  Grabbing at toys! | |||
| Thanksgiving Weekend ~ November 28, 2004 ~ 16 Weeks Old: | |||||
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| Mid-November 2004 ~ 13-15 Weeks Old: | |||||
|  We put our tree up a weekend early, so we could have it all ready to turn on when we got back from Thanksgiving. |  |  | |||
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| Tuesday, November 2nd - 12.5 Weeks Old: | |||||
| Will's first Election Day! He waited so patiently for over two hours with us in line ~ | |||||
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| Sunday, October 31st - 12.5 Weeks Old: | |||||
| Will's first Halloween Night! He held his own candy and dropped it into his own bag by himself ~ | |||||
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| Friday, October 22nd - 11 Weeks Old: | |||||
| Will's first party: a Halloween fete ~ | |||||
|  Will is a pumpkin this Halloween; Bryce is a sweet pea |  |  | |||
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| Weeks Eight and Nine: | |||||
|  With best friend, Bryce |  |  Getting the boys' birth certificates | |||
|  Joyous pumpkin-ing! |  |  | |||
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| Weeks Six and Seven: | |||||
|  At our favorite Mexican restaurant |  |  First time at the movies! | |||
|  Sleepy Superman arms |  |  Riding beside best friend, Bryce | |||
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| Weeks Four and Five: | |||||
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| Weeks Two and Three: | |||||
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| Birth through Week One: | |||||
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