Just a Day Out in the Yard!

Mommy & Parker working out in the backyard!

I've got my wheel barrel Mommy!

I am going to chase you with it!

This is fun!

On a more serious note......its bubble time!

Parker loves bubbles!

I am going to shoot you with my bubble gun Mommy!

All that work made me hungry...snack time!

A Trip to the St. Louis Zoo!

About a month ago ( I know I am behind on posts!) we took a trip to the St. Louis Zoo, it was a gorgeous day and we wanted to get out and take advantage, well apparently everyone else did too because the zoo was a madhouse! Despite all the people there we still had a really good time & Parker really enjoyed it too. We went with our friends, Christy & Travis ( although somehow I managed not to get any pictures of them!) and ended our day with a nice dinner in O'Fallon that evening! Thanks Christy & Travis for a great day! Hope you enjoy the pics!

Daddy's Shoes

Had to share these pics of Parker walking around with Bobby's dress shoes on. He loves taking our shoes out of our closet and trying them on. You can see from the pictures, that the shoes he picked out don't even match! Anyway, I thought the pics and video turned out cute and wanted to share!

Christmas 2008

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We definitely did! Parker got way more than he needed, but I wouldn't have expected anything less. He is the youngest on my side of the family and of course is the star of the show no matter where we are. He is also the youngest on Bobby's mother's side of the family as well...so for every holiday he makes out like a fat rat! We had to clean out the toy box to make room for all the new stuff. I didn't get as many pictures as I would have like to get his year, only because I was having to help Parker open gifts and Bobby was operating the camcorder (is that what they are called these days?) Anyway...Parker was quite as into opening gifts as I would have hoped this year. He would open one gift and then want to start playing with it as opposed to opening more gifts. I think next year will be a lot more fun! Nevertheless, we certainly had a great Christmas with both sides of the family!

Family Pictures by JCPenney

Here are our family pictures we had done at JCPenney. We had made an attempt to go a few weeks ago, but Paker fell and busted his lip open right as we were getting ready to walk out the door! He had a small bruise above his left eye this go around which he got by hitting it on the corner of one of my kitchen chairs....but I thought what the heck...if I wait until he is completely picture perfect, I might not ever get these pictures done! Besides the bruise didn't show up in most of the pics. We did family pics first and I wanted to get Parker's 18 month pictures done while we were there, but after family pics he was not the least bit interested! We got one decent shot (the one above) and thats it...guess I will have to make another appt. to get his solo pics done! Hope everyone is having a very Happy Holiday Season! Stay Warm!

A Christmas Party with Family & Friends

Last night we had a Christmas Party with our family and friends which we have every year. The kids all exchange gifts and the adults play a "good santa/bad santa" game where we select a gift out of a pile of gifts and you may grab a really nice gift or you make grab a gag gift. After everyone selects a gift from a pile then everyone has an opportunity to steal a gift from another person. Its a fun game and sometimes you end up with a really cool gift or you may end up with a can of chilli beans and beano (like I did!) Anyway...these are some family pics from the party that I wanted to share! Hope everyone is having a very happy holiday season!