The Beach

We have been looking forward to our beach getaway for a few months now, but as it turns out Nate came down with a nasty cold/flu bug on Thursday night. We still headed out to Cannon Beach on Sunday and were hoping that Nate would be feeling better. We took Parker along for the first day/night and Grandma ("ma") and Uncle Lukey came out to get him on Monday. Here is is Tuesday and I decided that it was time to bring Nate to the doctor as he has been running a high fever with chills/headcold symptoms/sore throat for 5 days now. He is starting antibiotics as there have been cases of strep and other bad flu bugs going around. We are going to enjoy of watching movies/laying around in hopes that he will feel better before we have to go home tomorrow!

Here are a few fun pics of Parker. He was in awe of the ocean, birds, dogs and rocks and would run towards the water and/or stand in our window looking longingly outside if we weren't already out on the beach:)

Happy Birthday Nate and Abby!!!

Today is Nate's 28th andAbby's 24th birthdays! We love you both so much and hope that this coming year brings much joy and blessings!!

Saturday fun

We've had quite the weekend already . . .Parker entertained us in the morning by wanting to put on one of my sweatshirts. He also loves wearing hats (but with nothing else!) We took him to ride this really cool carousel which has become his favorite thing to do lately. . you can see how he was trying to break the gate down to get in! He neighed the whole time he was riding his cool horse. We topped the day off with dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's house where Parker had lots of fun with Max! I'll be posting some hilarious videos tomorrow so stayed tuned. . . .

The picture of him sitting in front of the back door is from last weekend. He was watching Uncle Lukey work in our yard-so cute how he sat there intently for a good 5-10 minutes:)

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. . .