New hairdo

I finally got my hair done today. I went with a choppy, razor cut thats fun and a little funky:) I went a darker brown that is almost my natural hair color and I really like it!

Fun Times

I have been a really bad blogger lately! Parker, work, and life in general have been keeping us really busy.
Here are some pictures from last Sunday and Monday when Nana and Bubba came to visit (plus some random funny ones).

Happy Valentine's Day!

I am taking today and tomorrow off work to spend some quality time with Nate and Parker. P and I are going to visit Daddy this afternoon since we hardly ever get to do that now that we live in NE! Tonight Grandpa and Grandma are watching P so that Nate and I can go out to dinner at our favorite little Italian joint, Piazza Italia. They even offered to keep him overnight so that we can enjoy an ENTIRE night together:) I can't wait!

On a side note, I am reading "The Happiest Toddler on the Block" as Parker's tantrums/fits/need for constant attention were getting out of control. The book has some good pointers as to how to deal with this sort of behavior. Bottom line: even young toddlers want to feel acknowledged/understood and get easily frustrated when parents don't acknowledge that they understand what the child wants. . . Basic, yet I was missing that, and Parker's behavior has been so much better in less than a week's time! I have been much more conscious of getting to his level and speaking in his language, thus he has been so much happier with me!

We ordered a new leather couch that will be in tomorrow, and we are going shopping for a nice jogging stroller on Saturday. Now that nicer weather is on the way we recognize the need to get out more, and we really need a good quality stroller for these bumpy Portland sidewalks. Who knows-maybe we'll also be motivated to start running again?!
Nana and Bubba are coming up on Sunday to stay the night and watch Parker on Monday, so we have a fun weekend ahead of us! Hopefully I'll have new pictures to post soon. . .

New Boots. . .

Parker got some cool cowboy boots from Grandma last week! This picture doesn't do a good job of showing how excited he actually is about these. He finds them in his closet and begs to wear them, only they are too big and he can't walk very well in them:) We're looking for a matching cowboy hat so he can dress-up in style. . .