A New Ride

I finally got an Ergo Carrier for Parker! I have wanted one since he was born but they run about $120 new. They still go for about $80 used on ebay, but I had a friend here selling hers for $30! I quickly took her up on the offer. (Thanks Brenda!)

Parker is still fussy at the witching hour before dinner- like while I'm trying to make dinner. He only wants me to hold him, which doesn't make for a successful dinner-making. Now, I just put him on my back and go about my business.

He really likes it when I get in the fridge. He always manages to grab the hot sauce out of the door.

It's so cute because when he comes to me asking, "Up", while I'm cooking, I ask him if he wants to get on my back and he says, "Uh-huh".

I plan on using it also during our next airport experience.

Thanks Brenda!

Gymnastics Camp

Chase has been in gymnastics camp all week, from 9-2 each day. He is loving it and it is wearing him out!

It's all we can do to get him to 7pm so we can put him in bed. The first night he was in bed before 7! Crazy! But he fell right to sleep and slept until 7 or so the next morning.

They do all kinds of things. They have a huge foam block pit, which is his favorite by far! Jumping on the trampoline is what they happened to be doing they day I came to pick him up and had the camera.

And this little girl can't wait until it's her turn. She gets to go to the preschool camp, which is the first week in August.

She loves watching the gymnasts. I told Phil that this may just be the beginning for us!

And look at that hair! I had to put that picture in.

The morning of the third day. He ate two plates full of food for breakfast- his and then his sister's. I think he's burning a lot of calories!

A Happy 4th!

We had a great Fourth of July this year and we hope you all did too! We got in a lot of family time since I didn't have to work this Saturday. We searched for a couple of yard sales, but there wasn't much this weekend. We buy a couple of little things.



Saturday afternoon we went swimming at our neighbor's new pool. And by new, I mean they don't even have the retaining wall up yet or the inspection done, but hey, it's hot, so we swam. The water was awesome and their pool is beautiful! I didn't have my camera though.



The older two kids great in the water and were both jumping off the diving board! Chase even was jumping in without any floaties and then swimming to the side. This is a huge improvement!

On Sunday we drove less than 2 hours to Pickwick Lake with a another co-worker of Phil's who just bought a very nice, new boat. The weather was great and the boat had a canopy which provided some much needed shade.

The kids loved swimming in the lake and were jumping off the end of the boat. When we first got in the water Chase asked if a dolphin was going come up and bite us. Then he asked if there were any submarines under us. :) So precious! I love him!

Phil was brave and tried water skiing. I had just stepped on a nail the night before so I had a good excuse to not attempt it, lol. He got up on the first try! I was impressed! It's been years since he's water skied.

We left Parker at home with a sitter, my cousin Molly, while we were at the lake. He would have been miserable, hot and tired. I know that he enjoyed some good one-on-one time with Molly anyway.

Then on Monday, the 4th, we grilled out with Mimi and Pops. Whew! That was a busy weekend.

Just like his big brother

Parker loves bananas and I was capturing these pictures, I was reminded of this post that I did about Chase and his love of bananas around the same age.

See what his shirt says, "More Bananas Please". If Phil is bringing a banana along in the car for himself as a snack, we have to hide it because Parker will go nuts for it if he sees it.

Here's Chase at 15 months eating his bananas. What do you think? Do they look alike?