My Little Bookworm

Nigh Nigh

While Drake is napping today I thought I would post some cute pics of Drake going "nigh nigh" with his bedtime friends.
He loves his bear and monkey, and often wants to take monkey everywhere with him.

When he gets tired he usually rubs the monkey's tail on his nose and cheeks, so I think he was doing that right before he fell asleep. So cute!
I had to post this picture because it is so funny! If you look closely you can see that he is laying on bear. It looks totally uncomfortable. But I guess he liked it. I often see him using bear as a pillow too which is funny because Bear isn't a super soft and squishy stuffed animal. It is a little more firm. But, he seems to like it. Weirdo!

Stud Muffin

I just love him so much! He is such a cute, silly and fun boy! And he is all mine (well, I guess I will share him with Chris)!

Impromptu Camping

This Saturday we woke up and Chris suggested that we should go camping. We quickly called around to see if any of the state parks had any campsites open. Luckily, we found one. We packed up and were in the car an hour later. It was so much fun! Other than getting eaten alive by mosquito's. Drake had a blast and kept saying "campin, hikin?" He is talking so well these days and it is so much fun to hear him attempt all the words. The only down fall is that he is such a imitator and will repeat everything you say. Anyways, enjoy the pics of our fun!


Our camp site was a short hike/nature walk to Lake Michigan. It was such a perfect day when we went and the beach was so sandy and clean!
Drake loves rocks - he seriously is obsessed. So of course he had a ton of fun finding rocks at our campsite and at the beach. When he finds them he gets so excited! He shows them to me and yells "ahhh!".

Fun with the Anderson's!

*I just want to warn you that there are going to be a lot of pictures in this post. I put them into collages so it won't be too overwhelming. You should be able to click on the collage if you want to see it bigger.*

We have already had so much fun this summer. Chris's parents and younger sister came out for 10 days and we had a blast. Drake had so much fun going on "Pappy walks" and playing with Nani and Shell. Thanks so much guys for coming all the way out here!

For the 4th of July Wauwatosa had a parade right by our house so we took Drake to it. He absolutely loved it! He loves cars and trucks right now (he calls them "rum rums"), so he was so excited to see everything drive by. They also threw candy out and Drake was a magnet for the candy. He put it all in his little bag and now I get to eat it!

We also took Drake, Doug, Lani and Rashelle to a Brewers game. Drake liked it but he mostly just wanted to go up and down the stairs. He is so obsessed with stairs, he sees them and asks "updownstairs???" It is so funny. (I love the picture of Drake giving Chris squeezes (hugs), he looks like he is trying to pull Chris's head off, haha).

Here are just some cute pictures of Drake playing at the splash pools and lake....
Oh, and did I mention that Doug and Lani gave Drake a bike? Well he is slowly getting the hang of it and I will post a video of him riding it soon!



We went to Chicago while everyone was here. We went down for The Taste of Chicago, where there is tons of yummy food. We also stumbled across two concerts going on (both free!!!!) and say the famous bean. Then we topped it off with Chicago pizza and it was sooooooooooo goood! Drake also found some friends at one of the concerts. He made these two little girls pull him around in their wagon. It was so funny and so cute!


Some random pics of all that we did...
Before the Anderson's came out we took Drake camping. We went with a couple other families up to Devil's Lake. It was gorgeous there. Drake had tons of fun and got so dirty. He was obsessed with picking up sticks and rocks all of the time.

Well, I think I am all caught up now (or at least close to). I hope everyone else's summer is going as well as ours is!