Saturday, June 26, 2010
My Little Baby
1st Dentist Appointment
Parker had his very first dentist appointment on June 21, 2010. We went to Madison Pediatric Dentistry, with Dr. Mauseth, here in Rexburg. I was a little nervous about how it would go since he is still pretty young, but we were really impressed with them. They have little TV's hanging on the ceiling so the kids can lay there and watch a movie while getting their teeth cleaned, which was pretty cool. All they did was brush his teeth, look to see how many he had and make sure they looked okay as well as brush some flouride onto them. Parker did really well, sure he cried a little, but overall wasn't too bad. The dentist said his teeth look awesome and that his mouth is set up perfectly for the rest of his teeth!
Now this is what I like to see in a kid's doctors/dentists office, toys for them to play with! This was definitely the best stocked waiting room with toys and kids movies...Parker loved it! 
Tautphaus Park Zoo
Last weekend we had free zoo tickets so we took Parker to the Zoo in Idaho Falls. We had never been to it and thought Parker might enjoy it. I still think he's just a little too young to really enjoy all the animals because he basically just wanted to run all over and didn't really care about the animals.
Parker enjoyed the little children's portion of the zoo because he was able to climb on stuff and pet the animals 
Parker, meet Baby Goat; Baby Goat, meet Parker 
Time for a drink from the lion's mouth! 
Porter Park
Chris got home from Kansas on Sunday night on June 13 and was able to spend the day with Parker and I all day Monday. It was very nice having him home and being able to hang out together as a family. In 3 weeks Parker and I had only seen Chris for about 2 days!! We did a little more unpacking and then went and got a Little Cesar's Pizza with bread sticks and took it to Porter Park to eat. After lunch Parker and Chris played for a while on the slides and play equipment. Parker then noticed the splash park was up and running and insisted on checking it out. At first Chris and Parker were just going to walk around it, since they weren't dressed for swimming, however they soon found themselves soaked!! We decided to head home and change and then come back to play in the water. When we got back, Parker wasn't as enthused about playing in the water as he was before we left, however, he noticed the fun Merry-Go-Round and wanted to go for a ride. Chris took him on it and he LOVED it! Afterwards we got ourselves a snow cone and enjoyed being outside in the nice weather. It was a very nice, relaxing day spent together!!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Memorial Day
Our Memorial Day was pretty uneventful this year due to traveling back from Kansas to Idaho. In the morning we headed down to visit my grandparents who got permission to leave their mission for the weekend to take care of some personal things and we also visited my aunt and uncle and cousins for a little bit. Before we left Idaho Falls, we hit up Walmart for a few things/groceries that we knew we needed and then headed back to Rexburg. Once we got back the unpacking of the moving van began, which was done in about 20 minutes it seemed like due to all the wonderful neighbors who chipped in and helped!! I didn't even know anyone else was helping except for Chris' brother until all these guys I didn't know started entering the apartment with our stuff, it was awesome!! Everyone has been really nice. Chris and his brothers and dad then went and got stuff out of storage that we needed and then unloaded that. Once everything had been unloaded we arranged a few of the bigger things and then headed over to Jeffrey & Maria's apartment (Chris' brother & wife) and had a "pretend" BBQ, since the weather wasn't really cooperating for a real BBQ. We ate, hung out and played Wii and relaxed a little. It was a very LONG day, that really went too fast!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Big Shoes to Fill
Mom's Lil' Cowboy
Last night Parker found one of my step-mom's cowboy hats in the closet and he came out wearing it. It was too cute!
Saying "Cheese"!! 
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tempe Beach Park
Yesterday Parker and I got to hang out with Chris' sister, husband and three of her kids and we went to Tempe Beach Park. It is this really cool splash park and the kids loved it! The weather was PERFECT, not too hot and not too cold. It was great to be able to spend time with them and for the cousins to play. (The rest of the pictures will be posted on my facebook page)
My niece, Lizzy 
My sister-in-law with 2 of her kids, Ella and Lizzy 
Parker was good at holding up the line on the slide! 
My brother-in-law and Ella 
Nap Time
Well, Parker has now decided that he no longer wants to sleep in the crib (at least the portable one, which is a different one than the one we have. I bought the cheapest crib from Walmart to leave here in Arizona when we come to visit and it looks like it might be a little shorter than ours). So I took out the little mattress that comes with it and put it on the ground with a pillow and when I came to check on him this is what I found...
I have finally figured out how to get him to nap. I don't even put him in the crib anymore, just on the ground! I have to put the baby gate in the doorway since he can open the door and I got tired of walking back and forth down the hall to put him back in our room. Some days he falls asleep with the door open, other times he falls asleep behind the door with it closed. Now, it will be interesting to see what he does when we get back home with his normal crib and whether or not he'll want to sleep in it after not sleeping in a crib this whole week! He may be getting into a toddler bed a lot sooner than we had anticipated!!
