Dress up

Had's turning into such a girl! See for yourself...

What a difference a year makes!

Here are some fun pictures from our trip to the pumpkin patch yesterday. I also put in some similar pictures from last year to show you just how big of a difference a year makes...
(the pictures on the left are from last year!)

























We've had a few life changes in the past year, just to recap:
-Hadley learned to crawl, stand and walk
-Hadley learned to talk, with her word count growing every day
-Hadley had her 1st birthday
-Drake finished his first year of preschool and has started his second
-Drake has learned to swim
-Drake celebrated his 4th birthday
-We left our jobs, sold our home and said good-bye to many terrific friends in Mattoon
-We bought a new home, started new jobs and have been introduced to many terrific friends in Springfield
-My dad got to go to heaven

What a difference a year makes!

Swim lesson success

Drake has been doing really well at swim lessons. He is doing a great job using big reaching arms and kicking all by himself! Here is a short glimpse at his success:

By next summer, I'm pretty sure he'll be training for the 2012 Olympics. Okay, maybe at least able to play in the local pool without floaties! I'll take that. Although, he does have grand plans to now teach Grammy how to swim. Get your goggles ready, Grammy!

Scary Uncle Josh

One of Hadley's favorite things to do is watch videos of her cousin, Joel on his blog. Every time one ends, she says "MO!" for more. Well, all of them except the one where Uncle Josh is "getting" Joel. This one seems to make her more terrified than excited. Don't worry Hadley, Joel really does like it, even if you don't.

a few pictures

Here is a cool butterfly that was in our yard one morning...


I had good intentions of getting some cute fall pictures but didn't pick the best time for cooperation, so... maybe next week.

faker

Drama Queen...

avoidance

Well, here is parental avoidance at it's finest... Leave it to Drake to ask this kind of question out of the blue, catching me totally off guard. We haven't decided what we will tell Drake on this issue. We don't plan to encourage it but don't want him to be the kid that ruins it for his friends either...