Parker is 7 months old!!

Here are Parker's 7 month old pictures. He was a little difficult to capture. He loves to eat paper (and anything else he can get his hands on) and so having the paper next to him was not an option.

Parker had a lot of fun at our county fair Wednesday night! It was a warm night, but he hung out in the stroller and went along with the flow. He even took a little nap at one point.

Eric & I have talked about doing cloth diapers for quite sometime (some before Oliver and again before Parker). We had finally decided on the kind we wanted to try out and were preparing ourselves to go get them. I looked on craigslist and found someone selling some of the kind we wanted so we picked them up Friday afternoon, got them all washed and ready to go Friday night, and tried them out on Saturday. They worked really well and were pretty easy to use. I have them in the washer right now so assuming they come out clean, I think I'll call it a success. We still need to pick up a few more liners for the diapers, but we have a good start. And Parker seems to like them :)

Peas and rice cereal were so exciting at supper tonight that Parker fell asleep. Eric was feeding him and said that he took a bite, swallowed, and then shut his eyes and went to sleep.

Parker's 7 month update:
-Parker still enjoys eating every 3-4 hours around the clock (hopefully this will change soon)
-He moves all around, but isn't quite crawling yet - he can get into pretty much whatever he wants to though
-Just today, I saw him up on his hands and knees so I'm guessing crawling will be pretty soon.
-He is getting to be on a more consistent nap schedule- on a good day it is a 2 hour nap in the morning and a 2 hour nap in the afternoon. Usually he throws in a 15-30 minute nap around supper time.
-We have been feeding him baby food- he has had green beans, avocados, peas, applesauce, and rice cereal. I think sweet potatoes and bananas are next on the list.
-Parker likes to swim- we have gone a few times and he seems to just love hanging out in the water.
-He is getting closer to sitting alone- he can briefly, but I don't move away from him when he is in a sitting position.
-He is still a cuddly baby :)
-Parker is infatuated with his big brother-he just smiles when Oliver is around him.
-He still likes toys and is starting to play with more of them- we got stacking rings out the other day and he has been having fun with those.
-He growls a lot- when he's happy, when he's bored, but mostly when he is falling asleep.

In a nutshell, that is what our little Park-growler is up to. He is more and more fun everyday and we love having him around :)

Vacation Fun Day 11

July 4th-
We spent the day having fun around the house. We played outside. We grilled out for supper and had red, white, and blue jello and flag cake for dessert. We shot off a few fireworks. It was a fun and relaxing way to bring vacation to an end. Randy and Kara got up early the next morning and were on their way back to New York. Eric went back to work and the boys and I spent the day doing laundry and getting our house back to a slight resemblance of order.
It was a wonderful 11 days of vacation!

The kids had fun doing sparklers.

Eric's parents stopped by and brought some of the diapers that look like jeans- so we put them on the two little ones.

I feel like this one of Kelli could be from Harry Potter. :)

Oliver and Henry- the two potty-training 2 year olds

The kids went through A LOT of snappies

Vacation Fun Day 10

July 3rd-
We spent the morning frantically packing all of our things and getting our cabin cleaned and our cars loaded.
We headed to a Museum of Transportation- which was mostly trains. From the time we got off the interstate to the time we got into the parking lot (about 3 minutes) the temperature dropped about 15 degrees. So we quickly looked at a few things there and then got soaked. We had fun though- the kids all pulled the whistle for the train.





After the museum, we found a pizza hut where we were going to have supper- we drove straight to one only to find that it was a carry-out or delivery only and had no tables. So we found an Applebee's instead. For probably the first time all week, many of us were cold and wishing we had sweatshirts to wear- after being soaked in rain and then in air-conditioning, I guess that happens.

After supper, we continued to drive and got to our house around 9:45. We got all of the kids to bed and then Randy & Kara and Eric and myself stayed up chatting. It was very nice knowing we didn't have any driving or work the next day.

Vacation Fun Day 9

July 2nd-

Oliver with another fish he caught.

On our last full day at the resort, we again took full advantage of the pool, so here are more swimming pictures :)

Vacation Fun Day 8

July 1st-
I know we had fun everyday on vacation, but I don't specifically remember what we did this day. I only have pictures of fishing on a very precarious dock. I'm guessing we swam, played at the playground, and relaxed. :)

Vacation Fun Day 7

June 30th-
We had a lot of fun in the pool as we did many days. The water felt so wonderful.











We went to a cave. Oliver slept through most of it. It felt wonderful in the cave because it was so cool. After the cave, the kids fed some big fish in the lake.

Vacation Fun Day 6

June 29th-
We spent the morning hanging out around the resort. We spent sometime at the playground- Parker took a nap in the swing there. The playground was nice because it was in the shade and fenced in. That afternoon, we went to the campground that Dan & Wanda were staying at. They had rented a pontoon for the day so we did a pontoon ride. We also spent time at the restaurant there- it was on an awesome beach. The kids all had a ton of fun. Oliver loved playing in the sand and water. Parker napped fora good share of the time, but did eventually play in the water. Timmy loved the water.

Eric took Oliver fishing and Oliver got another fish. It was a bluegill. He came back and told me he caught a fish. I asked what kind and he said "it's called a bluegill, it is kindof green."

The picture of a bunch of people above is them feeding the ducks. There were fairly small ducklings and a mama duck that liked the bread they gave them.