Parker is 6 Weeks Old

It is so hard to believe that Parker is already 6 weeks old. Where does the time go? It doesn't seem that long ago I was talking about Brooklynn only being 6 weeks old and not she is almost 17 months. Geez!! Well, I guess the key is to enjoy them each day because they do grow so quickly. I very much enjoy my children. They are such a blessing in my life.

Well, Parker went in for his 1 month check up last week and scored wonderfully. The doctor said he was perfect in every way, which of course I already knew. :) He weighed in at 9 lb 11.5 oz and is now 22 inches long. He is already growing by leaps and bounds. I do not think that he is going to be petite like his sister, rather he is going to be a big protector for his big sister.

We are looking forward to Parker's baby blessing that will be this weekend. We can't wait to see all of those who are going to be able to make it out here for that. We are also excited to be able to go to Linken's baby blessing in June out in California. It has been far to long since we have been out there to visit and we look forward to seeing everyone out there.

Family Pictures

Well we got our new family pictues back and they turned out wonderful. We got a great photographer who did a wonderful job with all the pictures, especially the kids pictures.

Brooklynn and Parker - Up against his sisters pasty white complection he sure does seem to glow. :)

Here is our new little guy. Wide awake for pictures!

She has turned into quite the little ham.


I love this family picture. It is amazing at how with a new addition comes a new form of completness. We never felt something was missing before Parker, but we sure would now if he weren't here.

We absolutely love this picture. Can't you just feel the love and sweetness!

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The kids are doing great. Now that we have had some nice weather we have been taking our daily walks and Brooklynn loves being outside. Of course she feels the need to stop at every rock, sprinkler head, dirt cload, and fire hydrant. She sure does love being outside though. We are looking forward to getting the sod down in the back yard and having a yard that the kids can play in this summer. I think Brooklynn is going to be the kid that you can't get to come back inside.

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Brooklynn's personality is evolving everyday. She definitely keeps up smiling and laughing with the things she does. She has mastered is the art of the fake laugh. She does not want to be the only one not laughing, even if she has no clue what everyone is laughing at. For some reason she has recently found the number 3 to be very funny. She loves when you count to 3 with her and on three she puts her hands over her mouth and giggles. It is really cute.

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Parker is doing great. He is constantly squirming and making little noises. He has turned into quite the little eating machine, as he is too lazy to eat both sides one right after the other. He often feels that during the day he needs to eat every hour and a half. That gets a bit frustrating, but we are working on getting better at eating all at once and going a bit longer between feedings. He goes in for his one month check-up onthe 12th and I am anxious to see how he is growing.

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We are doing Parkers baby blessing at church on May 24th. We are excited to see all those who are able to make it out. It should be a lot of fun!