tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76522204083086250822024-02-06T19:04:37.107-08:00Pracht Party of 3Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-3960285921482824762012-06-01T05:00:00.000-07:002012-06-01T05:00:17.743-07:00play date<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
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it's that time again.</div>
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when us childhood friends get all our children together</div>
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to try and have conversations about them</div>
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and gossip about what we've seen on facebook.</div>
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which usually turns into mass chaos</div>
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and our kids getting a sugar high.</div>
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but whatev!</div>
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these are the only photos can legally post.</div>
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some little kiddies aren't very fond of clothes right now :)</div>
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i vote our next play date only includes the mommies</div>
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at a restuarant</div>
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with a glass of wine.</div>
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just sayin'</div>
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i haven't figured out what it is about little boys</div>
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and their attraction to dirt...</div>
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but my son has it.</div>
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it's like a magnet, and he can find it wherever we go.</div>
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my parents were babysitting my nephews a couple saturdays ago</div>
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so we invited them over to break up the day a little.</div>
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parker and reid were having a blast splashing in the water table</div>
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and the baby pool just minding their own business,</div>
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until parker discovered this little patch of dirt</div>
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which reid quickly helped pour water on, to make into mud.</div>
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i don't think i'll ever understand it,</div>
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they make quite a team.</div>
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we went 'cabin camping' two weekends ago</div>
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at johnson shut-ins with the extended fam</div>
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(sisters fam, parents, aunts uncles and grandpa)</div>
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i remember going there a lot as a kid growing up</div>
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and last year the dam gave out and millions of tons of water</div>
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rushed through the entire place washing it all out.</div>
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so they rebuilt the entire camp ground and added some cabins</div>
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which are awesome because they're brand spankin' new</div>
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only down fall was they don't have running water.</div>
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otherwise it's the way to go! </div>
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we couldn't have gotten better weather.</div>
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pretty good to get in the freezing cold water</div>
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and cool enough at night to need a camp fire. </div>
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i discovered i'm not quite as agile climbing on all the rocks<br />
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as i was 15 yrs ago when we were there last.</div>
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it sucks getting old. </div>
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sadly enough, the ONLY pictures i have</div>
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to show for the ENTIRE weekend are these few i took</div>
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of parker playing with the ice in our cooler.</div>
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but seriously how adorable</div>
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are his little piggie toes in these sandals.</div>
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we decided this was kinda our trial run for our florida trip.</div>
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granted this was only a 2 hour drive,</div>
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but parker totally passed the test and did great.</div>
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i had to drive bc the roads are super curvy and i get super car sick.</div>
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so danny has decided he wants to drive the entire</div>
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way to florida so i have to be the one</div>
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getting snacks, drinks, toys and whatever else parker demands.</div>
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we'll see :) </div>
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SEP</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-26717109074586616972012-05-23T14:27:00.001-07:002012-05-23T14:27:33.216-07:00debate and update<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
it's been a while...</div>
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i've been debating with myself whether or not to quit the blogging. </div>
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it's just a lot of work.</div>
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thinking of stories and things to write,</div>
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editing or picking out pictures</div>
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finding time to do it.</div>
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do i sound like debbie downer or what?</div>
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since almost the first year of posts got wiped out</div>
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when i accidentally deleted them from my picasa account</div>
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ive just been annoyed. </div>
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and since i only really do it for my own personal memory</div>
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i just wonder </div>
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will i ever really look back and read this blog?</div>
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will parker even read it or care?</div>
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i debate whether to just make a commitment to upload all my pictures</div>
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from my camera to my computer REGULARLY</div>
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and get them printed off and into albums REGULARLY.</div>
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because i haven't printed a pic in over 6 months.</div>
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although that wont have all the funny and cute stories to go along with them</div>
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i thought i could start writing them down in a journal/book type thing.</div>
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but will i really do that either?</div>
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ugh.</div>
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i've haven't decided what i'm going to do so i'll just shut up and update!</div>
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--went to a surprise 30th bday party my bff threw for her hubby.</div>
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and it was actually a real surprise! so much fun in such a little time.</div>
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parker was with his cousins so we had to pick him up before bedtime.</div>
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--had mother's day at my cousin's boyfriend's dad's clubhouse.</div>
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could not have had better weather. it was gorgeous.</div>
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got to play more 'minute to win it' games! </div>
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erica sucks and won them all...again. i'm sure it's rigged.</div>
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danny got me (us) and ipad. i was totally shocked which is fun </div>
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bc we haven't gotten each other surprise gifts in years.</div>
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-- got a call from parker's neurologist saying all his bloodwork was completely normal!</div>
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yah! but then he suggested we go ahead with the MRI </div>
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bc there are countless things they could tell seeing images of his brain</div>
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that can't be diagnosed thru blood work.</div>
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d originally vetoed. we discussed with pj's pedi (who i now love even more)</div>
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we decided to go ahead and suck it up and do it, for parker's sake.</div>
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the longer we waited and older he got the more scared he'd be and the more he'd remember.</div>
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we didn't want to live in the 'what if's' for months/years to come.</div>
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we didn't want to pass along something to another child if we could help it.</div>
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the scan was scheduled for the next monday.</div>
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--went camping at johnson shut ins with a bunch of the fam.</div>
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parker loved playing in the shut-in's and being outside non stop.</div>
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realized camping is so much more work as a mother than as a child.</div>
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--took parker for his MRI and didn't even cry. go me.</div>
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he hated the nurses and wanted milk. then they gave him the happy meds</div>
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before we even left the room and he was giggling out of this world.</div>
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i asked if i could borrow some for our drive to FL in a month. </div>
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he was only out for about 45 min. and woke up as they were wheeling him</div>
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back into the room.</div>
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he wasn't a fan of waking up out of anesthesia.</div>
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the nurse said it felt like when you're drunk/hungover and dizzy </div>
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and can't get comfortable. poor thing. that's the worst feeling ever.</div>
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or so i've heard.</div>
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once his brain woke up he was mister chatter box.</div>
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instead of sleeping the entire drive home he talked, like a little old drunk man.</div>
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his eyes were half open and he took 'roll call' the whole time.</div>
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that's when he asks about every member in our family</div>
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and i have to tell them where they are all and what they're doing.</div>
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he was a little unsteady the rest of the day</div>
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but ate like a horse after his 3.5 hr nap and acted like nothing ever happened.</div>
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then at 11am only 2 hrs after we left his neuro called and reported that all was</div>
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completely NORMAL! ptl!</div>
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so we're done with all tests. ever. ever.</div>
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apparently he's just going to be the cutest,</div>
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most uncoordinated child there is.</div>
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and we're totally ok with that.</div>
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--getting ready to open my parents pool this weekend.</div>
