Our Weekend Full of Friends, Rugby & Bruises

{here is my starting picture...such a "cheeser-face"}

This past weekend was tons of fun. On Friday Daddy and Parker did laundry...well mostly Daddy...but Parker helped!

{Check out his Sour-Puss face...the sun was in his eyes and he hates that!}

He has started putting his turtle bath toy in his mouth and holding it there while he plays with other toys, it is so funny!

Ashley and Luke also came into town for the Rugby Alumni Game against Eastern's current Rugby team...it was so great to see them. I can't believe how many pictures I have from this weekend and none of us with them at all. I guess we were just having too much fun to think about taking pictures! Parker loves them both so much and had a blast swimming in the pool at their hotel! I can't believe how much he enjoyed playing in the water and being pulled around in his floatie by Trav!


{We went out to dinner with Ashley and Luke that night...Parker was sporting some light denim jeans and a polo...it totally reminds me of Trav and his brothers!--It is pretty obvious that Daddy dressed him!}

The Alumni Game was on Saturday and fun to watch. I think that the "old guys" really got a taste of how out of shape they all were! It was too bad that the "young guys" ended up winning. Travis came away from the game with a nice parting gift in the form of a grass burn on his face! Yikes does it look painful!


{"old guys" in white and "young guys" in yellow}

{Trav and the rest of the "old guys" team}

{Trav and our good friend Matt}

{Matt and Parker...such a good buddy}




{Trav's face is so scratched up...and he is so sore today--I guess it's time to start working out again!}

Ahhh..."Scuba Steve"

Travis and I headed to the Tri-Cities on Monday night because he had a meeting with Benton County Sheriff Taylor (for his Summer Internship) on Tuesday. It was a nice, but very quick, visit. I always love getting to see family, and I especially love getting the cousins together. We have nicknamed my nephew Caleb "Scuba Steve" because he loves to swim, always seems to find a reason to wear goggles, and my mom just got him a goggle and flipper set. It is hilarious! Caleb...or Scuba Steve is so great with both the little boys and I just couldn't resist snapping a picture of him playing with cousin Parker. Such a good big brother and cousin.



While playing in the kitchen with fridge magnets, Drayson handed one to Parker. That is his new thing. He loves to share...pretty good for a 10 month old! It was adorable. Parker was totally fascinated by the magnet and played with it on the floor for at least 30 minutes! That is an extremely long time for a 6 (almost 7) month old!





I was even able to get an okay picture of Nonni with the little guys. So hard to get them both entertained and looking in the same direction.

Mother's Day

Here is my beginning picture that I said I would try to start with! The orange ball you see in the background is Deacon's. Parks would love nothing more than to have it in his mouth. He rolls and scoots to try to get it all the time. The other day he even got up on all 4's and rocked a little. We are hoping he doesn't start crawling quite yet!

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I had a wonderful Mother's Day! Travis, Parker and I went on a walk out on a trail in Cheney. It was beautiful weather outside and it was perfect for a walk. It was nice to get outdoors for a while (other than our encounter with the swarm of moths that seemed to follow us for a long while)! Parker did great until the very end of the walk. We figured he would fall asleep at some point in the walk, but he was so interested in looking around at everything and watching Deacon play in the water that he stayed awake the whole time.

My day even started off well...other than a severe lack of sleep lately (our kiddo has been sick and is waking up several times a night ...it is getting pretty exhausting!). I woke up to roses in the living room, a very thoughtful card from my hubby, and a tanning package (I am white as a ghost and in dire need of a tan before summer gets here and I burn like crazy). I even got to go get a pedicure and update my cell phone for a new one!!! I am so excited. All in all it was a great day!


I just love his little hat...he is so cute!

Every time I peeked in on him he would laugh...it was hilarious.

Travis even pushed the stroller for a bit...something he said he would NEVER do! I am sure he will be thrilled that I posted this incriminating photo (sense the sarcasm)!
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Today we headed to the Pediatrician's office to have Parks checked out because of this cough and stuffy nose that have been hanging around. He did great at the doctor and was complimented repeatedly about how handsome he is. The doctor gave us some Singulair to try out for a week.
Our big guys now weighs 19lbs. 3oz.!!!

While we were in the waiting room he was sitting in his own chair like such a big boy. Everyone in the waiting room and all the nurses that saw were laughing and just thought it was so cute. I wish I would have had my camera with me to take a picture. Trav set him down on the floor for a little bit, and within seconds he was trying to pull himself up on Trav's leg. With a little help from Daddy he was standing up...then saw Mommy's coffee and turned, stepped, and grabbed onto my leg to try to get it. We were amazed that he knew to do all of that. He has just started trying to pull himself up on things in the last couple days. Yikes!

mommy gets a girl's weekend

{ashley--me--jessica}

This past weekend I was lucky enough to get a weekend away. This was my first time leaving Parker overnight and boy was it tough...but I had such a blast. I was able to head to Seattle for a briday shower with my best friend Ashley and our friend Jessica. Nothing like 3 married ladies getting a night out on the town. Even the car ride was a blast! So thanks ladies for a wonderful weekend. I really enjoyed myself.

The weekend even started off with a laugh. Jessica and I headed to Yakima from the Tri-Cities to meet up with Ashley. Ashley had said that she would drive to Seattle from there. Not even a couple minutes into the drive we start hearing this whistling noise...not just a quiet one, a pretty loud one. Jessica and I both looked at Ashley and she explained to us that it had been doing it for a while and her husband Luke said it is something with the antenna. Ashley...the McGiver that she is (hahaha)...decides some gum might help to cover up the problem. We spent the weekend trying to remember to take it off before we got back home! If only it would have solved the problem!!!

{jess--me--matt}
On Saturday we went to our friend Demisa's bridal shower in Monroe, did some marathon shopping, then headed into Seattle to have a drink with our friend Matt. It was such a blast. We even ended up staying until "last call" and didn't get back to our hotel until about 4 a.m. I don't think I have stayed up that late since my early college/Gamma Phi Beta days!!! Needless to say, it was such a fun weekend. By Sunday I was so ready to get back to my little guy. Parker stayed at my parent's house and had a blast with Nonni, Papa Kev-O, and his cousins.

Here are some pictures of Parker from the weekend. He is just so cute...I don't think I could have done a blog post without some pictures of my little man.

{my mom, sister, nephews, parker and i went shopping...this pic with his belly hangin' out cracks me up}

{parks and drays...they were so cute together}

{parker figured how to move around my parent's house in the walker...and how to open up doors he isn't supposed to...already into stuff}

{i couldn't resist this picture...he had just gotten a bath and was lovin' hanging out in his birthday suit...i really don't know where he gets the bubble-butt from...hmmm!}

Today we went to Men's Warehouse so that Travis could look at some suits for job interviews. Parker was such a riot and had a blast just sitting on the floor by a huge mirror and watching his daddy try on suit jackets. Here he is sitting so nicely in a chair...he was such a ham for the camera.

{notice my lip gloss in his little hand...he was playing with it and chewing on it for so long...it really makes the expensive clinique lip gloss worth it!}