Our baby

Our baby is getting so big and just growing up way too fast!! As many of you know, we don't get to spend a whole lot of time together as a family. Jeff works 6 days a week and very long hours. But on Sat we got a special treat. It was almost 80 degrees and beautiful out and Jeff got done work early. He was home by 1:30 and met us at the park and then after we went home Jeff needed to change the oil in the cars and Peyton wanted to help. (I know, isnt' that exactly how you want to spend your family time together? :) ) I couldn't resist taking pictures of our baby becoming a big boy.

Easter

Easter Morning... the Easter Bunny brought fun stuff.

Parker loves dogs and its actually his first word. The Easter Bunny must have known.

"CHEESE"

Peyton, Tilman, Braycee, & Parker

Peyton & Braycee (the funny thing is Peyton and Tilman are buds and Braycee loves Parker but somehow these are the pics that got taken)

Parker & Tilman

Dinner

This is how dinner gets made... a free for all in the cabinets and drawers. Gotta love the extra dishes to do in the end!!

Prego pic

This occurred on the same day as the Easter Pics and they amazingly cooperated. I did this when I was pregnant with Parker too so I had to do it with this one as well. Oh, and "this one's" name is going to be Piper. No middle name yet.... still working on that. I finally gave in to Jeff's name choice. :) He really wanted to stick with the "P's" and so did I, but the choices were very limited. It's different, but that's ok and I think its kind of fun. (Can you tell I'm still convincing myself?) :)

Easter Photos

So here are my babies all dressed up for Easter pics. BTW - its not easy getting a 12 month old to hold still long enough while also encouraging a 4 yr old to stay smiling no matter what his little brother does!!

Easter Bunny 2009

Both boys loved the Easter Bunny. Funny story.... we were at the Montgomeryville Mall a few days before this was taken and the bunny was white with glasses. So when we get to the Coventry Mall and the bunny is clearly not white, Peyton says "Mommy, this bunny is brown and the other bunny was white with glasses". My mind is racing with a thousand thoughts about how I'm going to get out of this one with the least amount of questions to not give away the fact that the Bunny isn't real....But to my surprise he simply makes the observation and goes running over and gives the Bunny a high five. He told Jeff about it later and has never once questioned it. In fact he has just stated in recent days that there are 2 different bunnies and apparently that's ok with him. :) Thank goodness!!!! I'm waiting for him to ask which one is going to deliver his basket and candy!

My little troublemakers

Ok so when my kids get into something I usually laugh and take pictures rather than rush to clean it up. You have to pick your battles right? Parker has been a pretty easy going baby as far as personality and just recently he has started to show signs of being much more like Peyton. The strong willed child is starting to appear as well as the classic toddler stages.

Despite Parker's normally happy personality, he has been REALLY fussy lately due to teething and has been very clingy to mommy. So when he got quiet the other day I knew something had to be up. Here's what I found. He's LOVES wipes and the wipe container.

So, as many of you moms know, finding 5 minutes to throw on some clothes and put your hair up to look somewhat presentable before going out, is next to impossible. But, sometimes you just have to do what you have to do. As I went upstairs I left the boys gated into the living room watching TV. Peyton yells up to me every couple of minutes, about anything and everything. Admittedly I tend to tune it out sometimes or tell him to wait or I would never be able to get dressed. This time Peyton was telling me that Parker did something; I figured it was just something that Peyton was being possessive about. So after Peyton not quitting on yelling up to me, I decide to come downstairs to see what all the fuss was about and this is what I came down to.

What is this you ask? The inside of a soaking wet diaper. Did I mention that I left Parker in just his diaper and had intentions of changing him as soon as I grabbed him some clothes on the way downstairs. If you aren't familiar with what's inside a diaper or have never had a diaper explode on you.... there are little gel things inside that absorb the pee and stick to EVERYTHING when the diaper breaks open. Parker decided to rip open the front of his diaper and the stuff went everywhere!!

As you can see, he's very proud of himself and no longer has a front of a diaper. There's a slit down the middle and nothing left inside.

So not only did I have to figure out how to clean this up (did I mention it sticks to EVERYTHING??), I had to figure out where to begin. The toys were everywhere and Parker is deathly afraid of the vacuum. I have to carry around a 25 lb child on my hip who has a death grip on me and vacuum at the same time, all while barely being able to breathe due to baby in my belly too!!

Here are some of the things Peyton got into when he was this age... Tissues everywhere.

Peyton emptied an entire box of baby crackers all over the floor. At least he decided to help clean them up - by eating them. :)

Peyton was obsessed with climbing onto our end table and play with the coasters.