A little of this, a little of that

Today is the first day in a week that I have actually been able to breath out of my nose.  I have had a horrible sinus infection and it's been awful.  Parker is feeling a lot better after a round of antibiotics.  All we want is to be a normal functioning family again. 

It looks like our area may be in the direct path of tropical storm Issac.  They do expect it to be a hurricane by the time it makes land fall next week.  Part of me wishes that Issac would come this way so it will blow all of this pollen and gnats away. 

I can't believe my baby will be 2 in 10 days.  Wow, time really does fly when you're having fun.  Today is day 5 without a paci.  It has'nt been easy, but it's getting better.  He asked for it only once yesterday.  The pedi was telling me that it takes 4 days to form a habit.  Now, the big news.  On Wednesday night, we were sitting on the couch and Parker tells us he needs to go potty.  I take him and sit him down and guess what?!  HE WENT PEE PEE!  He was so proud of himself. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! 

Busy Month

August has been and will continue to be a busy month for us.  I'm the judge chairman for the Baldwin County Distinguished Young Women program, formerly Junior Miss.  It's so dear to my heart.  I participated back in 1998 and won the Spirit of Junior Miss award.  After college, I contacted the chairman for Baldwin County and got involved in their local program.  I love it and I hope I can inspire young ladies to participate when they are a senior in high school.  I made so many wonderful friends with girls that went to different schools in Washington County.  With that being said, our program is August 25th and I have been busy making sure we are all prepared for the big night. 

I had to take Parker to the doctor yesterday and he has another ear infection in his right ear.  Hopefully he will feel better soon.  We have been enjoying our weekends playing with friends.  My favorite part of the weekend is Sunday.  I absolutely love going to church and then grabbing lunch with our friends.  When I was in high school, I was in a singing group called IMPACT.  It was a christian group and we would travel and sing at church, school programs and things like that.  I guess that's why I enjoy singing my heart out at church. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Terrible Two's

Parker is about a month away from turning 2 and the terrible two's have hit.  I went to drop him off at daycare last week and he threw such a fit to take his toy truck with him.  His daycare does'nt allow them to bring outside toys in so I had to be the mean mommy.  I was "that" mommy that everyone looked at.  Fun times.

 This is the truck that my child is obsessed with.

 He loves to line all of his cars and trucks up on the couch or table.  He is 100% boy!

I celebrated my 32nd Birthday on July 25.  We celebrated after church on Sunday with lunch at Bluegill, my favorite restaurant.

I hope everyone has a great week.

Our Weekend

Parker has not been feeling well for a couple of days and complaining about his tongue.  He is trying to cut two teeth right now so I just chalked it up as teething.  Finally, Sunday morning, I took him to Urgent Care.  My throat had been hurting since Saturday so I figured we should find out what's going on.  My poor baby has strep throat and decided to share the love with his mommy!  This also explains why his breath has been kickin lately.  Hopefully we will both start to feel better soon.

 Our medicine. 

 Yummy Shrimp Lingunini!

 My new running shoes!  Brooks Ravenna 3

 My sweet little man!  You can tell he doesn't feel well at all.

 BUSTED!!!  Parker loves to play with my pots and pans!

Choo Choo!  We have been watching a lot of Thomas the Train.

Happy Monday!  I hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Water Fun

I don't know about you, but boy has it been HOT!  I decided to take Parker to the fountain at the Eastern Shore Centre to have some fun.  Let me be honest, I acutally took him to run off some energy.  He played for about an hour and was in bed at 7:30 that night.  He is so funny to watch.  I had to remind him several times that we don't take buckets from other kids. 



Gosh, I love this silly little boy so much.  I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July! 

Jabber Box

*Jabberbox*
That would be our child.

In the last few weeks Parker's just been talking up a storm. It seems like his vocabulary has doubled since January. Even his teachers at school commented on how much he's been talking.

Crazy. Seriously, crazy. Here are a few of Parker's "favorite" words to say lately:

•Momma and Dada
•Monkey (sounds like mukney)
•Jo Jo (his best friend at school)
•Elmo (obsessed!)
•Choo Choo (obsessed with this too)
•Tractor
•Popa, LaLa, Ree Ree, MeMe, Jenn Jenn (sounds like Den Den)
•Help (sounds like Elp)
•Juice (sounds like Duce)
•Lets Go
•Night Night
•Cheese
•Apple
•Water (sounds like WaWa)

These are just a *few* of his favorites.  It's truly amazing to see and witness how their minds REALLY are like a sponge. And I am loving it. I love hearing him try to repeat back things that we say. It's insanely cute.

Have a great weekend!

Father's Day Weekend

We had a busy weekend.  We started off with a birthday party in Orange Beach for Avery's 2nd birthday. 

 On the way to Orange Beach!

 Enjoying Ms. Shannon's banana pudding, yumm!

Such a cutie pie!

My Husband does not buy much for himself and even if he does think of something he wants, he almost never buys it.

So this year I got him the Weber charcoal grill that he's wanted for quite some time because let's be honest, BBQ from a charcoal grill is just way better than a gas grill.

This is not a good picture of Lee and Parker but when you're dealing with a 21 month old, you will take what you can get.

I hope you guys had a great Father's Day weekend!