2.5

 

My babies are two & a half! Here are just a few sweet things about them I want to be sure and remember. :)

Presley- at 2.5 you are fun, caring, and independent!

*You love to pretend anything and everything is either a puppy, cookie, ice cream, or monster. That last one doesn't seem to fit in with all the other pleasant things (ha!) but you love to hide and pretend a monster or wolf is coming! Often Parker will be the monster while Presley hides under the covers in my bed. I'm pretty sure Presley could play monster all day and be happy.

*We had a first- first time pedaling on your tricycle- cutest thing!

*You are very loving and caring. When Parker had a really bad stomach virus lately Presley was really concerned and when I first told her he was sick she said "be OK? Drink of water?" and then rubbed his head for a minute. :) So sweet.

*Jumping, climbing, exploring. You have always loved to jump! We have been going to several indoor playscapes with friends and I have noticed you have no fear and will explore/climb anything, right with the bigger kids. Gives me a heart attack sometimes.

*Independent. You want to do everything by yourself and would rather not hold my hand when walking outside in parking lots (grr!) ;)

Parker- at 2.5 you are full of life & energy, inquisitive, playful.

*Pretty sure with Parker around it would be very hard to be unhappy or in a bad mood. He is always excited and happy over the tiniest things! He literally wakes up saying, "YAY" with his hands straight in the air, excited for anything the day has to offer.

*Curious! He wants to know what anything and everything is and what it does! Car rides involve constant talking from Parker pointing out everything he sees and asking what it does. Example- "electrical box DO Momma?" and he puts his hands in the air palm up while asking. 

*Talker. He is very seldom quiet. :)

*Affectionate. Parker loves to hug, and be held for a large part of the day. I can usually only escape for a few minutes (sometimes seconds!) before he's looking for me. He wants to be up high learning/watching what I'm doing. When we go to playgrounds/parks Parker will play & explore but every few minutes he comes back yelling, "Momma, Momma, Momma" with arms straight out for a hug and a huge smile on his face.

*Loves all things technical, & transportation. :) Life in the car is pretty exciting for Parker with ALL the construction going on around us. Sometimes in traffic I'm thankful for all the construction to give P&P exciting things to see like bulldozers, cement trucks, cranes. Who needs the zoo? ;)

 

Love these two happy toddlers so much!

 

On the go

We've been on the run, hope to have some updates on here soon! :)

TGIF

August

Since I haven't been keeping up with my blogging like I usually do, here are some highlights of the month of August! I can't believe it's about to be September but I am so ready for fall to get here! :)

A look at our simple August...
(left to right) 1. the 3 of us being silly- Parker in the princess hat. ;) 2. sweet sister cuddles!
3. Presley wearing her tiara like glasses, she could see through the holes, ha! 4. all dolled up in GigiMom's jewelry!

 1. cool morning outside 2. crazy jumping in the pool
3. loving swimming with Daddy 4. swimming with Mommy during the week

 this makes me laugh. Presley buckling her puppy in the stroller. Later Parker taking Buzz Light on a stroll :)

 Loved, loved, loved having some rainy August days! What a blessing!

 1. hanging in the car at the park during a showing of the house :) 2. Presley always has a puppy in her arms. and 3. Poor sweet Parker watching tv hiding behind the table. He LOVES toy story but is also terrified of it :(

 1. Another rainy evening, Presley was scared of the thunder so she asked Parker to hold her hand :)
2. Presley always amazes me with her creativity! The puppies were riding a train she was building

 Eric turned 30! I arranged his best friend to come in town to visit for the weekend and rented a boat for some fun while they were in town. It was a great weekend!

 We celebrated our 5 year anniversary at Bob's steakhouse- delish!

 With the "cooler" temps we've been making several zoo trips. My season pass ends at the end of September so I'm trying to get lots of zoo visits in. :) P&P LOVE the zoo. We even had to make up a zoo song at bedtime because it's all Presley could think about ;)

 1. way back when Presley had an ear infection, so sad  2. Presley plays with puppies 90% of her day when we are home I'd guess ;) Here she is feeding them milk from a bottle. It makes me laugh to hear her conversations with them, so realistic :) 3. Home date nights with our favorite candy and good movies! My favorite dates!

My cute little fireman :)

 

Happy 3 day weekend! :)

 

 

 

 

Hot, Hot, Hot

Whew! It's definitely August here in Texas...100+ temps. I'm so behind on blogging, so much I want to share and remember about my two sweet babes but life is just too busy right now to get it all online. Maybe one day I'll play catch up. On top of photography, editing, and two toddlers to spend my time with, we are in the process of selling our house and finding a new house. Hopefully, I'll be back to my regular blogging schedule soon. ;)

Anyone else ready for fall? I do love all things summer, but it's about this time each year that I dream for those cooler temperatures! This weekend we had some cooler morning temperatures. It felt great to let Parker & Presley run around outside (7am!) while I drank my coffee watching and laughing at them. They are quite the entertainment these days. I don't know if it gets any cuter than this age!

Here are some summer fun pictures in the pool from about a month ago

 My sweet, pretty Presley!

 My little Parker has such a love for life! He is always so happy and joyful! :)

 They both love their Daddy so much!

 Ring around the rosie :)



More Swimming

Swimming

Catching up!

Whew, where did the time go? How has it been almost a month since my last blog posting? We've been keeping busy and then as time goes on and pictures accumulate, blogging seems overwhelming...so I'll just throw some of the tons of pictures I have taken on here and call it caught up..how about that. haha! I downloaded the pictures off my phone so we will start with those today! :)

I've been loving getting these two in the pool! Parker is part fish, he has no fear and with his puddle jumper on he can swim all around the pool! Presley is a little more reserved and prefers the steps or holding my hand. :)

Nana ordered Presley a make up bag kit that included rollers and a hair dryer- ha!

 Part of Eric's father's day- I ordered the coffee he loved (and still talks about) from Jamaica

We got Eric an official mint julep (his favorite drink right now) cup for Father's Day

He uses the mint from our garden

 A friend of mine who lives a couple of minutes away was having a lemonade and cookie stand, so we drove over and placed an order. :)

There's a great indoor bounce house place by us that has a toddler area plus the big bounce houses. P&P enjoyed both sides- toddler and big kid area!

 Presley had no fear climbing and going through this obstacle! yikes! :)

 Swimming date with E after bedtime for the Ps

 Has anyone seen Presley?! Hint- the laundry bag giggles. :)

 Too cute. :)

 Presley was pretending to be cold, walking around the house saying, "brrr it's cold Mommy"

 I love how Presley uses her imagination when playing with her puppies. This day she got a piece of tissue paper I had sitting out, tore it into little pieces and laid out her puppies on the paper. :) She was talking with them and being a mommy of course. Other things I've seen with her and the puppies- laying them out in a line and getting in the line herself for a race with the puppies. :) Laying them in a line in front of the tv to watch a movie. She loves her puppies so much and insists on sleeping with about 15. They each have a name- big puppy, little puppy, baby puppy, mommy puppy, etc. I am always amazed that she manages to carry about 10 at a time in her little arms.

 Loving Eric's garden! Tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, jalapenos, and mint

 This little guy (wearing the potato head glasses, ha) loves Toy Story!! He has a buzz toy and a woody toy that are his favorite toys ever!

 We're loving meeting friends at the splash pad!

 Our laundry bags have feet. ;)

 Yes of course the play dough needs drilling ;)

 Cutie!! They love In N Out burgers and so do I!