Playin at the Park

Last week we had some pretty gorgeous weather, at the beginning at least! We decided to take full advantage of it. On Monday, Connor, Parker and I walked to the park for awhile. It ended up being 1 mile one way from our apartment. Parker didn't really know what to think of the swings and slides and stuff since it was his first time at the park, but I have a feeling that by the end of the summer he will love it!! Then on Tuesday we decided to meet up with our friends, Jon, Sydney and their son Carson at the park for a picnic dinner and play frisbee and stuff. It was pretty fun.
Contemplating life, so far, at the top of the slide...

General Conference

Okay, I know that this post is a little past due, but that's what happens when you're busy! On Sunday for General Conference we rented a car and drove down to Ogden (we actually picked the car up on Saturday morning). My step-dad's parents and siblings live down there so we went to visit them and then my brother Connor was going to come back with us and stay in Idaho the following week. It was also my grandpa's birthday so we were able to celebrate it with him! It was pretty fun. Parker also got to play with his cousin, Jeremy, who is about 2 1/2 months or so older than him. They seemed to have a pretty good time. It was really nice to see my aunts, uncles and cousins on my step-dad's side, since it had been FOREVER!!!
Don't you just love Jeremy's facial expression?? I think he was still trying to decide if he liked us! We also all sang Families Can Be Together after we sang Happy Birthday. Granddaddy loved it, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDDAD! My sister, Ashley, and her husband, Kyle, came up from Provo to see everyone too.

Happy Easter!

I know this post is a little early, however I couldn't wait to put this picture up. Today we went to Walmart and they had a place set up to get your picture taken with the Easter Bunny. The best part about it was that it was FREE!! So we got a couple free prints of Parker and the Easter Bunny. Thankfully Parker hasn't reached that stage yet to be afraid of strangers/costumes, etc.

It's Here!!!

A couple days ago we finally got Parker's dresser/changer! It looks so nice and it's great to have all his clothes and diapers and everything right there, instead of in separate rooms. It's also nice to get the drawer back in our dresser...he was sharing it with us! Even though he finally has a nursery, he only really gets half of the room. The other half is still storage, however we have gotten rid of a lot of stuff the past couple weeks, which is a nice feeling!

Parker wanted to help dad put it together, but first he wanted to taste the packaging! Oooohhh, is it Christmas again??!!!!
The final product...nice, huh?! I still want to get a cover for the changing pad, but you get the idea. Parker's room all put together. I am still planning to get medium to big sized letters that spell out his name to put on the wall over the bed, just to finish it off!

Suds in the Bucket

Today I may have done the stupidest ever! For a while now there has been a somewhat redish spot on the bottom of the dishwasher with what looks like could be mold growing on it (not really sure if it's mold or not though). Anyways, after emptying the dishwasher this morning I decided to finally clean it out before re-loading the dishes. So I decided to use Mela Magic because it's supposed to break through tough messes. For those of you who don't know what Mela Magic is, it's a Melaleuca (where I used to work) product that can be used to clean floors, ovens, etc. Anyways, I poured quite a bit in the dishwasher on the spot so that it could start breaking it up and then I got a washcloth wet and poured some water on it. And that's when the suds started forming....Yes, that's right, I had forgotten about the whole sudsing when combined with water thing!!! So I spent a good 4-5 hours turning the dishwasher on and off about every 4-5 seconds and scooping out all the suds until FINALLY it was all cleaned out!! I'm not really sure what I was thinking when I picked that cleaner, but I guess something like this has to happen at least once to everybody. Although usually we do it when we are kids and don't know better...I just happened to wait a few years. And now I know what to do when/if Parker decides to put something in the dishwasher that shouldn't go in it!! I of course had to document this, so here are a couple pictures of the suds in the dishwasher. And no it wasn't like they were spilling out the top and going all over the floor...it wasn't that bad, thank goodness!!

Bowling

Tonight we went bowling with Chris' family. It was Parker's first time and he loved the colors of the balls. He really wanted to play! We wanted to stay and wait for David Archuleta, his brother and the Osmand boy that tried out for American Idol this season to come to the theater we bowled at. However, we figured we probably shouldn't keep Parker up that late. :( Oh well, maybe some other time!
Ooh, what are these?? Decided that he really liked the balls!

7 Months

I just can't believe that Parker is 7 months old already! It doesn't seem possible that in 5 months he'll be 1. I took this picture with our NEW camera!!!

New Bed

Well we FINALLY bought Parker a real crib with some of our tax return money. He has been sleeping in his Pack n' Play since he was born. Now he has plenty of room to roll around and so far seems to love it! We still have to buy his dresser/changer, but for now we'll just continue to use his Pank n' Play since it has a changing table attached to it. My mom wanted to see some pictures of the crib all put together...so here it is!
It has a drawer that rolls underneath the crib for storage, which we have decided to use for ALL his blankets. It works perfectly! Just another view...Looks comfy huh?!?

Bouncin' Fun

I have been trying to get a video of Parker bouncing in his exersaucer, but everytime I get the camera out, he stops and just looks at it. But I FINALLY was able to get it!! He seriously was bouncing up and down for like 3 minutes straight...don't worry the video isn't quite that long! I'm thinking I need to invest in one of those jumpers that hangs from the door. Enjoy!

Getting Ready for Sunday

Yesterday we bought a cute outfit at Walmart for Parker to wear for Church. It was a pretty good price and so cute, I just had to take some pictures!

What a little man!!!