Parker's First Word

Well here it is, his first word DOG aka "og". You guys know us well. For those of you who guessed book. You are close. He tries to say that now too it just didn't come first. It's pretty hysterical as soon as he sees the dogs he will usually say it a few times. He also recognizes dogs in a few of his picture books and he has a wind up toy dog that he will say it with too. He's starting to try and add the d as you will see in the video. Sorry it took me awhile to give you the answer we will be better in the furture. Thanks to all who participated. It was fun seeing what you guessed.

Memorial Day

Well, we had a great memorial weekend. Wally was in a fishing tournament Saturday and Sunday (check out our new link Kokonutz Fishing Team, Wally set it up) so Parker and I spent time with family who came in town and played in the pool. On Monday we took the boat out and docked on an island to play and cookout with neighbors(and friends) Ryan, Beth (with Peyton :) ) and Chase as well as friends Lindsey and Jason. It was a beuatiful day though it became a little windy. We took our flat bottom boat so we could get everyone up close to the island. Parker liked the boat ride and watching all the boats and birds go by. We use a bean bag to make for a smoother ride for Parker not to mention it is a quite comfy seat. I also decided to use it to sit Parker in to eat his lunch. You'll see below he looked pretty pampered in there since he was also covered by an umbrella and getting his food brought to him. What a life that kid has. Parker had fun in the sand and exploring the small waves that came up on the shore. He had to be stopped from crawling in to far though. His favorite was probably walking in the water holding on to the boat (of course).

King of the boat

Parker and Chase playing in the sand

Parker conked out on the ride back in. He was exhausted!

Thanks Tricia for the cool new shark towel. It came in quite handy.

Aunt Cindy and Uncle Jason come to visit

This weekend Parker's Aunt Cindy (Wally's sister) and Uncle Jason came to visit. They drove in from Charlotte for the weekend. Parker had a great time playing with them and meeting their new dog. We hope to see them again soon.

Happy Birthday Copper and Hurley

Our first babies turn 7 today(5/21). It is hard to believe that much time has passed. They are wonderful dogs. We couldn't ask for more loving and loyal ones either. They seemed to have a good birthday too, with a new frisbee and yummy new bones.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOYS!!!

Parker Walking!!!

Yes it is true, he has taken his first steps. It actually happened about 2 weeks ago that he took his first one. However at the end of that week he came down with the stomach flu after Wally had it(also the reason why the postings of this great event are so delayed). It hit him pretty hard so he really wasn't into much playing for several days. It's taken him about a week to recover. However by the end of last week the steps started picking back up. He has taken up to 6, but as you will see the more he gets excited the more difficult it is to keep his balance. It is really cute to watch him. He gets so proud of himself (and giggly too) as he takes more and more steps. We are so proud of him!

Welcome Home Poppy!!!

My dad has been in Oklahoma for month on business and just got back in town yesterday. We missed him greatly and are ALL definitely glad that he is home. One of our Timm traditions is to go strawberry picking together. That was one of the first things on his mind too once he got back. (Besides some much needed sleep. He had to drive the 20 something hours back in a U-haul full of electronics and furniture, Yuck!). So today Poppy, Aunt Kerry, Parker and I went strawberry picking. We had great weather and there were lots of good strawberries. Parker liked picking off the strawberries and then squishing them. It made quite a mess but he had fun. He did put several in the buckets for us too though. Enjoy the pics.

Poppy and Parker

Parker picking his first strawberry with Poppy

Checking it out before squishing

Time to put it in the bucket

Aunt Kerry

Parker helping fill Aunt Kerry's bucket

The strawberry picking crew

Parker and mommy with their strawberries

Happy Mother's Day!

What is a mother

A heart that can hear

every unspoken need,

Wisdom to know

when to quietly lead,

Hands that reach out,

always helping and sharing

A mother is caring!

Eyes that reflect

every joy that you find,

Arms to encircle,

but never to bind,

A talent for making

the most out of living

A mother is giving!

A voice that can soothe

or inspire or delight,

A smile that keeps shining

when things don't go right,

An angel God sends us

from Heaven above

A mother is nothing but

caring, giving and love.

Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful mother's!!!

We hope you all take the time to relax and enjoy your day.

You deserve it!

Go Parker Go

Parker these days loves to push anything that will move. He recently discovered he could push our ottomon around the house. I decided to see if I could get a ride while he was playing this game. As you can see he didn't mind a bit. I'm sure you are thinking now, is she lazy or a genius?

Hard At Work

Sorry it's been awhile since I've posted. We've been hard at work here building a deck onto the house. For years we have had a "lovely" concrete slab back there that we have called our patio. We decided a few weeks ago we had had enough of the dirt coming in the house from the dogs as well as the roughness of the concrete. So we built a deck. It's taken 2-3 weekends because we built it from scratch and we had a few postponings from rain. Wally put in alot of HARD labor. I helped during Parker's naps and once he went down for the night and our neighbor Ryan helped out some as well. I can happily say that we are about 95% done. We just have a spot Wally needs to customize to allow for our chimney to be emptied and then we just have to buy stuff for the deck. Yeah! We had a patio set that we've had for about 5 years and well about a month ago the wind lifted our umbrella and when it came back down it turned slightly and shattered our glass table. I'm not so sad though because I really wanted a new one. We weren't sure what the dogs would think of the deck either since they prefer to lye in the cool dirt if they can find a patch. Copper was particularly funny as we were working so I snapped some pics. of him.

Please don't take away my dirt!!!

Pretty, pretty please!!!
It's so hot and now that I don't have any dirt I must hide under the grill cover
The Deck!

Pool Time

Last weekend it was warm enough to bring out the Walmart pool :) Yes we had been working on the deck but as you can imagine when Parker wakes up from his naps I can't help much with the deck anymore. On this afternoon, Chase came over to play in the pool with Parker while Beth and I supervised. Ryan graciously helped Wally the rest of the day with the deck. His help was greatly appreciated.

Even Hurley wanted in on the action