While visiting in Ft. Wayne, Parkler got to partake in some good ole fun while playing with mulch. I wanted to get some good pics of her, while she on the otherhand decided to explore the world around her and play with the mulch. At least we stopped her from eating it :)
We recently added a new cousin to the family via Sweden. Ivey and Daniel were wed in Sweden on June 30th and returned to the US last weekend to celebrate here. Here are some pics from the fun festivities. We are looking forward to visiting with them in Vancouver where they are headed in August for the next few years while Daniel gets his Ph.D.
Aren't these beautiful! I have the best husband and daughter in the world.
Hope everyone is having a great 4th....here are some pictures of Parker's 1st 4th....
Parker went down for a nap this morning after breakfast...for 1 1/2 hours...that has to be an all time first. She sleeps through the night but is not good with naps, unless we are in the car. Hoping we are moving on to a new phase where the two main daytime naps take shape :)
She is also progressing on her food repertoire....she has mastered rice cereal, multigrain cereal, green beans, squash, peas, and sweet potatoes....I decided to start with the veggies so she would eat them before realizing there might be better tasting things out there (if she is anything like me anyways). She has eaten them all with haste and tonight cried when the sweet potatoes were all gone...I see a sign of more tears to come when we get to apples, bannanas, etc. I can't blame her.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend..it is beautiful outside and one of the perks of living up on the mountain is it is cooler than down in Chattanooga...by at least 5 degrees but felt even cooler than that. Next week, I'll have pics of Parker in the pool for the first time, so stay tuned. She loves the bath so I am guessing she is going to have a ball in Gran and Pap's pool.
Happy Mother's Day to me! Happy Mother's Day to me....
The gift from Michael and Parker was in today and I was able to go by and get it....for thise of you non-scrapbookers, you will not get this :)
This is a digital craft cutter which cuts shapes that you can download and fonts....so, you can basically cut anything you want for a page....super cool. I am off to continue playing!
Right before we headed to California, Parker decided to delight us with her new talent, sitting up. When we got back home she had honed her skill and is now an old pro. Here are some pictures of her playing with a stacking toy:
And, Parker says though she enjoys her new found skill, she still enjoys chilling on the sofa...
And of course, this all can just wear one out...
Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
Michael and I went to Carmel Valley, CA last week for his good friend Tim's wedding. We had a great time and I survived being away from Parker for 4 days. Here is a picture of us together....
While there we got to see the sights, drive the famous "17 mile drive" where you wind through Pebble Beach (we went in "The Lodge" at the famed Pebble Beach golf club). One day we had lunch on this beach...
(Not very nice but it is the Pacific Ocean)
And met this bird as he eyed us for our food (look closely, are there 2 legs or one?)
Gotcha! There are two legs....he fooled us for a minute too!
And one last picture of Michael next to the otter:
Why yes, it is Michael's jeep. We finally have one car in the garage.....George don't get too excited. All the crap is just pushed up against the wall to the left of the workbench and behind the jeep.
It is officially summer here at the Stewart household. I bought the all dreaded bathing suit (even more dreaded after having a baby), made some strawberry shortcake, and Michael is getting the Jeep cleaned up. Here are some pics....Parker is ready for a drive to Bruesters Ice Cream....
Hard to believe but little Parker is almost 6 months old. She went for her 6 month visit today and all is well. She is 24 inches long and 15 lbs 8 oz. She is on the short side so she has lots of rolls to snuggle on. We both are battling colds once again....day care is a killer for those things. Hope everyone is doing well.
Russell "walked" this past weekend at his graduation ceremony from Georgia College and State University. We were able to be there to help him celebrate this big accomplishment. Parker was excited to see everyone, especially Great-Grandma Dot. Here are some pics:
Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weekend. Parker and I spent Saturday morning at my office working (Parker slept, mom worked). Once she woke up, we headed over to Warehouse Row so I could get some new shorts (seems for some reason my old ones don't fit, hmmm). Then we met up with Michael who had been at a partner "retreat" for the morning and headed off to the National Cornbread Festival. We had a good time walking around to see the arts and crafts and enjoyed some yummy fried food of Chicken fingers, fries AND a fried moon pie (no wonder my shorts don't fit, now my new ones probably don't either). Today we have been busy around the house. I priced most of the yard sale items and Michael cut down our yard that looked like a jungle. It looks a lot better but we have a ways to go getting the yard whipped up into shape.
Parker got a new toy last weekend. We are such suckers for marketing and wanting Parker to have things that look like fun to us. So, we got her the Fisher Price Jumper seat that matches her swing and bouncy seat with the jungle theme. She is so short her feet don't touch the floor yet so we had to put a pillow under her so she could "jump". She loves it. Lots of fun little things for her to play with and it plays music, makes jungle sounds, and lights up. Her first word is likely to be an elephant noise or monkey noise since all of her big toys make them. Here are a couple of pictures.
Is this not too neat? You can go on-line to www.whitehouse.gov and request a card from the President and First Lady welcoming your bundle of joy (or special occasions like 50th wedding anniversary, special b-days, etc). Here is Parker's note from President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush (can't tell if these are real signatures or a copy...probably a copy)...
This morning we added something new to the routine....solid food. We are starting out on rice cereal. I thinned it out and we tried this morning to see how Parker would take to it. She seemed to really like it and when she was ready to finish, she let ya know. Here are some pictures from this morning. She is to cute. Grammy, she loves her highchair!
Hope everyone had a good Easter. Here are some photos from the weekend. Parker was baptized and she loved all the attention...
And here I am...walking:
What are these??? Feet???? Never seen them from this angle before...
