~5 months of Joy~

I know I'm a little late at posting that Drake is 5 months..but I thought it would be fun to just show how much our little guy has grown in the past 5 months..I can't believe how big he is getting..I love you Drake!!

*Growing so fast*

Drake is now 5 months, and getting so big..His first tooth broke though yesterday,it's a sharp little bugger. Come Monday he will start going to Ms.Cindy's house on Mondays and Thursdays. I hope it's not going to be to hard for me to take him there, but Cindy assured me that it's ok to cry.....It has been such a blessing finding a babysitter for him...many prayers I tell ya, temple visits...I mean you don't just want to leave your children with just anyone these days...On Wednesday,Sky and I with Drake headed to Cindy's house to meet her. What a nice lady, cute home and the other kids are so cute there to...There will only be one little girl there with about 5 or 6 boys...poor little sarah.
I just wanted to take a little time and Thank my little sister Riley...She has no idea how grateful I have been for her being able to watch Drake this summer.. I know it is going to be hard for her to go back to school. But, Riley..you have NO IDEA how much Skyler and I love you..and we are so grateful that you would even be willing to take a summer out of your life to take care of our little guy. Even though he is your nephew..Drake loves you so much, you have seen first that I haven't seen as his own mother..I will miss the pictures that you would send to me during the day, that made it so much easier to be at work, knowing someone that LOVED him as much as I do was at my house taking care of him...I know he is going to miss his aunty ri. We love you Riley..Good luck with school!!

California Baby!!

Wow!! Did we ever have fun on our trip.. We went with my family.We left Tuesday July 22 at 6 am..yes it was early. I was a little worried how Drake would do on the airplane it was his first time flying. He was so good, didn't cry once. He slept..We flew into Long Beach, rented a car with the family and off we took to drive about 2 hours to Indio. It was only like 108 degrees when we got there..(Indio is about 30 mins or so from Palm Springs) We drove around Indio because our condo wasn't ready for us yet. It is such a pretty place, everything is green and they keep it very very nice. We decided about 3:30 we would go see if the condo was ready for us..and sure enough it was...and we all walked in we couldn't believe how nice it was...(there are some pictures below) My dad said to us all, "This is not your 12,000 pointer, this is your 20,000 pointer", and wow it was nice.
On Thursday the 24th, we headed to Palm Springs to Knott's soak city for the day... My dad the night before got on their website and rented us a cabana for the day, boy were we glad he did that. It was about 110 degrees, you had to wear your flip flops EVERYWHERE you went because the ground was so hot. It was so much fun..they have this tube ride and it is like a toilet bowl effect. Skyler and my sisters talked me into going on it..there are 4 people to a tub, or you can have 2. While we were standing in line as I was watching others come out into the bowl, I asked the girls in front of us, " Am I going to die?" They just laughed and said no, but you don't want to go down backwards, because there is a vertical drop. Oh great! I thought to myself..and sure enough I went down BACKWARDS, down a 37 foot vertical drop..needless to say I screamed like a baby all the way down..I jumped out of the tub as fast as I could(scracthed my knee)and walked out of the pool.. My sister Amber said to me," You looked like you were going to cry, I couldn't even enjoy it, but I did have fun." I just laughed and said I will NEVER do that again. Well, I didn't but they did and they took my dad(big guy) they made it all the way on the top of the bowl where the water comes out (SCARY)..

We did some good shopping for a few days, and chilled at the condo. Got some sun!! Overall we had a blast and wished we could go back..oh and we survived the LA qwake of '08......hope all is going well with everyone... Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us go with you...We love you!!

Were leavin on a jet plane..
Drake loved the pool(warm water)
Mommy & Drake at Soak City in our cabana

Tired boy & Daddy

Kitchen and dinner table in the condo

Our private hot tub!!
that was sweet..

View from our room

Grandpa & Drake in the Hot tub.....told ya he loved the warm water...

he was all smiles on the trip..

~4th of July~

Late post for the 4th but I thought what the heck..here are some pictures from our days adventures......

Drake looking good in his shades..

Fireworks at the Cooper's (next door)

Drake loved the fireworks...

Cody Cooper loves baby Drake

Our cute guy at Grandma's

Front Runner!!

Riding Frontrunner....After we took Drake for his 4 month check up(and shots), we thought it would be fun to go down to Salt Lake to have lunch with my dad. My mom ,sister Amber and myself with Drake, loaded up on the frontrunner and had a great time. Pretty nice ride.

Drake with Aunt Amber on Frontrunner

on our way to have lunch with Grandpa.

Drake loved the Frontrunner

Drake at his Dr. Appt for his 4 months...(before the shots)

I can't believe that he is already 4 months old..Time flys when you are having fun. Here is what he was at his check up.

height: 24.5 (25%)

weight: 13.4 (20%)

head: 17 (75%)

~Update~

Wow! has it been awhile since I posted..Life at our house has been super crazy. I will have to get some pictures up from the 4th and some others of our fun family adventures that we have had this summer so far..
The 4th was so much fun. We headed down to Skyler's parents early that morning to have breakfast that their ward. We then headed to my parents to have a bbq and just hang out. On our way home we stopped and got some fireworks and did them with the neighbors. Drake loved them, I thought as a concered mother I should cover his ears...well bad idea he just got mad..he loved the bright flashing lights and the sounds. The next weekend (11-13) we headed up to Bear Lake...something I have looked forward to every year for the past 4 years. When my grandma married my grandpa (hugh) 3 years ago..we went the year before they were married, It has been like a family reunion for all of the kids..it is so much fun. We get waverunners on the Saturday and play at the beach all day...Drake didn't love the water so much...like I said I will upload some pictures soon!
This past couple of weeks as you can somewhat tell have been super crazy for us at the Hardman home. From church callings to releases, trek, getting ready for Cali, buying a new car, and working. One busy month for us. Skyler got released from the Young Men's and this past week was put in as the execitive secertary in the bishopric. He is so excited to be able to serve with such a great group of men. It will for sure keep him busy and I don't know he will be able to handle 6:30 meetings on Sundays..but with the Lord's help he will be just fine...I was lucky enough to NOT have to go to Trek, due to having Drake I got out of it..but they just left this morning at 1, had a fireside that I attended last night at the Stake Center. I was wishing that I could have gone, I am mad at myself for not going when I was 17, I was a subborn brat about it...The spirit was so strong at the Fireside I could only image what it will be like on the trials.
I am keeping pretty busy..we are headed out tomorrow to Cali for about a week and half. I will post some pictures when I get back of all our fun adventures we have endured this past month....