Pre-Wedding Fun!

The week before Mike & Danielle’s wedding started out great.  We had fun helping finish last minute details and spending time with Aunt Elle & Uncle Mike (and by the way, I hope to never step foot in another A.C. Moore as long as I live!).  Nona & Grampie showed up a day early to surprise us.  Parker got to spend time with his friends, Camryn & Dylan.  We went to see the train and the  boats on the Hudson River, and the T.V. never seemed to stop playing Mickey Mouse (that’s what happens when you visit Aunt Elle & Uncle Mike’s house I guess)!

The bride to be!

The groom to be!

Parker with Camryn & Dylan

Grampie & Parker checking out the boats

Nona & Parker waiting for the train…

Jacklyn (Mike’s sister) & Parker…still waiting for the train!

Oh happy day!

We even got lucky enough to see  a train going the other way a few minutes later!

And yes, I did say the week started out great - that was until Tuesday evening…

Family Time!

After our trip to Myrtle Beach, everyone came back to spend a few days at our house.   We loved that everyone stayed at our house this time…even though it was pretty tight!

We have the best yard for an Easter egg hunt.  The guys hid a ton of eggs, and I’m surprised we aren’t still finding them out there!

Wouldn’t you love to know exactly what they’re saying?

                  Look what I found!

         

Not sure what happened between the last picture and this one!

We have a lot of birthdays in April and May in our family, so we celebrated all of them while we were together.

Checking out his new ride…

Taking Leo for a ride in the side car

He spent more time pushing the motorcycle than riding it.  Hopefully he’ll get the hang of it!

What a great time …and it was only a few weeks until we saw them again at Danielle’s wedding!

Just Testing…

I’m trying out Microsoft writer live  to update my blog since the way I’ve been doing it takes forever…if it works, maybe I’ll actually be able to keep my blog current!  Here’s one of my favorite pictures of Parker & Eli from December!

 

Myrtle Beach

The day after we got back from NY after visiting my sister we continued our east coast tour and headed to Myrtle Beach to meet Chad's family. Parker really enjoyed spending time with his cousins, Megan & Molly. They were so cute with him. Molly is like a little mother and was at my side for every bath, diaper change, etc. She loves dolls, and I think she was a little disappointed that he didn't want her to feed him his dinner or give him his sippy cup like a bottle. They had a great time playing in the sand, watching cartoons, and chasing each other all around the condo! We had to come back a few days earlier to work but they came back to our house for two days after they left the beach so that was nice to look forward to. But of course the trip went way too fast!

Aunt Shannon, Molly & Parker

Here's a rare moment that Parker was actually wearing his hat and sunglasses. Check out those knees...he fell while running by the pool.

Pizza face...and another scrape on the nose from his fall by the pool!

Family photo...cheese!

Alligator Adventure

While we were in Myrtle Beach, we took the kids to Alligator Adventure. It was a huge hit! Parker hadn't ever really been to a zoo or any place similar so he loved checking everything out. It was a pretty neat place, even though reptiles are definitely not my thing. I'm going to have to learn to like them since I'm pretty sure Parker will want to go back!

I have never seen someone feed an alligator before...this guy was just tossing big pieces of raw chicken down to them and the alligators would all go after it. You can only imagine the sound it made when their jaws snapped shut!
Aunt Kari, Parker, Megan & Molly

Megan taking her turn pushing Parker in the stroller... now it's Molly's turn!

"Where's the alligators go??"

So cute!

Parker got a chance to touch this baby alligator!

Parker with "MeganMolly"...that's what he calls the girls. I guess he figures if he says both names he'll get one of them to answer. One of these days he'll figure it out!

Push up pops sounded like a good idea since it was such a hot day. It started out very neatly...

but it didn't stay that way! This is mild compared to how he looked when he was done. He was so messy and sticky I couldn't even get a picture of him when he finished...he had it everywhere!

A Few Days at Aunt Elle & Uncle Mike's

After Danielle's shower, Parker and I got to stay a few extra days. Here's a look at how we occupied ourselves during our visit...

A picture of the girls (and Parker) before they left...I need to photoshop Jenna in here!

Water painting...even more fun when you're painting your favorite train, Thomas!

Parker helped Aunt Elle make breakfast...cracking eggs is pretty tricky!

Aunt Elle & Uncle Mike set up an egg hunt (several egg hunts actually)...one M&M per egg to keep him going and to prevent a belly ache!

Having a look at the eggs he'd already collected!

Parker is fascinated with the treadmill and eliptical in the workout room...Nona was happy to oblige and let him have a try!

The pool table was also a huge hit...what a face!

The highlight of Parker's visit...going to see the train! It runs right by Danielle & Mike's house, which sometimes makes putting him down for a nap or to bed a little tricky...Just when you think he's about asleep a train goes by and he'll roll over and say "train!". One morning we walked down and waited for one to go by. In typical Parker fashion, he showed no emotion but I know he enjoyed every second of it!

Parker's first time coloring easter eggs. We started with the traditional way...

...then we moved on to tye-dying them!

The final product...so colorful!

Parker loves his Aunt Elle and Uncle Mike...and I'm pretty sure they feel the same way about him! Thanks for making our visit so much fun!