Our Trip to Petco...& my "Mommy Hearing"

The other day Travis, Parker and I were taking Deacon and Gus to Petco to get groomed. By groomed I mean: bathed, brushed, nails clipped, etc...ALL NOT DONE BY US! It was well worth it to not have to clean dog hair out of the drain, smell wet dog for a couple hours, or get clawed by Deacon when he squirms while getting his nails clipped. While we were there we wandered around with Parks for a while to let him check out the animals. There was a tank with turtles in it down on the bottom shelf. It was at the perfect level for Parker to see right in. After I told him they were turtles...and I swear he said it. Travis told me that I have "Mommy Hearing" and I hear what I want to hear. But even Trav said that he was saying "tuh-tuh." He was even pointing at the tank. Ahh...my baby the genius! Ha ha! I was too busy trying to get a video of him talking to the turtles and didn't get any pictures of that...but I did get some funny pictures of Parker tuned into the fish swimming around.

Parker found Caleb's helmet in the living room and felt the need to put it on.

This was too hilarious!!! Parker was literally squealing laughing. He loves his Papa and his Daddy and they can make him laugh so hard.

and so it begins...

Yup, we have started teething folks! Parker is one constant drool-fuss-bite fest! At least when he is biting now it is only a gummy bite.

We were able to head to the Tri-Cities over the weekend and spend time with my family. It was a blast. It is nice to get Parker down to hang out with cousins Caleb and Drayson too. They were all so cute together. I feel like Parker must have been watching "big boy Drayson" over the weekend and picking up on things he does because when we got back to Cheney it seemed like Parker was a month older after just a couple of days! It is hard to believe that he will be 5 months on Wednesday! He is just so big now.

Parker has started sitting up on his own now. He has also discovered that his toes taste wonderful! Yummy!

My family went to breakfast over the weekend for my mom and Trav's birthdays. Parker sat in a highchair for the first time (and a shopping cart at Target...such a big boy). The boys were all in matching shirts--it was so cute!

Parks and Drayson were playing together on the floor. They are starting to look like they are the same size now. Drayson just wants to touch and grab Parker...and Parker still isn't too sure if he is okay with that or not! It was hilarious to watch! It is funny to see them sitting next to each other because Drayson has the darkest brown eyes and dark, dark thin hair & Parker has these blue eyes and fluffy toe-head blonde hair!

Here is a funny video of Parker and "baby's best friend" Deacon! He has been infatuated with him lately and Deacon loves him right back!

just some pictures of my sweetie (and some of deacon too)

I swear his eyes get more and more blue everyday! I love it.

You can kind of see that the snow here is slowly going away...we are just hoping that more doesn't come in its place!

BATH DAY!

Well, today was bath day for Parker and Deacon! It was pretty entertaining. We had gotten done giving Parker a bath in the kitchen sink and wondered if we could fit Deacon in there afterward...well, as you can tell, WE CAN! There was no way we would have been able to actually wash him in there, but he stayed in there long enough for us to get a picture! It was pretty funny. He looked too scared to even move.
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After bath time was over, I changed Parker into some sweatpants and he lounged on the couch with Daddy for a while. He was actually really giggly, but he has gotten into this new thing where he stops as soon as he sees the camera! What a stinker!!!

A Weekend With The Uncles!

We had a wonderful weekend! Tyler and Shane, Trav's brothers, were finally able to make it over to see Parker. (And it was great to have some extra hands while Trav was at work ...holding Parker and feeding him.) Tyler and I even ventured to the mall with Parker while Shane took a nap and Travis was at work. Parker did great, he just slept the whole time. The only pain is having to take the elevator to the different floors because of the stroller! It was nice to just get out of the apartment for a while, too! It was awesome to get to see Parker with his uncles! They will both make great "Daddies" (if that ever really happens!!!...we're waiting).

-Uncle Tyler & Parker (above)- - Uncle Shane & Parker (right)-

It was a long weekend full of fun. It was enough to tire Parker and Mommy out!!! Travis caught us napping and snapped a couple of pictures! He always catches me sleeping...at least now I am not alone! Parker is getting so big and he is such a sweet boy. I really think he will be smiling in no time.


Another fun picture from the weekend was Parker playing on his activity mat and Deacon guarding him! Deacon likes to keep close to the baby, it is so sweet! He really wants to play with the baby. He lays with his paws on the activity mat and puts his ball on it. It is so funny.