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and go to a bunch of memorial day bbq's.</div>
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--and i'll leave you with the funniest pictures ever.</div>
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my sister and i drew mustaches on the boys </div>
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for a mother's day present for my mom.</div>
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i'm such a slacker.</div>
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today is parker's 19 month birthday.</div>
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which means that he is closer to being a 2 year old</div>
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than he is to being a 1 year old.</div>
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i don't see how this is possible,</div>
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i guess because he still seems like such a baby to me.</div>
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maybe the fact that he is so small</div>
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and still crawls everywhere</div>
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and doesn't talk in english a whole lot </div>
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that i can't imagine in a few short months i'll being telling people</div>
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i have a 2 year old.</div>
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today is 2 wks since he's had his blood drawn.</div>
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the neuro told us he'd call if anything came back abnormal,</div>
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but if we didn't hear from him in 3 wks to give him a call.</div>
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i debate with myself everyday whether to call </div>
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or just wait it out.</div>
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i haven't called yet.</div>
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to see if anything that he ordered was back.</div>
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haven't gotten a reply yet.</div>
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my miniature 19 month old seems to be really growing a personality.</div>
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he's such a goofball and tries to make people laugh all the time. </div>
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he's getting so much better with stranger anxiety.</div>
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now it's more of a shyness when people say hi that he doesn't know,</div>
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but pretty quickly he warms up.</div>
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he waves and says HI to the checkout ladies at walmart every week.</div>
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HI has become his favorite word this week for some reason.</div>
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he says it in all different ways when we're riding in the car as he's staring out the window.</div>
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when we went camping with my parents a couple weeks ago,</div>
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he let me uncle and another camper friend</div>
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carry him all over the place with us not in sight.</div>
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this was a first.</div>
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and it was amazing!</div>
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he is still loving his little animals</div>
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and has been refusing to go to sleep until he's holding TWO puppies.</div>
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he stands in his crib and waits while i search the house for them</div>
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pointing and telling me, "PUP, PUP"</div>
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and quickly lays down and falls asleep once he's got 'em.</div>
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he's learned how to rip a toy out of my hand and yell "MINE"</div>
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he's going to be the worst sharer ever. (if that's a word)<br />danny does this to him all the time:</div>
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he plays with a toy and waits to see how long</div>
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it takes parker to come over and take it from him.</div>
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no matter what he always wants what we are playing with.</div>
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he's finally tall enough to climb up on the couch by himself</div>
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to watch a little cartoons</div>
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and i can leave him there without fear of him falling off</div>
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bc he's pretty good at knowing to turn around on his belly to slide off.</div>
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(for the most part. our knew hardwood floors are quite slick)</div>
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he's in quite a wide range of clothes right now.</div>
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he wears 12 month shorts and t-shirts</div>
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but 18-24 month onesies and pajamas.</div>
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he wears all size 4 shoes even though they are still a little big</div>
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and he only wears them in public so he doesn't look like</div>
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a little orphan baby.</div>
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he hates the way sandals feel without socks on</div>
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so he rips them off as soon as we get in the car.</div>
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he's so going to be one of those kids that cries until this sock 'feels good.'</div>
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i can see it already.</div>
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he loves to be go on walks in his stroller</div>
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and to just be outside as much as possible.</div>
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he crawls on his hands and feet with his butt up in the air</div>
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since the concrete hurts his knees.</div>
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he loves his little pool and water table.</div>
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i can't wait to see how he does in my parents pool.</div>
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i laid him back in the bath the other night</div>
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with his ears under water, just to see what he'd do.</div>
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and he just laid there and stared at me like,'what are we doing, mom?'</div>
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he doesn't seem scared yet...which scares me :)</div>
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anytime he hears one, he sprints to the windows to see if he can find it. </div>
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daddy is becoming his close buddy</div>
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and he cries when daddy leaves,</div>
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even if it's to just go outside and cut the grass.</div>
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he stares out the windows and waves every time he drives past.</div>
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last week we sat in the driveway so he could watch him mow</div>
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because i couldn't get him to calm down.</div>
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he was in heaven just sitting in his little lawn chair on the driveway.</div>
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but once we put him on the lawn mower to go for a ride</div>
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he didn't cry, but just sat there with a very serious look on his face the whole time.</div>
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this past week he has started eating, for some odd reason.</div>
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the other day when i got home from grocery shopping</div>
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i was washing and cutting up all the fruit i bought</div>
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and he stood at my legs whining for a bite, so i gave him a piece.</div>
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and for some reason he stood there and </div>
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probably ate 8 pieces of strawberries! i was afraid he'd get a stomachache</div>
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if i gave him anymore.</div>
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and the other night d was feeding him dinner</div>
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and the only thing on his plate he would eat was the banana</div>
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so he kept cutting him up more.</div>
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the kid ate 3/4 of an entire banana!</div>
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let me remind you that i've given him banana at some meal every single day</div>
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for at least a month</div>
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and he wouldn't touch it.</div>
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whatever dude! i guess it's true that they'll eat when they're hungry?</div>
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unfortunately he's developed a bit of a sweet tooth.</div>
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the boy loves his little fudge striped cookies,</div>
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and ice cream cones,</div>
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and iced animal crackers.</div>
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even though i stress about him to eating all the healthy foods,</div>
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some days i feel like he needs any extra calories i can get him in!</div>
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he still thinks peek a boo is absolutely hilarious.</div>
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like poking your head out from around the couch.</div>
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or he loves when we pretend we're asleep</div>
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and then wake up real fast,</div>
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he just dies laughing and slams our head back into the pillow to pretend again.</div>
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he still has the most infectious laugh</div>
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that nobody can ignore. </div>
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so i guess that's my little man in a nut shell</div>
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at 19 months old. </div>
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there's always stuff i think of later that i wish i would</div>
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have written down (or typed out) that i know i'll want to remember.</div>
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but i've run out of time to sit and think.</div>
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so here's to the next 5 months going very, very slowly :)</div>
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<br /></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-55980032550497453722012-05-07T11:46:00.001-07:002012-05-07T11:46:21.975-07:00Sunday eveningsI hope all my Sunday evenings look like this one....<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjRcVk-hH7ax1pwH-AolIElC4G-E5kKnjBeAQc-HeFfYzVWOE51P_C1o3mykoHNgarNLNgMYQTDo1iZcA-d1YaE3xYgcA1DqZRWkZ8ziCMp80YvId6fSNeD2bD9nQDx55_5XrdWlCkrPH/s640/blogger-image--681684439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjRcVk-hH7ax1pwH-AolIElC4G-E5kKnjBeAQc-HeFfYzVWOE51P_C1o3mykoHNgarNLNgMYQTDo1iZcA-d1YaE3xYgcA1DqZRWkZ8ziCMp80YvId6fSNeD2bD9nQDx55_5XrdWlCkrPH/s640/blogger-image--681684439.jpg" /></a></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-55782896501234604272012-05-01T11:42:00.003-07:002012-05-01T11:42:50.021-07:00yogurt bath<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
some days you just gotta let it go.</div>
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and today i let parker play in his yogurt.</div>
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i didn't plan on this, but after giving him his lunch</div>
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i decided to switch the laundry</div>
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and came back to this:</div>
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i'm only doing what i was instructed by his doc</div>
