My baby is 18 months old!

I just can't believe Drake is 18 months old today - it's amazing how quickly time passes. Just a few funny pics of my little man digging in the fruit...

Playing in the yard with Mees...

I just love these little guys, as crazy as they make me. :)

Happy Easter!

We had a great time celebrating Easter this year with our family. I am so relieved Easter finally arrived, because Mia has been waiting for it, and asking about it, every day since February. I finally had to pull out the calendar and show her just how many days away it was! "Mommy, how many more sleeps until Easter?" she would ask every day. Ha! Of course she had her Easter dress, matching accessories, and lipgloss. Such a hoot.

We've been busy enjoying the weather, that's for sure! It has been so nice out. We've been spending a lot of time at the parks in town! The kids are playing so cute together still, which is so great. But Drake has been hitting her lately when she does something he doesn't like, and the other day I heard her say to him, "Drake! Stop hitting! You do not get a digi-medal!" If you're not lucky enough to watch Special Agent Oso on the Playhouse Disney lineup, they get digi-medals when they do something good or accomplish something. It was so funny to hear her tell him that.

They make each other giggle all the time, it's hilarious. But they are so rough together! The other day I looked over at them, and she was pulling him around by a blanket in his mouth - like he was biting the blanket, and she was tugging him around. They both thought it was the funniest thing. They push each other around in laundry baskets, chase each other all the time, and are always running into each other - ha! He definitely had a shiner on his face the day before Easter from a recent collision with Mia. Anyways, here are some recent pics...


From Easter - Drake was clearly annoyed because I was blocking his view of his movie, but I love this anyways...

My little people...

Brock was throwing Drake into the air, and Drake was telling him 'One more time...'

Easter egg hunt at Nana's

Matching little tulip bracelet (along with the matching necklace...)

This cracks me up - Drake had put a handful of mulch in his mouth at the park, and Brock was just making sure it was all out. Makes for a funny picture. :)

Buddies

Whew - we are almost done with the head cold that doesn't seem to end. Drake picked it up from the ped's office during his 15 month checkup almost 3 weeks ago, and we are still fighting it off. In fact, I took him back today because I suspected he had an ear infection, which he does. Poor little guy. Anyways, we are almost back to normal around here!

The kids have been so cute together. They have been playing great together. It's tough having little ones so close in age, but now that Drake's a little older, they are such buddies. Don't get me wrong, if he takes something Mia is playing with, she definitely reprimands him! But they can entertain each other for extended amounts of time now, which is so nice for Mommy. :) They both love listening to music, and as soon as I turn it on, Drake looks for Mia so they can hold hands and spin in circles together. Of course Mia just loves it, it's so cute.

Mia's been saying the cutest things lately like, "Mommy, I wish I could play ring-around-the-rosie with you when you were a little girl" and "When I get older and have a baby in my tummy, we can be mommies together!" By the way, she has already named her future baby - Baby Ava. ;) I don't know where she comes up with this stuff.

Oh, and just because you'll probably think this is as funny as I do, one of the reasons I'm updating my blog is because I was getting in trouble from my husband for having a picture of my son with barettes. :)

Here are a few recent ones...


My 3 most favorite people...







Sometimes we feel like saying 'Seriously, do you really think we need anything else to wipe up?!'

Mwah!

It was just a matter of time...

I'm actually surprised it didn't happen sooner. But when Mia called me out of the kitchen the other day, I was glad my camera was close...

Notice Drake's scowl and Mia's smile. So typical! Also funny is that his first instinct when he picks up a marker is to pretend he is putting lipstick on. Of course Brock hates this (and the barettes in his hair), and he's constantly reminding me that Drake is pretending to put CHAPSTICK on. :) Poor guy, he doesn't have a chance with Mia as his sister. He needs a little male influence around here during the weekdays I think! My friend Jen had us over the other day, and Drake got to hang out with the boys - he loved it, and I understand why!!

I had gotten a new backdrop stand to do some new stuff, so I was 'setting up shop' in a few different rooms and trying to find some good light. Drake was not happy to help...

Mia was willing to help, but of course had to turn on the drama...

I mean, what is this?! So funny...

Hanging out with Daddy

This is one of the first times Mia has been out in the snow. (sad, I know) We had about 6 or more inches on the driveway, and there she was with her little yellow shovel helping us clear the driveway...

Oh, I love this little girl and her tie-dye cover-up/dress with a shirt under it :)

I think this is from the week he had 3 molars and 2 eye teeth break through. He was a bit grumpy...

My sweet little precious :)

That's all for now! Thanks for checking in!

And I thought the snow was over!

Just when I thought it was going to warm up, we got another snow storm! It's so cold outside that it isn't even worth getting the kids bundled up to go anywhere. So unfortunate, because just last week I took the kids for a walk in their wagon twice. I really thought we were on the up and up! They have been really good for being so cooped up, but you can tell they are starting to go a little stir crazy. Drake has been reduced to trying to play with the blender and the lamp, which he successfully pulled on top of himself today. Mia doesn't want to do anything but have me spin her in circles. Why is it that as we get older we get dizzy WAY faster than we did when we were kids? I finally had to put my foot down on the spinning today. I was like, "Mia, Mommy will dance and jump and skip with you, but no more spinning!" But of course, that's still all she wants to do. I can't wait until it warms up a little outside!


We moved Drake to the table with us instead of being in his high chair. It's actually his high chair without the tray that pulls up to the table. Unfortunately, all he wants to do is to stand up in his chair and crawl on the table. He thinks he's so clever, but it gets quite frustrating when he does it EVERY SINGLE TIME we sit down for a meal. He, however, thinks it's hilarious. Either it will get old and he will stop, or I will have to strap him in. He also started walking down the stairs without holding onto anything, not even the wall. He is so much more of a climber than Mia. I never worried about this kind of stuff with her!


You know those Corelle plates, the ones that aren't supposed to break when you drop them? Well, they break if you drop them. Drake pushed one on the ground, and it shattered everywhere! I couldn't find the dustpan and was kind of talking out loud to myself. I said, "Oh, Mia. What should we do?" She says, "I think we should get rid of Drake." It was hilarious. :)


Anyways, here are some recent pics of my two peanuts. :)

This one cracks me up - Mia is always wanting to get her picture taken with Drake, and this is pretty much his reaction...

This just makes me smile :)

Love this...

Hope you're staying warm!!