The Boys

The boys are growing up so quickly! Luke will be 8 months on Saturday and Drake is almost 2 1/2! Here is what they are doing now... Luke is crawling everywhere! Nothing gets in his way as he tries to keep up with his big brother, chasing him through the house. He's also pulling up on everything! He loves to hold on to our fingers and walk through the house but doesn't have enough courage yet to stand on his own. I think he'll walk before he's a year - he's just too eager to get up and go. He eats a ton. I mean it, this boy can eat! He'll eat his veggies if we mix them with a sweet veggie or fruit. He loves fruit and yogurt- the sweet stuff is the best stuff! I mentioned it to Andrew's aunt and she just shrugged and said "he's a Spencer" :). He has his front bottom two teeth and gives the biggest, cutest grins. He claps his hands and gives 5 (repeatedly). Luke adores his big brother. Drake loves being the big brother. When the boys are in their carseats, he'll look over at Luke and laugh this special laugh, cracking Luke up! It makes me smile every time he does it. He plays well with Luke, too. He loves to read - just like always. We go to the library every week for storytime and he gets to check out books to bring home. He can read a book just two or three times and have a large part of it memorized. His most recent achievement was learning how to spell his name. We finger-painted at home one day and when we were done, I painted his name at the top of the paper. I hung it on the fridge at his eye level and for about two weeks, he would walk over to the paper and read the letters (he recognizes the entire alphabet, colors, numbers and shapes - a genius!). Then one day I asked him to spell it and he went and looked at the paper, then came back to me in the living room and recited D-R-A-K-E. Ever since then he's been spelling it constantly. What's funny is that he'll see another word now and just spell it as his name, no matter what it actually says! He's still a picky eater and would eat bread all day if he could. He loves sweets, too, just like his brother. And mommy...and daddy... The explanation for this photo...we were trying on costumes from the Halloween box and this was what Drake chose - an angel! Look at those big blue eyes!