Drake Family 7: 02/01/2009

Monday, February 23, 2009

Babies, Babies and more Babies :-)

It is hard to believe all the new babies around us lately...I am proud to be a honorary grandma to Kaylee and Saige. No grandbabies yet from my own children and that is okay, especially now that I have Kaylee and Saige to pamper and spoil. Kaylee is as smart as a whip and at 5 years old should be in some sort of a gifted program to continue with her advanced learning. Saige is just like her big sister ~ so alert and taking everything around her in ~ you can tell already she has the bestest personality and always (for me) full of smiles. I just love them to pieces!!! I told Kaylee today I was going to call her my little Kayleecakes like we use to do with our neice who is now almost 19 and her response to that was "well, I've been called alot of things but never a Kayleecake". I laughed so hard, she is a kick in the pants with her comments.

On January 27th our nephew and his beautiful wife added a new addition to their family tree with the birth of their third child (a bouncing healthy baby boy of 9 pounds 6 ounces named Koby). What a beautiful looking boy! Kudoos to Crystal for having such a big baby. For a week straight all I could think about was that POOR POOR girl. She did a great job and as usual had another beautiful baby. This makes 1 daughter and two sons....following in the same order as us so if they have another I bet it will be a BOY! She is gonna have her hands full with the three of them 3 and a half and under. Riliegh will be 4 in April.

Next, on February 20th, our beautiful neice Racheal, had her third child via c-section, her first DAUGHTER, named Brinley Grace. She is absolutely gorgeous!!! She weighed in at 6 pounds 15 ounces. Racheal will also have her hands full with her babies also being close in age, all being 3 and a half and under. I am so excited to have all these little ones around to rock. Racheal did a great job too driving to the hospital in that major snowstorm ~ I would have thought twice about leaving the house. Hopefully Jimmy got some pictures of the Great Outdoors on the way ~ hehehe

Needless to say, it has been a busy few months and that is why I haven't posted much lately. My own kids have been keeping me busy and we have had quite a few colds and sicknesses since the holidays ~ winter ~ blah, blah, blah ~ I cannot wait until spring. Please hurry and get here!!!! I will try to get the pictures of the three families and their little ones and hopefully they will post in the right order (or not). :-) if you have been following my blog you'll understand that I do have a problem with that. I hope everyone had a nice Valentines Day and remembered to love your sweetheart!

LOVE WAS DEFINETLY IN THE AIR IN OUR HOUSEHOLD :-)

Gordon B. Hinckley

Gordon B. Hinckley
"I conclude by assuring you that even with all I see, I am an optimist...Believe in others. Don't go around tearing people down. The Lord doesn't want that. He doesn't want us to spend our time destroying others. He expects us to build and sustain and cultivate and nurture and strengthen our associates. Wonderful things happen when you go forth with that kind of attitude."

“Real charity is not something you give away; it is something that you acquire and make a part of yourself… Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone’s differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn’t handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of another’s weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us.” (Marvin J. Ashton, “The Tongue is a Sharp Sword,” Ensign, May 1992, p. 19.)

"If you set out to be less than what you are capable of being, I warn you, you will be deeply unhappy for the rest of your life."

The Power Of Attitude
"Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but how we react to what happens; not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst...a spark that creates extraordinary results."