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!

Swimming outside

Today I went swimming outside for the first time at my friend Emily's house. 
It was 100 degrees outside so mom and dad really  wanted to swim with me, but too bad, so sad, only Emily and I got to swim!

This is my friend Emily!  We have fun together! :)

I think I need to swim outside more often...I'm kinda pasty.

Swimming

Tonight, after the tornado warning, we went to Grandpa Vancil's to go swimming.  Grandpa has been heating the pool for some time now for Parker to come over and we had a great time tonight!

Parker LOVED splashing around.  As he splashed in the pool  he also moved his feet up and down like he was bouncing! His head didn't go under, but it sure did get wet from all the splashing!  He also liked when mom or dad would "push" the water down toward the bottom and create a lot of bubbles to come all around him.  I think we have found a new summer past time!

Thanks Grandpa!  We had a blast!

Night Owl Reading

Tunk, Thunk, Tunk, Thunk,

bah, bah, ma, da da da da, bah, bah, ma, ma da,

Tunk, Thunk, Thunk, Tunk

This is the sound I woke up to this morning.  I thought, it must be almost 5:30AM...Parker's ready for his medicine. 

Tunk, Tunk, Thunk,

So I got up and stumbled into the kitchen, I realized it was darker than it has been at 5:30 AM but I figured it was due to another rain storm going through.

When I looked at the clock imagine my surprise when I saw 3:12 AM!!!  So I made a bottle and started into Parker's room.....still half asleep, when WHACK! I ran right into a clothes basket with my shin....Who does that?  Who leaves a clothes basket in the middle of the hallway!  So naturally, I yelped, which resulted in a bottom lip coming out (of Parker) and the makings of a potential melt down...however, we were able to prevent such a melt down.

So when I did walk into Parker's room this is what I found:  Parker sitting up in his crib, with a softie book that he had grabbed from his toy bin next to his crib, pulled through the rungs, and was "reading" it to us through the monitor...

These pictures are a reenactment of our 3AM shenanigans.  I didn't want to risk hitting my shin again in order to get the camera in the middle of the night!

Parker does sleep in P.J.'s, but he pooped through them this morning, which explains the naked baby photos.

This was one time I wished we had "hidden cameras" in our house, I'm sure the events of this early morning would win us some money on America's Funniest Home Video!

Standing Good Morning!

Good Morning Mom and Dad!

Look what I have learned to do!