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to let him practice using his utensils more.</div>
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so instead of freaking out</div>
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i just got my camera and snapped away</div>
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as he got messier and messier.</div>
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i thought i was going to be able to do an easy</div>
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wipe down until it became a hat and got all in his hair.</div>
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this called for an afternoon bath.</div>
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and here's a couple i was playing with and edited</div>
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on the new program picasa has.</div>
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little man LOVES his baths.</div>
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p.s. check out those gigantic molars that finally came through!</div>
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<br /></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-59866406025940626612012-04-25T05:00:00.000-07:002012-04-25T05:00:00.152-07:00camping<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">my parents went camping last weekend pretty close to home</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so we decided to go visit just for the day on saturday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jvuU8yiOWSc/T5Satbn9i-I/AAAAAAAAOXM/K18Pbu8lT-I/s1600/DSC_3321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jvuU8yiOWSc/T5Satbn9i-I/AAAAAAAAOXM/K18Pbu8lT-I/s640/DSC_3321.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> we did a lot of this:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">sitting.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">that's what camping is about, right?</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">until my dad made us all play volleyball.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he can never let us just be.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MgRdp5u6If8/T5Sa31qXbzI/AAAAAAAAOYQ/FEOiy1gEF6I/s1600/DSC_3330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MgRdp5u6If8/T5Sa31qXbzI/AAAAAAAAOYQ/FEOiy1gEF6I/s640/DSC_3330.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">parker was loving some extra time with nu-nu.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">walking with his push toy like a pro!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vCf17Eui3Sw/T5Sa2DUKQLI/AAAAAAAAOX4/5sz_FX1HNTw/s1600/DSC_3327.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vCf17Eui3Sw/T5Sa2DUKQLI/AAAAAAAAOX4/5sz_FX1HNTw/s640/DSC_3327.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> park had an absolute blast with all the attention from the campers.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he didn't do a whole lot of sitting like the rest of us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z0K6RcmPHvY/T5Sa3ADde2I/AAAAAAAAOYI/ahSn3wJVqPc/s1600/DSC_3329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z0K6RcmPHvY/T5Sa3ADde2I/AAAAAAAAOYI/ahSn3wJVqPc/s640/DSC_3329.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> i was a bad parent and didn't put any sunscreen on p.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">it was just so cool outside it never dawned on me.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he had a bit of a rosy nose that evening.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">my bad!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but honestly i think it's adorable and makes me anxious for summer</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and more fun times outside!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-52786688333882276492012-04-24T11:00:00.000-07:002012-04-24T11:00:01.238-07:00par-tay!<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">april bdays plus nan's in march.<br />
get all that? don't ask. <br />
i unfortunately have zero pictures from the amazing<br />
photo scavenger hunt we did.<br />
but we did: drive thru a fast food restaurant backwards<br />
sat in a boat<br />
found a 4 leaf clover<br />
got on the roof of a house<br />
rolled down a hill in a trashcan<br />
found road kill.<br />
you get the idea. yes, you can wish you were in my family.<br />
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requested meal of the day was bbq by the burns boys. <br />
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mid life crisis?<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QCFRQOAshcc/T5HuZcHKbvI/AAAAAAAAOO0/50l1o6wf3dY/s1600/DSC_3287.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QCFRQOAshcc/T5HuZcHKbvI/AAAAAAAAOO0/50l1o6wf3dY/s640/DSC_3287.JPG" width="428" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">reid couldn't wait to watch his new rescue heros movie. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z9kO0_264kw/T5HubEzIJXI/AAAAAAAAOPM/EEOSg2dG0z8/s1600/DSC_3290.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z9kO0_264kw/T5HubEzIJXI/AAAAAAAAOPM/EEOSg2dG0z8/s640/DSC_3290.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-436rQlsxx8I/T5HuRckshlI/AAAAAAAAOM8/5wGKUolSdSY/s1600/DSC_3272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-436rQlsxx8I/T5HuRckshlI/AAAAAAAAOM8/5wGKUolSdSY/s640/DSC_3272.JPG" width="428" /></a></div> present opening...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jauOc5t41eQ/T5HuP5XdlwI/AAAAAAAAOMk/16V4D4MXR7U/s1600/DSC_3269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jauOc5t41eQ/T5HuP5XdlwI/AAAAAAAAOMk/16V4D4MXR7U/s640/DSC_3269.JPG" width="428" /></a></div>and then more shananagins!<br />
everyone wanted to take a turn on p's new roller coaster.<br />
do you blame them? <br />
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glad we didn't get a picture of me face diving on my turn.<br />
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we actually have no may birthdays.<br />
if you'd like to become a member of the fam and have a may birthday<br />
we are accepting applications.<br />
although we do have mother's day to celebrate<br />
so it's not like we get a month off.<br />
next up, june bdays....nana and mollie!<br />
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which reminds me the count down is on:<br />
8 more weeks till vacation in FLORIDA!!!!!<br />
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</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-66780029413105782842012-04-23T12:48:00.000-07:002012-04-23T12:48:44.520-07:00neuro apt<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> i gave parker's doc a day to send the referral info to the neurologist</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">and called on wednesday to see if i could make the apt.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">and she had an opening THAT friday, as in 2 days later.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">it was nice they got us in so quick, but it was an 11am apt.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">not the most opportune time (lunch time, nap time) but i agreed.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">i was so excited i wasn't going to have to stress for another week. </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">i had to go online to their website and print off an 8 pg packet of papers to fill out.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">luckily d got off work and go with me to help wrangle him</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">or listen so i didn't miss anything.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">sooo overall i left feeling like it was a good apt. </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">i really liked the doctor. he was very knowledgeable yet had good bedside manner too.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">he was also really good with parker who still isn't a huge fan of strangers.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">there weren't any nurses in that office, which i found kinda odd.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">the doctors themselves come get the patients from the waiting room.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">we were brought into an exam room that was more like a playroom</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">with a bunch of toys sprawled out over the floor</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">and the exam table pushed up against the wall totally out of the way.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">he watched parker play and asked us a ba-zillion questions.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"did i have brother, did my mom have brothers, did my moms sisters have boys"</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">trying to find if there were any development delays in any male relative.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">none that we know of.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">he did a couple tests with parker on my lap.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">poked and prodded him a little.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">and then asked us more questions.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"when did he hit other milestones, was he a good eater, a good sleeper...."</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">i mentioned the cpk test (blood work he had at 15mon)</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">and he said a level of 280 is in his normal range and doesn't raise any suspicion.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">so after all that he sat up on the exam table and talked to us</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">for about 30-45 min while parker sat on my lap and chugged some juice.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">he was very thorough and answered lots of our questions.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">basically he said "i'm sorry, but i don't know."</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">patient's like parker are the ones that frustrate he and his colleagues </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">as well as their parents.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">there was nothing about parker that raised a red flag for any kind of disorder.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">nothing that said, "oh he might have this.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">or because he does this he might have that"</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">so that leaves us to question, is this just the way parker was meant to develop? at his own pace?</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">or is there some underlying issue. </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">he has had patients who had delays and didn't walk until 20-24 months</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">and was never able to find any explanation for it.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">so basically he said the ball was in our court as to how to proceed.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">if we wanted to dig deeper and try to figure out if there is an issue</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">his first plan of action would be to do some bloodwork.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">he could check his chromosomes and see if there was a genetic link</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">or any type of mutation on his chromosomes. </span> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> he talked to us about if or when we planned on having more kids</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">because IF there was something wrong with parker and IF it was genetic</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">we would have a 25% chance of having another child with the same thing.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">now, he said that it was totally none of his business but wanted to make us aware of the fact.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">if we so chose, we could have 10 more kids despite that,</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">it was ultimately up to us.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">so then IF all those blood tests come back normal/negative</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">the next step would be a sedated MRI of his brain.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">danny says no way, no how.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">i've gone back and forth about it. i know what all sedation requires</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">and all the risks involved. and i don't think it would be worth it to me, at this point.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">we will cross that bridge when we get there.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">but there's probably only a 1% chance we will do that.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">so d and i quickly discussed while sitting in the exam room,</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">decided we would go ahead and do the blood work.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">it's no more traumatizing than getting a shot (as awful as those are)</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">he survived ok last time and didn't hold any resentment towards us.