A Long Time Coming...

Once again I have fallen down on my blog-writing-duties! Sometimes you just get caught up in all that is going on and forget that other people want to know what you have been up to! Parker is getting so big and he is in this stage right now that is wonderful, heart-warming, frustrating, drive you up a wall-pull your hair out-GREAT! All you parents out there totally understand what I am talking about! He is about 18 months now and is getting into everything. He totally understands what you are saying (even though sometimes he pretends that he doesn't). He can do so many things by himself and has been so cuddly lately. One minute he is being so sweet and I want him to stay at this stage forever...and then the next minute comes and I feel like my stress level is through the roof! Parker does really well with "time-out" and will stay there until his time is up and then come and give "I'm Sorry" hugs and kisses. It is too sweet!

Here are pictures showing what we have been up to lately:

parks & drays hangin' out on the bench

playing with their super-annoying poppers

My parents have a little dirt bike that they bought for the grandsons. Parker LOVES to ride on it with Daddy around the backyard:

Here are some pictures of Parks having a blast playing in Great Gma & Gpa McCue's closet:

drays and parks had so much fun playing with cousin marika

Easter Sunday:

check out drays giving the all-too-famous "stank eye" (he is famous for it!)

Hiking up Badger Mountain!

Last weekend Travis and I decided to take our fabulous nephews Caleb and Drayson on a hike up Badger Mountain. Of course Parker came along for the ride too! We were more than thrilled to hang on to them for most of the day and let my adorable pregnant sister go shopping and run errands for the day all by herself! All of you moms/parents out there know how difficult it can be trying to run errands with your kiddos...and that having a blissful several hours of peace and quite can really bring your long-lost sanity back!!! Any-who...Travis loves to be outdoors and thought that hiking up Badger Mountain sounded like a great idea...he goes stir crazy being at home all the time (while he is waiting for his June 8th deployment to A.F. Basic Training) and so I agreed to go along. Travis and I each carried one of the "babies" that aren't really babies anymore in the hiking packs. Nothin' like adding an extra 25 lbs. to my already out-of-shape self!!! Caleb was such a superstar and did the whole hike by himself! We also each had one of the dogs (Deacon...our dog, and Gus...my parent's dog). Another joy for our hike was that my best friend Ashley was able to come from Yakima and spend most of the day with us too. It was so great to get to see her and spend time with her (I have really missed her and she makes me laugh so hard!).

our proof:

drayson

caleb

drays and parks checkin' out their legs

drays-bug and me

parks and daddy

ashley and caleb

caleb munchin' on beef jerky at the top

drays bothered by the wind

parker trying to get out of the wind

me and my hubby

caleb and the boys





This is a video of Parker from last night. I was washing dishes and his new favorite thing to do is sit on the kitchen counter while Travis and I are cooking or doing dishes. The sink had a ton of bubbles in it and he laughs so hard I think he is going to ruin his vocal chords when you blow a pile of bubbles off your hand. I made more bubbles and let him put them all over his hands and feet. He was hilarious! So in this video you will get a little glimpse of the maniacal little man we live with!!! He sounds like he is screaming but he is really laughing! He can say bubbles now too...

Parker's 1st Trip to the ZOO!!!

• Visiting Grandma Jammi at Work:

We stopped to visit Gma Jammi at the City of Monroe on Friday (where she works) so that she could show off our adorable little guy to the people she works with...wouldn't you want to if he was yours??? He thought that the sign was great...I think he was just happy to be out of the truck after the 4 hour drive!!!

• Woodland Park Zoo:

On Saturday, even though it was raining, we headed into Seattle to go to the zoo. Parker is finally old enough to kind of get it and enjoy seeing the animals. He thought that the giraffes and the penguins were especially amusing! The penguins were very active and there was one that followed Parker's hand up and down the glass and he thought it was so funny! We had a lot of fun with Gpa Lee, Gma Jammi, Uncle Shane, & Uncle Tyler! (Thanks for a great Saturday everyone!)

• Helping Gma Jammi and Daddy in the yard:

On Monday before leaving Parker helped out in the yard...well mostly he just got DIRTY!!! What more could a little boy ask for?

• Some extra fun pictures:

Making pudding with Gma--


Playing with Gpa--