recap

so i decided to do a quick look back

of 2011.

January:

 sat in his bumbo a lot

discovered his tongue 

 got a flat head

cheered on the mizzou tigers

February:

 became a cowboys fan like daddy

 learned to pray

 played in the snow

 got to ride in the moby facing out

 went to the doc for another well baby visit

got to taste rice cereal.

March:

 looked really cute

and apparently didn't get his picture taken much.

April:

 partied in his special made cowboy hat at reid's bday

 more bumbo time

 helping daddy blow out his candles

and got his 6month pics taken

May:

 celebrated mother's day

 went on his first camping trip to babler

 watched lots of cardinals games with daddy

and discovered he loved popsicles like mommy

June:

 went on his first vacation to yosemite and san fransisco

and celebrated fathers day

July:

 celebrated the 4th

 got his first haircut

 went to the doc again

 enjoyed time at papa's lakehouse

August:

 shared cereal with daddy

 went downtown stl for the labor day parade

shared a popsicle with reid

 went to the zoo

 updated his facebook

and teased sanders a lot

September:

 bought our last canister of formula

 watched daddy thru the window bbq on the deck

started watching alittle cartoons

October:

 turned 1!

 went to the pumpkin patch

and the cardinals world series parade

 and got 1 year pics taken

November:

 went on first hayride

 made a christmas list

 picked his nose at matt's bady

 celebrated thanksgiving

 and had a playdate

December:

 got our family xmas tree

 posed for a xmas card

 played in his ball pit a lot

 and thoroughly enjoyed christmas

What an amazing year 2011 was for us!

Happy new year!

carpe diem

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child labor

we had so much laundry to catch up on

after the christmas weekend.

so i put my son to work!

the kid is obsessed with laundry, 

still.

if he hears the washer or dryer door open

it's a full out sprint-crawl to the laundry room.

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and finally it all came to an end.

after the ham brunch we went to my aunt and uncles

to celebrate with my side of the fam.

we draw names each year

and added a bonus white elephant gift exchange this time around

that had to be a gift found in your house.

 one by one we open a gift for all to see.

 papa being a good sport in the white elephant exchange.

 thats my hubby.

the washington town and country fair queen.

such a proud moment.

 parker got this adorable hat

from my cousins
and amazingly loud drum set
from my aunt.
(if i had to guess, these instruments and his train set
would be his fav if he could talk)

 and then came 9am december 26th.

parker slept for 13 and 1/2 hours from partying so hard

in honor of baby jesus.

enjoying his milk

in his new elmo chair

watching bubble guppies.

and not a care in the world.

the way it should be.

carpe diem

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baby jesus was born

christmas morning we stayed home

just the three of us
so parker could open his presents from us santa
and just enjoy being a family of three.

as you can see in the photos

we look rough in the am,

but this was by far my favorite part of the whole weekend.
we made the wonderful decision
of putting together his big toys beforehand,
so he could actually play with them xmas morning
and not unwrap a big box with no clue what it is.
d and i also didn't want to spend the whole day
cutting things out of boxes
and are so ridiculously secured
that i'm certain they're made by satan himself.

after we all showered and looked presentable

we went to d's grandmas for her infamous ham.

danny looks forward to this ham for 364 days.

i unfortunately got no pictures.

it was difficult to keep parker contained in her house

with all the other family there.

surprisingly we got to spend some time outside

on her porch because it was 55 degrees!

carpe diem

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