Back Splash

Tim and I had our back splash put in in the kitchen finally this past weekend. This is the view of the side of the kitchen.

Here is the main part.

...and here is the rest of it.

Parker Update

He is finally starting to actually look at the camera once in a while and say "cheese" to me! Granted, he has his milk cup dangling from his mouth, but hey, it is a start.

I was watching our neighbor's eight year old daughter on Friday, and Parker snagged her DS. He just liked pushing the buttons. This expensive little toy kept him entertained for quite some time.

Reading with daddy.

Some days the weather is actually nice enough to go outside and play in.

Blowing bubbles with daddy. He loves to have the bubbles floating over, and then he likes to say "Pop! Pop! Pop!" which he got from one of his Sesame Street books.

Where's Parker?

Peek-a-boo! Here he is!

Graceland

I have been wanting to go check out Graceland for a while now. Since we are only about five hours away, Tim and I decided to go a few weekends ago. So, we left Parker with our friends the Caseys overnight, and headed on over to Memphis. We stayed at the Heartbreak hotel, and toured entire mansion, which wasn't as big as I expected, and got to see all things Elvis. There was a car museum dedicated to his cars, and fashion museum with all of his clothes, and his two planes were open for tour. It was a pretty neat tour, something I can now check off my bucket list for sure.
It was insane the amount of gold and platinum records Elvis has received. There were walls upon walls lined with them, and he is still receiving them since his records are still selling.

In front of the famous pink caddy!

A few randoms...

Parker likes to climb in the lego bucket, but refuses to let the milk cup go.

He likes his sit and spin, but still has some trouble figuring it out.

Here he is pushing his toy. Notice the milk cup dangling from his mouth...anyone noticing a trend with Parker and his milk cup?

I just couldn't resist taking a picture of this cutie pie!

The Zoo

Last week, a few of the neighbors, Parker, and I all went to the St. Louis Zoo. I have now learned that I will become a member there, because Parker loved it so much. His favorite part was the children's zoo, but he enjoyed the other parts as well, especially the Primate House. He loves monkeys! He also liked seeing all the turtles and snakes in the reptile house. If you ask him what the snake does with his tongue, Parker will stick his tongue in and out.

This is when Parker saw his first big animal of the day. I believe it was the rhinos.

Playing on the jeep with Hayden in the children's zoo.

Petting the guinea pigs.

All tuckered out from a hard day of playing at the zoo.

Papa, Papa, Papa!

Tim's parents came to visit a few weeks ago, and Parker was all about Tim's dad. Although we referred to him as Grandpa Ron, Parker quickly decided he was going to call Ron Papa. So, Papa it is! Tim and I got a kick out of Parker and Papa playing together, and how Parker would just crawl right up next to Papa at the dinner table. I love the above picture, because you can see the smile on both of their faces as they were playing with the train.
Parker loves reading books! Here he is reading with Papa, but he also had several books that grandma read him as well.

Tim, his parents and Parker.

One of the many times Parker crawled up next to Papa to eat.

Warmer days...for how long?

Parker got his first new pair of sunglasses, and loves them!

Grandma Bonnie got him this fancy new picnic table. He is in love with having a Parker size table to sit at.

One of many days we have now gone to the park.

Hanging with daddy for a little break on the bench.

The snow/ice was his favorite part of the whole trip to the park. He insisted on constantly holding some chunk of snow/ice in his hands the entire trip.

The slides were one of his favorites.

Working on letters with his blocks with daddy.