like father...like son

I was listening to the radio the other day in the car...country, of course...and a song I hadn't heard before came on. It immediately caught my attention because it was by Brad Paisley (one of my absolute favorite country singers) but once I kept listening it almost brought a tear to my eye. The song is called "Anything Like Me"...have you heard it? If not you should keep an ear open for it! If there was ever a song written to perfectly describe my boys, this would be it. All I could do while listening to the song was picture Travis playing with Parker and how much alike I have always known that they are. I am always finding new things that Parker does or little bits of his personality that make me laugh because all I can think is "oh, Trav, thanks for that!"

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Parker is such an active little boy...and I think that may be putting it lightly! It amazes me everyday what kind of trouble he can get himself into. The biggest problem is that he actually thinks these things through and sees nothing wrong with moving the dog food bin around in the kitchen so that he can get up onto the counters and find scissors or tools or other things that toddlers should not be playing with. No matter how baby/toddler-proofed you think your house is...IT'S NOT!!! (At least not enough for Parker) He gets these things into his cute little head and by-golly he will find a way to follow through! It's crazy how much running around I do during the day to "put out fires" (not literally, thank goodness, but some days it feels like it).

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I routinely like to tell Travis "thank you" for being such a pain that kharma thought it only justified to give you a taste of your own medicine! My dad tells me all the time that my sister and I were ridiculously easy children and that our kiddos are more like he was as a child, not so much like we were. As much as it pains me to say this, I am kind of hoping that Parker's "super active get into everything phase" lasts for a while longer...crazy, I know...but I really think it would be a shame if Travis missed out on all of the "fun" while he is away! If he ever wondered what he was really like when he was little...Parker would give him a glimpse I'm sure!

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I don't want to give you the wrong idea...my kiddo does have the capacity to be such a good boy! He just has so much more fun getting into trouble, what boy wouldn't??? Let's be serious! He can be so sweet and loving. He loves to cuddle, especially while watching a movie with Mommy, and he loves to hold your hand at the dinner table and pray. (Mostly his form of praying is to hold your hand, bow his head, look around the table, then say AMEN.) It is adorable! He is starting to say so many new things lately and putting so many words together. Parker has become very good at putting away his toys...even putting them into the correct places! He really likes to say the names or colors of what they are while he puts them away, which is hilarious! It is amazing how we have it in us to love others so much. Before we had Parker, I had no idea that you could ever have the capacity to love another person as much as I love that adorable little blonde-haired blue-eyed boy! (And his Daddy, too) His birthday is coming up in a week and I can't believe that I will be the mother of a 2 year-old...crazy right?

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So here's to my active little man...that is just like his Daddy. How did I ever get so lucky??? I wouldn't trade my boys for the world and hope that every Mommy out there feels as lucky and as loved as I do!