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">we just feel that IF there's something wrong, we want to know</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">to give him the best possible help/treatment he might need.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">the neurologist was nice enough to call pj's pediatrician personally</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">and add on what blood work he wanted for his low weight gain</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">and add it on so pj didn't have to get poked more than once. </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">it was finally time to leave. i had a good feeling as we left.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">relieved he couldn't diagnose parker with anything, </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">but frustrated at the same time that he couldn't.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">but then there was a huge annoying screw up with his blood work though.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> we went straight down the lab from the office</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(i was unaware they built a pediatric lab since i worked there)</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">after waiting like 20 min with a tired, hungry, crabby toddler</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">they decided to walk us down to the ped lab.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">and after waiting in a room there, they came and told us that whatever</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">the doctor ordered could only be drawn on Mon-Thur!</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">seriously!?</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">i was beyond annoyed. so i'm taking off work tomorrow</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">to take him back down to the hospital/doc building</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">to get it drawn because it can't be drawn anywhere else.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">plus we have to wait up to 3 weeks for the results.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">as you might know, i'm not the most patient person around :)</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /></span>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-70201885999099744142012-04-17T14:12:00.000-07:002012-04-17T14:12:11.705-07:0018 months<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">a year and a half.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">547 days.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i can't believe it's been that long since parker's been with us.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and i can't believe it's ONLY been that long since he's been with us.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he's growing (slowly) and learning new things every day</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and teaching us many lessons along the way.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">18 month STATS</span>: <span style="font-size: x-large;">19lbs 13oz</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">which means he only gained 5 ounces in 3 months.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">30.5 inches long</span>.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">which means he grew 1.5 inches in 3 months.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">(on a side note. pj's getting his 3rd antibiotic. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">amoxicillin again. we found out he had an ear infection at this visit)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">his doctor wasn't crazy about his weight gain to say the least.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">we've discussed again what a horrible eater he is and he's going</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">to let me borrow a book he just read on picky eaters.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he usually suggests to other patients to cut back on the kid's milk intake</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">to get them to eat more food and don't fill up on milk</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but he doesn't think pj is getting too much milk and actually suggested we give him more.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so we're cutting down to only one 4-6oz cup of juice/water a day</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and everything else milk.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">which he wants to be around 20oz a day and nothing for atleast an hr before meals.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he decided he was more concerned with the fact that he wasn't walking </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">than the lack of weight gain.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he possibly wants to get some blood draw for this but wouldn't even go into details</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">as to what he was looking for saying it could be a huge spectrum of things.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and he knows how i like to investigate and stress :)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">as far as park's walking goes....</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he is still not even attempting to take any steps</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and can not even stand for longer than 1-2 seconds without holding onto something.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">we both agreed is was time to do some looking into.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he noted how i've mentioned before that we think parker seems weak</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but when i told him he has no balance and can't stand without holding on</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">it raised a red flag to him.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but he wouldn't elaborate as to what that means.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so he's referring us to a neurologist</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">that i'm supposed to call tomorrow and will hopefully schedule an apt soon.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he told us this doc could do absolutely nothing,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">look at parker and tell us he's fine.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">or go as far as to order bloodwork, physical therapy, a sedated MRI and so forth.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">IF they order bloodwork, i have to let him know so he can add on</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">the bloodwork he wanted for his low weight gain</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and kill two birds with one stone while my little man has the needle in his arm.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i threw out the word cerebral palsy and asked if that was a possibility.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he just sits and smiles at me.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i really do love his doc, and he knows me too well and is so laid back. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he wouldn't give me a straight yes or no answer.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but said that IF that was the case, it could give us a label which could possibly </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">assist getting parker some therapy.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but there was no rush to diagnose that, because it's a condition from birth</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and isn't something that could get progressively worse.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but i just had to say it and get it out there</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and off my chest and see what he thought.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and as for the cute and adorable things the little man IS doing!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he's become seriously obsessed with our cell phones.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i know i mentioned this but </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he wants to sit on my lap and swipe thru pics and videos all. day. long.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he smiles and laughs at himself.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he's cutting 6 teeth all at the same time.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">within like a 2 wk span he cut all 4 molars which are just now poking thru the skin.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he's also getting his 3rd and 4th bottom teeth,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">finally!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">these are the first teeth that have really caused him any pain.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">with all his other teeth he honestly just woke up and they were there.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but these have been a little more brutal.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">nasty diapers (like that require a change of clothes and bath and a gagging daddy)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">runny nose, slight cough</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> whining, whining, and whining. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">as these new teeth have come in he's starting chewing on his feet and/or shoes.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">seriously child?</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">in the car i can hear his top teeth squeaking on his tennis shoes.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he's also started crawling on his hands and feet.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">his knees quickly got skinned up from crawling outside so he decided this was his solution.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he loves loves loves to carry little plastics animals/people around.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">my mom has a TON of littlest pet shop (remember from the 90's) that were mine growing up</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and now my sons new fav toy!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and he will pick an animal that day and carry it around alllll day.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">to lunch, to nap, to bath, to bedtime. it's hilarious.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">sometimes it's ernie or bert, or puppy, or skunk....</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he kisses them and makes them kiss each other when i'm not looking.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he pretends to feed them his snacks and drinks.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he's also started hitting! yah!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and he already knows it's wrong but it's like a drug and he can't help it.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he'll hit me and just stare at my face to see how i'll react.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">gotta love testing the limits. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and has gotten himself in 'time out' a couple times from this.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i'm not sure how he knows to stay and sit wherever i put him, but he does.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he hasn't started saying a whole lot of new words these last few months.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">it gets very frustrating for us and for him</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">when we don't know what he wants even tho he definitely knows what he wants! </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">we do a lot of asking yes or no questions trying to figure it out.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">which i'm not sure is the right thing to do because then we aren't making him talk.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">or can you really make a kid talk? </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i swear the kid understands almost everything we say.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and even when i tell him, 'parker say dog'.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he knows he's supposed to repeat and say something but it comes out in another language.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he was saying wee wee wee the other day in the car.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">d and i started laughing that he's just speaking in french. lol.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i've read a bunch that kids with delayed motor skills then have delayed speech because</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">they're working so hard on learning to walk for instance than on learning to talk.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i'll go with it for now.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i'll leave you with some pics of p's new roller coaster!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MJWgRoNsi50/T4N8D6pyqDI/AAAAAAAAM_M/619X53WRBG0/s1600/DSC_3081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MJWgRoNsi50/T4N8D6pyqDI/AAAAAAAAM_M/619X53WRBG0/s640/DSC_3081.