Amy, Kory

Let's review...

2011-01-27T14:18:00.000-08:00

At the request of my friend Missy, I am updating my blog, not that anyone even cares anymore... Since I have not updated since September, this is another long post, just of a review of stuff that's happened in the last 4 months.

Parkie wearing daddy's shoes and doing her "funny face."
Her "funny face" is sort of a trademark in our family.
Sometimes she does it so hard she shakes.

Picking out pumpkins for Halloween.

At the pumpkin walk.

At the Venetian garden in Las Vegas.

The week before Halloween Kory and I went to Disneyland with my parents and sisters. Parkie didn't come, she got to stay in Logan with her Grandma Cyndi. Of course Kory and I stopped in Las Vegas first for a few days.

Me as a toy!
California Adventure opened the new Toy Story ride just this last summer. The line for it was always insane, but Kory and I managed to ride it FOUR times! (I also beat Kory 3 out of 4 times!) It is probably my new favorite ride!

Kory as the Mad Hatter.
He doesn't pull it off as well as Johnny Depp...

Parker in her ladybug costume.
This picture was actually staged and taken after Halloween since Kory and I were on the long drive home from California the night of trick-or-treating. Grandma Cyndi got to take Parker out and they just went to family members houses, but I'm pretty sure she really enjoyed it!

This was actually taken the night of trick-or-treating.
I'm not sure what the grumpy face was all about. I guess Halloween brings out the full range of emotions in kids. Her costume is vintage- my mom made it for me when I was a little girl.

Riding the carousel at the South Town mall.
Every year me, my mom, and sisters go on a Salt Lake shopping trip before Christmas. The South Town mall is my favorite mall- Parker loves it because of the carousel.

At our ward Christmas party.
This picture makes me want to kiss her face all over!

Christmas Eve with baby Maddie.
Baby Maddison is actually my cousin (so that makes her Parker's 2nd cousin?). Anyway, Parker is absolutely obsessed with her!!! Whenever we see her, she begs and begs to hold her and gives her kisses and says things like, "Baby so cute..." Baby Maddie was actually asleep in this picture, Parker was pretending.

Christmas morning.
Santa brought her a kitchen set and about a kajillion pieces of play food.

At Grandpa Mike's on Christmas.

My parents got her this adorable table and chairs.

Mommy and Parkie on her 2nd birthday.
Actually her b-day was on Dec. 30 and we had a family party for her on New Year's day, this picture was taken during the party.

Grandma Cyndi and Papa Jeff gave her this adorable little pink chair. I didn't know they made stuff like this for little people! Doesn't she look so cute sitting in it?

At the Utah Auto Expo.
I also had a birthday and for fun Kory and I went to the car show at the South Town Expo Center. I don't actually want a Jeep, this was one of the only pictures we took.

Mommy and Parkie doing the "funny face."

Parker's Summer Loves

2010-09-12T14:06:00.000-07:00

Well, obviously I haven't gotten any better at updating my blog- I haven't posted anything all summer! And summer is almost over! So this is kind of a summary of our summer, well, actually more of Parker's summer. She's the only person I ever blog about because she's the only interesting person in our family! Last summer I did a post called "Reasons We Love Summer", so this year I'm calling it "Parker's Summer Loves". Here you go, it's another long one:Playing in her kiddie pool.

Playing in the sprinkler.

Giving the camera the stinkface at the fireworks show.

Coloring (perhaps her most favorite thing) at a restaurant in Park City.

Look at that face!

Watching the Hyrum parade at Kory's grandparent's house.

Doin' some swingin'.

Giving the camera the stinkface again at the Hyrum parade.
(It is difficult to get this kid to smile.)

Looking at the animals at Willow Park zoo.

Doin' some more swingin'.
(Actually this might be her most favorite thing.)

Riding the carousel at the Preston fair.

What do ya know? Giving the stinkface again at the Preston fair.

Riding the carousel at the Logan fair.
She was super stoked that she got to ride the bunny.

