and here are my 2 little loves on Valentines morning before Parker went to school. Such sweet boys!!
Monday, May 14, 2012
Happy Valentines Day 2012
We have the BEST play group!! It is made up of a few kids from Parker's class at school, but with the younger siblings, there are 11 kiddos in all. We do play dates and MNO every few weeks and this was a super fun one that Pricilla and Cade threw for us. We had a blast celebrating with everyone!
and here are my 2 little loves on Valentines morning before Parker went to school. Such sweet boys!!
and here are my 2 little loves on Valentines morning before Parker went to school. Such sweet boys!!
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Time Flying By
Every time I get a free second to think about my "to do" list, I am reminded about this little thing called "my blog". I used to be so good at keeping up with it, but now, it just seems to keep making its way on the bottom of my "to do" list. This makes me sad. I don't really care if anyone else is reading it or is keeping up with my family, but I do care that this was my one way to stop time. To capture these little boys now...in the moment, before time flies by once again.
So, the good news is that I have been "blog loading" or writing blogs, then saving them as drafts until I can download pics. So, if I can just get my stuff together and upload some pics, then I will publish Parker's 3rd bday, Christmas, Valentines day 2012, and a few more...
But, until I do that, I wanted to do a post of "Right Now's"...what my boys are like...right now.
Parker is growing like a weed. I think (based on the last time we were at the doctor in April for strep) he is around 41 lbs. He is eating more. He can dress himself totally and usually will do so before he comes out of his room in the morning. Most of the time he looks hilarious with mismatches shorts/shirts, black socks with tennis shoes, but I don't even try to re-dress him. I think he looks perfect because he did it all by himself. He is learning so much and each day he surprises me with what he knows. He is obsessed with geography and can tell you where Ireland, Texas, Africa, and Madagascar are on a map. He can spell his name. His favorite things right now are watching movies, sharks, bugs, hop scotch, hide and go seek, BOZ, and swimming. He is in swim lessons and can swim all by himself from the table to the wall, but I still make him wear arm floaties when we are swimming. He loves (actually begs) to go to church and to MOPs, but does not like to go to school. (actually, he loves school too, but he likes to say he does not want to go. I think it is because they make him take naps). When he gets frustrated he will grunt...I am pretty sure that is what I do when I get mad, so I can take credit for that :) Parker is following directions more and more and if I tell him not to do something now, he usually listens. He loves his "brodder" and they are playing together pretty well these days, however, they do have their moments. Parker is completely potty trained, thanks to his Loli who bribed him with cold hard cash. Now every time he goes #2 in the potty he comes out and exclaims, "I went poo-poo in the potty. Now I can go to camp Kiawah with Abbie and Anna Claire!". He likes to tell me that "I make his heart happy". He is so much fun, so energetic and busy.
Cooper will be 2 in a few weeks. He is finally sleeping like a champ and will usually sleep until 7. This little boy is BUSY! He is non-stop at all times. I can get him to watch a little bit of a movie, but after about 10 minutes, he is up and moving. He loves to climb and if I do not keep the chairs up off the ground, he will use them to get on counters, make coffee, make waffles, whatever. I find him on the kitchen counters everyday. It is a wonder the child has not fallen off of anything yet. He can say a lot of words. One of my favorite is when you ask him a question and he will reply "otay". A lot of his vocabulary is understood by me, but no one else knows what the heck his is saying. He loves construction, fish, dinosaurs, and anything big brother does. Monkey see...monkey do. He starts school in June and I think he will be very excited. He screams when we take P to school because he can't keep his backpack, but I have ordered him his own, so he should be happy from now on. He still takes one really good nap a day and goes to bed around 8. He loves snow cones, chicken nuggets, french fries, strawberries, apples, raspberries, watermelon, and bananas. He will usually eat just about anything. We are still lactose intolerant, but he seems to do ok if I slip in a bite or 2 of cheese. Cooper weighs around 28 lbs. Cooper loves to dance and sing and will sing along (in his own little words) to our BOZ and Little Einstein videos. We went to Sea World a few weeks ago and this little dare devil rode any and all rides they would let him on...and loved every minute of them. Cooper loves to swim. Hates to be away from mommy. Loves animals. This little boy is so edible and so much fun to be around. Even though we are in the "terrible 2's" he is still a blast and makes me laugh all the time. Little Ham!
Parker is growing like a weed. I think (based on the last time we were at the doctor in April for strep) he is around 41 lbs. He is eating more. He can dress himself totally and usually will do so before he comes out of his room in the morning. Most of the time he looks hilarious with mismatches shorts/shirts, black socks with tennis shoes, but I don't even try to re-dress him. I think he looks perfect because he did it all by himself. He is learning so much and each day he surprises me with what he knows. He is obsessed with geography and can tell you where Ireland, Texas, Africa, and Madagascar are on a map. He can spell his name. His favorite things right now are watching movies, sharks, bugs, hop scotch, hide and go seek, BOZ, and swimming. He is in swim lessons and can swim all by himself from the table to the wall, but I still make him wear arm floaties when we are swimming. He loves (actually begs) to go to church and to MOPs, but does not like to go to school. (actually, he loves school too, but he likes to say he does not want to go. I think it is because they make him take naps). When he gets frustrated he will grunt...I am pretty sure that is what I do when I get mad, so I can take credit for that :) Parker is following directions more and more and if I tell him not to do something now, he usually listens. He loves his "brodder" and they are playing together pretty well these days, however, they do have their moments. Parker is completely potty trained, thanks to his Loli who bribed him with cold hard cash. Now every time he goes #2 in the potty he comes out and exclaims, "I went poo-poo in the potty. Now I can go to camp Kiawah with Abbie and Anna Claire!". He likes to tell me that "I make his heart happy". He is so much fun, so energetic and busy.
Cooper will be 2 in a few weeks. He is finally sleeping like a champ and will usually sleep until 7. This little boy is BUSY! He is non-stop at all times. I can get him to watch a little bit of a movie, but after about 10 minutes, he is up and moving. He loves to climb and if I do not keep the chairs up off the ground, he will use them to get on counters, make coffee, make waffles, whatever. I find him on the kitchen counters everyday. It is a wonder the child has not fallen off of anything yet. He can say a lot of words. One of my favorite is when you ask him a question and he will reply "otay". A lot of his vocabulary is understood by me, but no one else knows what the heck his is saying. He loves construction, fish, dinosaurs, and anything big brother does. Monkey see...monkey do. He starts school in June and I think he will be very excited. He screams when we take P to school because he can't keep his backpack, but I have ordered him his own, so he should be happy from now on. He still takes one really good nap a day and goes to bed around 8. He loves snow cones, chicken nuggets, french fries, strawberries, apples, raspberries, watermelon, and bananas. He will usually eat just about anything. We are still lactose intolerant, but he seems to do ok if I slip in a bite or 2 of cheese. Cooper weighs around 28 lbs. Cooper loves to dance and sing and will sing along (in his own little words) to our BOZ and Little Einstein videos. We went to Sea World a few weeks ago and this little dare devil rode any and all rides they would let him on...and loved every minute of them. Cooper loves to swim. Hates to be away from mommy. Loves animals. This little boy is so edible and so much fun to be around. Even though we are in the "terrible 2's" he is still a blast and makes me laugh all the time. Little Ham!
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