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> a girl from work sold it to me for less than half price bc her daughter had out grown it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t6hsn59lCCo/T4N8GSxEx9I/AAAAAAAAM_k/zMdI1lAY9cA/s1600/DSC_3084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t6hsn59lCCo/T4N8GSxEx9I/AAAAAAAAM_k/zMdI1lAY9cA/s640/DSC_3084.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> it's already been worth the money!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he absolutely loves it!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and maybe his mommy does alittle too,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i may or may not have ridden it a couple times myself. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_R_EbxvtnH4/T4N8HWcPnGI/AAAAAAAAM_s/CwQ277WaaY0/s1600/DSC_3085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_R_EbxvtnH4/T4N8HWcPnGI/AAAAAAAAM_s/CwQ277WaaY0/s640/DSC_3085.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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sooo i'm anxious for his next doc visit.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but at the same time i'm really ok with it.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i'll do whatever it takes to help my guy succeed.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he needs legs braces, done.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he needs more PT, done.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he needs to go on an all-inclusive caribbean vacation, done. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i'll only love him more.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-60322832851057274332012-04-17T05:00:00.000-07:002012-04-17T05:00:03.532-07:00random day<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i was starting to feel like i was slacking </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">in my picture taking.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i used to take pictures of parker every single day i was off work.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i always have my camera charged and sitting on my kitchen counter</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">ready.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and so that i see it constantly, reminding me to take pictures</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">of the regular every day stuff around here,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">not just for birthdays and the special events.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HB406afUmfw/T4N7-kqx6cI/AAAAAAAAM-c/H2GUylVGSnY/s1600/DSC_3074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HB406afUmfw/T4N7-kqx6cI/AAAAAAAAM-c/H2GUylVGSnY/s640/DSC_3074.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">parker's latest obsession is looking at photo albums.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">real ones, or on my phone.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he'd sit on my lap for probably an hour</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">just swiping through pictures of himself and pointing out other people.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and absolutely loves to watch the videos i take of him.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he'll sit and smile and giggle for ever!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ukat5YLzBX8/T4N77I2TkjI/AAAAAAAAM-E/MzvS6VxB7tE/s1600/DSC_3070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ukat5YLzBX8/T4N77I2TkjI/AAAAAAAAM-E/MzvS6VxB7tE/s640/DSC_3070.JPG" width="428" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KSIcpVg0UFY/T4N8AXZryKI/AAAAAAAAM-s/QncIGP_pBvE/s1600/DSC_3076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KSIcpVg0UFY/T4N8AXZryKI/AAAAAAAAM-s/QncIGP_pBvE/s640/DSC_3076.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so this only makes me want to take more and more</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">knowing he will enjoy looking back at what we did together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-biSIz99w7J8/T4N7_YO4n4I/AAAAAAAAM-k/hxOkdqRSx6Y/s1600/DSC_3075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-biSIz99w7J8/T4N7_YO4n4I/AAAAAAAAM-k/hxOkdqRSx6Y/s640/DSC_3075.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">even if it's just a little cookie crisp cereal </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">on a pirate ship.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w6_m36Hmmew/T4N8Bcr8kdI/AAAAAAAAM_E/W2Ob7LqIHws/s1600/DSC_3078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w6_m36Hmmew/T4N8Bcr8kdI/AAAAAAAAM_E/W2Ob7LqIHws/s640/DSC_3078.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PkpFLlCUFXE/T4N8CBOVoRI/AAAAAAAAM-8/AmNuDUkuHQg/s1600/DSC_3079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PkpFLlCUFXE/T4N8CBOVoRI/AAAAAAAAM-8/AmNuDUkuHQg/s640/DSC_3079.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">which is why every one should have a blog, i tell you! </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">do it!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">all the cool kids are :)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-66907609063892563752012-04-16T05:00:00.000-07:002012-04-16T05:00:04.808-07:00livingroom<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">yah!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">we are finally in the process of putting hardwood</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">in our livingroom.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">good bye nasty carpet!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JceR269SUSo/T4N8gNsi7jI/AAAAAAAANCk/iOSwPnnSfv0/s1600/DSC_3108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JceR269SUSo/T4N8gNsi7jI/AAAAAAAANCk/iOSwPnnSfv0/s640/DSC_3108.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pMAymjCzlz0/T4N8hihjyXI/AAAAAAAANC0/9aSlkY3Y4Qc/s1600/DSC_3110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pMAymjCzlz0/T4N8hihjyXI/AAAAAAAANC0/9aSlkY3Y4Qc/s640/DSC_3110.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> it was lots of fun trying to keep a toddler</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">entertained in the basement</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">while all the racket was going on upstairs.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">luckily my parents were in florida so</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">parker and i packed up and hung out there for 2 days during the day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UjmwbbYBgIk/T4N8xkrfStI/AAAAAAAANFM/CR74aDg4-cs/s1600/DSC_3130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UjmwbbYBgIk/T4N8xkrfStI/AAAAAAAANFM/CR74aDg4-cs/s640/DSC_3130.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> parker watched a movie</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and supervised all the boys hard work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dCcq6QEgoHE/T4N8tuB1H2I/AAAAAAAANEk/-7_ax3fmst8/s1600/DSC_3124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dCcq6QEgoHE/T4N8tuB1H2I/AAAAAAAANEk/-7_ax3fmst8/s640/DSC_3124.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"> and the boys found another caterpillar. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6928OCS-Gx8/T4N-EKfqQkI/AAAAAAAANO0/0_0mwAzouQs/s1600/DSC_3221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6928OCS-Gx8/T4N-EKfqQkI/AAAAAAAANO0/0_0mwAzouQs/s640/DSC_3221.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> that the big boys decided they needed to kill.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yd4Dxb_Pq6U/T4N-GDdV1NI/AAAAAAAANPE/98Qt2TS6CEQ/s1600/DSC_3223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yd4Dxb_Pq6U/T4N-GDdV1NI/AAAAAAAANPE/98Qt2TS6CEQ/s640/DSC_3223.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> park's new favorite treat,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">chocolate puddin'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W5h1muuU_jk/T4N-IQEieCI/AAAAAAAANPU/3C8kMb3bl4E/s1600/DSC_3225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W5h1muuU_jk/T4N-IQEieCI/AAAAAAAANPU/3C8kMb3bl4E/s640/DSC_3225.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BGUGaGVp4kk/T4N-Le2UEII/AAAAAAAANP0/cMTyyvbtyUw/s1600/DSC_3229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BGUGaGVp4kk/T4N-Le2UEII/AAAAAAAANP0/cMTyyvbtyUw/s640/DSC_3229.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--qqE1XgjBQk/T4N-OppwaCI/AAAAAAAANQM/r0R9sHXCWws/s1600/DSC_3232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--qqE1XgjBQk/T4N-OppwaCI/AAAAAAAANQM/r0R9sHXCWws/s640/DSC_3232.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nsQNohOGykA/T4N-Vv93MdI/AAAAAAAANQs/TC9i0ZaM0wo/s1600/DSC_3236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nsQNohOGykA/T4N-Vv93MdI/AAAAAAAANQs/TC9i0ZaM0wo/s640/DSC_3236.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xmXQQf5T5SQ/T4N-XMu9dwI/AAAAAAAANQ0/A6nG9Lp-oS0/s1600/DSC_3237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xmXQQf5T5SQ/T4N-XMu9dwI/AAAAAAAANQ0/A6nG9Lp-oS0/s640/DSC_3237.JPG" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> and then daddy needed to take a turn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tmE79OditAY/T4N-b6tn6AI/AAAAAAAANRU/CCVkWRr_kzM/s1600/DSC_3241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tmE79OditAY/T4N-b6tn6AI/AAAAAAAANRU/CCVkWRr_kzM/s640/DSC_3241.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-arDktI9fxfg/T4N-eLHJ_OI/AAAAAAAANRk/29HjWFteL84/s1600/DSC_3243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-arDktI9fxfg/T4N-eLHJ_OI/AAAAAAAANRk/29HjWFteL84/s640/DSC_3243.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TMJ3fuMdL3Y/T4N-fXCR2oI/AAAAAAAANRs/kYiz8Kv-fOc/s1600/DSC_3244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TMJ3fuMdL3Y/T4N-fXCR2oI/AAAAAAAANRs/kYiz8Kv-fOc/s640/DSC_3244.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> we sat on the back porch and relaxed</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">while our belly's were full.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">braden plays so well is parker.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he calls him like a dog "come here Parker! come here!"</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">it's so adorable.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and pj just follows him around.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and braden is always trying to give away his toys to him</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">if he thinks parker likes it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6nPsBw0yJfs/T4N-le5RAYI/AAAAAAAANSM/waDsmfeNaZU/s1600/DSC_3248.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6nPsBw0yJfs/T4N-le5RAYI/AAAAAAAANSM/waDsmfeNaZU/s640/DSC_3248.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> they started off on the patio....</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and slowly migrated into the dirt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qiXpkQeQLok/T4N-pl-LlcI/AAAAAAAANSs/DCN6_vJNU-M/s1600/DSC_3252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qiXpkQeQLok/T4N-pl-LlcI/AAAAAAAANSs/DCN6_vJNU-M/s640/DSC_3252.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> little boys are just attracted to dirt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rDuC91qipQc/T4N-tcSUenI/AAAAAAAANS8/wpbsqtwHgOA/s1600/DSC_3254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rDuC91qipQc/T4N-tcSUenI/AAAAAAAANS8/wpbsqtwHgOA/s640/DSC_3254.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-62909161557041352192012-04-10T06:30:00.000-07:002012-04-10T06:30:29.724-07:00Easter, birthday, 18 mon<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">all of those happened for us on sunday.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">we celebrated easter with both sides of the fam.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">it was my 27th birthday.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and it was pj's 18 month birthday.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">wow.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">(after we go to parker's well baby visit next monday</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i'll do a dedicated post to update just on him)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">we honestly couldn't have asked for better weather this year.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">it usually rains on my bday</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">or sometimes snows</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">or sometimes we could swim it's so hot.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but this year was a perfect 70 degrees with a tiny breeze.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">d surprised me and got parker up and fed in the morning.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">without me having to <strike>nudge </strike> kick him and remind him it's his morning</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and then made cinnamon rolls.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">(all i asked for from danny for my bday</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">was to go shopping for as long as i wanted</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">without any children. not too much to ask, right?</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i'm so giddy just thinking about it!)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so we started off </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">at my parents after church.