Drake-man

Drake has learned a lot the last few weeks!  He is 14 months old now.

Animal sounds he can make:
Dog (his favorite)
Pig
Snake
Duck
Rooster (sometimes)
Cat (sometimes)

Drake can shake his head "No" now, too.  There is a children's book that asks questions and the answer is always 'no' until the very end.  As soon as we ask the question, Drake will shake his head 'no' to answer before we say the answer.  It is really cute!  Drake will sit for almost an hour and give me book after book to read.  I am so happy he loves to read as much as Caedon does!

The little guy also has a new tooth back in there, a molar.  The one on the other side will be here any day.

Inspired by some of our Broadlawns friends, we decided to have a rain dance.  Caedon said, "We need rain for our raspberries!"  But Chase and I really want rain so that Dad and Grandpa can plant grass at our house (I am so tired of dirt already!).  Anyway, we held hands and marched in a circle chanting "We want rain, We want rain, We want rain!"  And then we would take a break and do a crazy dance.  Both boys participated and had a lot of fun.  After the break-dance portion, Drake would hold out his hands to Caedon and I, beckoning us to come back into our chanting circle.  He loved it!

He still just says the first part of words:
Ma (for mom, milk, or more), Da (for Dad and dog), Ba (for Ball or book), etc.

For the past 3-4 months Drake will high-five everyone when asked.  He is still a big Momma's boy and is reluctant to be passed off to anybody new.  This is very different than Caedon, who would go to ANYbody!

Caedon and Drake get along pretty well.  Of course there are daily moments where they aggravate each other, like fighting over toys or a toothbrush, or our attention, but they also have a lot of fun together.  My favorite is when they both sit on my lap for story time.

Drake is getting better about eating more things. For awhile he would not touch many veggies or meat and ate mostly fruit.  But he seems to be doing a bit better.

Well I better finish getting ready for work.  I had some unexpected time this morning since Chase took the kids to daycare!

Happy Wednesday!