10 Months

Bath time= Happy time :)

All clean!

If you look real close you can see those little teeth

Parker is a 10 month old wild boy! If he's not sleeping, or smiling and laughing, he's screaming and crying (usually the latter). There is no in between with him these days of teething. He's been teething really bad, but has two bottom teeth to show for all that misery. He's also got two on top that are just about in! I hope all his teeth come fast, he's been miserable, and almost driving me crazy some days!
Even though he's had a rough time with teething lately, he loves going places. If he's in the car, he's so happy. He's in a toddler car seat now, forward facing along with Skylee.
Parker doesn't seem to be interested in crawling yet. I think he'd be a happier if he could follow me around and get to things he wants, but right now screaming will eventually pay off for him just the same.
He has always had a deep, wet cough since he was born and I finally took him in to have it checked out. They took a chest x-ray and only found he had RSV (a common virus that infants and young children get with cold like symptoms). He was put on a nebulizer (sp?) for about a week and a half of treatments, and steroids as well. That really seemed to help.
Parker also protests eating solid foods, STILL! He'll snack on some, but won't eat a full meal. That means he's still waking up at least 3 times a night to drink a bottle. We're work'n on it!
He's got a few little tricks that he likes to show off, they make us laugh every time. My two favorites are his fake laugh, and shaking his head like a crazy man. He has such a great relationship with Skylee, they really love each other a lot.

As many challenges as this little boy seems to have right now, he is such a happy part of our little family. It's crazy to think that he'll be a year old in a matter of a couple months! There's nothing better than easing his pain/discomfort by just picking him up and holding him, he's a mama's boy :) I love this little man!

Happy Birthday to Me :)

I had a great b-day this year! Just about every year since Ryan and I have been married, he's had to work! This year he took it off, made me breakfast and told me to get dressed for the day. After I was all ready to go (not knowing what was going on) he put me in my car, and told me to go to the mall or wherever else I wanted to shop and do just that! He stayed home to watch the kids all day for me so I could have an enjoyable time shopping! I loved it! I can't even remember the last time I went out shopping ALL BY MYSELF, for myself! I did feel a little strange not having to worry about little people, but I got over that real quick :) I went to a mall down in Jacksonville and shopped for a few hours, got some cute stuff, then headed back home.
Ryan, the kids, and I got ready to go out to dinner and I decided on Osaka, a Japanese Steakhouse. It was a lot of fun, it's the kind that they cook the food right in front of you. I was bummed to find that my camera was low on batteries once we got there, I had plans of taking some video and take some good pictures, oh well. After some great food (including sushi, which I LOVE) we came back home for the traditional cake and ice cream! Gave the kids a bath, and had watched American Idol :) A girl couldn't really ask for more!
Thank YOU for your warm birthday wishes. It made me feel so special to know my friends and family thought of me :)
Thank you Ryan for making my 25th one that I'll never forget, and feel free to do that every year ;) I love you so much, you make me so happy each and everyday.

Parker at Osaka

Skylee at the restaurant

A trip to the zoo

Last week Ryan had Wednesday off of work, rather than Monday (MLK Day) because he was out at sea that day. It was a beautiful day, so we decided to head to the zoo! It turned out to be a perfect day; amazing weather, we were practically the only people there, active animals, and happy kids :) We packed food and had a picnic for lunch, Skylee had so much fun in the play area, she got to brush goats, and we rode the carousel. Here's a few shots from our lovely day.

^being free

^Mama monkey holding her baby

skylee going down the slide

^Skylee brushing the goat
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^Ryan helping Parker brush the goat

^Parker with the giraffe

^Skylee enjoying every minute :)

HOLY CATCH-UP!

Daaaaaaang, it's been a long time for me! But, I'm BACK :) Missed me right?

We had such a great trip in California, super busy, and fun filled! Here are some slideshows to highlight our adventures:

Here are some of the things we did:

*Skylee turned 3 there and we had a little party with family
*Thanksgiving
*San Diego Wild Animal Park
*Disneyland/ CA Adventure
*Looked at Christmas lights with my parents, got dinner,cookies, and peppermint shakes :)
*Saw the movie "The Princess and the Frog"
*Park days
*Picnics with cousins
*Saw "The Nutcracker" ballet
*Took the kids to get their pictures taken
*Christmas parties
*Christmas Day/eve with family
*Tom's Farm x2
*Spent time with extended family and friends
*New Years
*Holiday baking and eating :)

-I realize my slideshows are a little thrown together, and some of the same pictures appear a couple times, but I just wanted to get these up since it's been so long. Sorry for not editing :P

Holiday Fun

Christmas Day

Playing in California

Disneyland

San Diego Wild Animal Park

Greetings from California

It's been a while, I know! Since the 25th of November we've been out in California spending this holiday season with our family. I haven't had much time in the last month to spend blogging, but I have missed it. Just wanted to post real quick to wish you all happy holidays, I'll be updating soon with all our comings and goings. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and are having fun getting ready for Christmas!