Summer is coming!

Things are moving right along here at the Drake residence! Cooper is good at explosive poops - even on the carpet! He loves to smile and talk to us. And he is surviving his sister's love. He is growing just fine - 11 pounds, 7 ounces - at his 2 month check up! He is such a good baby, now sleeping about 5 hours at night!

Grace is doing well, too. She is a talking fool! Some of our favorite sentences are: "Here you go Daddy", "Cars everywhere!", "I will hold it", "I will get him" (referring to Cooper!), and "Danger!" (When grandma drives!) She also does a really good peacock impression and can sing Jesus Loves the Little Children.

You'd think Grace is trying to teach him something here, but really she doesn't like it when he touches her face!

Cooper, in his sweater vest outfit and Colt's shoes! What a heartbreaker!

Cooper was Dedicated at church on Mother's Day.

(That is my childhood dress Grace is wearing!)

For two weeks, this was the view from our front window as they worked on the water lines!

The kleenex box was aparently too close to the crib.... (That would be an entire box in a pile of them in the corner) All you can do is laugh... right?

Oh that smile!!!

Grace has been helping Tim around the house and yard. She recently helped open the pool and is often found mearsureing things or tapping on things with a tool. And in case you were wondering...the door is "20 Inches", but so was her hand, the swing, and the gate!

Technology...

NOT SO MUCH!!!!

So, we are looking into cell phones, recently purchased our TV converter box (Yes, that will be ONE MORE REMOTE TO KEEP TRACK OF!), an Internet connection that acts like dile-up! I'm not too hip on technology these days! And this is why... The customer service for a cell phone seems like a foreign language (not to mention the amount of choices for plans we have to choose from - or the cost!), we lost most of our channels when we hooked up our converter box to the TV, Tim cannot watch his master's class videos on the computer, and we cannot talk with Margaret on our video phone. !!!!!!

I know, I know...I need to just suck it up.

Anyway.... here are some pictures I spent all afternoon downloading... :)

One afternoon, while I was in the kitchen, Grace just came in and started setting up her books in the dining room. I don't know what she was thinking, but it kept her busy for quite a while!

Still trying to capture the elusive smile!

You never know where a Dora sticker will show up.

Tim has a theory about Cooper and sleep...

Our first trip to the zoo was a success! Tim and I were exhausted, but Grace had a good time. If you ask her about it, she'll tell you about the monkeys and the boat ride we took.