Behind...Once Again

I know alot has happened since I last blogged so let me see if I can remember at least a few of them.

Our computer is having some issues and is in the process of being fixed so I have been without one for awhile...I feel so lost without it. We're having our weekly family dinner with my parents tonight so I'm using their computer to finally update the blog. I can't post any pictures because they're all on my computer...hopefully they're still there.

Jeremy got our pool up last week and it is GREAT!! We have such a good time swimming in it. I keep trying to get Parker to practice what he learned in swimming lessons but he keeps just doing the circles with his arms and not kicking because he can touch the bottom so he doesn't have to kick. Brooklyn is pretty brave in there too. She gets all excited. I'll dunk her under and it doesn't scare her. She gets bored with it alot quicker than Parker does though so we try to go swimming during her nap.

We had a garage sale a couple of weekends ago and got rid of Parker and Brooklyn's old clothes, baby stuff and a few odds and ends. We did really good on Friday but not a big crowd on Saturday which was weird. Parker was there with me on Friday and was quite offended that those people were taking his stuff. There was a police man that kept driving around the block every 45 minutes or so. I told Parker to wave to him. Parker runs out to the end of the driveway waving the whole time and says hi to the policeman. The policeman waves back and says hey there. Parker turned around, and laughing said...momma, he just called me mater. So cute! He makes me laugh.

Jeremy injured himself a few weekends ago. He went with the youth to a lock out and fell while playing broomball. He fell onto the ice, right on his knee. A week later it was still hurting so he finally went to the doctor. He has a broken knee cap. The doctor said that he could splint it or Jeremy could just not squat...so of course he said that he'd rather not have a splint.

Brooklyn turned one last month. We had a party for her at the house. We invited family and a few friends. It was fun. Unlike Parker, she actually tried the cake. Parker wouldn't eat his cake at his first birthday. We did a ladybug cake which turned out SO cute. We had a hard time with it though because our a/c was out at the time so the icing kept melting. We would have to ice a little section, put the cake in the fridge and the icing in the freezer. Get it out 5-10 minutes later and do a little more. We are so grateful to have our a/c fixed now. Texas summers are too hot to have no a/c.

I got my hair cut. It had gotten pretty long. I liked it long, but it took so long to fix. I had decided awhile back that I was going to let it grow out so I could donate to locks of love. The minimum donation is 10 inches so that is how much I got cut off. My hair donation will go to make a wig for a kid with medical hair loss.

Well, that is all that I can think of so I guess I will wrap up. As soon as I get my computer fixed I'll upload some pictures.

Swimming Lessons

Parker started swimming lessons last week and is loving it. We can't get him to talk about it much though. I asked him about swimming lessons yesterday and he said...why do i always have to tell everyone about swimming lessons. He's so silly. He scared me (and himself) yesterday. He wasn't paying attention and slipped off of the step. I was getting Brooklyn a snack out of the back of the stroller and looked up to see him struggling trying to get out of the water. His teacher was helping one of the other kids but saw him and went over and helped him to the side. I remained calm (surprisingly) and went over to him to wipe his face off with the towel. He started to get upset and cry but I reassured him that he was okay. By his next turn he was out there again and not scared anymore. Tomorrow is his last day and Jeremy is going to be able to come and see him.











My sweet little baby girl turned one today. We're having her party on Saturday. I'll post some pictures next week hopefully. I better get to bed, it's getting so late.

Parker's Birthday

We had fun out at the park for Parker and Jeremy's birthday on the 2nd. Jeremy boiled crawfish, potatoes, sausage and corn and grilled hamburgers and hotdogs. The kids loved running from one playground to the other. It turned out to be a nice weekend, it wasn't very hot and there was a good breeze.

I have some more pics to post but I need to tend to a few things so hopefully I'll get them up tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great day.

Backtracking

I finally downloaded pictures from my mom's camera so here they are...

Brooklyn's baby dedication

Here are a few from Georgia...

Halloween...carving pumpkins. Jeremy's costume scared a few kids.

Okay, I think that is it for old pictures. We're celebrating Parker and Jeremy's birthday this weekend. We're going to the park again. I asked Parker what he wanted to do for his birthday and he said that he wanted to play...easy enough. It's so hard to believe he's going to be 4...wow, time flies. He's getting so big and says the funniest things.

Easter was fun. It was Brooklyn's first Easter. She wasn't interested in too much. She found two eggs and would just hit them together for awhile and throw them down and pick them up again. Parker loved it of course. Parker loved dying the eggs too but Brooklyn threw them down so hard they would crack...so we didn't let her hold the real eggs.

Well, I guess I'm going to end for now. Brooklyn is fussy and Parker is waiting to watch a movie on the computer.

Slacking Off

I can't believe that it's been over a month since I have updated the blog...what a slacker I've been. So much has happened over the last month. Jeremy's still at work because they're doing inventory and the kids are asleep so I thought I better get on here and update while I was thinking about it.

