Parker's 1st Birthday Party

We had a St. Patrick's Day themed bday party for Parker. Here are some of the photos...

Cake time...

He had a cupcake Shamrock cake...

Peyton hitting the pinata...

Parker giving it a try...

Parker and Mommy....

Birthday Boy...
Our church was nice enough to allow us to use the inflatable for the party. The kids had a blast!!

Parker

Parker's 1 year pics.... At his checkup he was 25 lbs 5 oz and 30.5 inches. He finally slowed down and didn't gain a lot of weight since his 9 month checkup.

Happy Birthday Parker

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARKER BABY!! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE ONE ALREADY! AS YOU CAN SEE HE'S WEARING GREEN FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY.... HIS SHIRT SAYS "NOT LUCKY. JUST CUTE!" SINCE I'M BIASED, I WOULD AGREE. :)

Baby girl

Today I had an ultrasound done of our babygirl to make sure that all was well with her. She is growing well and shows no signs of my SVT affecting her. So we are very grateful and relieved to know that she's doing well. She weighs about 2lbs 13oz and is slightly above average for the amount of weeks that I am. Not too shocking considering I end up with 9 and 10 lb babies! I got to get some awesome 4D pics of her so I posted 2 and then also another on that is a profile of her. 12 more weeks and she is supposed to be here!!

Out of the mouth of a babe....

Today the boys and I went over to Target to get some last minute things for Parker's birthday party. While I was putting the boys in the cart, a police officer was walking a girl out in handcuffs. In my head I'm saying "Oh great, here it comes!" I knew Peyton was going to have something to say about this.... He goes "Mommy, why is that policeman taking that girl in those things? Was she bad?" I say "Yes, she got in trouble for something." - trying to keep it simple and avoid having a discussion about all the things she could have done and also just trying to move on since watching someone getting arrested is not on the top of my list of things I want our 4 yr old to experience just yet. In response Peyton asks in a very loud voice, "Why is she in trouble? Because she didn't eat all her dinner?" I start laughing and so does the woman who is walking in at the same time and overhears our conversation. I am trying to control my laughter and explain to him that no she did something a little more serious than that, like took something that didn't belong to her or hurt someone she shouldn't have (b/c I'm not so sure what she was being arrested for - it seemed like a complicated situation). Later as we're walking through the store, Peyton asks me if she's going to jail with the policeman. I didn't even know that he knew that that's where they send you when you get in trouble with the police.

When he was telling my mom who stopped over tonight, he was demonstrating the girl in handcuffs to her, which of course makes me feel horrible that he had to see all this. I always tell Peyton that he has to keep his seat belt on or the police will stop mommy and I will get in trouble (I learned this idea from someone I used to nanny for; she used to tell this to her twins and daughter when we were getting ready to go somewhere - thanks Carol:) ). Well he started freaking out one day after he pushed the button to his seat belt too early and wasn't buckled in because he didn't want the police to come. Jeff and I started laughing (one of the only times I have ever laughed when my child was crying and truly fearful - I couldn't help it). I can only imagine how this is going to play out now when he does something he shouldn't or in his frequent nightmares he wakes me up for.

Moral of the story... Make sure you eat your dinner or the police will arrest you. :)

To my baby boy,

I can't believe its been almost a year already! In so many ways it feels like just yesterday that we were praying God would bless us with another child to love. As mommy was struggling with the loss of your sibling, God truly blessed us with the most easy going, happy, precious, loving baby; you. I'm so grateful for everything we went through to get you. Our lives are forever changed by the presence of you and all the memories we have created in the first year of your life. I am so excited to spend many more years watching you grow. Thank you for all the love and laughter you have brought to our lives. I love you Parker Owen.

Dressed alike again

As many of you know I love to dress the boys alike. Here's another night that's no exception. :)

Peyton - 4.5 yrs Parker - 11.5 months

Cheese curls...

We got a few beautiful days here and Sat. was so nice we played outside for a while and then had a little snack - not the most healthy of snacks, but definitely one of the messiest.



A face only a mother could love...

Even our 4 yr old manages to get them on every inch of himself.

Say "no" to food, "yes" to dirt, chalk, and nastiness!

So as I have mentioned before, our 11 month old won't eat food. He chews it up and then spits it out. Its a wonderful thing! So as you can imagine, its extremely frustrating to try to feed him and get enough calories and nutrients into him. What's doubly frustrating is that he will eat ANYTHING he finds on the floor or ground, including mud and chalk!!!

It looks so innocent... like he just put it into his mouth and then took it out. No, he actually took bites of it and I did my best to get it out, but regardless of my efforts he still had a few chunks in his mouth. Did he spit them out? No, he SWALLOWED them!! AHHHHHHH!!! :)

Random photos

I haven't posted in a while, but here are a few random photos of life with the Borchelt's lately.

You can see "baby girl" is growing... she's doing well. I go for the 1st of my 4 ultrasounds I have to have to check on her growth. They just want to make sure that my SVT isn't affecting her.

Can you tell he's my kid?? Its hard to see in this picture, but our eyes are the same color - the only thing about him that looks like me. :)

Me and the boys....

Laundry basket fun... don't mind the spaghetti sauce on Peyton's face still left from dinner. :)

Parker and his mashed potatoes. The only way he will eat them is if he can play in them and that's even a stretch to say he actually swallowed them. Still having trouble getting him to eat ANYTHING!!