I have finally figured out how to get him to nap. I don't even put him in the crib anymore, just on the ground! I have to put the baby gate in the doorway since he can open the door and I got tired of walking back and forth down the hall to put him back in our room. Some days he falls asleep with the door open, other times he falls asleep behind the door with it closed. Now, it will be interesting to see what he does when we get back home with his normal crib and whether or not he'll want to sleep in it after not sleeping in a crib this whole week! He may be getting into a toddler bed a lot sooner than we had anticipated!!
Denver Airport- Flight to Arizona
After the museum we headed to the airport. We'd never been there before and thought the architecture was pretty cool. 
Now, the goal was that Parker would be soo tired from the museum that he would be really good at the airport and even sleep on the plane. That turned to NOT be the case! Luckily Chris was able to get a pass to go through security with me to help with Parker. He had really only slept for about an hour by this time (3:00pm) and so he was really cranky. While we waited at the gate Chris and Parker walked back and forth on the moving sidewalks in front of the gate. However, when it was time to board the plane, Parker didn't really want to go. Anyways, I did my usual seat thing where I pretend I bought 2 seats so I don't have to hold him the entire time...except that that backfired because the plane was COMPLETELY full, even the 2 extra pilots that were on the flight had to sit in the cockpit with the other pilots!!! Now, normally it wouldn't have been too bad to have to hold Parker the whole time, except that being 8 months pregnant and not having a ton of room to begin with makes things a whole lot more challenging! He was pretty good at the beginning though and then decided he wanted to throw his car at my drink sitting on the tray of the girl next to me and ended up spilling some of it on her (oops!). I felt so bad, but luckily it was just Sprite and it got on her pillow mostly. Towards the end of the flight Parker had decided he had had enough and started crying, then would take out his pacifier and sadly say "Dadda" with huge tears running down his face. I would then calmly tell him that Daddy wasn't here and we would see him in a week...which would then cause him to cry even harder! It broke my heart :( When we started to descend the pilot said we would be on the ground in 20 minutes, however, I'm pretty sure it was a lot longer. Parker cried pretty much the entire time we were going down (I'm pretty sure his ears were hurting him since he didn't even finish a dum-dum that a lady a couple rows back handed us) and then like 2 minutes before we landed he had fallen asleep!!! This was supposed to happen at the BEGINNING of the 2 hour flight, not the last 2 minutes. Anyways, it was definitely an adventure that I don't really care to repeat, so we'll have to see how our flight to Salt Lake goes on Sunday and hopefully I'll be able to have 2 seats to myself and that he won't be as cranky! Wishful thinking I'm sure :)
Now, the goal was that Parker would be soo tired from the museum that he would be really good at the airport and even sleep on the plane. That turned to NOT be the case! Luckily Chris was able to get a pass to go through security with me to help with Parker. He had really only slept for about an hour by this time (3:00pm) and so he was really cranky. While we waited at the gate Chris and Parker walked back and forth on the moving sidewalks in front of the gate. However, when it was time to board the plane, Parker didn't really want to go. Anyways, I did my usual seat thing where I pretend I bought 2 seats so I don't have to hold him the entire time...except that that backfired because the plane was COMPLETELY full, even the 2 extra pilots that were on the flight had to sit in the cockpit with the other pilots!!! Now, normally it wouldn't have been too bad to have to hold Parker the whole time, except that being 8 months pregnant and not having a ton of room to begin with makes things a whole lot more challenging! He was pretty good at the beginning though and then decided he wanted to throw his car at my drink sitting on the tray of the girl next to me and ended up spilling some of it on her (oops!). I felt so bad, but luckily it was just Sprite and it got on her pillow mostly. Towards the end of the flight Parker had decided he had had enough and started crying, then would take out his pacifier and sadly say "Dadda" with huge tears running down his face. I would then calmly tell him that Daddy wasn't here and we would see him in a week...which would then cause him to cry even harder! It broke my heart :( When we started to descend the pilot said we would be on the ground in 20 minutes, however, I'm pretty sure it was a lot longer. Parker cried pretty much the entire time we were going down (I'm pretty sure his ears were hurting him since he didn't even finish a dum-dum that a lady a couple rows back handed us) and then like 2 minutes before we landed he had fallen asleep!!! This was supposed to happen at the BEGINNING of the 2 hour flight, not the last 2 minutes. Anyways, it was definitely an adventure that I don't really care to repeat, so we'll have to see how our flight to Salt Lake goes on Sunday and hopefully I'll be able to have 2 seats to myself and that he won't be as cranky! Wishful thinking I'm sure :)
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