Flying by

First off some of you may have noticed that in our blog description no longer includes Tucker.  I had mixed feeling about removing him since he will always be a part of our family however.... he is officially and permanently living with my Dad and Sherry in Comfort.  He still is and will always be very special to us. We are so grateful that he can have the lifestyle he deserves while still being able to visit him several times a year and have happy thoughts knowing that he is getting treated like a prince.  Literally.  Anyone who knows my Dad and Sherry knows how ridiculous they are about their animals :)  As a matter of fact he has taken to the country life pretty well aside from the occasional horned owl run in!

Well this summer is flying by.  It is almost August and there are already back to school signs and school supplies every where you look.  I am surprised they don't have Halloween decorations out yet! ha ha    The closer it gets the more I am so freaked out at the thought of Rylee being in Kindergarten.  I keep forgetting she will be at school EVERY day.  I was making a 5 year check up appointment for her (since I FORGOT to take her in when she actually turned 5) and they said all they had was something at 2pm at the end of August.  I was ok with that until I realized that I would have to pull her out of school early to make that appointment.  Does she REALLY need a 5 year check up anyway?? 

We have lots of fun things planned for August.  Adam's company is sponsoring a summer concert series out here on the lake and next Friday is Cory Morrow!  My mom will watch the kids for us so we can both go.  THANKS MOM!!  Should be super fun.  The 2nd weekend of the month we are heading to Comfort for a visit.  I told Adam that is what I wanted to do for my birthday :)  I love it there.  The Saturday we are in Comfort I will actually be heading to Round Rock for my friend Jerre's baby shower.  She has gone through hell and back trying to conceive and with a little help she is now pregnant with 2 sweet little girls.  I am so happy for her and can't wait to meet those babies!!!  The 3rd weekend is Mr. John Parker's SECOND birthday party!  I am so sad that he is growing up so fast but I will say it has definitely gotten easier.  He communicates so well now and can do so many big boy things.  He loves to sit and look at books and point at all the animals. He colors without trying to eat the crayons.  He is using utensils (most of the time) to eat.  He will actually play with Rylee now (instead of just taking her toys from her) and it always amazes me to watch them together. We are considering getting him a big boy bed for his birthday but I am not quite sure I am ready for that just yet :)  He is such a big boy that I even decided to take him to the movies for the 1st time this week.  I took both of the kids to see the new Winnie the Pooh movie and it worked out much better than expected.  Luckily the movie was only about an hour long so with the help of some popcorn, gummies and his mommy's lap he was pretty content. Thank God Rylee knew the drill and was able to help me carry some things.  He was a little hesitant when we walked in the theater since it was dark and loud but once we sat down he was fine.  For the most part he really seemed to be watching the movie and perked up whenever a song would play. 

Rylee is really into her American Girl doll that she got for Christmas.  Her name is Ashley and she has been going everywhere with us.  Rylee even straps her into the seat belt in the car.  It is almost creepy ;)  Anyway apparently Adam and I are her grandparents.  She will make Ashley talk to me in a fake voice saying "hi grandma".  UM yea, not really liking the sound of that.  Then she will do a 180 and say she does not want to be a mom.  When I asked her why she said because she wants to be a Veterinarian and not a mom.  When I told her she could do both she said "no mom, it is my choice"!  WTH??  Where did she hear this from?  I doubt a 5 year old would just come out and talk about not having babies and the right to choose.  I mean I am fine with her right to choose but it just seems to me like she had to have heard that from someone over coming up with it on her own. Good Lord.  Then she starts asking questions about who was the first person ever born, so I start telling the story of Adam and Eve (best as I can remember).  Then I realize that I am stumped.  I told her they had a baby but how do I explain how the next generation of babies were born after that?  Did Adam and Eve's children have babies together?  I realized I am very confused myself and should change the subject as quickly as possible.  :)  Any suggestions on how to explain that one???  ha  ha
The other day she said "mom I don't want to be a rock star anymore I want to be a dancer".  I told her I wanted to be a dancer when I was a little girl.  She said "well why didn't you"?  Good question.  Then she said "so did you want to be a mom"?  When I told her yes she got back on the whole "I am not going to be a mom" thing. GEEZ! 

