lot of pictures, trip to Comfort and walking!

 First off thank you John and Lisa for our new camera! As you can see it takes amazing pictures and it was difficult trying to choose which ones to put on the blog because there were SO many good ones.


We celebrated Parker's 1st birthday last week and he loved his cupcakes!  Not the hat so much ;)

Trying to feed Tucker some cupcakes

I love my babies so much!!!

Nanny & Poppy threw JP a Birthday party when we arrived in Comfort!

We went to Comfort this past weekend to visit my dad and Sherry.  We absolutely LOVE going there to visit.  It is so relaxing and beautiful.  Rylee and Parker had a great time as well. Rylee said she wanted to move there when she turns 5! During our visit Parker decided to take his first steps.  He was taking 5-7 at a time.  I think it is really cool that his Nanny & Poppy got to see his first steps since they don't get to see him as often. Thanks dad and Sherry for letting us take over your house :)  AND for taking Tucker off our hands for a little while.

Tucker is taking a little vacation at Nanny & Poppy's house! 

Trying to escape!!!

Miss priss

Jenny the Donkey chasing us on the 4 wheeler

Rylee's first time on a 4 wheeler

Daddy saved this Ewe from the river

She was a little in shock but we think she survived!

Our beautiful girl...she is getting so big

Being silly on the back porch

Rylee and her buddy Addison

We had a little sleep over early in the week with one of Rylee's bff's, Addison. She is the daughter of our good friends Kevin and Lisa Knott.  Kevin was in the hospital for about 6 days and we asked if we could take Addi for a few nights.  Rylee was thrilled!!!  Technically it was her first sleepover with out the other parent being around.  They had such a blast playing dress up, Polly Pocket, Barbies, getting their nails painted and even playing with Parker.  They would have him laughing so hard I thought he was going to throw up!  Much to my surprise they even went to bed with NO problems.  Maybe all that playing wore them out.  Addison was so well behaved it was so easy having a third kid in the mix.  Although Adam was sure to let me know not to get used to the third car seat in the back!  ha ha  NO WORRIES honey! Anyway on our way home after dropping Addi off Rylee stuck out her bottom lip and teared up.  When I asked her what was wrong she said "I miss Addi". 

Parker LOVES to push his sis around on this bus.

Addi being silly!

Happy 1st Birthday John Parker!

SOOO today was the big day for our little man.  He turned 1 years old and is not an infant anymore :(  How did that year go by so fast???  He woke up at 6:15 this morning and I sang him happy birthday as I carried him downstairs in the dark.  He hugged me the whole way down.  Perfect.  At 9:30 I had a little party for him and his other baby friends.  I think they all had lots of fun and JP scarfed down an entire cupcake in about 2.5 seconds!  He got some really cool gifts but of course had much more interest in the tissue paper than what was in the bag ;)  That evening we grilled some hot dogs and his Nonnie, Pop Pop, Aunt Kay Kay and Unc came over to celebrate..... he ate ANOTHER cupcake!  His big sis was nice enough to help him blow out his candle.  Rylee was telling JP happy birthday all day long.  I feel bad because I had every intention on getting her a gift to open as well so she wouldn't feel left out but I totally forgot.  She wasn't jealous that it was his day at all!  She was happy for him and excited that he is getting older and even trying to walk.  He will take one step here and one step there but still doesn't have the courage to let go and take off.  I think it will be any day now!  What was really cool was that he was in the best mood all day.  He was dancing, making silly noises, laughing and trying to be silly.  Such a little ham!!!  Now that he is 1 I have started giving him whole milk during the day and a formula bottle right before bedtime.  He has adjusted well and doesn't seem to mind what I give him as long as it is in a bottle.  He WILL NOT take a sippy cup.  I have bought 5 different kinds and he just chunks them on the floor.  He won't even consider drinking out of them.  Crazy because Rylee was totally off the bottle at 1 year old even right before bed.  NOT Parker... he LOVES LOVES LOVES his bottle.  I have a feeling it will be a while before we can break him of it.  Not happy about it but I guess since he doesn't take a paci or lovey it is his "thing".  Hopefully he won't have jacked up teeth later!!!
Rylee has been through the wringer these past few weeks.  First off, she had to have 2 fillings done last week.  She did ok until they started drilling and then she pretty much cried the whole rest of the time.  They gave me a Valium to give her 1 hour before (which basically did nothing), and then laughing gas and earphones with Alvin and The Chipmunks playing right before.  She didn't know they were giving her a shot in her mouth but sure did tense up when they gave it to her.  I personally think the Novocaine didn't work well because she seemed to feel them drilling.  They gave her a second shot just to make sure but she was totally freaked by that point and there was no turning back.  They were pretty quick about it so hopefully she doesn't have too painful of a memory.  The Hygenist was not able to do the cleaning because Rylee was so upset so we have to go back for that in September.  ug.  Second, she has had these hives breaking out all over her body for 2 weeks now.  We took her to the doc the Saturday before last and they said it was most likely a virus and not an allergic reaction like we had assumed.  They told us just to give her Benadryl to treat it which definately seemed to help.  Unfortunatley they keep coming back!!!  I called her doc last week and they said as long as it isn't associated with any other symptoms then she should be fine and it could last a few weeks and to continue Benadryl.  Well... now it has been 2 full weeks and I am sort of freaking out.  We have been through a whole bottle and a half of Benadryl.  That can't be good. I will take her back to the doc tomorrow and try to figure out what the heck is going on. 
a few funny things...
-Rylee said "Mom, I need a hair brush because my hair is like a birds nest"   ha ha ha ha  this made me laugh for like 10 minutes.   I guess I say that to her sometimes in the morning.  Too funny.
-She is obsessed with Disney princesses and wants to go to Disney World so bad so she can visit Tinkerbell, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, ect. She is going to be Cinderella for Halloween and knows exactly what she is wearing and how she wants her hair.  We really want to take her soon but I just don't know that we want to take Parker! 
-Everything is "when I turn 5"?  "Mom, when I turn 5 can I do this or that".  Or "mom, when I get big like you can I wear a bra"!  Yes, she wants to wear a bra like mommy, make up like mommy, high heels like mommy.  It is super cute but my response is always "a really really really long time from now when you are bigger, yes you can...."

