Happy Birthday Cousin Tyler

This weekend we went to celebrate Tyler's birthday at Grandma and Grandpa's house.  Tyler is the youngest of the Chervenka kids.

Parker and Travis had a good time too!  The puppy Travis has is named Snickers and is the Chervenka's new dog.

After the birthday celebration we took all the kids to the new park in downtown Rock Island.

It was really nicely done and we look forward to spending time there!

Picky Sleeper?

Parker will not sleep at the babysitters.  He will not sleep in the pack and play.  He will not sleep in the basement at Grandma Vancil's.  He will not sleep upstairs at Grandma Stecher's.  He is a picky sleeper....

but he will sleep on the floor with toys all around, a TV going, and gates up when he is not at home in his preferred sleeping spot..

Picky? ummmm...

Game face?

Daddy calls this my game face...

Mommy calls this "I'm so mad at you mom" face...

I call it my "I want it, I don't want it, ooo, ooo, ooo" face...

What do you call it?

Boom in the night!

So last night we put Parker to bed at 6:30 P.M..... in his clothes.  Then at 8:00 P.M. we woke him up and put him in the car where he fell right back to sleep.  At 9:15P.M. we put him in a stroller on top of a Rock Island parking garage, and rolled him through The District of Rock Island....crazy right?

This is how he woke up!

 

We went to Rock Island for Parker's 1st fireworks display.  It was supposed to be a good one and we...I...was concerned he might not get to see them tonight because of the rain.

When the first firework went of with a BIG BOOM!  Babies all around us started crying...but not Parker...he started looking around for the babies!  He wasn't fazed in the least! When we finally got him to turn around he was mesmerized...we knew all those toys with lights and sounds would come in handy...

He did a really good job for it being 10 at night!  The fireworks were FANTASTIC!  They were supposed to be set to music, but where we were sitting you couldn't hear the music.  It didn't matter though because the fireworks were huge and beautiful reflecting on the river! After fireworks Parker fell back asleep in the car before we were even out of the parking garage and slept all the way home.  We put him back in his crib at midnight and he slept until morning!

We can't wait for the possibility of more fireworks tonight!

Happy Fourth of July!

Niabi Zoo

Hey guys!  Today my mom, dad, and I went to the zoo!  It was a great time!

I had my shades, my hat, and my sippie...who could ask for more?           

Eeek!  Dad!  The elephants going to get us! 

Uhhh...mom, there's something wrong with your sunglasses!

The chicken and I had a great conversation.

This sheep was a bit of a Diva..wanting in all the photos!

Warning to all the other baby mama's out there...don't try to let a bird climb on your finger unless you have purchased a dollar cup worth of sweet nectar....the birds bite!  Ask my mom!

The giraffes were cool and we got to hear the lions roaring when we were here!

Hey...hey you...would you try to bite my mom like the other birds?

Thanks for letting me know...I'll tell her to stand back!

Niabi Zoo....check....

Next up....a Safari

A special outing!

Today we're going to see one of these lions...can you guess where we're going?

Mom and Dad are going too!

Mom and Dad asked, "Do you think the real lion's nose will light up?"

Yeah right mom and dad....

Play Date

Yesterday we went to Emily Bredemeir's house for a summer play date!

There were babies everywhere!

The age range for yesterday was 6 months-22 months!  Oh baby!

Parker got a ride in a big boy wagon like the one we got for Easter...I guess it's time to get it out!

Mia (6months old today!) got to sit in the pool!  She did really well!

Carter was a pirate on top of the play structure.  Argh!

Hey buddy, can you teach me how to drive?

Father's Day Part 2

Sunday we spent the day in Monmouth with the Vancil side of the family.  We couldn't celebrate Father's Day with Grandpa last weekend because everyone was in the Ozarks. 

The weather was finally nice enough to be outside.

Grandpa spent the afternoon pushing Parker in the tree swing. 

Parker liked it so much he took an hour nap while Grandpa pushed, and pushed, and pushed....and....and...

Everyone was excited to see the Parker man again! Don't Grandma and Grandpa look tan?  WOW!

We were so tired after a day of swinging, grilling, picnicking, and swimming in the big boy pool that we couldn't even sit up in our bed.  We fell asleep trying!

Happy Father's Day Grandpa/Dad! :) 
We had a great time!