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Raising "D" Boys

The joys of raising Dane & Drake.

Sunday, December 31, 2006

Merry Christmas

Wow, has this been an exciting year: Adding another son to our family and breaking ground on our new home. We also have 2 dogs (T-Bone and Zeke) and a cat (Tabitha) that hopefully will get some type of spotlight in this blog too.

Now about "D" boys:

Dane is 2 years 4 months and is full of energy. He is crazy about trains and cars and balls of all sorts. He counts, but it's as follows: 1 2 3 ....long pause...7 8 9. I can hear him in the other room through our monitor as he practices. He also reads books to his bear and when I sneak up on him he'll be sitting in his rocker reading to his bear or laying on his belly on the floor next to his bear. Right now, he's on daddy's lap watching Thomas the Train before bed.

Drake is 4 months old. He sleeps through the night (until 5 or 6am) about every 3rd night. The other nights he eats and then falls right back to sleep. He is getting really interactive and is lots of fun. His favorite things right now are his fist to chew on (he's teething) and his pacifier. I think if he had his way, he'd sleep in our arms for every nap, but that's a habit we are trying (successfully) to break.

Andy is husband and daddy! (though he's not one of my sons, is one of my "boys") And is wonderful at both. He isn't as fortunate as me (he works 5 days/week), though when he is home his time is spent wrestling, reading, playing and being daddy. He waits until Dane's nap to go work on the house on the weekends. Some evenings he works there too, though his real work won't start until the drywall is up and taped...in the next week or so.

Here's pictures of our house too. Welcome to our blog and love to all.


7 Comments:

  • At January 1, 2007 at 7:37:00 PM PST , Blogger Shannon said...

    Welcome to the world of blogging!! I am glad to see and hear that everything is going great with the family. The boys are VERY cute!! :) The house looks like it is coming along nicely as well. Hopefully you guys will be in there soon. Talk to you soon, I will keep checking back and I will also try to start my blog back up.

     
  • At January 1, 2007 at 7:42:00 PM PST , Blogger Foilwoman said...

    I've been reading about the wonders of Dane for quite some time (my youngest, the DestructoGirl, is two, so you have my sympathy whenever Dane destroys anything) and was very happy for Andy and you when Drake appeared as well. Good work, and enjoy these next exhausting but exhilirating years.

     
  • At January 3, 2007 at 11:37:00 AM PST , Blogger SharonJentzer said...

    Happy New Year. Great Blog. Love, Sharon

     
  • At January 5, 2007 at 12:29:00 PM PST , Blogger Kira said...

    My son was nuts about Thomas the Tank Engine all the way through year five. He still will enjoy trains these days, but mostly he's switched and moved on to Bionicles. Beware: that may be stage two :)

     
  • At January 7, 2007 at 9:10:00 PM PST , Blogger jthomasparuch said...

    My name is Renee, I own a mansion and a yacht... ;)

    Glad to hear things are going so well for you guys. I look forward to seeing your new house in person some time in the future. Tell the big man and the little men I said hello.

    JP

     
  • At January 8, 2007 at 11:12:00 AM PST , Blogger Unknown said...

    Nice blog. I'm glad you put one up! I get to hear a lot of Andy's side of things, but it's nice to get your news too. I'm glad you guys had nice holidays, and look forward to seeing you this weekend.

     
  • At January 9, 2007 at 12:20:00 PM PST , Blogger Renee said...

    hey all, thanks for checking me out *smirk* I'm so excited about doing this I have to limit myself to 1-2x/week...crazy huh!

     

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