Baby Updates

Congratulations to all our friends due this summer who just found out the gender of their babies!

Nicole & Ron Sheffield will be having a baby GIRL in July
Julie & Jonathon Cundiff will be having a baby BOY in June
Jennifer & Jeremy Howell will be having a baby GIRL in July
Emily & Andrew Clark will be having a baby GIRL in July

Very exciting news guys, Lots of new friends for Parker!

Sitting Up

Today we are sitting up! We are so proud of our big boy Parker! Look Ma', no hands!

We're still here!

I know I haven't posted in a while, I apoligize for my laziness! Alot has happened in the last couple of weeks... my 29th Birthday, Parker held a bottle, Parker is getting very close to sitting up, I have a new business venture, Parker was sick...again...

My 29th Birthday - don't I look just like my Mom in this picture??

Parker held a bottle

Parker is very close to sitting up, here he is sitting up on the couch, we have the pillow up behind him because he falls easy

So I am very proud of myself in the past couple of weeks...I have started selling stuff from my closet on Ebay, and I have made...drumroll...over $1,200 in the past 4 weeks! Ace asked me when I would be done selling stuff from our house, I said "when there's nothing left" haha. But really, you'd be surprised what a used (I'm sorry, "pre-owned" - ebay talk) Coach purse will get you. Oh and anything from Pottery Barn just sitting in your linen closet, sell it! The people love Pottery Barn... I list things during Parker's nap time, then go to the Post Office when he wakes up, its a good little short-lived money-making venture.

Poor little Parker woke up on Monday morning radiating heat from his little body, he had a 103.5 degree fever! I rushed him to the pediatrician's office & she checked him out & sent us home to wait it out. By the next morning his fever was gone. I'm just glad I can be here at home with Parker, I don't know what I would have done if I still had to work with Parker being too sick for even the daycare at the gym for the last 4 weeks.

Getting Better

Parker is doing better, his appetite is back to normal, he still has a cough though. He is definately feeling much better, he is very "kickey" now (new nickname "kickey-kickerson"), he wants to be on the move so badly! Parker's 1st playdate with baby Henry, one the the kids Lindsay nannies for (this was before the big cold)

We are trying to teach Parker to hold his own bottle, hence the handles, the milk definately gets poured straight down the shirt...his hand-eye coordination isn't quite up-to-par yet

Drooling in his new highchair

Sick Baby Update

So Parker has Broncialitis. He was also breathing faster than he should because his lungs were slightly constricted. The little guy had to have a breathing treatment through a nebulizer at the Dr.'s office, they had to put this tiny mask on his face & he had to breathe into the mask for 5 minutes. Suprisingly, he didn't cry or fuss, he just sat there on my lap with this little mask around his head.
We have to use an inhaler on him every 5 hours (see picture) until his coughing subsides. He doesn't seem to be feeling any better today, he usually eats about 35 oz. of formula each day, today he ate maybe 15 oz. The doctor did say that he wouldn't have much of an appetite. Please keep praying for our little boy to get better soon!

Baby's 1st Cold

Baby Parker is sick for the 1st time, he has a very bad cold, at least I hope that's all it is... It has gotten so bad over the weekend that I am calling the Dr. tomorrow morning :( Babies can't blow their noses, of course, so it's painful for us to watch him trying to breathe, & drink from the bottle while trying to breathe through all the snot. Please pray for him to get better soon! Here he is looking quite miserable today laying on the couch (exactly where you should be all day when you are sick, right?!)

A Mix of Pics

Our 1st babies have felt very left out since Parker came along, I feel I need to talk about them for a moment. Mr. Bo may need to go on doggie anti-depressants, he is having a hard time adjusting. He does still get to sleep in our bed, I try not to push him off onto the floor so often, in hopes of showing him that we still love & appreciate his great heating capability. Sage, on the other hand, is the same, big, horse-like dog, eating baby blankets & socks, nosing through the trash. He may feel a little left out but takes it in stride. Parker thinks Sage is SO funny, he cracks up whenever Sage looks at him.

Mr. Bojangles, almost 8 yrs. old

Sager-Rager, 5 yrs. old

I recently painted the wood living room! This took exactly 1 month to paint, 2 coats of primer, plus 2 coats of paint, on the molding & the insets, the windows, the fireplace, the built-in. It was no easy feat. But no more 80's wood walls, even though, yes Ace, they were beautiful....


We got an awesome new camera from my Dad & Kim for Christmas, it takes great action shots, as you can see. And Parker drools alot now too.