The Last of Summer Fun?

Our little farm girl with Otis.

We love rocks!

We love our new big girl suit!

The pool is still open, but a bit cold!

Maybe this weekend it will be warm enough!

We have learned to open and close the sliding screen door...

but sometimes we just play!

This is our canopy we put up on the deck to shade us when we play. Grace LOVES to sit between the legs when we bring it in! She is getting better at not getting stuck there as well. :)

Here it is! New red walls and new flooring from dining room to pantry!

We love it!!!!

More Summer Fun

Well, blogging has been put on the back burner lately as I pretty much just lie around and watch other people take care of Grace! If you haven't already heard, Grace is going to be a big sister! I once again am having a rough first trimester, but have had lots of help from family and friends! Thanks to all! Mini-Too is due the middle of March and we are very excited! Also looking forward to me feeling better soon!!!! I've asked Tim to change our blog address to the4drakes, but we haven't gotten to that yet. I'll let you know when that happens.

Here are some summer pics we took before I started feeling so bad!

When Monica was home we took Grace to the city park where she endured us showing her all the cool equipment - she would have been much happier if we would have just let her eat the woodchips!

Grace is learning to sign very well! She can sign more, eat, please, thank you, and finished. Here she is signing more to Grandma Margaret.

I finally let her eat chicken and pasta with her Dad. It was off to the shower immediately after, but she loved it!

Tim and Grace went to a pond party last weekend and had a great time! Tim said she loved the sea weeds that floated by! (Notice the red kitchen walls? I love them and I just got my kitchen floor! So close to being finished with remodeling!)

Brown County 2007

Brown County 2007 was a huge success! I believe all 28 1/2 (hee hee) had a great time.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the weekend. If you cannot download them, let me know and I can email them to you.

Baby Ben?

Baby Alice.
Baby Allison.

Baby Ava.

Babies Anna and Owen.

All the great grand babies.

Grandbabies and Great Grandbabies.

All...

Summer Fun at 10 Months

Summer is in full swing here, and we have found plenty to keep us busy! We try to stay cool and LOOK cook when we are out and about!

Our new swing is fun once we get going!

The door on our new play house is the place to be! Open, Close, Repeat...

And we're getting bolder!

Then a quick bath in the sink before bedtime!

We stopped by the "Make it Personal" tour to support our Colts. Grace wasn't too hip to Blue, but it was fun to show off her cuteness! (Sunglasses picture above)

And we found some time to hang out with Marc and Mel a couple of times before they were off to Egypt! We love seeing them each summer and loved introducing them to Grace.

We're off to Brown County with the Coopers this weekend. There are 6 great grandchildren now, so it should be a hoot of a time! Check back later in the month to see how it went! Also for updates of the red kitchen and new flooring! Stay cool!

Grace and Casey

I watched my cousin Casey last week. We had a great time getting to know him and by the end of the week both kids were happy to play together!

Of all the cool toys we have, the plastic-ware drawer was the coolest.
Grace is very good at standing straight up, and just last week started taking steps! It is fun to watch her figure it out!

We had a great Father's Day with Tim. We made it to church on time, grilled steaks for lunch, had some time to float in the pool while Grace was napping, visited Margaret, shopped at Lowes, and had Pizza King pizza for dinner! Tim got to show Grace how to play Ms. Pac-Man. I don't know if there will ever be a better Father's Day for Tim!

So, Grace likes to feed herself now, and since the Dr. has cleared her for soft people food, I have to watch Tim closely to ensure she doesn't get things I don't think she is ready for! But, also she is becoming more physical during meal time! For instance this banana that was so delicately flipped onto her head!

Or this spiky do made with her hand after grabbing the spoon from me.

So, I'll try anything...

Nine Months

Nine Months!? Wow!

Here's what we have been up to!

We finally made it to Indy to meet Anna Simmons. She is about 6 weeks old here - the girls will be the same grade in school! Hard to imagine that 8 months soon won't be such a difference!

Mall Fun...

(Grace loves to shop!!)

Ever wonder how many people can fit in those photo booths on the mall? Well, when two of them are 5, one of them is 9 months, and the other 3 are... well let's just say about 6!

Moving on from fruit puffs to Cheerios! Gotta love Sam's Club! These should last a while we hope!

We got some new play equipment for Grace to grow into. These are the Wilson kids who no longer need it! I remember when those babies were born... they can't be that big yet!!

On occasion, when we get up from naps, we have boogers in strange places... like the tip of our nose!

Grace meets Duck.

First time falling asleep in the high chair... so peaceful.