Christmas 2008

For Parker and me, Christmas was wonderful. Alex had a stomach virus the entire week we were at mom's so I cannot say he was having a great time. This year was even more fun to watch Parker learn about Christmas. As usual, my family went to the silent service at church on Christmas Eve. You would think taking a two-year old in a silent sanctuary would be a very bad idea, but you would be wrong. Parker was perfect. He only whispered twice I think. When it was time to kneel and pray, he knelt right along with Alex and me. He put his little hands together and prayed. It was a very neat experience and I'm so glad Parker was part of it. On Christmas Eve, we had dinner at Alex's mom's home. All of her kids were together and most of the grandkids. Parker had an exceptional time trying to lure Matthew's girlfriend away. She is absolutely beautiful, and Parker wanted her all to his self. Wow they start young. Christmas morning we looked at all the Santa toys and played..........after having our usual cup of milk and some time to wake. Then we headed off to Aunt Jen's house for lunch. Everyone was there and the food was fab. Alex's dad made the best potato salad ever. I know that is a strange food to rave about, but I'll have to share his little secret later....and in person. WoW!!! Finally we had Christmas with my family at mom's. We had a special gift for my sister.....see she emailed me sometime shortly after Thanksgiving a wonderful homemade idea. Maxi-pad slippers. Well since I conveniently had some of those super after the birth of your child pads left, I decided to put them to use. It was awesome. What a Merry Christmas

2 ALREADY????

I know I really should update my blog better. Anyway, Parker turned two on Dec. 22nd. We had a small party at my mom's for family. This year Parker was much more interested in eating the cake than last year. It is so fun to watch him grow and learn. He is talking so much more and says the craziest things when you are totally not expecting it. Tonight as we lay in bed, he began singing "Parker, tractor, dark, raining, shhh, night-night, lawnmower, raining," and so on. I had to try really hard not to laugh. His sweet little voice sounded like a 13 year old's as it begins to change. Today he woke me with "TEE-TEE"! I was totally not ready to get out of bed, but I thought oh great he has wet the bed. I rolled over and he put his cute little nose to my face and said "potty". Oh, wait......when did this happen? We lept from the bed, I carried him all the way down the hall to his bathroom. All the way I was telling him to hold it. He did. My little man used the potty like a champ. He continued all day! We only had one wet pull-up, otherwise known as "big boy pants". I am so very proud of him. Now I do realize that was just one day, and tomorrow he may act like he has never seen a potty, but that is okay. We will get potty trained....one day. Oh the best part about my little man's rush to the potty this morning. As soon as he was done, he climbed down and said "Night-night". Now that is my boy! Letting me sleep till 9am, do I have the life or what!

As I put Parker's new fave pj's on.........polar bear fleece from his Aunt Nic............Parker gave me a battle. He was having so much fun with his daddy playing that he did not want to get ready for bed. Alex asked if dealing with the monster was better than teaching, yes ! I confessed that sometimes when I get frustrated, it is not a good day for me. I hate getting aggrivated at my little boy. He is afterall only two........still my baby. I try to keep that in mind when I want to scream. Parker and I have our little habits of getting each other's serious attention. I tell him look at mommy nose to nose. He puts his little nose to mine and listens. He knows that I'm serious. He also will tell me "time" when he wants to have more time to do something. So as a compromise, I set the timer on the microwave and give him a little extra time to do what he wants to do. Like tonight when he yelled time at me as I put two legs in one side of his pj pants, I told him that if he let me finish dressing him that I would set the microwave timer. I asked him what it meant when the timer went "beep", and my sweet monster boy said "night-night". Wow! he does understand.

I am truly blessed to be his mom!

Parker' Tractor

Since we were in Petal for Christmas, Parker did not get his big surprise until Sunday.

I love my family!

Shaving Already????

This weekend, we went home to see our family. It was so wonderful to see the progress made at my mom's house. It doesn't even look like the house I lived in for 22 years. It is amazing. Alex did not feel well this weekend. He has been battling the side effects of some medication. However, we went shopping Friday night....we had to try and finish some Christmas shopping. We went to see the Christmas lights in Purvis with Alex's mom & Bill. His brother Scott and Shellie met us there. Parker used the pathway as his running track.

These are some pics of the weekend with my dad teaching Parker how to shave. I better watch out for the razor beside my tub....I might need to keep it stashed away now.