We are soooo glad daddy is home AND he has had two four day weekends in a row!! As you can see we have taken full advantage of his time off by visiting two different parks and grilling out over at our friends house. Parker is very active honestly I don't think the child ever stops other than to eat and drink his bottle. He pretty much is on the go ALL day long! Gee I wonder who that sounds like definitely his father's son;) God is good! And if you were wondering why the new background has "Happy Birthday" all over it, well Parker is turning a year old this month, honestly just seems like yesterday that I found I was pregnant, where does the time go????

Just thought I would update the blog with some new pics!! We are still doing great daddy has been gone now for a month and although we miss him we have been doing fine. I was really, really missing him when I came down with the flu, trying to lay on the bathroom floor and keep track of your son just does not work well, but we got through it and I am feeling much better. The picture of Parker in his diaper and cut off was taken after he played in his exercauser (sp?) while I mowed the lawn. We were both pretty sweaty, ha ha. I have to say he has been so good about letting me mow the lawn he is so intrigued by the lawn mower it really helps me out. I also wanted to post pics of the house, lawn, and landscaping to show how well I have been keeping up with not only my motherly duties but also the fatherly duties. We have done well with Michael gone but we are SOOOO ready to have him home. But before daddy comes home we are going to KC and we can't wait! Bags are packed house is in order now we just have to get through the flight, YIKES!!

playing with my friends

While daddy is away mommy and baby bubba will play, ha ha!! We recently were invited to attend a play group by another SF wife (her husband is on Michael's team) and we had such a great time! Parker was the youngest but with how big he is and his ability to walk you couldn't really tell, ha ha! He had a great time and I had a blast visiting with the other moms. So we will definitely be going back. We have also enjoyed having play time with our friends Katie and her son Ethan. That is the wonderful mother that invited us to play group!!! So we really have been keeping busy and we have made so many new friends. Parker said "ball" the other day he carries around this soft football all the time and so I'm constantly saying ball to him well the other day he just said it back!!! Every time I say ball he will actually walk over and get it, my little smarty pants. Luckily daddy called right after and he said it for daddy over the phone. Our little man is growing up so fast. He is like a little sponge right now soaking up every thing he can. He is such an observant child, I watched him watching a little boy at play group play with this toy and then Parker walked over and was trying to do the same thing the boy was doing. It was so cool to see him learning. I am amazed how much he is like Michael in that way, if you know Michael you know he picks up things very fast and Parker seems to be the same way. Thank goodness he takes after his dad because goodness knows it takes me time after time after time to get something down, ha ha!!! I am excited to visit KC in a week and extremely excited to see my hubby in three weeks!

sooooooo BIG!!!

As you can see we have been trying to keep busy while daddy is away to help pass the time. We have been to the park, the toy store to buy a few new "big boy" toys, the front yard to play in the water, over to Katie's house so Parker could play with his buddy Ethan, and to our friend Jessica's house so that Parker could play with his girlfriend Addison in the baby pool!! We have had a blast but just wish daddy was here to enjoy it all with us=( We also went to the pediatrician for Parker's shots and his 10 month check-up, however this is not some thing we enjoyed, ha ha! Parker weighs 25 lbs and is measuring 31 inches long which puts him in the 97th percentile. She said as of right now he is the average height of a 15-16 month old. He is our big healthy boy!

While daddy is away Parker and I have been trying to keep busy to help pass the time. So today we went to the park for the first time. We had so much funny. We went with my friend Amanda and her two boys William and Danny. Parker sat in his stroller and ate some snacks while watching the kids run around and then finally starting getting antsy wanting down. So I put on his shoes and let him go. He is walking with no problem now and amazingly stayed up as kids were zooming past him. Daddy was soo excited to hear he was doing so well with walking. I also put some pics up of Parker eating his favorite food..... fruit and avocados!!!