Catching Up

We've had a lot going on in the last month.

Parker dressed up spiffy for a Valentine's date with Lily.

 

Himal and I celebrated our 9th anniversary with putt-putt and dinner.

 

 

Parker had a stomach bug and has been fighting a couple of colds.

Poor baby.  He slept through our anniversary dinner.  Turns out, he was getting sick.

I FINALLY orally defended my dissertation on Friday the 13th!!  Just a few things to do to get the written portion submitted, and then I'll officially be DONE!!!  We celebrated with bowling and Build-A-Bear.

 

We enjoyed a fun (and muddy) St. Patrick's Day.  Parker had been wanting to jump in "muddy puddles" for weeks, and I finally let him.

Whoops!!

My sister and parents came to visit.

 

We've enjoyed picnics and nice weather, and Parker got his first bicycle!

 

This boy loves trains, so he had a blast at the train show.

 

And finally, we've started celebrating Easter early.  Egg hunts are a lot of fun this year with Parker.  He loves watching "surprise eggs" videos on YouTube, so egg hunts are right up his alley.

Cotton candy face!

 

 

 

 

 

Have a great Easter holiday! 

2 and a half!

Look who's 2.5 years old!

He is signed up for preschool for the next school year, too!

Funny phrases

Parker is a chatty boy.  He talks and talks and sings and talks some more.  He seems to have a broad vocabulary and does well making fairly long sentences.  He hasn't grasped the correct use of the pronouns "me" and "you" and continues to refer to himself in the third person.  It's actually pretty confusing to teach those pronouns when you think about it.

We love gymnastics - especially the pit.

He recently started swinging on his own.

He has great balance.

He pronounces most words correctly but drops the S in sp, sch, etc. at the beginning of words.  For example, he pronounces the word spoon as "poon" and school as "cool."  He also says an S instead of an F for words starting with F like "sore and sive" for four and five.       

Painting is fun!  And messy

The phrase I hear the most is "Mommy, hold you Parker."  He ALWAYS wants to be held.

Napping with Jules on mommy

Some phrases that he says multiple times a day are:
What you doing?
What dat noise?
Where Daddy go?
What is going on?
Do it again!

The way he says them makes them so funny, especially the last one. Recently, Himal was talking, and Parker asked, "Daddy, why are you talking?"  It was hilarious and cracked us up.

Goofy boy loves being naked

Christmas!!

We had a wonderful Christmas.  Parker was really into it, and it was such fun to see his reactions!  The first thing he said to me on Christmas morning was, "Santa Claus come."  He woke up super early (5:20!!), so he must have been uber excited.  I had no idea he'd wake up early on Christmas at this young of an age.  What's it going to be like when he's in elementary school?!

Small family Christmas at home - just the 3 of us

Parker with some of his cousins during the annual Christmas carol sing-along

Opening Granddaddy's present on Christmas Eve

He loves this play mat from Granddaddy

Christmas morning

Merry Christmas - dark and early!

Matching Christmas jammies!

Parker had a blast with Titi and G pushing him in a box

Annual family tree photo

Parker can't wait until he's old enough to play Polyanne with his great-granddaddy

Strong

Christmas on a farm = fun on haystacks

Random farm dog crashed our pic and pushed my cousin off

I love that he's making memories in the same places I did when I was growing up

3 generations

Another goodbye and ready for Christmas

Today we said goodbye to our sweet Gidget, our 3rd kitty death this year.  So tough...  I had her for over 13 years.  Parker really liked giving her treats; he always made sure to take some directly to her wherever she was sitting.  He also liked to impersonate her moo sound she made when she meowed.  She will be missed.  We've told Parker that she's in heaven with Gilligan and Higgs.  However, I am prepared to hear one of his new favorite phrases, "Where (Gidget) go?" a million times over the next few weeks.

Pretty girl with a cute pink nose

Just last week she was feeling well enough to keep Parker company during his nap.

We started the year with 5 cats.  Now, we are left with the 2 black fluffballs.

In happier news, we are excited about our little family Christmas we are having tomorrow.  We'll exchange presents and decorate cupcakes.  Last week, Parker got to decorate cookies at a birthday party and loved it, so this should be a lot of fun.

What a mess!

Parker, Lily, and Savannah had a little Christmas dinner last week.  They are so cute together.

Poor little P got two boo-boos this week.  His lip has healed, and I'm hoping his chin looks better by Christmas.

 

We wish you a very merry Christmas!