The Boys Club

Well we are in full swing of school & working on the house. We have been living here for a month and have done a lot to it! I`m so in love with our new house. We still have a lot to do like doorknobs for our room & Parker's, waiting on our sofa to come in, painting trim inside, & etc. We haven`t even started the garage conversion into the master bed/bath, laundry room & storage room! But we have done the plans and I think next weekend we have to clean it out so they can start. The outside is a whole other story but one thing at a time I keep telling myself.

I just realized today I took one photo of Parker last month. Sad, I know, but I guess that is the life of a working Mom. So we went outside today (such nice weather!) and I took some. Mr. Parker finally is walking! He is all over the place! We officially are a toddler, & I`m kind of sad. My little man is growing up!

Yeah 15 months old and already knows what a cell phone is for!

Yes he is in his Pjs & no these weren`t taken in the morning. It was a lazy weekend, but we needed it after all the go, go, go lately. Some of yall knew but Matt's Mother's husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor in May. Bill went home to the Lord on October 4th, 2012. The whole thing is sad, for Marcia, his two daughters,  his parents & whole family. Just keep the family in your prayers please. 

There is a reason for the title of my post today. We found out a while ago, we are having another little boy. We are very excited, we were hoping for a boy. To me boys are easier, they can be dirty (or in their Pjs all day) and it doesn`t matter. They are little boys, they are suppose to be like that! Don`t get me wrong, I want a little girl, but I want her to be my baby. Plus, we don`t have to buy anything, we are totally ready! I know Matt is happy. He is already talking about a 3 person tree stand.......

One Door Closes Another Door Oepns

I hate to say it but summer is over for us. I officially go back on Monday but I have had training all week. I had one day with him :( My sister and I took the kids to Bok Tower Gardens kind of like a last summer thing. 

Despite this last photo the kids had fun. Parker is still not walking (almost 14 months), but Matt didn`t start walking until he was around 15/16. I assume somewhere around there, it will happen. As we are getting ready for the start of school, we are also still working hard on the house (Well, Matt is). Today we are putting in the floors and a whole lot of other stuff. Hopefully, by the end of the month we will be moved in. 

BTW, I`m getting a really great Valentine's Day gift in 2013. It will be chubby, cuddly & will sleep a lot....... Matt and I will be expecting our second child on Feb. 14, 2013, yes Valentine's Day. I am 13 weeks right now. This pregnancy has been pretty rough as Parker's was. I hit about 11 weeks and the sickness got way worse. My only worry is getting ready for school, getting Parker ready to go & running to the bathroom every 5 minutes! But other then the throwing up, I`m really excited and can`t wait to find out what we are having!

Alabama and Crooked

Every year we go up to Citronelle, Alabama. This is where my Mother's Father's Mother is from. We stay in my Granny Blackburn's house, which is over 100 years old. For the past 40 years the Blackburn's have had the Blackburn Reunion the Saturday after the 4th of July. I have been there every summer, except the past two year (We were in Kentucky & then the following summer Parker was born). Each summer we had to work on the house, and we are finally at the point where it doesn`t have much work. The whole house is "America" themed because my mother loves themes. We go up for a week, there is no cable, no internet. It really is fun.

Maysen in the kiddie pool

Parker in the kiddie pool, showing off those teeth

Love those blue eyes!

Every morning we sit on the front porch and drink our coffees

These two love sitting on the swing with Nene

Watching Aunt BB do her work out

Auburn always smiling

Back yard

Finley trying to drive the Horseshoe steak into the ground

Parker and Maysen on the 4th of July

We got peanuts and boiled peanuts and hung out on the porch

Tim cooked the steaks for everyone

Brannan & Mom did the rest of the cooking inside

We then walked down to the cemetery to see PaPaw's grave. My Mother's Father recently passed away.

My Mom's parents

Brannan (my 2nd sister's name) is Granny Blackburn's maiden name. 

Some of the old graves

Miss Auburn the day we went to Mobile

So sweet!

The day of the reunion it rained, and then the following day while everyone traveled and got home, we got sick. But other then that it was a pretty good trip.

My Mother won a silent bid for a local family's lake house on Crooked Lake. It was a very pretty and rustic house. It had a huge screened in back porch where we spent most of the time. Since they had it all weekend, we even got to stay the night. It was nice though to be able to run home if you forgot anything. 

Parker on the hammock

Parker on the swing

I love this photo of Parker. He loves himself some bubbles. 

Summer is going by WAY TOO FAST. I can`t believe it when I`m in stores and everything says "Back to School". I have already cried thinking about leaving him again once school starts. By the end of last year, I was use to it but I guess that is just part of being a teacher with small kids. I have to remember to appreciate it and think about the people who work year round. 

A Whole Year

On June 27th my little guy turned 1 year old! I can not believe how fast it went by. So we did his 1 year old photo shoot. We headed outside to the front yard and snapped some. They were working cows that day in the pins behind us so we had a little trouble staying focused on Mommy & not cows. So that explains the reason behind the puffs can in hand. 

Parker Facts:

Blonde hair & blue eyes (still think they gave me the wrong baby)

26 lbs (95%)

32 in (95%)

Crawling

Walking while holding on to things

4 teeth (2 top & 2 bottom)

Saying: Ma (which is for me or when he wants food haha) Da

He babbles a lot

Loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Loves the water, swinging, & music

He loves when Matt gets his guitar out, he tries to play it

He loves to dance and clap

He loves being chased

Still sucking his thumb

2 naps a day

On Whole Milk

Eats table food