A Wedding, Walking...oh yeah...and the Emergency Room

For my starting picture I chose this adorable one of Parks and my Dad...Papa KevO! Parker loves to ride on the riding lawn mower. My dad said he gabs and makes noise the whole time!

Here's another picture that is just too cute...Drayson and Parks at Target sitting in the big boy cart. It was too funny to see them in there like such big guys!

Really, I think that this should be at least two posts...but it the interest of saving time and effort for myself, it is going to be one.

Last Friday we headed to Snohomish because some friends of ours were getting married on Saturday at Crystal Lake Lodge a little ways outside of Snohomish. We stayed at Trav's mom and dad's house and Parker found a new place to play while we were there. The coffee table has doors on either side and it was like a tunnel made especially for him...or so he thought! He was having a blast in there and even tried to stand up!


The wedding was beautiful and Matt & Demisa both looked amazing! It was great to get to see them, and to have so many of our friends in one place at the same time! Trav wore one of his new suits and looked super snazzy! Parker was sporting a cute new pair of jeans and a Rugby shirt (what else would he wear to the wedding of one of the Rugby Alum???) and I got to wear my new dress. It has been a very long time since I wore a dress! Enjoy a photo recap of the night:





Luke, Kris, Matt, Trav, Duane, Garrett, Gabe

top: Leith, Matt, Thor, Ashley, Trav, Garrett, Luke, Casey
bottom: Jessica, Me, Krystal, Gage, Demisa

Jessica, Krystal, Me, Ashley (look at her preggo belly...so cute!)

David, Ashley, Trav

We had such a blast at the wedding and were sad that it was over and that again, we and all our friends were spread across the state again. It really stinks that my best friend Ashley doesn't live in the same town...but at least she only lives in Yakima and it's not too far away. On another note...some of you may remember my posts about Ashley's pregnancy and still-birth of her and Luke's daughter Madilyn...but she is pregnant again. This time with TWINS! Yup, that's right, twins. Check out the Jaeger Fam's blog to read more about it. She is totally glowing and I wish them the best of luck! I can't wait for them to get here!

the happy parents
So I just have to say that Parker is really the cutest little guy. He is starting to look so big now and I can't believe he is going to be 1 in just two months! He is taking steps now. He even took about 14 little steps in a row and Jammi and Lee's without holding on to anything. He loves walking with his little car too!

Parks & Uncle Tyler


On our way out of town we saw this fellow just hangin' out on the side of the road. It was too strange to see a peacock outside of a zoo.

Last night (Wednesday night) we ended up taking Parks to the Emergency Room because he had a fever since the night before that finally got too high to try to remedy with Tylenol, Motrin, or luke warm baths. The fever spiked to 104 degrees and it was time to head to the ER. Poor little guy did such a great job. It was about 10 pm before we got out of there. Daddy and Parks were both asleep in the room while we were waiting for nose and throat culture results to come back. Ick! No one likes going to the ER, but it is worse with a little one! All of the cultures came back negative, which means that it is viral and not bacterial and we just have to wait it out. We spent today relaxing and Parks spent it basically naked all day! He loved it I'm sure! Hopefully he will be feeling totally better in the next couple days.

Here's What We've Been Up To:

Lucky Charms anyone??? That is Parker's new favorite food! He's just savin' that one on his cheek for later!!!


I know it has been a while since the last post...sorry Becky! Mom told me that you were getting upset with me! Hee Hee!

Well, again, like always...a lot has happened since the last update. Dad and Trav put a new roof on the garage. Here are the two handymen working away in the 100 degree heat. I am totally shocked they didn't end up with heatstroke!



Parker started making a new face and noise a couple weeks ago...it is hilarious. And not very attractive! He scrunches his nose all up and makes a very obnoxious nasal whine. It makes us all laugh so hard. Here he is making the face in the kitchen sink while getting a not-so-enjoyable cool bath! He got a little throat infection and had a 102 fever for a couple days. We tried just about everything to get it to go away. You can tell by the face in the second picture that he didn't care for it much at all. He was on antibiotics for a little over a week and is now feeling WAY better. He is surely back to his old tricks.




We were supposed to go camping with Trav's side of the family in Ellensburg over the weekend of July 24th-26th. That ended up getting cancelled...so we headed to Snohomish for the weekend so that we could still hang out with the Guion clan. Parker absolutely loved Grandma Jammi's (and Grandpa Lee's...I hate to leave you out Grandpa...even though I know it's not really your tupperware) tupperware drawer. Who needs real toys anyway??? He also impressed everyone with his walking (using his new car that he can push around). He isn't quite walking on his own...be he is so close! We had a blast visiting with family and getting to see everyone. Before we knew it, it was time to head back to the Tri-Cities. Thanks for everything Guion/Duncan Family!!! We had fun visiting.



Don't you just love the butter tub as a hat??? I think it's going to be the new "in thing" and we should all make sure we have one to wear around!

