Waiting...

Wow, it doesn't seem like almost 5 months have gone by since the last time we posted something on here after Parker's birthday. It's been a busy summer and I can't believe Halloween is here already. Erika is working on a nice long post about what we've been up to this summer to catch everyone up, but we wanted to make a quick announcement. All of you already know our situation and what we've been through trying to grow our family.

We're very excited to let you all know that we have completed our adoption home study!

We've made it through the first step in the adoption process and have been approved by the powers that be to become adoptive parents. Now we just have to wait for someone to read our profile and choose us to be the adoptive parents for their child. We know that it could be a long time before anything happens, but it's hard not be a little excited about the possibilities. We wanted to let all of our friends and family know because, while it may be a long shot, you never know who might know somebody that knows somebody.

Here is a link to the profile book we created for the adoption agency: Our Adoption Book
and a link to the website we created: The Hunt Family

We know that when the time is right, and the right person sees our profile, a match will be made. Until then, we'll be waiting...

2 Years Old

I thought I'd throw a quick post out here to share some photos and a couple updates. It's been a busy spring/summer so far, and I think just about every weekend for the rest of the summer already has something planned. Parker just turned two on June 10th, he's finishing up swim lessons this week, and I think we're going to start him in gymnastics on Thursday nights beginning next week. I changed roles at Cerner and I'm traveling more now, and I've been training a lot for triathlons. Erika has a new job at Lockheed Martin that she is settling into, and she's been training for the Hospital Hill half marathon that she just ran a couple weeks ago. Most of you that read this blog already know all that though.

So, the real reason for posting. We had pictures taken recently and just got the online proofs back. As usual, Melissa did an amazing job. Click on this link: Captures in Time, click Access Gallery (you don't have to create an account), and the code is Parker2010. There is a short video you can watch and then click the Continue to Gallery link to see all the pictures.

Here's a few from Parker's birthday party also.

Sunday was the day

You know those days where you realize something has changed, and now things will never be the same? Sunday was one of those days for us. A few things happened Sunday.

Number 1. Erika says "Hey baby" a lot when she's talking to Parker. This weekend Parker started saying "Hey Baba" to both of us. Of course after seeing that it made us smile and laugh, he is now saying it all the time. That was the first warning sign, and unfortunately the only cute one.

Number 2. I was getting a little frustrated Sunday with something that I was working on and said sh!t without even thinking about it. I immediately heard a very clear sh!t in reponse from Parker, who was standing behind me watching. Oh no. It's starting to sink in that he is getting very good at repeating things.

Number 3. Parker might have noticed me "scratching" my nose Sunday afternoon. I noticed that he was looking at me, and then he noticed that I noticed, and then he promptly jammed his finger up his nose. I realized my second mistake as soon as I made it. I giggled a little bit and told him not to do it. In baby language that must mean do it as much as you possibly can.

I said at the beginning that his "Hey Baba" was the only cute thing, but who am I kidding. Watching my son run around the living room with his finger up his nose, laughing hysterically, while Erika tries to make him stop is pretty darn cute.

So Sunday was the day. We can no longer say or do anything without first thinking about the consequences of Parker repeating it.

We haven't shared any photos in awhile, so here's an album. It's random pics from my phone and pictures that Parker's teacher sends us from daycare.

Christmas...belated

It's been awhile since our last update. We were very busy in the month of December. Christmas was so exciting this year, you would have thought Bryan was more excited this year than Parker considering he was up at 5am wanting to wake the whole entire house to open presents! I told him he was nuts, so Parker and I got a few more hours of sleep before we put Bryan out of his misery! Grandma & Grandpa Hoyes stayed with us on Christmas Eve and then made the rounds to the rest of the grandkids during the day. We then went back to LaGrange the weekend after Christmas for my family's Christmas. New Years was pretty uneventful for us, we cleaned house....lame I know BUT we were hosting Bryan's family Christmas the next day so everything had to be in tip top shape. We celebrated the Hunt Christmas on New Year's Day. Everyone was able to make it back and we had a great game night later on that night; boys vs girls with Pictionary and Taboo (my favorite). I hate to admit it but the boys did win :(

We encountered our first official injury of the year. See the photos below, it actually looks worse than it was. Parker was in the hallway by himself when it happened, I think the wall and him had a falling out :) A little ice and lots of TLC and he was back to normal within a few hours. January looks pretty calm for us, we are preparing for a ski trip in early February. We are excited BUT I'm dreading leaving my little guy for 4 days!

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We are excited to see what 2010 brings the Hunt family :)

From 01-2010 Parker

From 01-1-2010 Hunt Christmas

From 12-24-2009 Christmas Eve

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From 12-2009

From Parker Growing Up