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Monday, August 5, 2013

KC or bust, first road trip as four!

We finally made a road trip happen, with some other trips we had planned getting canceled because of sicknesses, and our new floors in our room we made the trip to visit our friends the Strickers in KC! With Dannys job in the past two years they have moved from St Louis city, to Lake st louis, then to despares, and now in KC! I don't know how they do it and stay sane, they are defiantly  professional movers!
Their home in KC couldnt be any more beautiful and neither could their two kiddos. Jim and Leslie tagged along for the trip and it was great to have them and spend some time catching up! 
The boys did GREAT on the way down there, we left around nap time and they both napped about two hours. It was so cute, when Parker woke up in the carseat and saw Will sitting there his face just LITE up. He loves his big brother so much! Daddy had a bit too much fun when we were in KC and we definitely learned a lot about how our travel planning needs to go differently next time. 
On the ride home Parker was so over tired from his fun filled weekend he was having a hard time "letting go" and falling asleep and he cried screamed his sweet butt off for two hours straight. I climbed back and forth between seats and tried everything to help him. We all slept good in our own beds after a long weekend Sunday night!
my sleeping beauties on the way there

watching a show with baby danny

an early 5:30 am wake up call from my love baby while the boys were at golf

dance party!

Sweet buddies

riding a pig



mommy did some house shopping!

a drink with the girlies

and a night out!
Saturday us mommies and kids visited a little place (very similar to Grants Farm) while the guys spent the morning golfing. The place was super cute and Will loved it! 




Will can spot a John Deere tractor. Talent.


This kid sure loves water

5 months {WAY late}

I love to eat my feet, sometimes the feet of my jammies are even wet in the morning
Okay I've slacked on poor
Parker, always doing his pics a little late I started this post a few weeks ago.... finally posting it. I'll get it together eventually..... ok two kids and full time job later I may never have it completely together :)


Parker will be 6 months old (gasp!) Wednesday.... 
So I just took his 5 month photos, mommy fail. Life got in the way, but I do have some super cute, fun, memorable moments from Parker's 5th month... and that's whats important right? :)
Were going to get his professional photos done for his 6 month he'll be so stinking cute I cant wait!







I like to stick out my tounge
I haeve a sweet sweet lil teeny bootie or so mommy says

I love to eat... everything... and I am super happy when its meal time!
I get tortured by my brother, but he also tickles me and gives me kises

I love to suck on my little thumb and its the only way I fall asleep


I love loves from gigi

I have to try and feed myself, even if it doesnt work... at all

look mom I found a toy, I think I'll play with it instead of sleep em K?

tee hee hee

I'm ready to crawl!

mommy wants me to stop bc she says I'm too little to crawl

but.I.want.to... GO!

Sorry momma.

My first dog Boomer

I'm always happy to be home with mommy after work

I love to teethe... chew and drool!

and I LOVE LOVE my new jumpy bouncer mommy got me!

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Summer days and nights

over joyed at the sight of his brother swinging him
 I love summer. It is probably my favorite time of year... I love Fall too but summer, hot dogs, baseball, late nights, drinks outside, swim suits I love it all.
I wanted to have a really fun summer with our family, I feel like William is literally growing up in the blink of an eye. I can remember like it was yesterday rocking in a chair in his empty room with swollen feet anxiously awaiting his arrival. How is it my sweet baby will be 3 in two months? Gasp!
That being said of course life gets in the way and plans change... with the little time of summer we do have left I'm really trying to make sure we make the most of it! 
Will learned how to swing Parker,they both loved it!






The Brothers: 
Parker loves Will.... he gets so excited when he sees Will playing, and if Will interacts with him, its all over. He cant get enough of his big brother and it just melts my heart.
You have two kids because you love kids, you love family and you want to cherish these amazing people. But you also want them to have a buddy, a partner in crime and someone who they can always turn to and relate to. I love watching our boys fall in love with each other, and I have a great feeling its only going to keep getting better.
Will likes to help Parker do things, he likes to "know more" and he likes to tell Parker about stuff. He often asks where Parker is, if he is sleeping, and what he is doing. He still isn't super lovey dovey with him which is just fine. I love my little boys so much my heart explodes to see how much they truly love each other too.