Petting a goat (very cautiously) at the Logan fair with Grandma F.

Just chillin' in a chair.

Feeding the ducks in the canal.
One bit her toe.

Pointing at a mark on the stairs at Ellis park.
She kept calling it a hippo.

Doin' some slidin'.

Swimmin' in the Sports Academy pool.
(Okay, maybe this is her favorite thing.)

More swimmin' with Grandma P.

If you are still reading this post, you are very patient! I wanted to share this video because lately Parker has been such a sweet and super loving little girl. Of course she has her moments when I want to poke my own eyes out, but she is mostly sweet because she has learned to say I love you and will usually say it back to anyone who says it to her. It is the cutest thing. Also, she walks around the house all day long asking for "kisses and luvs" from me and everyone. And I mean ALL DAY LONG. She kisses and luvs her stuffed animals, pictures, the tv, my parents cat, books, and the other day she even wanted to kiss pieces of ice. She especially wants an excessive amount of kisses and luvs when she's upset or knows she's been naughty. That's the only time it actually becomes annoying...

WARNING: This is a long post.

2010-06-03T13:52:00.000-07:00

I think it is pretty obvious that blogging has not even been on my priority list for the last six months. I guess I just haven't been interested, but I decided that it is finally time.
Nothing majorly exciting has really happened. Last week Kory and I went to Las Vegas and hung out. It was nice because up until then I hadn't been on vacation in TWO YEARS. Sad, I know. It was nice to get away and escape the constant rain and cloudiness.

As for Parker, she has sure grown a lot since my last post. She is 17 months- one more month until she can go to nursery! She is so much fun, and super hilarious. She is also super smart. But I have to mention that she sure does push her boundaries lately. I know it normal for kids her age to do that, but some days I just don't know if I can take it!

These are a few of Parker's favorite things:

Her very MOST favorite thing is playing outside!!!

She loves her "Baby Signing Time" videos! They have taught her so many signs and have tremendously helped her learn how to talk and communicate. When she is upset or wants something, she can always communicate to me what she wants and I never have trouble figuring it out, all because of Signing Time. I highly recommend them to anyone with a baby or small child. This is a short video of only just a few of the signs she knows. (All-in-all I think she knows around 40-50 signs.)

She loves sunglasses!

She loves hats! She turns everything into a hat: cups, bowls, pots and pans, and even the little tiny clear plastic caps that come on bottles of syrup and stuff. In this picture, she's turned my decorative hat boxes into hats for her and her daddy!

She loves to dance and listen to music. In this picture I found her dancing in my room to the radio and she had turned a diaper into a hat (like I said, she loves hats!)

She loves to play with toys, mostly stuffed animals lately. She is giving this giant bunny hugs and kisses!

She loves to make this scrunchy bug face!

I thought she would love playing in this teepee, which used to be mine. She did love it, but for only about 30 seconds.

Other things she really loves right now:
-being read books to
-watching her favorite channel Nick Jr.
-playing with fridge magnets
-playing with and in water, especially the toilet
-being sung to
-making messes
-making animal noises
-going on walks
-swinging
-being around kids
-not minding me (I think this might actually be her most favorite)

Guess who turned 1?!

2010-01-04T19:27:00.000-08:00

Yep, on December 30th my little baby turned one year old! I can hardly believe it! I thought I would be pretty sad, and I am a little, but I'm not as sad as I thought because I really love her personality right now. She is so much fun!!!
She had her one year checkup at the doctor and got FIVE shots! That is the most she's gotten so far and it was also the hardest she's cried so far! I almost cried with her! But she did get her first sucker afterwards and that cheered her right up! These are her stats:

18 lbs. 10 oz. ~ 20th percentile
29 in. ~ 50th percentile

These are some of my favorite things about her right now:
-She gives tons and tons of kisses and hugs
-She says hi to EVERYONE and is not shy
-She can entertain herself for large amounts of time
-She's just starting to learn to stand all by herself
-She's saying more and more words like baby, water, & stop it
-She's learning some signs like milk & more
-She's super hilarious!!!

