New and Exciting

Parting with Piper was difficult, but it has made our lives less stressful and for that I am grateful.

I got a VERY part time nanny gig for a little boy a few months younger than Blake and very close to my house. It's not a lot of money, but anything extra is great. I will be able to take Blake with me when I need to, and most of the time he will be with my Grandma. So it works out that I am not paying for care for Blake while caring for another child.

Blake has started to make great strides in his treatment. It is obvious to me that he is starting to understand more and using his listening skills much better. He has started to climb on everything, if I run to the bathroom, by the time I am back he is standing on top of the kitchen table! AHH! He has all of a sudden let me read him books and is now constantly bringing me books to read to him! I love it, it's finally paying off. He can sit next to me nicely and let me read him a story. I love seeing his eyes light up, and pointing to different things he wants to learn about. Before I could never keep his attention long enough to get through one sentence, I know that is pretty common but it was almost as though the sound of my voice bothered him. Blake has also started hitting/scratching/biting. All kids do this, but his outbursts are a little more intense and strange. It's like he is mad at me for something. He loves my Mom and my Grandma but every time he sees me it's like he is enraged and will hit/scratch/bite me nonstop. When he wakes up in the morning he is so happy, and then I walk in his room to get him he screams and attacks me. When we try and play together he runs up and hits me. It's an all the time thing. Its been going on for at least a week straight, hopefully we can get to the bottom of this soon, because its kind of breaking my heart!

In good Blake news... he had a modeling gig on Wednesday and another on Friday! On Wednesday he had a shoot for Zulily, check them out here:  http://www.zulily.com/invite/astewart801  
and on Friday he had a shoot for an artist management company called FKB Artist Management, check them out here: http://fkbartistmanagement.com
At Zulily, Blake modeled a couple outfits. One was an adorable hoodie sweatshirt and the other was this AWFUL Halloween romper. I mean it was bad! It will be up on the site in about two weeks and you can see for yourself... yikes! As for his FKB shoot... my Grandmother took him... and it doesn't sound like it went very well. Hopefully they can see past the fact that my Grandma had him in a stained shirt!!! EEK! Oh well, they were hiring for a spread in Costume Express, a catalog that comes out around Halloween time and sells Halloween Costumes.http://www.costumeexpress.com/ He would be perfect for the gig, I just hope he impressed them enough. :)

It's official, I go back to school in 23 days! I am so excited and ready! I just hope my Financial Aid check comes in, otherwise I will be scrambling to make money. Not going is just not an option for me. I want to fulfill my dream of becoming an elementary school teacher, and I am determined to do so.

Here's to cute babies and making dreams come true <3

Arielle Michelle