A little Pooh...

Of course Parker was Winnie the Pooh for Halloween, because I love Pooh Bear! And I love Parker as Pooh Bear even more! Isn't she cute?

We carved pumpkins last Thursday and we got Parker in her diaper and let her play in the pumpkin guts. At first she was a little unsure but then she really got into it and was flinging the stuff everywhere, all over the walls, floor and my clothes!

I love her pointy little toes!

We took her to the pumpkin walk and it was fun, but she didn't really care about the displays too much. This is her as Max from "Where the Wild Things Are".

Also, Parker just turned 10 months and still can't quite crawl yet, so she is a little slow in that area, however, I think she might be an early talker. If you say a word or sound to her enough times, she will try to imitate it and she does a pretty good job! There are a couple of words that she can say that she doesn't understand the meaning of: dada, mama, what, and she can sort of say backpack (it's a song from Dora the Explorer). There is one word she can say that I know she knows the meaning of: uh-oh.

Nine months old........I'm sad....

Last week Parker Lynn turned 9 months old! I can hardly believe it. It just seems like the other day she was so tiny... I was looking through pictures of her when she was just born and I cried a little...

Just how did she go from this....

to this so quickly???


She got four shots at her 9 month appointment and she has to go back in a month and get two more! (One for swine flu and the other is the 2nd half of a regular flu shot.)

These are her 9 month stats:

weight: 18.1 lbs. ~ 46th percentile

height: 28 inches ~ 76th percentile

She still has no teeth!

She still is not crawling, although she scoots backwards pretty well!

Although I am sad at how fast she has grown, I cannot even express how fun this little girl is lately! She makes me laugh on a daily basis and has such a fun personality. She says da da and ma ma and she can imitate coughing and clapping, amongst other things. I can tell that when she looks at things, she is learning. She is so social- she loves to be around kids and babies. She LOVES animals, but most of them don't like her because of her bone-crushing grip.

Poor baby legs!

Two weeks ago, Kory's little sister Chelsey got married. Her colors were black and teal, so Grandma Cyndi bought Parker this cute little black dress. She was so fancy!

WE HEART SUMMER!!!

Reasons why we love summer:

1) Because you can lounge around outside...

2. Because you can go for walks in the stroller (unless you're too big, then you have to push the stroller)...


3) Because you can wear cute summer clothes...


4) Because you can go to the pool!!!

5) Because you can go to the fair (and even though Parker looks like she didn't care too much about the fair in some of these pictures, she really did like it)...

6) And best of all, because you can be lazy...

A long and busy week!

Last week was one of the busiest weeks I've had! It usually is every year, but this year it was especially busy!

Monday & Tuesday- My last two days of work!
Yes, I officially quit Sports Academy which I'm definitely sad about, but it was the right decision for me. I won't miss the work but I will definitely miss all the people, they were the best thing about the job! Fortunately, I will still see many of them a couple times a week when I go in for bootcamp. I got pictures with just a few of them (there are several people I wanted to get pictures with who weren't there during my shift which I'm pretty bummed about).

Office gals- Me, Kelly, Missy and Natalie.

Me and Wes.
He will always be one of my favorite SARC people!

Me and Missy.
Someday I will be in as good of shape as her (yeah right).

Me and cute Shaughnessy.
She is the next SARC employee in line to have a baby!
I can't wait to find out what she is having!

Me and the bosses.
In the white shirt- Dan Paskett, HR manager. One of the nicest guys I've ever worked with and owner of my favorite doggy, Max, who I better still get to dogsit!
In the black shirt- Dan Smith, General Manager and my boss. I just have to say that he is hands down the BEST boss I've ever had and probably always will be. That is one of the things that makes me most sad about leaving SARC- knowing I will probably never have such an awesome boss again.

Tuesday- The Long's 50th Anniversary dinner.
Kory's Grandma and Grandpa Long had their 50th wedding anniversary and the whole family came down to celebrate. We took family pictures and had dinner at the Maddox Lodge.

Parker officially turned six months the day before, so I snapped a couple shots of her in her adorable Baby Gap dress! She can sit up for a few seconds on her own!

