a little late...but i am still thankful

I know that my post about Thanksgiving is a little late...but better late than never, right??? It is hard to do a blog post when you are out of town. We were able to head to the Tri-Cities on Wednesday night to spend Thanksgiving with my family. It was amazing to see everyone. I am always aware how lucky I am to have such a wonderful and caring family that gets along so well together, but what better than a whole day to show you over and over! On Thanksgiving, we went to my Aunt Naomi and Uncle JJ's house to celebrate with the Parker side of the family. We took some pictures, ate some good food, and were able to just visit. It was great!

To start off the day on Friday, Travis and my dad were busy putting my studded snow tires on my car. Later on in the afternoon we were able to go over to my Aunt Lauri and Uncle Carl's house to visit with Lauri, Grandma Janet, and Grandpa Bill. After visiting for a little bit we headed back to my parents house. On Friday we also went to the Tri-City Americans hockey game with our little guy. It was fun to get to go to the game with Nonni Donna, Papa Kev-O, Auntie Sara, Uncle Chipper, cousin Caleb, and cousin Drayson. Parker did so great at his first hockey game. He slept the whole time. Scott and Becky (family friends for as far back as I can remember) thought this was hilarious because they used to watch me sleep all the way through American's games...noise and all.

Saturday was a very busy day for the Guion clan. We woke up, got ready, and headed to Ellensburg to meet up with Travis' parents and brothers. We also got to see his Aunt Rhonda, Uncle Mark, and cousins Torri and Cody. It was so nice to get to see Trav's family. We just don't get to see them as much as we would like. Parker did so great on the drive and with the fact that he was totally out of his element.

Sunday my mom, sister, and I got to go shopping for a little while with Drayson and Parker while "the men"--Travis, Chip, Dad, and Caleb--put up the Elfering's new shed. My friend Ashley was also able to come from Yakima to go out to lunch with Travis and I before we headed back to Cheney that evening.

I was so sad to head back to Cheney, but we had been away from our routine for what seemed like forever. It actually was nice to be back in our little apartment and everything familiar. Parker went right down in his crib like he had missed it so much. It took a day or two to get him back in the swing of things, but we are back to normal now!

In other amazing news, Parker is sleeping all the way through the night now!!! We get 8 1/2 hours of sleep every night. It is amazing! He is starting to make so many more noises, hit at toys on his activity mat, and smile at us too. Our little guy is getting so big now!

UFC, Here He Comes!!!

So, the other day Travis was holding Parker and when I looked over this is what I saw. I just thought it was too funny and had to share it with everyone. I wish that you could hear the noises that he was making while he was punching Trav in the face...it was so cute! I couldn't stop laughing. Parker is getting to the point where he is starting to be more in-tune with everything around him and with us...it is so sweet to see him start to smile at us! We can't wait until he is doing it all the time.

Parker James has his 1st cold...Ick!

Well, we went to the doctor yesterday because Parker has been a little fussy and out of sorts the last couple days. We thought that maybe he had reflux, and the doctor seemed to think so at first, too. After a little bit, she came to the conclusion that Parker has his very first cold...poor guy. It is so hard because there isn't really anything we can do for him when he is so little. We just have to wait it out until it goes away. He is still getting a five hour chunk of sleep at night, and just wants to be cuddled a little more...what Mommy could argue with that??? We have found that our son hates the "nose sucker" with a passion. It took me forever to get the giant boogers out of his nose yesterday! They literally looked like man-size boogers...it was gross. He can breathe better now though, so it was all well-worth it.

Last night Parker just wanted to snuggle up on me after he finished his bottle. Check out our little flexi-baby's legs! So funny!

Here are some cute pictures from today, he just looked so cute in his "little man pants."

His hair gets crazier every day!

He was so cute smiling and giggling at the camera...what a ham already!

Daddy and his "mini-me"

Parker loves his Soothie!

oh, the stress of being a new mommy

I think that I may have jinxed myself with my last blog. Up until the last two days, Parker has been such a fantastic eater and sleeper. I have had it so easy, that even the little stuff made me feel that there may be something wrong. Just in the last couple days, Parker has been eating all but the last ounce or so of his bottle and starting to cry every time I try to put it back in his mouth. He has also been having a hard time sleeping during the night. He has been such a content and happy baby so far, so it is so hard on me to hear him be fussy. I have been reading my Baby Wise book, and it kind of sounds like he may have Reflux. I hope not! We are going in to see the Pediatrician tomorrow to see if they can give us any clue as to what is going on with our poor little guy. Your prayers and good thoughts would be greatly appreciated while we try to get our content and happy little man back to normal!