Okay, I know that I'm way behind. Gramz and Pops came to visit Drake back on the weekend of May 16th. We had a wonderful visit, they brought Drake some clothes and a bubble gun. I wish that we lived closer to our families so that Drake could be around everyone more often. Here are some pictures from their visit.
It's been WAY too long since I've posted! I promise I will post soon with new pictures of Drake!
I hope that everyone had a fantastic Mother's Day! I had a fabulous day going out to lunch and shopping with my 2 favorite boys. Thank you David and Drake for making it such a wonderful day. It's hard to believe that last year at this time I was just a huge pregnant lady with a big belly and swollen (I mean really swollen) ankles!
My mom has always told me that I would never know how much she loves me until I had a child of my own and Mom, I just want you to know that I finally get it! Thank you for being such an amazing mother and I can only hope that I'm as good of a mom to Drake as you've been to me. I love you!
I'm also blessed to have not only a wonderful mom, but also 2 incredible mother-in-laws as well as a terrific grandma.
Here are all of my moms with a brand new Drake (can't believe that this was almost a year ago) and my Grandma with 4 month old Drake.
My mom and Drake, Pam and Drake, Kari and Drake, and Grandma Pate with Drake.
The day before we came back home we went to Sea World. Drake enjoyed every minute (that he wasn't sleeping) of it and kept calling everything "burr" (bird) the new word that his Gigi taught him to say. Drake also picked out his own toy, a little white seal that still cracks him up every time that he looks at it.
We had such a wonderful time in San Diego. Thank you Mom and Larry for making Drake's first trip so special!
Sea World and Gigi and Drake at the airport the day that we left:
If you ever go to the San Diego area, I highly recommend that you go over to La Jolla to the Children's Cove area to see the harbor seals that have made it their home. It's incredible and one of my favorite parts of the area (I've gone all 3 times that I've been out to California). Drake loved the seals! We also took Drake to La Jolla Beach and put his feet in the sand and ocean for the first time ever-he didn't get to swim because the water was too chilly.
After our trip to the beach David and I also had a date night, dinner and drinks,in the Gas Lamp district (sorry no pictures).
La Jolla Children's Cove and La Jolla Beach:
We went to the Wild Animal Park and my step-sister Sadie and her family (Randy, Samantha, and Maddy) and my step-brother, Jared and his wife Bree met up with us. After the Wild Animal Park we were able to stop by the Orfila Winery for a few tastes (My mom stayed out in the car with Drake-he wasn't interested in the winery). The next day we drove over to see everyone again in Menifee (by Temecula).
A few rare moments of Drake relaxing, Drake and his Paw Paw, Wild Animal Park, Orfila Winery, and Menifee, CA 
We went to San Diego from April 16-22 to visit my mom and step-dad. Drake was amazing on the plane-we even had several people come up and tell us that they didn't know that there was a baby on the plane, both there and back. What a compliment!
Our little Texas selves were looking forward to the beautiful 75 degree weather, but to our surprise the day after we arrived was the beginning of a record-breaking heat wave...not just a few year record, 90 + year records were broken! Luckily we're used to it! All joking aside, it was beautiful and we had a wonderful time. I've decided to break up this post so that I can include pictures.
The first few days that we were there, we went to San Diego bay and took the ferry to Coronado.
Here are pictures of Drake's first plane trip,in Coronado, the San Diego skyline and the USS Midway from the ferry
