Mother's Day Weekend

We have a lot of catching up to do on this blog for May, so here it goes! Mother's Day was amazing this year. It was so special to be able to actually hold a child on Mother's Day. Bryan and Parker surprised me with a new product at the salon, a Caribbean body scrub. I was hesitant at first, but let me tell you it was AMAZING and very relaxing. I recommend it to anyone! On Mother's Day I woke up to lots of hugs and kisses from Parker. He was being extra lovey that day and I really needed that. It was kind of a bittersweet day for me. It was special to have Parker here with me, but I still miss Mallory and Payton very dearly. In honor of them, we went to a balloon release with the support group we belong to. It was a very special event because almost everyone in the group now has their own miracle baby after such tragedy. Parker helped in the festivities by releasing balloons for his sisters. Thanks for such an amazing day Bryan and Parker!

From 5-2009 Parker

From 5-2009 Parker

Our support group releasing balloons in memory of our babies that we have lost.

From 5-2009 Parker

Here are all the mom's in our support group, everyone has had a baby now...what miracles we have!

From 5-2009 Parker

Parker and Mommy and the Garden of Angels

Ream Family Visit

We had a visit fom Bryan's college roommate, Josh & Dawn Ream and their little girl Brylie. Brylie is only a few weeks younger than Parker. Parker didn't know what to think of her, but he loved that little bow in her hair. They played very good together. It was nice to see the Reams, we enjoyed our time with them.

Messy Madness

Last night the local Parents as Teachers group held an event called Messy Madness at the high school. It was quite an event. I'd call it organized chaos. There were little kiddos everywhere with hands covered in shaving cream, paint, yogurt, and many other messy concoctions. Parker had a good time, although I think next year will be even better. He's a little young for a lot of the stuff that was there, but still managed to make a mess.

He had "a ball" in the baby area


liked the pool of dry rice


got messy in the yogurt finger paint (great idea by the way)


and his favorite was the green slime.

March Pictures

March has been a pretty busy month. For anyone that didn't hear, we sold our house at the beginning of the month. We put it up for sale and it sold in 3 weeks - much faster than we were planning on! We found a foreclosure in Blue Springs that we like and were able to get a contract on it. Since then we've been packing and getting ready for the move. The new house needs a lot of work so it's going to be a long summer, but Erika and I think it will be great once we're finished with it. We close on April 9th and move in on the 10th. It won't be any fun unpacking on Easter weekend, but we're going to try and find time to go to the zoo on Saturday and Zach's baptism on Sunday so it should still be a good weekend.

Here's some pictures from March.

• His first bath in the big tub
• Playing with his buddy Owen
• Playing at the park
• Learning how to stick out his tongue at Dad

I have a bunch of video and I'll try to get some of it posted up here soon.

February

Here's the latest pictures of Parker. They include his first bike ride and his first time playing in the snow. Make sure you don't miss his impersonation of Hugh Heffner about half way through the slide show. Enjoy!