GEORGE!

Parker loves his Curious George he got from his Aunt Susie and Uncle Scott for Christmas. As you know he went on our Florida adventure with us and he is now frequently toted around the house to various play spots. Well when Parker takes a nap and goes to bed we typically put George to rest in Parkers Thomas the train. Well Monday Parker had different plans and really wanted George to join him for his nap. I was watching on the monitor because I wanted a picture of course. It was really cute Parker usually puts his blanket on his back and tucks up but on the monitor I could see that he did it with George. I decided to wait 5 more minutes so I didn;t wake him up (definitely not worth that) and well of course by that time Parker had switched positions and George was off his back. He has since asked for George to sleep with him in the crib for naps and nighttime. So sweet! Thanks again guys. He really loves his pal!

Fun at the gym!

Parker has become quite the racquetball fan. He saw a few guys playing raquetball when I took him into the nursery several months ago and ever since then when we pull up to the gym he repeatedly says racquetball til he sees the courts and then continues til he's off in the nursery. Well a few weeks ago a nice man let Parker play with his racquetball while we were waiting for Daddy and Uncle Nick to finish their game. After the man saw how much Parker enjoyed the ball and watching the game he went into his bag and pulled out 5 different colored racketballs for Parker to have. He was quite excited. Isn't it nice to know there are still some genuinely nice people out there these days. We now take Parker into the courts with his balls and a few rackets after we've worked out. He absolutely loves it.

Here are some picks of him trying to hit the balls.

Happy Valentine's Day!

We hope everyone had a happy Valentine's Day!!!

Parker's first hair cut!!!

Yes it is official Parker has had his first hair cut. It olny took 18 months to grow long enough to need a cut. Ms. Felicia cut his hair at the salon where I go and she really did a great job. Parker wasn't too sure about jumping in a chair in this unfamilar place at first but it was nothing a pacy and a cool dog/cat smock couldn't fix. He let her cut his hair as well as use the electirc clippers. I wasn't too sure at what he'd think about the clippers but he didn't seem to mind.

Before

Parker being a good boy and letting her cut his hair

After! How handsome!

Fun at Monkey Joe's

A few weeks ago Wally and I took Parker to Monkey Joe's in Wilmington. It is a large building full of blow up slides and bounce houses. We met friends Tricia and Frank there with their kids Cooper and Bentley and boy did those kids have fun. Parker loved climbing up a blow up alligator and trying to walk down his back without falling and he LOVED the slides. We put a video at the bottom of him going down one of the slides and you'll see by the smile on the his face how much he liked it.

Parker loves slides! Enjoy!

Snow Day!!!

Well here are some shots from the snow we got last week. It was crazy we go to Florida one week, come bak on Sunday and it stinkin snows here on Tuesday. Don't get me wrong we enjoyed every minute of it but it was a big weather change for us. We ended up getting 3 inches here and it was around for about 2 days. Then oh yes it was 60 degrees 2 days later. Don't you just love our weather.

Here's a site you don't see much, our house covered in snow.

It was quite fun finding the clothes to bundle Parker in so he could go outside. We really don't have snow gear for him cause, well it never snows here. He didn't seem to mind all the layers though. It poured with snow that afternoon and early evening so it was a lot of fun to get to play in it while it was still snowing.

Even in the snow, the boy wants his lawn mower.

Parker thought it was funny how when he walked through the snow his shoes were covered in it. He has recently really grasped what the word mess means so when his shoes would get covered in the snow he would say "mess?". We can't tell you how many times we'd say no it's just the snow. Funny from a kid who loves to play in the dirt and get messy.

The dogs getting frisky in the snow and playing fetch.

They LOVE the snow. Parker thought it was hillarious to throw snowballs to the dogs because they will jump up and catch them in their mouths to eat them.

Florida here we come!

Well Wally, Parker, Wally's parents and I went to Florida for the week and boy did we enjoy ourselves. We stayed at a resort (Sheraton Vistana Villages) in Orlando and lets just say they did a great job of making you feel like you were in the tropics. It was quite different for us to be able to go swimming in January. Not to mention coming back to having it snow here at home 2 days after we got back (you'll see picks of that soon). Well we all drove together in, as Ella calls it, "the Wally bus". Parker did great thanks to a DVD player and some good videos.

CURIOUS GEORGE GOES TO FLORIDA!

Hey buddy it's a long trip, do you want some water?

Parker watching the fuel tankers and big macs drive outside his window of the hotel we stayed at on the way down.

Nana and Granddad swinging Parker as they walked around the
lakes at the resort.

Parker's absolute favorite, seeing and feeding the ducks! They had ducks in the lakes at the resort which were right outside our place. He loved going out on our porch and watching them but his favorite was for Granddad to take him down to them. He talked about these ducks as soon as he woke up. Now every body of water he sees he immediaetly says "wawa, ducks".

Nana and Parker feeding the ducks. Parker is clapping because they ate his bread.

Weee daddy, this is fun!

Splash fountains in the pools at the resorts. They had big waterfalls too.

The pools alone were breath taking.

Mommy and Parker swimming together.

Parker goofing around at the condo.

"Come on guys, where are we going next?"

Parker decided to pull the big cooler around the condo (of course he had his new horse with him as well - you'll see from where in a minute). He thought he was big stuff!