Vacation Bible School

Layton and I went to Vacation Bible School in July at Cowboy Fellowship.  I volunteered in the craft area and he enjoyed his class.  We had a great week and here are a few pictures from Layton singing one night.  I think the music part was clearly his favorite.  He absolutely loves music!!!!

Well Visits and a Trip to the Zoo

I might have bribed the kids when I had to take all 3 kids to the doctor by myself for Layton and Parker's well visits in July.  I told them if they were on their best behavior at the doctor we could go to the zoo afterwards and it totally worked.  The kids were great and we had a fun hot afternoon at the San Antonio Zoo.  Sometimes you just have to do what works to get through the day :)

Parker at Age 2

I wanted to take a minute to write about what Parker has been up to now that he is 2 years old.  Oh my goodness this kid is giving me a run for my money.  He is literally all over the place and into everything.  His latest thing is to unlock any door in the house and just walk outside which is really scary.  I can't take a shower anymore if he is awake because I have to watch him so closely.  Just last week he managed to get a chair and climb a few shelves in the pantry to reach the chewable vitamin C.  He then ate half the bottle before Molly saw him and came and got me out of my room.  Poor kid didn't feel so good most of the day.  I'm so thankful it wasn't something worse than vitamins.  He loves to dig in my purse and eat all my mints or tic tacs :)  This morning I found him in my closet eating all of my cough drops I literally could go on and on.  We never dealt with this with the other two kids so I feel like we are having to baby proof the house for Parker.  He is so stubborn and truly doesn't care about getting into trouble which is challenging most days.  At the same time he is so cute when he says "I sorry Mommy" it is hard to even be mad at him.  He is talking so much these days and will have conversations with me.  He is starting to put lots of things together for example he picked up a coaster off of the coffee table and said "Mommy is this a roller coaster?"  Clifton and I both could not stop laughing.  He loves going to Mother's Day Out twice a week now with Molly and doesn't even care when I drop him off.  He still has to have an afternoon nap and sleeps from 8:30-7:00 most nights.  He loves to sing and knows a lot of songs now.  He still enjoys being read to all the time and always wants me to rock him for a few minutes by himself before I put him in his bed for the night.  He loves to have one on one time with Mommy.  He will play babies with Molly while Layton is at school and then play trucks and tractors after school with Layton.  He just loves having a playmate.

To my Parker man:
I am so glad we have you in our family.  God knew we needed a spunky, easy going, loud and funny little boy like you to complete our family.  You make me laugh all day and drive me crazy at the same time :)  I love that you will play with Layton or Molly or by yourself.  You love to be outside and swing and ride your bike.  You are so sweet and love to rock with my at night and I know these moments won't last much longer so I'm soaking them all up everyday.  I can't wait to see how God is going to use you one day.  I love you to the moon and back!  Can't wait to make more sweet memories this next year with you. 
Love,
 Mommy

Parker's 2 Year Stats:
32 lbs. 89th percentile
35.2 inches 73rd percentile

 This is a video of him laughing.  I just love it!

Big Oak River Camp

We had so much fun at the Big Oak River Camp on the Nueces River for Parker's birthday weekend in July.  We spent Thursday to Sunday there and rented a cabin.  The RV park was actually on the Nueces River and also had a pool and a splash pad so there was plenty for the kids to do.  We enjoyed our mornings at the river and had picnics by the water each day.  We would make our way back to the cabin for nap time and then hit up the pool and splash pad until it was time for dinner each night.  We had a great time laughing with each other and just spending time together.  Can't wait to go back!

 

Parker's 2nd Birthday

Parker turned 2 July 9th.  Wow I really need to catch up on blogging.  I have been so busy lately with redecorating our house because we got half of it painted in August.  It has taken up any of my free time when I'm not shuffling kids around from school and activities.  I'll post pics once we get it all finished :)  Anyways back to Parker's birthday we left on his actual birthday for the river with Clifton's family so we had a small family birthday party at the cabin our first night.  Parker loved it and I think all the kids had fun celebrating with him.


These were taken the morning of his birthday.  He opened a few presents before we left.

 He loved his chocolate cupcake and had so much fun with his cousins.