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Happy Birthday to my sweetheart!  I love you!!

Beware of Dog Party

I'm blogging while watching American Idol (I like Lauren, but hate those ridiculous flower earrings she wore in her first number) and doing the dishes during commercials (no DVR).  My kitchen is a disaster.  We had a birthday party for Parker today, plus I made the mistake of not emptying the dishwasher in the morning.  So of course I'm just now emptying it and the sink and counters are stacked with dirty dishes.

We had a dog party for Parker and some of his friends.  We had it here in our little apartment which fills up fast, so it was a little chaotic, but fun.

When the kids came in they each picked a dog name for themselves and we put name tags on them with their new names.  Some of them were pretty funny.  Parker picked Spiderman (it was between that and Dragon).  We also had a Rocky, Nuke, Copper, Sadie, Nightmare, Fish (love!), and Puppy.  

Parker basking in the excitement of his big day

Then we played some games.  First up was fetch.  I threw a ball and when I called out their doggy name they ran to get the ball. 

"Fish" fetching

Then we played "obedience school".  I would call out commands like speak, sit, roll over and when the kids obeyed they got a treat.  Behind Parker you can see "Nuke" eating an m&m out of my hand.  Ha!

Then the kids had lunch: hot dogs, grapes, and Scooby snacks. 

 The last activity was taking a trip to the puppy adoption center.  Each of the kids got to pick a dog and then I filled out adoption certificates with their dog's name saying they would take good care of their animals.

three cute boys with their new dogs


Then we cut the cake.  I got this idea from someone else's blog, but I love it.  Looks like dog food, no?

the kids ate their cake from their own dog bowls

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARKER!

*Big thanks to my friend Lori for taking all these pictures for me!


Things Parker loves:
-playing basketball & baseball with Dad
-doing puzzles
-reading books
-friends
-helping Mom clean (especially sweeping)
-swimming lessons

Parker is such a sweet boy.  He is always nice to his friends and is great about sharing his toys.  He loves Lincoln and is an amazing big brother.  I love hearing them play and laugh together.  Today they were sitting on the bathroom counter brushing teeth while I was doing my hair and Parker said "is Lincoln my baby?" and gave him such a sweet hug.  He's pretty much completely potty trained (yay!).  He loves to sing, and often sings the ABCs to Lincoln to make him "feel better".  We love our little man!

ONE Year

So Lincoln turned one (in February). We had a little partay for him. I didn't take any pictures of the decorations, but it was President Lincoln themed (since his birthday is the day before Abe Lincoln's). It was really fun to have all our new friends over to celebrate our baby!

Parker making a log cabin

Singing happy birthday

I think Link got a little stage fright because this is the most action the cake saw all night

Parents with the birthday boy

Poor cake. And poor us for not getting any face full of cake pictures.

Our awesome friends from Puerto Rico brought gifts for Lincoln AND Parker.

Terrific Twos

On May 6th my baby turned two! I can't believe how fast these past couple years have gone. They've been the hardest and the best years of my life. Parker is such a great little guy. He's growing and learning more everyday. He loves balls, trucks, cars, the park and his family (especially Lincoln). He is constantly making us laugh, and has endless amounts of energy. He can seriously run all day long (and usually does).

To celebrate his birthday we took him to Disneyland! It's fun now that he actually enjoys riding the rides. As soon as we get off one, he's picked the next one he wants to go on.

Here he is on the bus on the way to the park. I think he thought this was the first ride, because he kept saying "weee!!"

He loves the carousel, he calls it "neigh". I couldn't believe he was big enough to ride his own horse!!

Of course we had to treat him to his favorite food, cookies.

Sam and Parker watching the Playhouse Disney parade. He loved it and cried when it was over.

Riding Heimlich in California Adventure

He was in heaven driving his own car!

The next day (his actual birthday) we opened presents. We added to his collection of cars from the movie "Cars" with Mack.

And had birthday cupcakes!

Happy Birthday Park Man!!!

Party!

A couple Saturdays ago, we hosted a little shindig to celebrate Parker turning ONE! We had the party at a local park with family and a few friends.

Here's our buddy Jack checking out the food.

My mom and I made some birthday party hat cake pops a la Bakerella.

Parker themed cupcakes. Thanks Uncle Drew for creating the toppers!

Amanda and Addelyn, mi madre, Judy and Solveig

Parker demanding his cake.

He was already a pro cake eater from his actual birthday and dug right in!

Still digging...

I think he likes it!

He did some serious damage.

He lucked out in the present department. He loved his Cookie Monster from Addelyn.

From Mom and Dad

The biggest hit was the fire truck from Howard and Judy. Addelyn (who's already walking) kindly offered Parker a ride.

They were so cute!

Thank you everyone who celebrated with us!

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It was a good day.  Happy Birthday sweet boy!

Today is my mom's 30th birthday! We miss you!!