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qP5vmVMaDNs/T4N8492bwTI/AAAAAAAANGM/EfyIEls9wiw/s1600/DSC_3139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qP5vmVMaDNs/T4N8492bwTI/AAAAAAAANGM/EfyIEls9wiw/s640/DSC_3139.JPG" width="428" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">the 3 cutest little bunnies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">this was the most decent of the 40 attempts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; 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text-align: center;">he's still not walking :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ULje2NBpBsE/T4N9M07-dGI/AAAAAAAANIk/70IKp8EyWAs/s1600/DSC_3170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ULje2NBpBsE/T4N9M07-dGI/AAAAAAAANIk/70IKp8EyWAs/s640/DSC_3170.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jRnavbpl5tU/T4N9OUZsdTI/AAAAAAAANIs/sZNTuBvEa4Y/s1600/DSC_3171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jRnavbpl5tU/T4N9OUZsdTI/AAAAAAAANIs/sZNTuBvEa4Y/s640/DSC_3171.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> after he opened the first egg he found</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he was pretty much done with the whole hunting thing.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">found some smarties and</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">got what he came for.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3sd5sAP6CmY/T4N9PW2G_2I/AAAAAAAANI0/MpV7RZh6Nfo/s1600/DSC_3172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3sd5sAP6CmY/T4N9PW2G_2I/AAAAAAAANI0/MpV7RZh6Nfo/s640/DSC_3172.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MXDLF5xngiI/T4N9Q_oyhTI/AAAAAAAANJA/YDhAYHRPDaE/s1600/DSC_3174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MXDLF5xngiI/T4N9Q_oyhTI/AAAAAAAANJA/YDhAYHRPDaE/s640/DSC_3174.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WcbzzcxSUFk/T4N9RmeH3NI/AAAAAAAANJE/zYrxWIRmhqE/s1600/DSC_3175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WcbzzcxSUFk/T4N9RmeH3NI/AAAAAAAANJE/zYrxWIRmhqE/s640/DSC_3175.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> how can you say no to this face?!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so he got to eat an entire pack of smarties at 11am.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">NBD.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-58-wHuxvTlY/T4N9V-oLBoI/AAAAAAAANJk/rkUZcWkRZ_c/s1600/DSC_3179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-58-wHuxvTlY/T4N9V-oLBoI/AAAAAAAANJk/rkUZcWkRZ_c/s640/DSC_3179.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> oh, you see a bruise on his forehead??</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he decided to tip over his little chair</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and dive head first onto our basement CARPET.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">it was a week old here so you can imagine the day of.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i'll have to post some iphone pics i took right afterwards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6z8NVgcWc4c/T4N9WcTujxI/AAAAAAAANJs/n7HevtdZzyY/s1600/DSC_3180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6z8NVgcWc4c/T4N9WcTujxI/AAAAAAAANJs/n7HevtdZzyY/s640/DSC_3180.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l7QwuHZXYO4/T4N9bfnyzsI/AAAAAAAANKM/GDYcQ2DPQrY/s1600/DSC_3184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l7QwuHZXYO4/T4N9bfnyzsI/AAAAAAAANKM/GDYcQ2DPQrY/s640/DSC_3184.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> they actually did so well hunting the eggs together.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">reid was telling parker 'good job' </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">after he found one behind the tree :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E4UEKU7ldg0/T4N9do0tQJI/AAAAAAAANKc/GSlvSwjFRwA/s1600/DSC_3186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j2wrUGX63p4/T4N98-fr-6I/AAAAAAAANN8/ksc0gGaHmM8/s640/DSC_3214.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y03JPeo4Css/T4N9-B52XFI/AAAAAAAANOE/phTHTyynsLw/s1600/DSC_3215.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y03JPeo4Css/T4N9-B52XFI/AAAAAAAANOE/phTHTyynsLw/s640/DSC_3215.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">then we went to d's side after parker's nap.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i'll post that tomorrow.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">one at a time folks.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i gotta ease back into this. i haven't posted in so long :)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; 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</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-26315205856406247472012-03-26T15:28:00.001-07:002012-03-26T15:28:19.946-07:00iPhone dumpif you're friends with me on facebook, you've probably already seen all of these. so just deal :)<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOg-lnUdPha7MBuSQIIRwJ_ZHHRkd9BakZLZjdurZb6QbTvGJK843KPRGrhlpxFzZf4d0QMg3J7Zku7jxeDBCmhKoe9bZObfqYq7x1D7DfNO9xSx4C9yeUnfOzSkcXvWJCJB8cT2HfaJQn/s640/blogger-image-865428736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOg-lnUdPha7MBuSQIIRwJ_ZHHRkd9BakZLZjdurZb6QbTvGJK843KPRGrhlpxFzZf4d0QMg3J7Zku7jxeDBCmhKoe9bZObfqYq7x1D7DfNO9xSx4C9yeUnfOzSkcXvWJCJB8cT2HfaJQn/s640/blogger-image-865428736.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzArb6VgwxtcFk6U0makyz9TPkr9xjZ9TN4ro3b_0SzXeIzOuS56yXcDQyRUoXzCCeLx5nlEkczzZ3ZWJiHmDVgoUHxDDbNqbxOVilNjRbxt4C6htm7llJmVvgaIPwxFo0xp_NHwEyIZR/s640/blogger-image--2071092122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">erica was on spring break</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and it was my day off for the week </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so she and her boys, </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">plus me and pj</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">plus my mom and aunt di were down for the adventure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wpWfzMOKJvs/T2k7btlxfCI/AAAAAAAAM0A/R0drcssRrqM/s640/DSC_2996.JPG" width="640" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RNKqIhL-ATw/T2k7gV2DYcI/AAAAAAAAM0g/9yK54cB4LQM/s1600/DSC_3000.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RNKqIhL-ATw/T2k7gV2DYcI/AAAAAAAAM0g/9yK54cB4LQM/s640/DSC_3000.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">this was our first trip to the zoo this year.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">parker went once last year</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but had no clue what was going on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">this time included LOTS of pointing</div><div class="" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and waving.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">at people and animals and even the trees.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--r-V9erTJm8/T2k7iCwCkcI/AAAAAAAAM0w/vP2Ye0SFX6c/s1600/DSC_3002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--r-V9erTJm8/T2k7iCwCkcI/AAAAAAAAM0w/vP2Ye0SFX6c/s640/DSC_3002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LdcNeQEd2dk/T2k7jknLy8I/AAAAAAAAM04/7CBVVyld07U/s1600/DSC_3003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LdcNeQEd2dk/T2k7jknLy8I/AAAAAAAAM04/7CBVVyld07U/s640/DSC_3003.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cN-m1fRScU0/T2k7lVPK47I/AAAAAAAAM1I/hxbk7RaKrAU/s1600/DSC_3004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cN-m1fRScU0/T2k7lVPK47I/AAAAAAAAM1I/hxbk7RaKrAU/s640/DSC_3004.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XNZbY3eoPtw/T2k7mA5gDcI/AAAAAAAAM1E/rBUqhSVcOeo/s1600/DSC_3005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XNZbY3eoPtw/T2k7mA5gDcI/AAAAAAAAM1E/rBUqhSVcOeo/s640/DSC_3005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cl2-a1AmQx0/T2k7nSs17XI/AAAAAAAAM1Q/fImJ7xi0PPE/s1600/DSC_3006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cl2-a1AmQx0/T2k7nSs17XI/AAAAAAAAM1Q/fImJ7xi0PPE/s640/DSC_3006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> the elephants came really close.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KRfZZpAUMxc/T2k7vNmoojI/AAAAAAAAM2A/A0L5blv6sSk/s1600/DSC_3013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KRfZZpAUMxc/T2k7vNmoojI/AAAAAAAAM2A/A0L5blv6sSk/s640/DSC_3013.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> and even sucked up water</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and spit it back out of his trunk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VhH-B4fRiVk/T2k7zEPdRyI/AAAAAAAAM2Y/W_VA7UdjPj8/s1600/DSC_3016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VhH-B4fRiVk/T2k7zEPdRyI/AAAAAAAAM2Y/W_VA7UdjPj8/s640/DSC_3016.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R4AeBQO_Tuk/T2k71x-DdeI/AAAAAAAAM2o/0hW6h-Mrs_8/s1600/DSC_3018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R4AeBQO_Tuk/T2k71x-DdeI/AAAAAAAAM2o/0hW6h-Mrs_8/s640/DSC_3018.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> we went in to the butterfly house</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">while nana fed hayes a bottle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H-9xREZSKX4/T2k74R7ccnI/AAAAAAAAM3A/gRPr5oeLUzM/s1600/DSC_3021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H-9xREZSKX4/T2k74R7ccnI/AAAAAAAAM3A/gRPr5oeLUzM/s640/DSC_3021.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a83sidVdIk0/T2k75kGXKNI/AAAAAAAAM3I/evUddJnG04o/s1600/DSC_3022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a83sidVdIk0/T2k75kGXKNI/AAAAAAAAM3I/evUddJnG04o/s640/DSC_3022.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kWWfTnsa7fc/T2k761xIwiI/AAAAAAAAM3Q/c9djEHDZ6nk/s1600/DSC_3023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kWWfTnsa7fc/T2k761xIwiI/AAAAAAAAM3Q/c9djEHDZ6nk/s640/DSC_3023.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-87j2q50hIkc/T2k79B1m9UI/AAAAAAAAM3Y/NKGO17El1M8/s1600/DSC_3024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-87j2q50hIkc/T2k79B1m9UI/AAAAAAAAM3Y/NKGO17El1M8/s640/DSC_3024.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ShDLcdUlqVU/T2k8Bfv8xlI/AAAAAAAAM3w/nwUsKQ6-YWQ/s1600/DSC_3027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ShDLcdUlqVU/T2k8Bfv8xlI/AAAAAAAAM3w/nwUsKQ6-YWQ/s640/DSC_3027.JPG" width="428" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i let parker out of his stroller for a bit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">which meant crawling over the bench of course. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XqPm9k_bXNY/T2k8Cf3hTpI/AAAAAAAAM34/F4x5fek3J-g/s1600/DSC_3028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XqPm9k_bXNY/T2k8Cf3hTpI/AAAAAAAAM34/F4x5fek3J-g/s640/DSC_3028.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> and here's my attempt at a cute cousin pic....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n0BMRT6ZFxk/T2k8EpgFTDI/AAAAAAAAM4I/AJ9Cjpl1gQQ/s1600/DSC_3030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n0BMRT6ZFxk/T2k8EpgFTDI/AAAAAAAAM4I/AJ9Cjpl1gQQ/s640/DSC_3030.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CyQNRtiWFLo/T2k8F1PTNSI/AAAAAAAAM4Q/iMsKVAY8Qtw/s1600/DSC_3031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CyQNRtiWFLo/T2k8F1PTNSI/AAAAAAAAM4Q/iMsKVAY8Qtw/s640/DSC_3031.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M5LZH5fgD84/T2k8HFRGabI/AAAAAAAAM4Y/IIEbTf_tp0A/s1600/DSC_3032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M5LZH5fgD84/T2k8HFRGabI/AAAAAAAAM4Y/IIEbTf_tp0A/s640/DSC_3032.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K2_L7iLwojA/T2k8IWftvPI/AAAAAAAAM4g/dIeMPZTKbvQ/s640/DSC_3033.JPG" width="640" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and then we went over to the penguin house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but didn't go inside bc there was a line</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and we don't do lines. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qOJExwKCQE4/T2k8Jd-Y8QI/AAAAAAAAM4o/kKG01oaRLkI/s1600/DSC_3034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qOJExwKCQE4/T2k8Jd-Y8QI/AAAAAAAAM4o/kKG01oaRLkI/s640/DSC_3034.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mjgNzu64Qf8/T2k8KFJmhiI/AAAAAAAAM4w/ZbjwCuBv__M/s1600/DSC_3035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mjgNzu64Qf8/T2k8KFJmhiI/AAAAAAAAM4w/ZbjwCuBv__M/s640/DSC_3035.JPG" width="428" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">they were out and about swimming</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and jumping in and out of the water. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0A3xKXFq7Fg/T2k8LJm7BxI/AAAAAAAAM44/WmbGiSfwFRw/s1600/DSC_3036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0A3xKXFq7Fg/T2k8LJm7BxI/AAAAAAAAM44/WmbGiSfwFRw/s640/DSC_3036.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sPrbuhGpR1o/T2k8MGqlQxI/AAAAAAAAM5A/KKl3lwLeK0Q/s1600/DSC_3037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sPrbuhGpR1o/T2k8MGqlQxI/AAAAAAAAM5A/KKl3lwLeK0Q/s640/DSC_3037.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L1HYwLp2ioA/T2k8OmhyUtI/AAAAAAAAM5Q/CoFbJo_JqE4/s1600/DSC_3039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L1HYwLp2ioA/T2k8OmhyUtI/AAAAAAAAM5Q/CoFbJo_JqE4/s640/DSC_3039.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZnaDO9DW--M/T2k8PQM0bbI/AAAAAAAAM5Y/-5V75Tx9k7U/s1600/DSC_3040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZnaDO9DW--M/T2k8PQM0bbI/AAAAAAAAM5Y/-5V75Tx9k7U/s640/DSC_3040.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C63fw4A2bJw/T2k8QCC9QrI/AAAAAAAAM5g/3U34GAecCjk/s1600/DSC_3041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C63fw4A2bJw/T2k8QCC9QrI/AAAAAAAAM5g/3U34GAecCjk/s640/DSC_3041.