19 Months Old

Well, tomorrow marks Drake's 19 month old birthday!!! 19 months might not seem like a long time, but I can not believe that Drake is already 19 months old!!! I was thinking of this time last year, when he wasn't even walking, not talking, and WOW - how much difference a year makes!!

Drake,

You are going to be 19 months old tomorrow! You have grown SO much in the last few months!! We went for your 18 month checkup last week, and you are in the 80th percentile for your weight, 88th percentile for your height, and 50th percentile for your head!! You are such a tall little man!! You love going and seeing Dr. Alka, who is wonderful with you! You actually got to go into the "horse" room at the dr, which was just perfect, since horses are your favorite right now!

You have learned to not only walk, but RUN!! You love to run every chance you get, especially if someone just happens to put you do

wn, and even if you have no idea where you're going, just the thought of freedom excites you so much! And, the cutest thing is when you run, you wiggle from side to side!!! You little arms work so hard and you get to going so fast that you usually fall a couple times. I love to chase you around the house, because you laugh so loud and get so giggled when we chase you!

This month mommy goes back to teaching, so you will be at Mrs. Sandra's everyday again. You LOVE going to Mrs. Sandra's where all your little friends are, like Hadley (a.k.a. hadawee), Luke, Jocelyn, Charlie, and all the other ones. You definitely have Mrs. Sandra wrapped around your finger! She just loves you!! And always does what you want!! A few weeks ago, she told me that you were eating your blueberry waffle, and were sticking Reece's Peanut Butter cereal in all the holes of the waffle!! So much for mommy sending a healthy breakfast!

We discovered the splash pad that is not too far from our house! Not sure why I didn't figure it out ALL summer, but that's okay - you love it, and I'm sure we will be going back a lot before it gets too cold!

Your new favorite words are: "Oh Please," "okay," peese" (a.k.a. please), "thank you," "amen," and just about anything we ask you to say!! It's so much fun to ask you to say a new word and to hear how you pronounce it!

As far as foods go, you're kind of going through the not eating much stage again. For awhile, you would eat anything I put on your tray, but I think you're just TOO busy to stop and eat anything right now! You still eat fruit pretty well, and you still love chicken and french fries! When we go to restaurants, it's a lot of fruit, tortillas, and anything that will keep you still in your high chair for more than 10 minutes! I think you've decided that high chairs are for babies, and you just need to run around the restaurant!! :) Mommy and daddy take WAY too long at restaurants!! You usually stress mommy WAY out when at restaurants!! I'm just not used to all this energy you have yet!! :)

You are still throwing fits, and some days it seems SO much better, but I think you are understanding more that if you throw a fit, you get in trouble! So, we'll just keep working on that!! :)

This month we will celebrate Uncle Cody's birthday, great-grandma Joy's birthday, Uncle Jarrod's Birthday, and daddy's birthday!! We have a lot of celebrating to do this month!!! Can't wait for all the parties!!! As long as there are balloons and somewhere to run around, you will be happy! :)

You also baked with mommy for the first time!! We made brownies, and you LOVED it!!! You loved stirring, but once you figured out you could eat it....and you liked it....you were done with stirring!!! It was all about the chocolate!!! :)

We also went to the famous Keefton Extravaganza!!! Where Uncle Speck is a fireman!!! You loved watching everyone, and wouldn't go see Uncle Speck, which he did not like!! You loved climbing on the fire trucks, and seeing the Life Flight helicopter!!

Oh, and I almost forgot!!! Mommy's new friends, Jenny and Ashley, from Mamarazzi of Tulsa had a "cutest kid of 2011" contest - and guess who won!!!?!? YES - the famous Drake!!! :) You won with 163 votes!!! 2nd place only had 117 votes - so you rocked the contest!!! Now we get to take you to a photo shoot and mommy is SO excited!!!

I can't wait to see what fun things we get to do this month!!! You are growing more and more everyday!!! I can't wait for each morning to go and see you standing (or jumping) in your crib just waiting on me to come and get you!! And, I cherish every evening when daddy and I get to pray with you and put you to bed, and how wonderful you are laying there in your bed! I love how you run to me saying "mama!! mama!!" When I come and pick you up from Mrs. Sandra's house!! You are more than amazing and you amaze me everyday!!!

I love you to the moon and back!!!

First Time Blogging!

Well, I never thought I would be a blogger, but here I am! :) I attended a photography workshop this weekend, and was very inspired at how one of the photographers blogs about her kids life, and writes them letters each month of their life. She says it's her way of having a baby book!! Well, I have not done a very good job at keeping a baby book, and I know most of you are surprised, because I usually keep up with everything! It made me feel really bad that I haven't kept up with it! Now taking pictures....I have about a million pictures of Drake's life, but writing things down is another story!


So, my journey begins!! I want this blog to be for Drake, so that one day he can read it and know what went on in his life when he was 18 months old, and what happened as he grew up! :)

Can't wait to see how this will all work out!! :)


So, let's just start on today:


Drake,


You are 18 months old this month!! I can't believe how fast this year has gone!!


You are walking/running everywhere!!! You have just started saying everything we ask you to. So, we love to say "Drake, say horse." "Drake, say daddy." "Drake, say papa." It's so much fun to hear the way that you pronounce words, and how you love saying your new word over and over again! Some of your favorite words right now are: horse, wa-wa (water), dada, papa, gigi, nana, coco (cody), tweat (treat for the dog), ruff-ruff, cwoe (chloe the dog), binky, bunny, whoa, thank you, thanks, ball, bye, brush (when you want to brush your teeth), what's that?, and almost anything we'll ask you to say! :)


You are becoming more independent everyday! You are just starting to want to walk by yourself, and you are learning that you have to hold mommy or daddy's hand if you want to walk somewhere or we have to hold you!


You are learning to throw great fits! When something doesn't go your way, you like to throw your binky, and scream! And, mommy and daddy are learning how to deal with the fits! Time out has become a good friend at our house! But, you're still learning and growing, and hopefully growing OUT of throwing fits quickly! :)


This month you visited Florida, the beach, and the ocean for the first time. We went there not only for vacation, but for your cousin Sarah's wedding. We had so much fun taking you to the beach, letting you play in the sand, and letting you explore the water. You woke up every morning in the beach house, and looked outside and said "Whoa, wa-wa!!!" We had such a great time, and you traveled SO well, even though you didn't sleep much in the 12 hour travel there and 12 hour travel back, but you were such a great traveler!!

This month has also been filled with lots of mommy time!! I'm off for summer vacation, so we have to go have lots of lunches with friends, go swimming a lot, and just hang out, playing at the house! I thought you would be tired of all the mommy time, but when it's time to go back to Sandra's house, you cling on to me, and cry when I leave you!


Can't wait to see what next month will be like!! You are changing so much everyday and your daddy and I are having SO much fun being your mommy and daddy!! :)


Love you so much~~~