Easter- Part One

Easter Sunday was a busy day for us! Parker was still a little sick so we didn't get to go to church. We slept in and then let Parker open his Easter basket before we left to hang out with family.

He was so excited he got an Elmo basket!

His basket all in tact and pretty...

and his basket all on the floor in about .2 seconds :)

Parker (poor little guy was not his smiley self) and Mommy

...well he was for his Dada! We had a great morning together for Parker's 1st Easter!

Happy Birthday Da-Da!

Last Saturday, April 3rd, was Matt's birthday. We had a great day hanging out just the 3 of us. Matt and I went to breakfast that morning and then all 3 of us went to Prince for lunch. We did some shopping too. Parker was a trooper that day because he was feeling a little sick. He sure loves his Da-da! Happy Birthday Babe!

Happy Birthday to Dad!

Parker wanted to pull the cake off the table!

We let him "practice" for his big day coming up in a month

He wasn't so sure what to do with it at first

Then he got the hang of it! :) He is like his Mom and Dad...loves desserts! Yum!

Playdate with Brady

Lindsey, Brady and Devon came over one Saturday morning so that our boys could play. Brady loved the steps in our house because they were just his size. Parker was taking notes on how to get up and down them too. Parker was just learning how to stand on his own and kept falling (that is why he is crying in this picture). It will be fun to see our boys actually interact with one another as they get older.

Hanging out with Mom

I LOVE Saturday mornings when P man and I can cuddle in bed until around 10 and then relax and play in the living room together! He is learning how to stand while holding on to something and crawling everywhere! Here he is in action!

He LOVES his Elmo toys!!!

The Big 10!

I first want to apologize because it has been FOREVER since I have blogged. Not having a laptop to upload pictures to makes blogging hard :). We got a new laptop so I am back in blogging world...yea!!! Enjoy the update on our little boy! Bare with me as I play catch up!

Parker is now 10 months old....wow! I am already starting to plan his one year birthday party! We are trying to soak in every minute of the "infant" stage because as this month has past he is turning into a "toddler" quickly! This month has brought us many new stages:

-Parker is crawling...ALL over the place!! I have found out that I can't leave him in a room by himself anymore because he can get from point A to point B in .5 seconds!

-He is almost done with all baby food and loves to eat whatever we eat. This makes it alot easier for me at dinner time, however, I am running out of ideas on what to feed my little piggy. He pretty much will try anything I give him.

-He is starting to actually "play" with his toys. By this I mean learning the "function" of his toys. He loves to put things into other things and have me retrieve them. Sometimes this game is not so fun :)

-Parker is saying "Mama"!! I love hearing it...melts my heart!

-He has some separation anxiety from me especially when he is tired or doesn't feel good.

-He loves to stand, although, he can't pull up to a standing position on his own quite yet he can stand on his own for awhile holding on to something.

-He LOVES to be outside! I am ready for spring to finally stay around so we can enjoy walks and the park together.

As you can see the chair picture is getting harder to complete! He doesn't want to sit still very long. We are having so much fun with our little guy and can't believe he is almost ONE!! :)

Never thought it would happen to us...

Well....where do I begin? It was a nice Friday morning, Matt and I left for work with the normal routine. Matt usually leaves before me so every morning I get Parker ready and make sure my Chi is turned off, I adjust the thermostat, and make sure both the back door and front door are locked. EVERY morning I do this before I leave. If Matt leaves after me I am always paranoid that he might had left a door unlocked. Now I know to burglars it doesn't matter...they are going to get in if they want to.

Around 10:45 am on March 19th, I got a call from Matt that our house was broken into. I can't explain the fear that came over me at that moment. Robyn had to drive me home because I was shaking so bad and was thinking the worst. The police were already here and had been for sometime. Here is what happened. Three black guys in a crown victoria with dark tinted windows pulled up to our house and kicked the door in. We have a solid wooden door and it was just cracked in pieces where the lock was. They came in and stole our bedroom TV, the office TV (which they had to unscrew from the stand) and our laptop. They were going for our big screen in the living room when one of my courageous neighbors confronted them. He was walking his dog and noticed them carrying our stuff out. You see I don't personally know this man, but I could recognized him if I saw him, so he knew the black guys didn't live here. Well the 3 guys kept telling him "we live here, we live here". So the nice old man asked to see their ID. He called 911 and was able to give them the license plate number and the description of the car. This man is a true gift from God because we don't have an alarm and if he hadn't been walking by, WHO KNOWS how much more they would have taken.

I don't care about the TV's or the laptop really, those can be replaced, and we needed a new door anyways. It's the memories that were on that computer those 3 guys stole from us. I will say due to my sweet and smart husband, he did back up the computer in December. I am SO thankful for that because we still have the early months of Parker's life. I am thankful for this blog because the pictures I do not have anymore I still have the best ones on here.
Last night was rough going to bed, I cried myself to sleep imagining them in my house. Today is a better day as I lean on God and my family for comfort. It will take me awhile to not be paranoid about every little noise I hear. It is the invasion of privacy that gets me the most. I need those visions of those men in my house to go away. Your house is such a "safe place" to go to, it's a place of "love" and "peace" and when someone intrudes in your home it hurts.

We did have serial numbers on all of our stuff put away in a safe place so if they happen to pawn it we might get it back. Please pray that at least the laptop is found. I just ask myself, why does bad things happen to good people? I know God had a hand on the situation, I see glimpses of that now. I just hope and pray they are caught before they hurt anyone else.

So don't ever think "it will never happen to us" because that is what I thought. Unfortunately, there are bad people in this world so we can never be too careful. I blew off my husband 3 years ago when he told me he wanted an alarm...now I wish I would have listened.

Thanks for every one's thoughts and prayers as we go through this difficult time.

Finally....Crawling!!!

Sorry it's sideways...I took it with my phone but I had to catch the moment!