Side note.. my bday was last weekend and my super sweet amazing husband set up sitters for the weekend and took me to stay at The Westin Galleria for a weekend of shopping.  It was SO much fun.. maybe not for him so much though ;0  It is exactly what I wanted and it was so nice to hang out with Adam and get some much needed adult time!  Saturday night we went out with our great friends The Avery's, The Knott's and The Rentfro's.  We had dinner at Ibiza downtown and had a blast laughing and catching up with everyone.  I feel so blessed to have such a thoughtful hubby and such amazing friends.  I love you guys so much!!!!  AND thank you to our family for watching the kiddos so we can do things like that from time to time.  It means the world to us!
OH!  PS
Adam and I got a new camera from his dad and Lisa for our Bday!!! YIPPIE!  As soon as I figure it all out I will upload some new pics.  It is awesome!!!  MUCH needed :) :) :)

First trip to the Dentist

Rylee had her very first trip to the dentist this past week.  I have waited so long to take her mainly out of fear that she wouldn't cooperate.  I wanted her to be old enough for me to explain it to her and reward her for being a big girl. I wanted her to have a good experience and think about the dentist as positive and not like torture as I have always thought of it!  Anyway... now wishing we might have gone sooner because sure enough she has TWO cavities!!!  I asked them if it was lack of brushing or flossing in fear that it was all my fault.  Luckily they put my mind at ease and said she has very ridgy teeth and it has nothing to do with her oral hygiene. One of them is pretty bad (bottom left molar).  They said they can't believe she isn't in pain because it is so close to the nerve.  She is getting that one filled Aug 10th along with a cleaning.  They gave us a valium to give her an hour before and will give her laughing gas so hopefully it won't totally freak her out!  I am so nervous.  They will do the other filling  (surface of right bottom molar), and seal the top molars and the next visit IF she lets them. 

Rylee getting ready for Gymnastics!

Trying to grow her bangs out so they will be clipped back most of the time.

This month is going to go SO SLOW.  We have nothing planned and it is SO hot outside that leaving the house doesn't sound so appealing.  I took the kids to an indoor playground at this church in The Woodlands Tuesday. It was pretty neat but very crowded and with Parker it was challenging trying to keep him from getting trampled on or picking up pieces of who knows what and putting it in his mouth.  I think next week I am going to try to do some craft time for Rylee but I am really struggling to keep them occupied.  Wish it was Fall already!  At least then being outside wouldn't seem so ridiculous.  Rylee asks all the time when she starts school and more importantly when does she start dance!!!  I love love love that she loves dance.

 

new favorite toy!

Parker is SO silly.  He is always doing funny things to make us laugh.  His new favorite thing is to play with this push bus that was Rylee's when she was a baby.  He is pretty good at it too.  He can get on and off of it with no problem much to my surprise. He is standing now for longer periods of time but still no walking.  He likes to yell at us all the time and we call him a baby dinosaur because that is exactly what he sounds like (or what I imagine that it would sound like) when he does his little scream.  It is pretty funny...that is if you haven't been listening to it all day!  He is so super snuggly.  Everytime I pick him up now he lays his head on my shoulder and even pats me on the back sometimes.  I love it!!! I could just squeeze him until he pops.  My sweet little man is almost 1.  So hard to believe!!!  I love him so much!!!