Blakey Happenings
The weather here can’t make up its mind if it’s spring yet or still winter. Since my last entry we have enjoyed some beautiful 70-degree sunny days, but when I got up this morning the sky was grey and it was cold and windy. I guess I don’t really mind the rain, I know that it will make everything all green and flowery in a few weeks. It’s just that I’m starting to like the days when I can use our screen door, have all the windows open and wear flip flops. We live in a pretty old apartment, you know how in old houses the floors 
creak and squeak? Our apartment is like that and there is a window in our living room which must not be sealed well anymore because whenever we have a stormy day the wind makes a draft come through this one window. If it’s strong enough it even blows the shades a little! If anyone knows how to fix that, please let me know!
Days with Tyler are just such a joy! He’ll be six weeks old this week and we’ve settled into a nice routine. It’s so nice how he’s sleeping much longer at night! I am finding that I look forward to certain times of day with him. Every morning when he wakes up I prop him up on my pillow and “play” with him. Playing with Tyler has expanded from just a stare down to having him talk back to me with little sounds or cooing and lots of smiles. At first he hated bath time, but as you can see from the picture it has become a favorite now. Another one I look forward to is his tummy time and we put him on this little play mat that has lots of colors and sounds. When he’s on that he lifts his head up pretty high now. Or other times we 
put him on our bed and he likes to try to “scooch” already. Bobby called me in there the other day to show me how if he put his hand at Tyler’s feet, he would push against it and gradually make his way to the other side of the bed. Bobby and I are just having such a great time with him and love seeing how he is growing and changing.
It was wonderful to be at church again this weekend. After not going for a month after Tyler was born I sure missed it. I always enjoy Bobby’s lessons and this week was no exception. He taught on evangelism from 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 and answered the question–”Why aren’t Christians excited to evangelize?” In this passage Paul says “the love of Christ compels us.” I’ve often wondered why Christians seem hesitant, intimidated or even embarrassed to speak the truth of the Gospel to others. I really like what Bobby said about it–
When they hear a message like this, it’s like getting one of those flyers in the mail
from your dentist reminding you that you need to get your teeth checked every six
months to a year or something like that. Do you get those in the mail? I do.
And I think to myself, you know that would probably be a good idea to go to the
dentist. When I can find the time, and when I have the money, and when I finally
feel like it, I’ll go. And this is how we think of evangelism. We think that we should
do it. But we don’t want to. We aren’t compelled to act.”
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March 27th, 2006 at 9:17 pm
Weather stripping! …it’s weatherized foam sticky stuff, should do the trick for your window(I have some of it sealing the door to my car and it works great, haha
in absolute desparation you could use a can of “Great Stuff” to fill in the gap, but you’d probably never be able to move the window again…check out your local HD or like W-M or Target 
March 27th, 2006 at 10:21 pm
I love the updates and the pictures always make me smile:)
March 28th, 2006 at 7:40 pm
I can’t believe how much little Tyler looks like Bobby. It has been so much fun to see the pictures as he is getting older. Thank you for your encouraging words as always!