Five Months

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A Moment

This morning I got to sit and watch my baby sleep. Usually when he wakes up at about five to be fed, I stumble sleepily into his room, take him out of his crib and sometimes doze off while he eats. When he's finished I put him back in his crib and head back to bed myself.

Lately I've been so concerned with getting Parker to sleep in his crib and getting good sleep. Put him to bed while he's sleepy, but not asleep. Do I give him his pacifier or take his pacifier away? Do I go let him cry in his crib or go comfort him? His sleeping habits have become a stressful issue in our lives. But this morning as I was feeding him and he was falling asleep in my arms (a big no no!) I had a (rare) moment of clarity. I'm the mom. I can do what I want! So this morning I just sat and rocked Parker and watched him sleep. It was magical. And when I was done, I brought him into bed with me and cuddled him some more!

the City of Roses

Two weekends ago, Parker and I headed up to Portland for my cousin Jennifer's wedding. She married a great guy, Michael, and we had such a fun time with family!

This was Parker's second plane trip, and he did great. On the way there we had an empty seat next to us, so he slept almost the whole way. (Thank you!!!)

The night we got there (Thursday), we went to the rehearsal dinner at Old Town Pizza in Portland. Apparently it's a Portland institution. The pizza was really good, and it was cool place. Parker looked at the menu, but decided to just enjoy his hand instead.

The next night was the wedding. It was held at a historic hotel downtown, the Multnomah, (which is now an Embassy Suites). The wedding was beautiful, and so was Jennifer!

Here I am with my date for the evening. He was the most handsome guy there.My grandma, and her children (minus my dad who was stuck in Texas)

Mr. and Mrs. Rogers dancing their first dance.

Aunt Vickie, Aunt Terri, Christa, and me at the reception.

Aunt Carollyn was the hit of the reception.

On Saturday my mom, Parker, and I were able to spend some time with the other side of the family. We went to the Portland farmer's market in the morning (which was awesome, but I don't have pics of). Then we headed back to Grandma and Grandpa's to hang with them and the Best family.
Mom got Parker laughing a ton. I wish I would have gotten a video of the lengths she went to to make him laugh. It was funnier than he was!
Uncle Rich and Parker

Spencer, Tracy, Rich, and Grandma

Andrew

I love this one of Parker

We also went over the the Wilkes and got to see Aunt Leigh Anne, Uncle Jim, and Tessa for a little bit, of course I forgot to take pictures, but thanks for having us over! It was so nice to see our family after so long.

My little pilot and I headed home on Sunday morning. We had a few delays on the way, but we finally made it and were glad to see Sam again!

Thanks Christa for letting me rip off some of your pics!

Best Quote

“When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, ‘Look, here’s what happened”. --Joe Biden

Parker boy turns four (months)

I was going to put him in a cute outfit and take a bunch of pics til I got one of him smiling, but the poor kid was feeling under the weather today. He had three shots yesterday and is still recovering. So here's my little champ. He's awesome.

Stats:

26 inches long

15 pounds 6 ounces

Dear Mr. Garbage Man,

Please stop waking me and my mommy up every Monday, Wednesday AND Friday with your ridiculously loud truck. How's a man supposed to get some sleep?

Regards,
The Man (aka Parker Schmidt)

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