HFM SUCKS

Whoa, what a week +...all I can say is hand foot and mouth disease sucks. Its just a childhood virus that sucks ass and turned parker into THAT kid. Huge sores on your tongue and down the back of your throat will do it to ya...Anyway, we have moved through it and are happy to be on the other side and have our girl back.

In other news, I ran 8 miles today and am pretty sure my body might be pissed at me. I think it might be a full on revolt when I do 13.1.

We are on our way to CA for the week and looking forward to some time with Yaya and Gpa Don.

Here are a few pics from a fun spring play date this week with friends from an old mommy group

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Geographer.

I admit, I taught her California & Hawaii before Washington. I must be sun deprived! Next week, all the state capitols ;)

Oh Yeah!

Ok, most people reading this blog (all 7 of you) know that I like myself some hip hop. And I am doing my best to pass it on to Parker (to be fair, I think she was born with it. She WAS dancing to Justin Timberlake when she was 8 months old http://babyheitman.blogspot.com/2009/04/dance-dance-dance.html ). Here she is during our daily dance party... rocking out. Please note that at one point she mentions that we are listening to “hip hop” and she also points out that Jaicko (I know, who?!) is wearing sunglasses in the image on my phone. Seriously.

Parker Pie...20 months old.

A few pics from this week—these were for my photo class and were about blown backgrounds with no shadows and then one of Parker & Dad hanging out and trying to kick Gar's cold.

Misc Musings

Sadly, I don’t have any new pictures to share—between being busy and the sun not shining I don’t have any new material. But, there is a lot going on here. Parker is exploding with words and actions. I can barely keep up with her these days. The cutest things she is doing right now is saying “Iloveyoumommy” from across the room. Melts my heart. She also peed in her potty for the first time on her own. She just marched into the bathroom and did it on her own. She has since to repeat it. Also, I am happy to announce that mission:butter is working. She has gained 1 pound (!) in 17 days. Yowza!
Other than that, we are getting ready for our summer in Tahoe (lots to prepare!) and running all over Seattle. Oh, the running. It’s such a love/hate thing for me. I hate it for the first 30 minutes. I love it from 30-1hr. I REALLY love it when I am done and then my body hates me one hour/one day after I am finished. I am not sure how 13 .1 will go down but for now we are still going for it. Lastly, I just landed my first marketing consulting job which is exciting. I have to remember how to use my brain. Wish me luck!

Weekend fun

We had a mellow but good weekend. Parker and I went to a friend’s garage sale to hang out with the Chef’n ladies+ kids, We took a family walk in Discovery Park and took a trip downtown. We also had a 4:50 am wake up time and a cold set in but all in all it was a good weekend. I took advantage of the sun shining to cross off some of my photo class assignments (note to self: don’t take a class about light from someone in Florida-- in the winter-- when you live WAY up North). This picture is my friend Suz and was my submission for backlighting with a reflector: Parker at Discovery Park—with approaching storm
Happy hilkers (and check out the hair!)

Sunshine girl!