On New Year's Day we had a family birthday party at our house for her. All the decorations were pink and almost all handmade with the help of my mom. It turned out so super cute!

I made a little birthday cake just for her. And boy did she love it!!!

This was also her first Christmas which was very fun!
This is what she wore to church the Sunday before Christmas.

When I say that Christmas was fun, I mean mostly for Kory and I, and our parents. I don't think that Parker really cared too much... It was a super busy day for us, not relaxing at all. We had Christmas morning at our house and then went to Kory's dad's house, then Kory's mom's house, then to my grandma's house, then to my parent's house and then came back home. And if you are wondering if Parker got spoiled, the answer is YES! She got tons and tons of toys from her grandparents!

My dad called this her "Hitler hairdo"

Do I ever blog about anything else???

2009-12-13T19:40:00.000-08:00

The only thing I ever blog about is Parker... not because I feel like I always need to brag about her, but she is so much more interesting than Kory or I, and pictures of her are DEFINITELY more interesting than any of Kory or I!!!

Lately she is just so SUPER busy! Crawling everywhere, opening cupboards and drawers, pulling stuff out, taking everything off her shelves, picking things up off the floor.... She makes me tired. Thank goodness she can't walk yet!

Last weekend Parker, me, my mom and sisters did our annual Salt Lake City shopping trip. We stayed over at a hotel and had a shopping frenzy the next day. This is Parker trying on a hat at Target.

Having a bath...

Having a morning bottle...

Laying in bed with Carlie...

Getting dressed...

She rode the carousel at the South Town mall. She looks only slightly amused in these pictures, but she really did like it once it got going.

She loved DSW... there were mirrors everywhere!!!

PARKER a.k.a. THE FOOD JUNKIE

I know that most babies love food, but this little girl loves it like CRAZY! I mean REALLY CRAZY!!! Every time she sees food, sees me or Kory eating food, or sees anyone else at all eating food she starts to go into this frenzy and she starts licking her lips and says, "Nuh Nuh" which I think means yum, yum. She will eat absolutely anything and everything, it doesn't matter to her, she loves it all. It's like she's addicted so I have nicknamed her "The Food Junkie." I could probably feed her garbage and she would love it. Earlier I gave her a taste of guacamole and, yep, she loved it. Anyway, I always promised myself that I wouldn't give her any candy until her she was older, but of course I have broken that promise (I try not to give her very much though). You can call me a bad mom if you want and I probably am, but one her favorite things is licorice. I think she loves it so much because she can hold it and just sit and suck on it and it lasts a long time. I have given it to her twice and both times she acted like it was complete bliss. It is also the messiest thing EVER but of course that doesn't bother her.

So happy!

This video shows just how happy she is when she is eating licorice! (It starts out really dark but gets lighter after a moment.)

Twilight Night!!!

2009-11-23T14:20:00.000-08:00

Last Friday night I went with my mom, sisters and Robyn to opening night of "New Moon". We made team t-shirts, mostly just to be silly (normally I would never really do something like that). The lines were crazy, but my trusty little sister went and saved us a spot as early as she could and we were almost at the font of the line.

Us sporting the t-shirts. If you can't read them, from left to right they are:
Team Edward, Team Edward, Team Undecided, Team Edward, Team Jacob

Yes, I am on team Jacob. And not just because of the movies. I decided when I first read "New Moon" that I was on team Jacob. I have my reasons.

Carlie and Molly.

Whose team are You on???

A little Pooh...

2009-11-02T20:28:00.000-08:00

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....

2009-10-08T19:59:00.000-07:00

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!!!

2009-08-16T16:53:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-07-08T22:01:00.000-07:00

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.

2009-06-22T18:56:00.000-07:00

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

2009-06-10T20:58:00.000-07:00

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!!!

2009-05-24T16:37:00.000-07:00

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.

2009-05-06T19:10:00.000-07:00

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

I just couldn't resist doing a mother's day post, I mean, look at her cute shirt! Isn't it the cutest?

