Messy

Everything is rosy in the blogosphere. But I have learned that parenting can be challenging and messy...today for example: I got Parker ready, headed out to get Garett a birthday present (happy 33rd G!) and the place was closed (ugh). So, I went to the grocery store to get ingredients to make birthday tiramisu. When I got Parker out of her car seat, I smelled poop. When I pulled up her shirt, the poop had already soaked through her entire outfit and made it into her armpits. I wasn’t about to go home so I busted out my diaper bag and rummaged through ( I have gotten pretty relaxed about the contents of the diaper bag: some misc socks, airplane pretzels, a few earrings etc). Luckily, I found a diaper and 4 *dry* wipes. They don’t do anything for you when they are dry. I striped her naked in the back seat of the car and threw everything on the ground in the parking lot. Next thing I knew, a crow came over and picked up the soiled diaper and wipes and jumped/flew away with it. EEWWWW. See, birds are gross! We ended up getting everything we needed but once we got home we had to do serious damage control ( I threw out most of the outfit. It was that bad!).

Back to the rosy stuff: Parker is 9 +months and doing really well. She is eating all sorts of thing (broccoli and tofu included!), cruising, dancing and best of all sleeping! Here is my favorite picture of the week. Hanging with her dad making her fish face. That face makes all the mess worth it!

More dancing...

We had a fun visit with The Cookies over the past few days. They came in from Boise for a quick trip and it is always so great to hang out with them! Logan is 13 months and was showing Parker a little bit about what is next --how to eat big and move fast!. They had a dance party of their own (we were making the best of a rainy day!) and Logan even shows off his new found skill of walking!

In the past week, Parker has fallen in love with her ladybug ball that we bought for her. She loves chasing it around the house and playing “catch” with us. Here are my favorite shots of her from this past week rocking her CUTE outfit from Ashleigh and playing ball.

Parker on the M-O-V-E

Parker is moving these days. Since this is our baby book of sorts, I feel badly that we skipped right over crawling! It happened gradually but she was linking knee, hand, knee about a month ago (7.5 months). Her pace is increasing and she is getting more and more daring! Tonight she crawled up our stairs (2x!) by herself. She is not much for sitting and listening to books but the girl likes to GO. I don’t have any pictures from the past week but I send Garett a daily picture from my iphone so here are a few: (grocery shopping in her red cowboy boot socks, growing a few more hairs, spring time at greenlake, hanging with her pal Ryder...)

Parker and I had a fabulous visit with the ladies! Maya did great on her first trip and Jessica was a trooper with all the baby stuff. Between naps and diaper changes, we were able to shop, cook great meals and go out to eat. The girls even helped Parker experience some more foods which was awesome. Turns out she is a dairy girl. I love our annual tradition! Garett had a good time in California riding his bike and we are glad to have him home! Here are a few pictures from the weekend: Jess & Liz, Maya & Parker, Liz & Maya....


We have had a few nice spring days in the past week (not as hot as CA but still...). I broke out some of Parker’s summer attire and here she is at our Mommies group yesterday. I think she is going to love the sun as much as I do!!

This week

This week has been crazy with all 3 of us getting sick, Garett being out of town and a fender bender to boot. In any case, Parker and I are hanging in there and are excited to go pick up Liz, Jess and little Miss Maya (her first plane trip!) at the airport. Its the annual winter/spring trip! Garett is kicked out of the house but making the best of it riding his bike in California. Here are few recent pictures! The top 2 are from Easter and the other 2 are of Miss P this morning hanging in her diaper!

Dance Dance Dance

Parker loves hip hop—Justin Timberlake to be specific. Here she is dancing to JT's song "Future Sex Love Sounds". For real. You say “dance, dance, dance” and shakes her booty. Drop it like its hot, girl.

Girls Rule.

I just got back from a great girls weekend in Portland, OR. Garett held down the fort (this time, with a sufficient milk supply!) and had a great weekend with Parker. Kerry, Kelly and I shopped, ate amazing food, went wine tasting and then shopped some more. It was effortless and rejuvenating. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the weekend.