I have been bad about taking pictures this month but here are a few. 

Playing in the rain.

Feet are still cute at 2 years old.  Funny thing is that JP took this picture himself while playing with my camera!

Parker loves bath time.

Ready for the driving range.

Sweet Tuck, we will see you soon!

Finally the blog is updated!

I have been slacking big time on our blog!  I will try to sum up June and the beginning of July as best I can without writing a journal :)

Parker has been going to Grace (day school) on Wednesdays and Fridays this summer.  On one of the days Rylee and I had some "girl time" I took her to lunch and then to the mall with Nonnie aka Lisa.  We were walking past a store that did ear piercing and I half jokingly asked Rylee if she wanted to get her ears pierced.  When she said yes I was shocked and wanted to jump at the chance at getting it done.  She seemed a little hesitant once we walked into the store but when Nonnie offered to get hers done first it helped her confidence about it.  They said they were going to do one ear at a time and I was thinking "oh gosh, I am going to have to hold her down for the second ear".  I was wrong though!  She did amazing.  The girl doing the piercing was so fast and Rylee didn't cry or even flinch.  She got to sit and my lap and squeeze my hands but once it was over she was perfectly fine.  She got to pick her earrings and they are little pink studs of course.  So pretty! :)

Rylee was due for a dental cleaning this summer.  I had to prep her for weeks because our last experience was pretty traumatizing.  I assured her that this time was ONLY a cleaning and it would not hurt.  She did great and the hygienist said she scored a 100 on her brushing.  I couldn't be happier about this!!!  They mentioned her cross bite again and the appliance they want to put in the roof of her mouth.  I just looked at them like "uh no".  I told them that I was not going to consider doing anything like that until she is at least 7.  She is SOOO not mature enough for something like that.  I already traumatized her with the fillings she had to get last year.  Lets have a few good experiences first before we put a dang mouth piece in that you have to turn with a key.  Poor thing.  She will probably have to have braces too like her mommy and daddy.

The kids have been swimming a lot already this year.  They both have major tan lines and it is so cute to me.  Actually JP's tan isn't very cute because of his eczema.  The eczema spots don't tan so he sort of looks polka dotted! Rylee is doing so good swimming underwater and JP has no fear.  He will just jump right in which is why he never is near the pool without his floaty suit on. 

Parker has been obsessed with his baseball cap lately.  Literally he is sleeping in it.  When I take him to bed he won't lay down until we bring him his hat.  He just stands up saying "mom, I want hat" over and over.  It is pretty funny and he looks so super cute with it on.  I guess I don't really mind but I just need him to let me wash it!  He is such a big boy now.  He identifies everyone by name now and is even trying to sit on the potty.  Nothing has actually happened on the potty but he is definitely showing interest way earlier than Rylee ever did.  Oh and he started to saying "I love you" this past week.  It melts my heart and I want to hear it all day long :) :) :)  I can't believe how good he is talking.

We had a fun 4th of July weekend.  My mom aka Granna watched the kids Friday-Sunday and we had some "adult time".  We had so much fun hanging out with some of our best friends.  For the actual 4th of July we had fun swimming with the kids and even got to watch some fireworks on the lake.  They didn't start until 9:30 but we let JP stay up so he could see.  As he was sitting on Adam's lap he feel asleep with the loud fireworks going off in the sky.  I guess he must have been PRETTY tired to sleep through all that excitement :)

Rylee has already gone to vacation bible school twice this summer.  She loves it.  They get to do crafts, sing songs and learn bible stories.  I might even send her to a 3rd one in August. I have so many fun memories of VBS and I hope she will too. 

Ok well that is all I can think of so far.  We will go to Comfort to visit Nanny and Poppy in August and also looking forward to Parker's 2nd birthday party.  I can not believe he is going to be TWO next month!!!!!!  My baby is growing up too fast and it makes me sad :(