Parker & Mommy Pictures

We hadn't had pictures with Jessica Hollis Photography since Parker was a year old, so it was definitely past due. She always captures the best pictures, and I find it hard to pick my favorite that's for sure! Here are just SOME of my favorites...

A Pirate and a Tractor

Parker had two costumes this year for Halloween, he was a Pirate and a Tractor (not at the same time!) My mom wanted something easy to take him trick-or-treating in the Saturday before Halloween because I had to work, so he wore his pirate costume.

On Halloween I was able to take him trick-or-treating so for the first part he wore his tractor costume..

After awhile it got too heavy and we changed back to our pirate costume! I'm really glad we had a back up.

I think the most fun Parker and the girls had all night was when we got to grandpa & grandma's to eat supper and let them play. It was a very fun Halloween!



Grant's Farm & Family Pictures

We went to Grant's Farm in St. Louis and we had so much fun. Parker got to bottle feed the goats, we were able to see so many different animals, including the famous Clydesdales!

Every year we do "October Birthdays" at my grandpa's house, usually in the pole barn if it's warm enough. This year it was beautiful outside and we had planned ahead of time to take a "cousin" picture. The last one was taken when I was 12! Unfortunately one of my cousins couldn't make it so I am waiting on the picture of her to photoshop her in before posting it, but I can post some of the other pictures.

My Brother, Parker, My Dad, My Mom and Me!

Grandpa Cecil, Jared, Parker, Kollins & Kadence... right before Kate the mule tried to buck the kids off! (No one was hurt!)

Parker & Uncle Jared

Parker and Great Papa Cecil

Hugs for Kollins

Ring Around the Rosey

We are so blessed to have our family so close, I am thankful that Parker gets to grow up playing on grandpa's farm with his cousins the same way I did.

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin Patch for a birthday party and Parker had a blast. In this first picture he was not very happy, he wanted to go on the hayride and it wasn't our turn yet. I couldn't resist taking a picture of that sad little face.

Riding his bike- one of his favorite things to do

Gator Ride with Great Papa Cecil

We made a turkey today, he was so proud.

Parker is turning into such a funny little boy and I am loving every moment. His vocabulary gets bigger everyday and you would never know that six months ago he could hardly say anything at all. He still has speech therapy once a week, but that will stop when he turns 3.

I now work full time and he seems to be adjusting well, but the other morning my mom said he ran into my room when he woke up and I wasn't there and he said "Oh NO! Momma's workin!" haha It's nice to know that he misses me, but makes me sad at the same time. We've also realized that we need to be careful what we say around him, I don't use bad words and neither do my parents but today my mom said something about "Well that's stupid, isn't it?" and guess what we heard in the back seat.. "dats stupid, isn't it?" While it was funny at the time, it was a good lesson for us to watch what we say. I definitely don't want those words coming out of my sweet little boy's mouth!



Parker & Chase

Parker was so excited when Chase came to visit. He is a great big cousin, and they got to spend lots of time together. Of course, we had to do some photo shoots of them together.



Here is some of Chase by himself, 11 weeks old.

Me and my sister with our babies =)

Watching Spongebob

The visit was a lot of fun, unfortunately Parker DID give Chase his first boo-boo (what are big cousins for, right?) but it was an accident, he dropped his sippy cup and it fell right on Chase's head and left a little bruise! He even bled a little bit, poor guy. He was tough, though, and soon forgot about it. We can't wait to see them again!