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and the black bears were showing off like crazy too! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OVxU3i7ODVI/T2k8UWH_s0I/AAAAAAAAM54/Ndksy1LmINM/s1600/DSC_3044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OVxU3i7ODVI/T2k8UWH_s0I/AAAAAAAAM54/Ndksy1LmINM/s640/DSC_3044.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xj9hwnXlV4k/T2k8hGCXakI/AAAAAAAAM7I/GGoJTtwteyE/s640/DSC_3054.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rRGTZ5l0bHs/T2k8jW4O9yI/AAAAAAAAM7Y/-fuirFC2U2c/s1600/DSC_3056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rRGTZ5l0bHs/T2k8jW4O9yI/AAAAAAAAM7Y/-fuirFC2U2c/s640/DSC_3056.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> erica and reid rode the carousel.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i got motion sick just watching</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so unless daddy is along, </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">pj gets the shaft and has to sit and watch.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">sorry dude, but</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">you're on your own at six flags. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cCJ3OeRjX50/T2k8lxWgKII/AAAAAAAAM7o/m8t3K69rmNQ/s1600/DSC_3058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cCJ3OeRjX50/T2k8lxWgKII/AAAAAAAAM7o/m8t3K69rmNQ/s640/DSC_3058.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and then i took some pics of this random lady's hair</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">bc my mom liked her haircut </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so i played paparazzi while the lady snapped pics of her own kids.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FMddAk7kk5o/T2k8nvRlhII/AAAAAAAAM74/IVLAe_5JLdo/s1600/DSC_3062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FMddAk7kk5o/T2k8nvRlhII/AAAAAAAAM74/IVLAe_5JLdo/s640/DSC_3062.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WZgCLLt4lWM/T2k8phV6A-I/AAAAAAAAM8I/FPHbz924_OA/s1600/DSC_3064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WZgCLLt4lWM/T2k8phV6A-I/AAAAAAAAM8I/FPHbz924_OA/s640/DSC_3064.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> and i tried again to get a cute photo</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">of the boys by the flowers.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">ya, not so much.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">they chose to dig their fingernails in the dirt instead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jKvdeUBjtSE/T2k8r-fOpwI/AAAAAAAAM8Y/gcb-PcHAPAc/s1600/DSC_3066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jKvdeUBjtSE/T2k8r-fOpwI/AAAAAAAAM8Y/gcb-PcHAPAc/s640/DSC_3066.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dGEvtVEWJ5U/T2k8tDT22rI/AAAAAAAAM8g/s8pI4spFgLY/s1600/DSC_3067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dGEvtVEWJ5U/T2k8tDT22rI/AAAAAAAAM8g/s8pI4spFgLY/s640/DSC_3067.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mXUaiA4BLrY/T2k8uUN-RGI/AAAAAAAAM8o/_Hz2mkJRWQ8/s1600/DSC_3068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mXUaiA4BLrY/T2k8uUN-RGI/AAAAAAAAM8o/_Hz2mkJRWQ8/s640/DSC_3068.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and lastly we had a picnic by our car</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">we all decided if parker could talk</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he'd go home and tell his dad that was his favorite part of the day.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; 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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he all the sudden looks like a grown up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he was playing with his letters while we were waiting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">for nana to pick us up to meet nunu for lunch at aldo's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gru-Mzk124Q/T2k7OwlCPYI/AAAAAAAAMx4/HNIPVBLavM4/s640/DSC_2978.JPG" width="428" /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he seriously looks 16 years old </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">standing there in his pumas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UkHitziJ0I8/T2k7QJdb3AI/AAAAAAAAMyI/w8kBul083nI/s1600/DSC_2980.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UkHitziJ0I8/T2k7QJdb3AI/AAAAAAAAMyI/w8kBul083nI/s640/DSC_2980.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aO-IUjjLvY4/T2k7QyH0MWI/AAAAAAAAMyQ/srlW1BDmQLA/s1600/DSC_2981.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aO-IUjjLvY4/T2k7QyH0MWI/AAAAAAAAMyQ/srlW1BDmQLA/s640/DSC_2981.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-895d1S-eDmM/T2k7ReSQWYI/AAAAAAAAMyY/OkaEy50dRfE/s1600/DSC_2982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-895d1S-eDmM/T2k7ReSQWYI/AAAAAAAAMyY/OkaEy50dRfE/s640/DSC_2982.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-76hJ5290RbY/T2k7DuCo-GI/AAAAAAAAMwI/rJVlcRPL3Ek/s640/DSC_2964.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VlUfD_I9eSA/T2k7EYha6RI/AAAAAAAAMwQ/MusCJRdEEMQ/s1600/DSC_2965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VlUfD_I9eSA/T2k7EYha6RI/AAAAAAAAMwQ/MusCJRdEEMQ/s640/DSC_2965.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> when we have anyone come to our house</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">parker feels the need to show them</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">every single toy we own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PTXYoyoJP3A/T2k7FVabL0I/AAAAAAAAMwY/a4HURa4Mkak/s1600/DSC_2966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PTXYoyoJP3A/T2k7FVabL0I/AAAAAAAAMwY/a4HURa4Mkak/s640/DSC_2966.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> so lucky hayes got to see all his books.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NPl6Om0998s/T2k7GC_ld5I/AAAAAAAAMwg/Q9tssZiVivI/s1600/DSC_2967.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NPl6Om0998s/T2k7GC_ld5I/AAAAAAAAMwg/Q9tssZiVivI/s640/DSC_2967.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6f-i7poILHE/T2k7HOtelnI/AAAAAAAAMwo/opHBvTZBo2w/s1600/DSC_2968.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6f-i7poILHE/T2k7HOtelnI/AAAAAAAAMwo/opHBvTZBo2w/s640/DSC_2968.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eMOT9GeMuoY/T2k7IJEhaGI/AAAAAAAAMww/yqzTdcCarMk/s1600/DSC_2969.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eMOT9GeMuoY/T2k7IJEhaGI/AAAAAAAAMww/yqzTdcCarMk/s640/DSC_2969.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yJJFotJauDg/T2k7Ksl3sqI/AAAAAAAAMxI/iuCZ6LQd72s/s1600/DSC_2972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yJJFotJauDg/T2k7Ksl3sqI/AAAAAAAAMxI/iuCZ6LQd72s/s640/DSC_2972.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> parker thought it was hilarious making him smile</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and coo at us.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so much so he had to get 2 inches from his face.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-amwkyAG0K74/T2k7J1W-uDI/AAAAAAAAMxA/ZxhLRI3kCm0/s1600/DSC_2971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-amwkyAG0K74/T2k7J1W-uDI/AAAAAAAAMxA/ZxhLRI3kCm0/s640/DSC_2971.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j1EviuBNN_U/T2k7OCvj8gI/AAAAAAAAMxw/VP2oxxuTg4s/s1600/DSC_2977.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j1EviuBNN_U/T2k7OCvj8gI/AAAAAAAAMxw/VP2oxxuTg4s/s640/DSC_2977.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i1IXVIGJTLk/T2k7NStuzmI/AAAAAAAAMxo/QxDxZRnBDCQ/s1600/DSC_2976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i1IXVIGJTLk/T2k7NStuzmI/AAAAAAAAMxo/QxDxZRnBDCQ/s640/DSC_2976.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t0pksfxfDoQ/T2k7M6M2pPI/AAAAAAAAMxg/5n3Y0CdBaXA/s1600/DSC_2975.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t0pksfxfDoQ/T2k7M6M2pPI/AAAAAAAAMxg/5n3Y0CdBaXA/s640/DSC_2975.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">we had so much fun!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i think parker enjoyed being the 'big kid' for once.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">although this iphone pic</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">proves he's not THAT much bigger.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">they definitely don't look 15 months apart. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0REVfVJ2fE8oKkNCXwf5Mh1Eoh0wRNche-BiYiYOX8fcxgKOQ3BTbY9JRcT44Gs2tgyGUS3o2XqEpZ8v2UpHMNbAnNUDn7d5a-RYTFH-xLe7c9TdID8XIDBjzqy9R0KdlXAx5TTo5YCk/s640/blogger-image--26807486.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0REVfVJ2fE8oKkNCXwf5Mh1Eoh0wRNche-BiYiYOX8fcxgKOQ3BTbY9JRcT44Gs2tgyGUS3o2XqEpZ8v2UpHMNbAnNUDn7d5a-RYTFH-xLe7c9TdID8XIDBjzqy9R0KdlXAx5TTo5YCk/s640/blogger-image--26807486.jpg" /></a></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-43591593777296065742012-03-13T05:00:00.002-07:002012-03-13T05:00:02.319-07:00what a difference a year makes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">from rice cereal,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">to twix bars </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="322" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-om4Okhmmj1Q/T15f1s_25BI/AAAAAAAAMvM/JE7sCKiROUU/s640/19445932546.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> from a flat bald head,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">to nicely rounded and full of hair</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IrzIfSEiJ-g/T15iR_BzkzI/AAAAAAAAMvc/e5vxnAZNFNI/s1600/19446133507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IrzIfSEiJ-g/T15iR_BzkzI/AAAAAAAAMvc/e5vxnAZNFNI/s640/19446133507.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> from my baby,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">to my toddler.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RaBJvj9bpkM/T15ggRxiuJI/AAAAAAAAMvU/JC6n-ur8j-A/s1600/19445987441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RaBJvj9bpkM/T15ggRxiuJI/AAAAAAAAMvU/JC6n-ur8j-A/s640/19445987441.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-60800039055145088912012-03-09T05:00:00.000-08:002012-03-09T05:00:06.405-08:00beautiful weather & a busy bee<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">we had another gorgeous day last week.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and it finally landed on one of my days off!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">parker absolutely loves to be outside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OhV6XBIahhY/T1KWKWBFosI/AAAAAAAAMsI/6p9lNSbdv-s/s1600/DSC_2936.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OhV6XBIahhY/T1KWKWBFosI/AAAAAAAAMsI/6p9lNSbdv-s/s640/DSC_2936.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so i packed up a huge plastic tote of some toys</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and we headed out back to our patio.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gOTtDgDvf_0/T1KWbz_ndjI/AAAAAAAAMus/4RaLaC4Lz6A/s1600/DSC_2956.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gOTtDgDvf_0/T1KWbz_ndjI/AAAAAAAAMus/4RaLaC4Lz6A/s640/DSC_2956.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q9Ox20jiNwM/T1KWcmaT1wI/AAAAAAAAMuk/6EcI3MDgnMc/s1600/DSC_2957.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q9Ox20jiNwM/T1KWcmaT1wI/AAAAAAAAMuk/6EcI3MDgnMc/s640/DSC_2957.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ru93kJZoz60/T1KWebxuFLI/AAAAAAAAMu4/Hz6tbmWY0po/s1600/DSC_2959.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ru93kJZoz60/T1KWebxuFLI/AAAAAAAAMu4/Hz6tbmWY0po/s640/DSC_2959.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but that only lasted a mere minutes.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">who needs toys! </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he was off to be a boy</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and play in the dirt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KiSGkdJ1jwU/T1KWIyn85qI/AAAAAAAAMr4/e3P9KA6u46Y/s1600/DSC_2934.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KiSGkdJ1jwU/T1KWIyn85qI/AAAAAAAAMr4/e3P9KA6u46Y/s640/DSC_2934.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> many, many trips</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he took picking a handful of dead grass</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">crawling it across the patio and throwing it over the little ledge.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">if only i knew what he thought he was doing.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">"i'll help mommy move this grass"</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">or</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">"wait til she sees what i've done now!" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M8dX6W1rOWg/T1KWW3Q2UtI/AAAAAAAAMto/OgXqY-INXJE/s1600/DSC_2948.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M8dX6W1rOWg/T1KWW3Q2UtI/AAAAAAAAMto/OgXqY-INXJE/s640/DSC_2948.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nD7LaPWexqk/T1KWRy56ZNI/AAAAAAAAMtI/jS1q3ETOP2M/s1600/DSC_2944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nD7LaPWexqk/T1KWRy56ZNI/AAAAAAAAMtI/jS1q3ETOP2M/s640/DSC_2944.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> so busy he was.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nv7CHy5QEFU/T1KWUirp37I/AAAAAAAAMtY/kpx6M-ByjWQ/s1600/DSC_2946.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nv7CHy5QEFU/T1KWUirp37I/AAAAAAAAMtY/kpx6M-ByjWQ/s640/DSC_2946.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9cYHXpg3DyM/T1KWVtIV6MI/AAAAAAAAMtg/Yat80OEM2jc/s1600/DSC_2947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9cYHXpg3DyM/T1KWVtIV6MI/AAAAAAAAMtg/Yat80OEM2jc/s640/DSC_2947.