Drake is 2!

I can't believe this kid is already 2! It is amazing how fast time goes by. He is so funny and makes us laugh every day. We are so blessed to have him in our family, and love him so much. I interviewed him and asked a few questions... here is what I got!

1. What's your favorite color? Green and Orange

2. What's your favorite toy? Cars

3. What's your favorite food? My nose

4. What's your favorite thing about Church? See friends and play toys

5. Who is your best friend? Cooper

A friend of mine took some pictures of Drake and they turned out fantastic! We got him laughing so hard that he was smiling in almost every picture.

Here are some more things that make Drake who he is...

• Hey says "Sank you" to everything
• When we pray he always wants us to bless Grandpa and Lucy (my parents dog)
• Loves us to sing him songs at bedtime and knows all of them
• Loves his Binky
• He says "BOO" to scare us and thinks it is hilarious
• Loves to jump on the "trampeen"
• Loves to play with cars, and wants anyone around to sit on the ground and play with him
• He wants a doggy
• Loves Nursery
• Loves Mickey Mouse
• Loves books and puzzles
• When you ask him what a train conductor says he says, "All Aboard!"
• When something is funny he says, "that's too funny"
• When he is hungry he says, "I too hungry"
• One night Josh and I tucked him in bed, as we were leaving the room we said "goodnight Drake" he said...."Bye Guys"!

What a funny kid. We are sure glad we have him around!

Big Brother

That's right, Drake is going to be a big brother, and by the look on his face in that picture he doesn't look so happy about it! We are so excited and I know Drake will be too. Yes his world is going to be rocked, but he already gives the baby kisses and says hi to it. We are due in April and find out what it is in a couple of weeks! We are so excited to have another little person in our family and already love it so much.

Halloween 2011

We had a great Halloween season! This year Drake was old enough that we could start doing some fun things and start traditions. The only thing we didn't get to, was decorating Halloween sugar cookies. I guess there is always next year. As you can see Drake was a lion, and a very cute lion. He would roar at pretty much every one we saw.

We started the festivities with going to the Pumpkin Walk for Family Night with Sheldon and Nikki. It was pretty cold, and we picked the busiest night to go, but we waited in line and went through. It was really cute, and we learned a lesson that going during the day is probably a better time with kids!

Drake wasn't so sure about it, but it was all worth it when he saw the Mickey Mouse pumpkin!

The next thing we did, was our ward Halloween party. We had dinner and they had a carnival for the little kids. Josh is in charge of the Deacons, and they put on a game called "Wack a Scout" like the game "Wack a Mole" The kids loved it. It was pretty funny!

Cutest lion ever!

Grace and Drake at the ward party. Look at her cute Wonder Woman costume that Hayley made. I love this picture of them.... and look at Grace she is totally pulling a face that looks just like John.

Grandpa, Grandma and Cooper came over and we carved a pumpkin. The little boys were more interested in playing with toys than they were carving pumpkins, but we got one carved for our front porch, thanks to Grandpa Syd!

The day of Halloween we met up with some friends and went to Lee's to go Trick or Treating. It was pretty cute, they had different stations that they could get treats and then a spook alley in the back (that traumatized the children), but it was a lot of fun! We let the kids walk through the whole store, when we should have put them in this cart, and Karly and I would have at least left there with half of our brains! You should have seen us.... wow! I am surprised we weren't kicked out of Lee's for life! Then we headed over to a pizza place for lunch and between five adults and seven kids... they were ready to see us go too!

We took Drake Trick or Treating to some of his favorite spots... first the Kendricks.

Then the Johns, Grandpa and Grandma Haslam and Rohwers!.

Then the Karrens, where they were having food, hot chocolate and treats for the whole neighbor hood. It was so fun, they had a big fire and lots of people! It was a blast!

Cooper, Grandma and Drake

Cooper and Grandpa

Three Singing Pigs

Drake talks all the time, and he talks all day long!! Seriously this kid is never quiet. It makes me laugh every day and I am glad I get to listen to that cute little voice all day long. He learns so many new words every day, and it is so fun to actually be able to have a conversation with the little guy. The other night I was reading this book to him and letting him fill in the blanks. Well, I didn't know he would know all of them, and laughed out loud when he knew what three singing pigs say. (They say la, la, la!)

Spoiled Rotten

This kid is spoiled rotten by so many people!! We just can't help it. He is so dang cute and has the funniest personality. It is hard not to give him what he wants!

Grandma gives him Jelly Beans for breakfast!

We bought him these awesome Jordans!

He drinks off of our drinks!

He gets to go to the Aggie Games!

Grandma let him build a monkey at Build a Bear. He named him chipper!

Grandpa rented a car stroller and pushed him til he went to sleep and then sat down and leaned it back so his head wouldn't fall!

Grandma bought him sunglasses!

He can get anyone to take him on a jeep ride!

We went swimming at a hotel in SLC and he loved being held in the hot tub!!

This kid makes us smile every day! We love you Drake!

Hogle Zoo

Drake loves animals! So, we decided we should take him to Hogle Zoo. He probably won't remember it much, but it was so worth it to see the look on his face when he saw the monkeys!

While we were down there, we were able to meet up with a girl that Josh taught on his mission. Her name is Nicola. She is one of the nicest people I have ever met. I am so happy I got the opportunity to meet her, and hear what she had to say about Josh as "Elder Wood". He made a difference in her life, and it made me so proud of him! I can't wait for the day when we can go to England and see her again!

Nicola and Josh

Nicola and Me.... I love her!

Daddy and Drake Time

Earlier this summer Josh took Drake to feed the ducks. Drake loved it, but we haven't gone back since, and it has been a couple months. The other day we were driving and we passed first dam and Drake said "feed ducks". I guess we better do that again soon before it gets to cold

Another thing that Daddy and Drake have done together is go to the Aggie Scrimmage. Drake thinks hanging out with his daddy is pretty cool. Josh has him saying "Go Aggies!"

Josh is a proud dad to this kid. Drake idolizes him, and can't wait for daddy to get home every day from work to play with him. Josh is very busy right now, but always makes time for Drake!