11 months

Peeking out of the door of the play house

Pointing at the "sky light" in his stroller and saying, "dight" -- one of his first words.

Tickle time

Will has been starting to use several words this months besides "Mama", "Dada" and lots of babbling.

-"uh-oh"- This was his first word as he dropped his cup off the tray of his high chair. He also loves to throw food off his try and say this.

-"up" - if he wants out of his car seat, high chair or crib

-"Hi"- or lots of times it sounds like"eye" while waving to anyone he'll see while we're out & about

-"Daddy" - he likes to yell this with the same inflection Aubrey uses to call Daddy from another room

-"hat" for any object on your head, an actual hat, a towel, sunglasses or a bow, etc...

-"Dight" as I mentioned earlier, is probably his favorite word right now. He loves pointing to any lamp or ceiling light and saying it as he walks into a new room.

He's growing up so fast and is literally almost running around the house. Don't remind me that it is April and he'll be turning 1 at the end of the month. I'm not ready for that yet. I'm going to enjoy his last month as a baby to the fullest.

Easter Week 2008

We've had a busy & fun-filled week! On Wednesday, we had our church playgroup over for an Egg Hunt in the back yard. Thursday, Grandma Pam & Grandpa Isaac came to visit and spend the night. Friday, Gigi came to visit and spend the night! Saturday, Aubrey got to go to her good friend's rainbow birthday party. Then today we celebrated Easter with church in the morning followed by a big lunch with some friends. We had a great time and the kids did really well, aside from no naps & lots of sugar and a little spilled nail polish (that I accidentally left upstairs last night -- oops!). They had fun running around outside, hunting for eggs and especially liked it when Robert turned the leaf blower on them after playing in the sandbox. I hope you all had a wonderful day as well, celebrating Christ's resurrection!

Finally, some pictures...

Will's favorite sleeping position, bottom in the air

Will climbed on top of this tray with the swiffer-duster in hand, that's pretty coordinated if you ask me! Also, notice the one sock on his foot.

Carrying around one of Aubrey's shirts, once again, one sock

Pushing a tire swing at a new park we went to recently. Will also loved playing with the mulch and tried to taste it several times.

We're alive and well after a week of us all being sick and another week to recover. We still stayed home that second week because I wanted to make sure we didn't spread our germs to anyone else. Whatever we had was highly contagious b/c all 4 of us got it within a few days and then we also gave it to Robert's mom, who gave it to her husband. Anyway, I'm glad we're all better and that the kids finally have their appetites back. Will has been eating non-stop in the past few days! He also decided to give up crawling completely while he was sick. He walks everywhere now and loves to walk around the house carrying random objects in each hand -- like a shoe in one hand and a swiffer duster in the other. He's also started sharing his opinions with me more and protesting when he doesn't like something. Like when I open the front door, he'll start crying the second I close it because he wants to go outside. Other exciting stuff over the last week or two:
-our computer hard drive is still in the (hopefully) capable hands of the Geek Squad's national headquarters in Kentucky. We hope to have some news on it in the next day or two and get it set back up soon. So, I still can't post pictures until we get it back...
-Aubrey had her first dentist appointment and did great! She was a little timid at first, but warmed up quickly and got a good report from the hygenist & dentist, no cavities!
-Even though A has been potty-trained since she was 2.5, we're finally done with Pull-ups at night, yay!
-TV- This is the first season we've watched American Idol from the beginning and I've gotten really into it. When you're kids go to bed early and it's on 3 nights a week, it's hard not to watch it... I love David Archuleta, he's definitely my favorite so far. Also, I'm so excited that Friday Night Lights will be on for a third season -- If you haven't watched it, you need to! Life is thrilling at the Parker household lately, huh?

Rough Week

Sweet Will came down with his first illness on Monday night -- a stomach virus. By Wednesday, the rest of us had it, too. This is the first time we've all been sick at the same time and let me tell you, it is not pleasant. Thankfully, I think everyone is done throwing up, but Aubrey & Will still seem pretty low on energy and don't have their appetites back all the way yet. Also, we had some kind of software glitch on our new computer and our hard drive crashed and we lost all our pictures and everything. We've sent away our hard drive, so hopefully they can retrieve all the lost files. Also, my grandfather had open heart surgery and we were planning to go to Dallas to visit him before we all got sick. So, all that to say, I haven't spent much time calling, emailing or blogging lately. I may not post for a while because I'm not sure when our computer will be fixed. Right now, I'm using Robert's work laptop, which I will be able to use sometimes when he's home. Anyway, if you think about us, please pray that Aubrey & Will are back to themselves quickly and that my grandfather recovers from his surgery well. Thanks!