Thursday- Barbecue at our house!
That night several of Kory's family members came over to barbecue hot dogs and roast marshmallows in our tiny little fire pit in our backyard. We set up the TV outside and watched a video that Kory's uncle made in honor of Claude and Sharon's 50th anniversary.

This is the only picture I took that night but it is a cute one!

Friday- Fireworks!
That night we went over to my aunt and uncle's house to have dinner and watch the fireworks with a bunch of my family members.

What a cheese!

Kory got to drive my uncle's Polaris Razor around- he thought it was pretty jazzy!

My sisters are going to kill me for posting these pictures, but that is what they get for making weird faces for my camera!

This is how Parker felt about the fireworks.

Saturday- Hyrum parade.
Every year we go out to Kory's Grandma and Grandpa Long's house in Hyrum for the parade. It's a lot of fun because their yard is huge and Kory's whole entire family comes along with friends and whoever! This year there was probably at least 100 people in the front yard to watch the parade.

Yummy feet.

After the parade every one heads to the backyard to eat lunch and hang out. The backyard is so fun because it is HUGE and there is a teeter-totter (my favorite), two tire swings, monkey bars, tether ball, a zip line, swing set, and more! When Parker is a little bigger she is going to love it!

Parker's outfit was actually mine when I was a baby.

FATHER'S DAY 2009

I'm a little late getting this post done, I wanted to do it before Father's Day for Kory and Parker's grandpas, but I was super busy and our computer decided to have problems! Since I did a Mother's Day post, of course I have to do a Father's Day one too! Especially since Parker has another onesie in honor of it!

Parker Lynn sure loves her dad! (She looks like a ghost next to him in this picture)





Parker sure loves her grandpas too! She is so lucky that she has 3 of them!

Parker Lynn with Grandpa Bruce

Parker Lynn with Grandpa Jiff (it's really Jeff, but we call him Jiff)


Parker Lynn with Grandpa Mike

Happy 5th Anniversary to us! Tommorrow will officially be our 5 year anniversary! I can hardly believe it! It has gone so fast but also slow at the same time. I am so grateful to be married to Kory because he puts up with an aweful lot from me!

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Last Wednesday was an exciting day! In the afternoon my family, Parker, and I went to the airport to pick up my dad who returned from climbing Mt. Everest. It was the longest Parker has been in the car so far and I was a little nervous, but she slept almost the whole way!

Her onsie says, "My Grandpa Climbed Mt. Everest 2009"

Check out Parker's legs- sexy rexy!

I'm not sure if Parker recognized my dad because she just kept staring at him in wonderment with her big blue eyes.

The fam with our matching Everest t-shirts that my mom had made.

Also, notice how my dad is the skinniest one- he lost 20 lbs. over the duration of his trip!

This is what the back of our t-shirts said. (My mom's said "Husband" and Parker's of course said "Grandpa")

We went to dinner at Chili's and afterwards when we pulled into the neighborhood, all my parents neighbors were banging pots and pans to welcome my dad home!

This is a picture of my dad on the summit of Everest. My mom's blog has a lot of other pretty cool pictures from his trip, so check it out if you have a minute!

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A few weekends ago my mom's grandpa Kiholm was in town. He is my great-grandpa and Parker's great great grandpa! He stopped in at my parents house so I brought Parker over to see him and I have never seen a old man more happy to sit and hold his great great granddaughter! It was so cute!

This picture has almost five generations in it (my mom's dad is the only one missing.)

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Finally, I of course have to post some new pictures of Parker! She's going on 5 1/2 months now and she is the most fun thing ever!

Rice cereal...yummm.........

She loves to be nakey!

HE MADE IT!!!

I have good news! On approximately 10 p.m. Friday night Utah time/Saturday morning 10 a.m. Nepal time, my dad made it to the summit of Mt. Everest!

I don't have a picture of him on the summit yet, but when I get one I will post it. If you are interested in reading about the details, check out my mom's blog that she has been doing about his journey here: THE SEVENTH SUMMIT.

He is still currently on the mountain, they are making their way down to base camp and they still have to go back through the icefall, but I have no doubts that everything will be okay. The following is actually a picture of my dad in the icefall, he is the one in the red gloves.