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">just like his daddy,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">always working,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and never sitting still.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8ZIsXquUjRU/T1KWLCg4PwI/AAAAAAAAMsQ/PTm1PWDbF5o/s1600/DSC_2937.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8ZIsXquUjRU/T1KWLCg4PwI/AAAAAAAAMsQ/PTm1PWDbF5o/s640/DSC_2937.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vNCVEm4sEjg/T1KWJlcRyGI/AAAAAAAAMsA/kMcLTDzxQJ0/s1600/DSC_2935.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vNCVEm4sEjg/T1KWJlcRyGI/AAAAAAAAMsA/kMcLTDzxQJ0/s640/DSC_2935.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aBNIobSAH50/T1KWZda0vwI/AAAAAAAAMuI/ojez0FX9lH0/s1600/DSC_2953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aBNIobSAH50/T1KWZda0vwI/AAAAAAAAMuI/ojez0FX9lH0/s640/DSC_2953.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OZ_QeKixQes/T1KWaQFiDVI/AAAAAAAAMuQ/kKitUhvu1tg/s1600/DSC_2954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OZ_QeKixQes/T1KWaQFiDVI/AAAAAAAAMuQ/kKitUhvu1tg/s640/DSC_2954.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">busy bee took an awesome nap for mommy</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">after all that hard work in the fresh air.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; 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</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-68594779036120377002012-03-08T05:00:00.001-08:002012-03-08T05:00:00.874-08:00scariest moment to date<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">maybe not.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i can't off the top of my head think of a scarier moment in my life,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">not as a mother at least.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">for all documentation purposes,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i'll tell you about my lovely friday afternoon.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">every day as danny gets off work he texts my mom</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">to see if parker is awake for him to go pick up, or still napping.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">on friday he was sleeping a littler later,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so danny went to his cousins to visit and wait for him to get up.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">(yes, we have a pretty sweet situation)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">as parker woke up my mom heard him on the monitor</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">coughing/gagging.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">she ran upstairs thinking he was going to throw up</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and realized he was actually gasping for air.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">you know that seal-like barking croupy cough noise,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">well it sounded like that, only he wasn't coughing</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he was struggling to breathe.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">she immediately called danny who flew over to her house.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">in the mean time calling me at work</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and i could hear him in the background breathing.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i told her to call 911, kids should never be struggling to breathe,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and me working in the medical field</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">hear the horror stories of kid's throats closing completely off that quickly.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">as d walked in and saw parker struggling, they decided he needed</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">to be seen by a doctor asap.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">they rushed out the door without even a diaper bag </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and poor pj in his nap soaked pee diaper.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">(obviously the least of their worries)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">on the drive over he started slowing his breathing and doing slightly better. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> i grabbed my purse and ran out of work to meet them at urgent care.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i spent the next hour praying and reasoning with God</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">to help me get there safe,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and to be with my baby when i couldn't.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">my life flashed before me, realizing i couldn't go on</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">if something seriously happened to my son. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and maybe cussing at the slow pokes in my way.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i was on a mission!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">when i got to urgent care he was doing much better,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">still looked sickly and when he tried to talk</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he sounded like a 2 pack a day smoker.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">they diagnosed him with croup and an ear infection in his left ear.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">predinose and breathing treatments for the croup,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">amoxicillin for the ear.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">luckily he didn't inherit my allergy to all penicillin's.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> on our way home,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">pj chatted up a storm. like nothing ever happened!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">totally, totally bizzare.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">fine all morning for my mom, can't breathe for about 30 min,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and then fine all evening.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> after a sleepless night on my part</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">worrying it would happen again,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">the next morning he did develop a bad cough and runny nose</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">that's pouring out in buckets. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">which we're are pretty sure the entire franklin county has </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">the same sinus infection right now. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">but this is a deep congested cough, not a croup cough.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so we are a bit baffled by the whole thing.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">d told me that night he's never been so scared in his life.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">it was like 2 hours later and he was still shaking.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">life is so precious</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and can be taken from you in a flash.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783894642233226957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652220408308625082.post-61708667488219758922012-03-06T11:16:00.000-08:002012-03-06T11:16:20.518-08:00is it seriously march?!?<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">time is flying by!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and i have so much to update on.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">parker's insurance decided it didn't want to pay for</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">him to have physical therapy </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and didn't approve it as 'necessary treatment'</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so he can't going back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PlD6eJ3xDJM/T1KV-AVNF0I/AAAAAAAAMqI/0Thzl233gw8/s1600/DSC_2920.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PlD6eJ3xDJM/T1KV-AVNF0I/AAAAAAAAMqI/0Thzl233gw8/s640/DSC_2920.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i got a call last evening from first steps</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and he didn't qualify for the program</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">because he didn't score low enough to be eligible.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">good! </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">my kid isn't totally screwed up</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">BUT... </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">they graded him physically as a 10 month</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">seriously, that's almost SEVEN months behind?!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">she did say that he did score 'pretty average'</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">in all the other categories.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">she's mailing me the score sheets so i'll be able to see more when i get them.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i'm super curious to see what he's excelling in</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and what he's not.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-prh38UL8XoU/T1KWAErBthI/AAAAAAAAMqg/fx7h0FqWoWk/s1600/DSC_2923.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-prh38UL8XoU/T1KWAErBthI/AAAAAAAAMqg/fx7h0FqWoWk/s640/DSC_2923.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so we have exactly 1 month and 2 days to get the boy walking!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">bc according to his pediatrician</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">there isn't much concern until they aren't walking at 18 months. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i'm debating taking away his naps </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and making him exercise for 12 straight hours a day.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">totally kidding, chill out.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">d and i do think he has gotten a little more steady on his feet.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">the other night he got on all fours,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">like on his hands and feet not his knees</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">like he was trying to stand up not grabbing onto anything.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">which he's never done before.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">so d and i start cheering for him and yelling</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">which i think kinda freaked him out.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">because he immediately looked up at us with this terrified look</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">like he was doing something wrong.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">haha. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and we were practicing with him walking between us</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">when we THINK he may or may not have stood for half a second</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and took his first official step</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">before diving head first into the carpet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v4eABLDb8e0/T1KWA7HbcGI/AAAAAAAAMqo/UmuLi4ywTic/s1600/DSC_2924.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v4eABLDb8e0/T1KWA7HbcGI/AAAAAAAAMqo/UmuLi4ywTic/s640/DSC_2924.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> i bought him some beans the other day</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">while i was grocery shopping.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">trying to give him a little 'texture play'.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> you'd think i bought him a puppy!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">i'm totally getting over my ocd of messes and letting him a kid. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">he spends a good 30 min digging in these beans</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">and it only take me like 30 sec to clean them up.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">plus it's like finding quarters in the washing machine,</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">we have secret beans hidden all over the house!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">double bonus!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f11UOalCWR0/T1KWDCCIhmI/AAAAAAAAMrA/gHl7lN7Atk8/s1600/DSC_2927.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f11UOalCWR0/T1KWDCCIhmI/AAAAAAAAMrA/gHl7lN7Atk8/s640/DSC_2927.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-27Bq0MWBTIA/T1KWFWFEtuI/AAAAAAAAMrY/tiP2zXup6jQ/s1600/DSC_2930.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-27Bq0MWBTIA/T1KWFWFEtuI/AAAAAAAAMrY/tiP2zXup6jQ/s640/DSC_2930.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; 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