Ok back to summertime fun... 
Will not only loves to snuggle but also loves to take selfies... this smile of his is one that only comes through when he is being a true silly ball of Will! Dont mind the dirty burp cloth behind my head!

My Parks all snuggled up with his little giraffe lovey

slide love
 Last Wednesday Luke worked from home with Parker in the morning so I could take Will to tiny tot swim at the pool. One of the pools has this in the mornings so people like us can get there before nap and before the pool opens and so our lils are not trampled by all the kiddos. I love it and Will does too!
super slide!

goes under everything like a tunnel

why does every little boy want the water to hit them in the butt?

Family dinner night at Mimis, cousin love
Last Friday we had a great little night at home full of play outside, a yummy dinner, drinks, and a new toy for mommy! I was so excited about our new bob stroller you'd of thought I got a new car!  Parker is truly a part of the family and wanted to join in on family night just as much, after dinner he showed off a big surprise of his own! It actually looks kind of funny this itty bitty little baby getting around all on his own just like a big boy! Weekends away and busy days are fun, but quiet nights with the people I love the most might just be my favorite thing in the world.
Parker lovse to hang in the kitchen with mommy... and eat!

chicken and white bean stuffed peppers

at his 6 month appointment his doctor said we could introduce a sippy and water!

after dinner Parker decided he would show off what he had been working so hard on, he crawled and sat up for the first time, he's been so close but I didn't think it'd happen yet, he's still so tiny!

Our new ride! Awesome.

And how to end the perfect night... snuggles with my two favorite babies of course!
The next morning it was gorgeous out thanks to a little nighttime rain. While daddy caught up on some yard work the boys and I tested out our new ride and had some fun.  While on stroller rides Will assigns each one of us an animal to look for, when he gets older I'm guessing we'll keep score and there will be a winner for now it's just fun staying on the lookout.
Saturday Will assigned us. He was bunnies, I was squirrels, and he (so graciously) said Parker could be birdies. I asked him who was going to win, "I will win!" he shouts... I said what about Parker, he said "well.... Parker can almost win"   ha!
Will wants to help Parker learn this "cup" thing

my boys on our walk, we go through a trail at the high school, they look less than thrilled.

pretty lake on our street
yelling "helllloooooo" in the tunnel


 

Parker is at the age where I am his favorite person. Can you blame him? ;)
He has to look at me at all times if he is near me and if someone holds him he doesn't know he is not the happiest camper in the world... on the couch the other day he couldn't take his eyes off me. sweet smart little boy

Will is sick again. We literally have a week of healthy, then a week of sick, then a week on antibiotics, rather, rinse, repeat....
We had his blood tested and the results that came back were good. He does not have any major immune deficiencies. There is one shot you get (numabcocal) it prevents you from catching big things like measles, amonias etc. You get four shots of it in your life, Will has had all four and his blood work looked like he hadn't had them, they didn't take. We got another shot of it and there is a chance it could help his immunity. But there is a chance he is just a very sick boy right now with school and just having a rough patch. So we will just keep playing this game for a while longer before there is any more concern or testing.
We also learned that he doesn't have high allergies, just dog, cat, and hickory pecan tree.
Waiting for the urgent care doc

a sick Sunday at home doing puzzles one of Wills favorite things to do




As if a lovely Sunday at the urgent care wasn't enough when bouncing around during nap time Will flipped his feet over his head and bounced just like tigger right off his bed, only instead of landing on his tail he landed smack with his head in his dresser. Poor boy just cant catch a break.
Side note: later that night Will ran me over in his power wheel, it was a fun Sunday all around Truth betold that not every day is perfect... kids get sick, couples fight and dinner burns but how boring would it be if everyday were perfect. 
my tough little boy

 After the disaster Boomer left in our room and two Stanley steamer visits later, hardwood was put down. This was right after, we've since added a nice area rug and were loving our new hardwood bedroom!
by complete accident I recreated two photos from last year this week! I thought it'd be fun to compare, I cant believe how big my little bug is getting!

Popsicle outside after dinner, doesn't get any more summer than that