Spring break, mom and I took the kids to visit Amy and her family in Georgia. Breaking up the trip into two days made it easy on the kids. They both did really good. Going up there was miserable because I was sick, but luckily it passed after a few days and I enjoyed the rest of our trip. We had a good time, of course, spending time with family. I have no pictures though. We used mom's camera because Jeremy had ours...he went on the church ski trip. I haven't gotten her pics downloaded and burned to a CD yet so hopefully I'll do that soon and post them in a later blog (hopefully before next month).

Jessica and Jody came to visit and go to the Rodeo. It was alot of fun. Once again...I have no pictures, so I saved these off of Jessica's facebook album. :) Thanks Jess.

I got home Sunday night from Georgia and Jess and Jody came in on Wednesday night. They had a little trouble getting here but they made it. We caught up on what had happened since we saw each other last, had a relaxing Thursday and Friday and headed to the rodeo. It was a fun weekend, but went by way too fast.

Brooklyn is walking so good now. She gets excited about something and will start walking really fast...and as long as she doesn't have shoes on, she usually doesn't fall down. It is hard for me to believe that she's 9 months old already and Parker will be 4 next month. I am kind of wondering if he's going to be disappointed on his birthday that he's only going to be 4. He has it in his mind that he's going to be 5 and get to go to kindergarten. He's rushing things a little too much for me.

We went outside to play earlier today and we had a few visitors...which were still there when it was getting dark outside.

I swear we are a magnet for strays. As soon as we were going into the backyard I see the dogs coming through the fence. We always get the strays that won't leave. I can throw rocks at them, shoot the bb gun at them...they don't leave, they just lay down and wimper. How do you get rid of a dog that does that?? The dogs were pretty cute so I just let them play around in the yard, but they started to get a little rough with Parker. They were just playing and it was pretty funny, but Parker was getting mad at them. They would follow behind him and nip at him and got him in the butt a few times and nipped at his fingers. I told Parker to pop them on the nose but he wouldn't do it. So...I decide I'll chase them off with the bb gun because Parker didn't want to be outside if they were out there. The dumb dogs just stand there so I had to actually hit them with the bb's to make them run off...but they only run under the shed so I really can't get rid of them. We decided just to go inside and hope they would go away. Here's a video of Parker playing with them...before he got mad at them.

Despite the dogs out there, the kids did have some fun. Brooklyn loved the dogs, she kept laughing at them.

I don't know if you can tell, but Brooklyn is sitting in one of Parker's dump trucks. She hated the sand touching her feet. She was trying so hard to get out of the sandbox but I was holding onto her trying to get her used to it. She started to cry so I thought we'd just try the dump truck...which she didn't really like either so I had to hold her up out of the sand. I guess we'll try that another day.

Here's a few more pics of the kids outside.

Here's a cute picture of Parker playing boxing on the Wii. He just figured that one out and he loves it, he's pretty good at it too.

Alright, well I hope that everyone was a wonderful weekend.

Playing Outside

I took the kids outside yesterday for a little bit and got some cute pictures I wanted to share.

Parker has a new word he uses now...rudified...but the meaning of it changes daily. At least when he uses the word he tells me what it means. Today rudified means something good or something bad. His example...like when you are playing basketball and have to take a break. He makes me laugh. He is always coming up with a new word and is pretty creative with it. Hope everyone has a good Tuesday.

The Latest & Greatest

Parker is always my little helper. Sometimes helper isn't really the right word for it, but he tries. We decided to go outside today while Brooklyn was asleep. It was a beautiful, sunny, cool day so we were going to find something to do outside...and try not to get too muddy. I got out the rake to get the leaves out of my flowerbed and Parker decided he wanted the "tweezers" (pruning scissors) to help me trim the bushes. Of course he wants to trim everything so I have to keep an eye on him. He trimmed a little and then played in the leaves that I raked up. I tried getting a picture of him jumping in them or kicking them but I snapped the picture at the wrong time in every picture. Oh well. He's at a good age where I can go outside with him and don't have to keep my eye on him the whole time. He knows not to get in the ditch with the water or get in the street...plus he's typically so noisy that I know right where he is.

Brooklyn has started taking steps. She's not really officially walking yet because 95% of the time she's crawling. For almost a week now there will be a couple of times a day where she'll stand up and take some steps. She's very careful with it. Yesterday she got up, took a few steps, stopped to catch her balance and took a few more steps. I think so far she's taken 5 steps in a row before plopping down. She looks way too little to be doing that already. Parker was walking at 10 months, I think she'll be earlier than he was. She's 8 months now and is catching on really fast. I haven't caught it on video yet but as soon as I do, I'll post it.

A couple of weeks ago we went to the mall and got Brooklyn's ears pierced. Jeremy had to hold her body and her head so she didn't wiggle while the lady was doing the piercing. It tramatized Jeremy almost as much as it did Brooklyn...well, maybe more. Once we were out of the store she was just fine, no more crying. Jeremy still wishes we would have waited to do it. It is so hard to clean her ears because she's so interested in what I'm doing that she won't keep her head still. She wants to grab the cotton ball. Silly girl!

Parker got a recorder for Christmas from my mom and lately it has been one of Brooklyn's favorite toys. She's so musically talented. :) Here's a video of her playing...

Well, that's all of the news that I can think of. Hope that everyone has a great weekend.