My sweet little (BIG) boy!

That's what Gramma calls Cole...her little BIG boy! It fits doesn't it?! Today while P was at school we did a little shopping. I found these adorable little faux crocs at Payless for Cole in a size 3. He looks so cute in them. They actually stay on his chubby feet too. Another good thing the Payless shoes actually fit his chubby feet. Yay for that. I don't want to have buy Stride Rite shoes in the future. All of Parkers shoes I had kept are too small/narrow for Cole and he needs something to protect his little toes when he's outside in his walker. Got them 1/2 off too...even better! He's been constipated lately and apparently feels that he need some fiber....hence chewing on a board book. LOL :) No he really chews on everything and very rarely does he NOT have a hand or an object in his mouth. I even caught him up next to the dresser drawer trying to suck on the knob...silly boy.
I've realized this past week that I am the reason why Parker is such a picky eater. For one I am. Two, well I've been eating bean and cheese chimichanga's like everyday for lunch for oh about 4 weeks. (They are quick when I have 2 other mouths to feed) :) Can't eat them anymore...burned out. Then this weekend I had a bagel w/cream cheese for breakfast and lunch. And here I wonder why Parker wants to eat pancakes and yogurt for every meal. Hmmm. Yeah so it's me I've ruined him, I'll admit it.

So anyway, since I've had this ahhh ha moment about P's eating I've been giving Cole table food. Last night he had mandarin oranges in the mesh feeder and today he ate macaroni and cheese cut up. He hasn't met a food he doesn't like yet! Hopefully this continues.

Off to feed Parker and get ready to go across the street for the backyard bible club. Parker had a blast last night and they wore him out. Gotta give it to those baptists they sure now how to put on a good time for kids. I don't remember having near as much fun at bible school when I was a kid. :)

Pictures from the weekend and today!

I'm back...went to IL for the weekend. It was a last minute type of thing. Feels good to be home and sleeping in my bed. :) Well the picture order is all messed up...the first should be last. Anyway, it's when we picked P up today from school....covered in dirt. Head to toe. A rose from my rose bush last week. One that the japanese beetles hadn't gotten.

Just thought this one of Bill was cool from Friday.
Parker eating a push up. Won't eat them at home but will at Gramma's...go figure.
Bill took P to the airshow on Sunday at Scott. He was a little HOT!
Today P walking into school. He didn't want to go, but once we all got in the van he was super excited. He ran into the classroom, hung up his backpack and was on his own. No "bye Mom" or anything. He was too interested in the other kids and playing. He had a blast and was covered head to toe in brown dirt. (Very top pic) Looked like he had make up on. It was funny. Miss Barb (teacher) also said that he did great with going potty by himself. AWESOME!

Fireworks!

Some fireworks from tonight. Thank goodness for neighbors that like to spend A LOT of money on the things. We decided to go swimming today instead of going to see the fireworks. Parker missed his nap because of swimming therefore wasn't in the very best mood to stay up for fireworks. I was kind of bummed because I wanted to get some photos...or try. Well I decided that I with all the noise shaking the house I should be able to get something at least. Good thing I hauled my hiney outside. I got some great shots. The neighbors behind us had some HUGE ones and since they were really close I got some good shots of those. Then some people down the street were setting some off too. Not so bummed anymore...got some good firework pics. :)
DOUBLE CLICK TO ENLARGE :)
Took this one of Cole this morning while we were all playing upstairs. I think he's slimming out a bit or getting taller. He's been on the move lately between rolling and scooting around. Won't be long and we'll have a crawler.

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!

We hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July!

Here are the pics from yesterday...the night shots didn't turn out too well. We couldn't go past the curb we were standing on. The MP's that were guarding right by us apparently didn't communicate either. One told us we could go to the yellow ribbon the other said LOUDLY where are you going? YIKES I thought he was going to take us all out. So we were only aloud to go the curb according to him.

I do have a picture for today but will have to wait until tomorrow to post it. Wasn't sure what my subject of photography was going to be today until Bill called about 2:30 this afternoon. He said the space shuttle Atlantis was at Ft. Campball piggy backed on a plane. He wasn't sure how long it was going to be there but wanted us to come and see it. So once the boys got up from their naps we headed to visit Bill at work. Parker thought it was the coolest thing...so did I. I've never seen the space shuttle in person before. It was pretty neat, but I have to say from the looks of it I would NOT go into outerspace in that thing. Just the thought that ran through my head as we gazed in amazement at it. So anyway, Bill kept the camera with him to try and get some better shots this evening of it. I'll post a picture tomorrow.

Me and the boys!

We were driving around downtown today and decided to stop at Dixon Park. Parker loved the caboose and the train. This was taken by Bill and is SOOC just bumped the contrast a teeny bit. I LOVE the colors in this. Another pics where both boys are LOOKING too! LOL

A couple more of P from yesterday!

Again this one is darker...hmmm gotta fix this. I think I like the color version better anyway.