We have been doing a lot of boating lately. Which has been great since it is so flippin' hot outside here in the Tri! Plus...my nephew Caleb (who is almost 5) decided that he wanted to wakeboard after going on the wakeboard with Papa KevO. And what does every 4 1/2 year old need...their very own wakeboard of course!!! Check out my sister's blog to read more about that (CLICK HERE). Parker loves being on the boat. He especially loves the wind blowing in his face! Our dirty little guy loved playing in the sand too! It will be nice when he can actually walk around like Drayson and not have to crawl through the sand! He didn't totally mind being dunked up to his sholders to get the sand off either. I was shocked because that water is COLD! Not quite as bad when it is over 100 degrees outside though!


Don't mind the food in his mouth...just look at how stinkin' cute he is!

Here we are...being our goofy selves...not much else I can say in our defense!




On a side-note...we took Parks to his new pediatrician last Friday. He is now 20 lbs. 12 oz. and about 30 in. long. Growing well and doing great!

Yes...We're Still Alive!

It really has been forever since my last post. A lot has happened since my last post...let's start with the most important thing...PARKER! In the week before we moved, Parks decided that he could

• drink from a big-person water bottle
• CRAWL
• eat all sorts of big people food
• sit inside his exersaucer
• stop playing with baby toys
• and lots of other great stuff!

We were really hoping that our little man would wait to crawl until we were living at my parent's house in the Tri-Cities...but that was a little too much for Mommy and Daddy to ask for. He kept trying to make his escape out the door while we were packing up the truck!

Packing was a huge undertaking...we had so much stuff crammed into our little apartment. The hardest part was trying to figure out what went to my parent's place, and what went to storage! We got it all figured out and were all packed up by Trav's Graduation from Eastern.

We were really blessed with how many family members were able to make the trip for Trav's Graduation. It was amazing. It was pretty hot at the ceremony...but cold the night before! It even hailed at our BBQ. We had a ton of fun with the families and were stressed from all the packing at the same time. Parker handled everything pretty well.

{parker and grandma jammi at trav's bbq}

{the great nan and papa...trav's grandparents}

{parks' first trip down the slide...he wasn't so sure about it, but he loved the swing}


{there's trav with the orange arrow}

After Graduation on Saturday, we took the day to go out to dinner with family and friends then my parents watched Parker and Trav and I went out for one last time in Cheney. I can't believe that I lived there for so long. It was 6 years that I lived in Cheney...that is about 2 years too long! Now we are back in the Tri-Cities and it has been wonderful. It is nice for Parker to be around more people and other kiddos.

It is hilarious to watch him and Drayson together. And Parks is absolutely in love with big cousin Caleb! Parker and Drays are the same size now and we always get tons of smiles from strangers when we take both of the little boys out in public! I am working at my parent's car repair shop for 4 hours a day which still lets me spend a ton of time with Parks and Trav when he gets home from his internship. The internship is going really well, and Travis is really enjoying it. He is getting to experience so many things and it has been great for him.

{ahhh...cousins}

We have been so busy ever since moving back here...and I feel like I never get a chance to blog anymore. Welcome to real life!!! I know!!! I was in a little Cheney Bubble as my sister likes to say, and it is hard to get re-adjusted. We are working on it! It seems like if I am not at work I am watching kiddos or running errands. It is crazy to watch the two little guys together...and Parker thinks that he can do all sorts of things after watching Drayson do them. Just in the last couple days he learned how to cruise up stairs and stand on his own by letting go to whatever he has pulled himself up on. He is getting to be such a big guy!

We just got back from our yearly trip with my family to our cabin in Mazama, WA. I didn't take as many pictures as I would like, but I did get some...and check out my sister's blog soon and she should have more pictures from the trip. We went on a hike and took Parks in our new hiking pack! He loved it and even fell asleep in it on the way back down the trail! We had a blast but it was an experience taking a little baby up there. Especially one who just wanted to be let down to crawl and was forced to be held!

{parkers 1st cabin bath...my sister and i took baths up there in the same red tub...pretty funny how it all comes full circle}

Hopefully I will have some free time again soon to post another blog!

{i couldn't resist this picture of parks in the swing at nonni and papa kev-o's house, he thinks it is so much fun!}

a full night's sleep is NOT overrated

No particular reason for this photo...except for the fact that I love his super-cute plaid overalls! For some reason I love these...and yet have a hatred for denim overalls...still not sure why!

If you have not figured it out from the title...Parker is sleeping through the night again and it is LOVELY! I am thrilled to wake up before him...although it is a little frustrating to be the only one awake (except for Deacon of course). The other morning I woke up and peeked into Parker's crib and this is what I saw:

We are still not quite sure how he got his arm out of his jammies...there were no buttons undone...it is just one of those things that makes you scratch your head. Look at the talent on our little guy...& while he's sleeping...I wonder what he'll do while he's awake???

Once he was awake for the day...we started our chores. I had already put a couple loads of laundry in and the hamper was still in the living room. I helped him stand up and he grabbed right on. He was standing there for what seemed like forever! He was so smiley and giggly standing there by himself.




Then it was bath time. He loves getting a bath and I usually end up soaked by the end of it!




For Trav's Graduation, he decided that he wanted a Wii. His friend Rhyan was selling his so it worked out really well. My parents were still trying to figure out what to get him anyway...so thanks Mom & Dad...it is really fun! The game came with some extra games and one of them is called Guitar Hero. We don't play it...but it came with a guitar for the game and Parker thinks it's pretty fun!