22 Weeks

I have forgotten how big I was with Parker at this stage, so I am going to try and do better with the picture thing...

Nursery

Parker is finally "officially" old enough to be in nursery. He has been going, however since January when we got to Kansas because the ward is so small that they didn't mind him going. So far it seems he's fine one week, crys and won't go the next and then fine the next.

Today was his technically 6th week, but since church was cancelled last week, it's really only his 5th week in nursery. It started off a little shakey but after about 5 minutes I was able to quickly sneak out and he was fine the whole time! I came back to pick him up and when I got there he greeted me with a smile. His teacher told us that he had a great time, climbed on the bottom shelf of one of the cabinets and played for awhile, built towers with another child and knocked them over and laughed each time, and during music time he danced and sang. His favorite part though, I think is snack time!! I mean, who's isn't!! We are so pleased that he had a great experience and hopefully it will continue to be the same :)

My Little Man

Parker has been growing out of all his church clothes, so I bought him some new stuff on Old Navy (size 18-24 months now!) and they arrived on Friday. When I got him ready for church today, I just couldn't resist taking a picture because he just looked so much older and very handsome! Even his shoes are new (size 5 1/2!)...my little baby is growing! :( I didn't get the greatest pictures because he just insisted on moving, but you get the idea!

Just Hangin' Around

Parker's new favorite thing to do... I have a video on my Facebook, but couldn't get it to load here!

Valentine's Day

Even though we couldn't really do much this year for Valentine's Day, it was still a pretty fun and relaxing day. This was the first year we got anything for Parker...I wasn't sure if I was going to or not, but when Parker decided to put the paws and nose of the bear in his mouth at the store, I figured we should probably buy it. We also got him little chocolates and some Toy Story gummies, both of which turned out to taste not so good...Sorry Parker :) Chris' gift to me...chocolates and jewlery, what more could a girl ask for!For dinner, we made Chicken Cordon Bleu with garlic mashed potatos and green beans...delicious!! (And YES, that is a paper plate...without a dishwasher, I get tired of doing dishes ALL the time, so this is our normal set of dishes :)My Valentine! We didn't get the best pictures, I like the bottom one better of me, but Chris just had to ruin it!! He looks best in the above one :)For Chris I bought a small box of chocolates and some other candy and a new game for the Wii (Winter Sports), but it hasn't come yet, so he'll get to extend the holiday by a day or so until it gets here! For dessert we had chocolate covered strawberries with melted Ghiradelli chocolate...they were amazing!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

Playground (Picture Overload!)

It was a beautiful day on Saturday so we decided to get out of the house for a bit and took Parker to the playground over at the elementary school. He had a blast, and could have played there for hours. The slides were his favorites! He didn't want to climb up the stairs on his hands and knees...walking all the way!

First Snow

On January 29, we had our first snow of the season (at least that I know of!) while in Kansas. We were in Florida at the beginning of winter and we weren't in Idaho for very long to see much of the snow. We got about 6-8 inches of snow all at one time and it was so pretty. It turned everything from ugly brown, to beautiful white! The next day the trees were all covered in thick frost, which was also very pretty with the sun shining!The snow didn't last more than a couple days before it all melted off (which happens very quickly here).

Lightning McQueen

We have been wanting to get Parker some sort of rideable toy since he likes to climb on things and pretend to go. So today we bought this little car and he LOVES it!! It plays music and talks and everything...I'm not really sure what I have gotten myself into however, because he pushes the buttons OVER and OVER...of course!
"Hello?" Checkin on his 'passenger', his puppy! It took him all of about 5 minutes to realize he now had a mobile stool to reach things he couldn't quite reach before...luckily for us, he hasn't figured out how to twist the doorknobs yet!!

Sugar Cookie Frenzie

I was really wanting some cookies yesterday and I thought it would be fun to make some sugar cookies with Parker. He really enjoyed it and we had a lot of fun! They were all eaten by last night (there wasn't a whole lot to begin with) so we might just have to make some more tomorrow! Sneaking some cookie dough...(He didn't originally want to try any, but saw me eating some, so he decided to try it) Turns out he LOVES cookie dough...like Mother, like Son!! The aftermath...it was EVERYWHERE!!! Parker really liked the rolling pin

Happy NEW YEAR!!

2009 was a great year for us, although not too much happened. Here are some of the highlights from this past year:

• Chris officially finished his degree by completing his last internship with South Industries located in Menan, Idaho. They hired him on and in October we were sent to Florida for a few months for a project.
• Parker turned 1 and was able to celebrate with most of our family. He is running all over the place and is our pride and joy!
• We found out we are pregnant with our second child (Due in July).
• Spent lots of time with friends and family.

We had a pretty good year and are excited to see what 2010 has in store for us. We will be starting off the year by heading to Kansas for another project and will be there for about 4 months.

This year for New Years Eve and Day, we were able to be in Seattle with my family. It was a pretty low key night. Chris, Parker and I went over to Bri and Mike's (my sister and brother-in-law) new house for a couple hours and met some of their friends and talked, ate some great food and played a little Band Hero on the Wii. It was really fun, and I even started to get pretty good on the drums...the guitars, not so much! We only stayed a couple hours because Parker only had 1 nap and was getting pretty tired. We spent the rest of the night watching a movie, but honestly, most of us fell asleep way before midnight. Don't worry, I got woken up like 30 seconds before midnight to watch the fireworks and whatnot. It was a nice relaxing night and New Years Day was fairly relaxing as well.

Chris and I started off the year by going on a much needed date. It has been FOREVER since we've been able to go out just the two of us. My parents were nice enough to watch Parker. We went out to dinner at the Ram and then to see The Blind Side, really good by the way, and then finished off the evening with ice cream from Baskin Robins. It was really fun and a great way to start off the year! I hope everyone has a great year...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :)