I cannot believe that my little man is 4! I'm not quite sure where the time goes...but it sure flies by quickly. I feel like it was only yesterday that we were at the hospital waiting to be induced with Parks and now he is so big! There are no words to express how much we love this boy.
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| travis, parker, & i...our first picture of the 3 of us! |
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Now Parker is so independent. He wants to do everything himself...and actually does them well! He impresses us all the time with his ability to learn new things quickly...as long as he wants to! If he doesn't feel like it...our stubborn boy will have nothing to do with it. I suppose I would rather have a strong-willed and confident child as opposed to a meek one...but there are days that it tests my patience! Parker learned how to ride his bike all by himself (without training wheels) months ago. He just decided one day that he wanted to, and that was all it took! Travis and I are going to have to get bikes when he gets back from his deployment so that we can keep up and not have to jog to keep up with him!
Parker is the "man of the house" right now because Travis is deployed. He has been testing all patience and all rules from the day Daddy left...but we will adjust and we will figure out how to cope with him being away. He will be gone for 6 months. We miss him terribly, but are being strong to support our Airman! We are a proud Air Force family and know that this is just one of the sacrifices necessary to keep our country safe.
For Parker's birthday we went to Andy Alligator's before Travis left to have a day of fun since Travis would be missing the actual birthday. We had a blast!
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| This was the frog hopper...I thought it was simply going to go to the ceiling and drop, but it didn't just drop, it bounced up and down along the way...hence the name, I suppose! Daddy lucked out and Mommy got to do this one with him! |
For his actual birthday, I tried my best to make it extra special with Daddy being away. I am hoping that he would look back on it and think I did a pretty good job! The morning started with a crepe paper and balloon wall on his door. The night before I set it all up...trying my hardest to be quiet and not wake him up while doing it. Then I lay in fear all night that he would have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and the whole thing would be ruined...it wasn't!
Then we had some green pancakes...with sprinkles, of course! Can you see the theme/Parker's favorite color??? All green...all the time!
Next was a trip to McDonald's for lunch and to play! They both had a blast...please note the color of shirt he picked out...green...SHOCKING!
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| I think I did a pretty good job on the cake...and yes, the cake itself
is green! Like the Hulk {Parker is also totally Avengers obsessed!} |
Lighting the candles...he was so excited to blow them out!
Please note Parker singing in the video...so hilarious! He is so used to singing it for other people!
Presents!!!
We are SO thankful to our Air Force family for making it such a special day and helping us to enjoy the day even though Travis was not here to share it with us. He was there on FaceTime for a fair amount of it though! Thank goodness for technology!
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| Parker and his best friend Tara putting together one of his talking dinos! |
Talking dinos & Iron Man...what more does a little boy need???
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| ROAR! |
Here are some other pictures of things that Parker has been up to:
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| we are so impressed with how well he writes his name...no help from us! |
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| he had his first eye appointment and did great! |
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| he helped dad make mommy's birthday cake...they did great! |
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| made funny faces with mom! |
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| went bowling for brady's birthday |
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| got in some quality snuggle time with dad |
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| played with sissy |
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| gave sissy kisses |
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| made some more silly faces |
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| went on some walks |
...and tormented his sister! This last one is a better account of daily life here in the Guion house!!!
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