I just have to say something about being a mom- it is the most noble thing a woman could ever do. It is the greatest thing I've ever been able to do and it is hands down the biggest blessing of my life. Every day I wake up and I am so happy that I get to be with my little girl. I have just a few quotes about being a mother that I love:

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother. ~Abraham Lincoln

It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it. ~From the television show The Golden Girls

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh

Happy Mother's Day to my mom and mother-in-law! I appreciate everything you do for me! Thanks for all the help you have given me with Parker and thanks for the unconditional love that you show her!

Parker Lynn with grandma Cyndi

Parker Lynn with grandma Janet

Is spring finally here??!!

2009-04-18T15:20:00.000-07:00

Well, it finally seems like spring is going to make an appearance! Up until now the weather has been so crappy and dreary that not a whole lot has been going on at our house and so I haven't posted in a while. But today it is finally nice so Parker and I took a couple pictures outside. I just wish it was a little greener out there!

She is getting so much bigger and it breaks my heart just how extremely fast she is growing. But she gets more and more fun each day as well. She smiles almost ALL the time and she has such a cute personality. She does laugh a tiny little bit here and there (I have yet to capture that on video camera) so I can't complain too much about her growing. I just love being around her and I can hardly stand to be away from her for too long.

Smiling in the mirror with Aunt Carlie.

That baby seriously loves to look at herself in the mirror!

This is one of the few pictures we took on Easter sunday.

I didn't take one of her in her easter dress because 1) I am forgetful and 2) she wore a dress that she has already worn before that I have a picture of. What is the point of getting her a new dress that she will soon grow out of when she still has brand new ones hanging in her closet?

We went to church with my mom that day and Parker was so popular! Everyone kept telling me how adorable she is and that Kory and I did a great job. I just told everyone, "Yeah I know, but I'm not sure just how she got that cute....."

She loves to play airplane with daddy!

She has a little pair of pants with a tutu attached to them that are so cute, we had to snap a few shots!

She has the silliest bald spot on the back of her head! You can't tell from this picture, but it goes all the way from side to side!

Funny Bunny!

2009-04-01T19:57:00.001-07:00

Well, nothing too exciting has happened lately, so guess what? I'm going to post more pictures of Parker! My mom bought her these funny easter bunny ears. She doesn't look too amused in this first picture!

She is looking at herself in the mirror with Aunt Molly in this picture. She loves to do that!

She is always looking at and inspecting her hands. It makes me sad because she's growing so fast.

And guess what she did for the first time last Sunday?.....

She laughed!!!

It was a real grown up laugh! It is the cutest sound in the world! I haven't been able to get it on video because she doesn't do it very often, but as soon as I do, I will post it!

Grandma Cyndi gave her this onsie and cardigan. I call it her schoolgirl outfit.

She turned three months old the other day and I took all these next pictures. She is wearing her "Love Bug" onsie because that is what I call her all the time!

This is my most FAVORITE picture! Look at that grin!

Mt. Everest!!!

2009-03-22T17:11:00.000-07:00

This Wednesday (March 25) my dad, Bruce Parker, is leaving to attempt to climb Mt. Everest. It will be is final summit on his quest to climb the Seven Summits and he will be gone for about 2 1/2 months. For those you who don't know, the Seven Summits refers to the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. There are only about 230 people in the world who have completed it, so it is quite a task and quite an accomplishment!

My mom is doing a blog which is much more detailed and has a lot more information about the Seven Summits. She will be updating his progress regularly. For anyone interested in viewing it, link here. I have also added the blog to my blog list, so you can connect there as well.

Mt. Everest is really only climbable in the spring, that is when the weather is best. Last year, my dad was all set up to go, but because of all the political unrest in China, the government closed all the borders to the country, and no one was able to climb it. So instead he climbed Manaslu, a mountain in Nepal that is only about 2,000 feet short of Mt. Everest. This picture is him on the summit.

Mt. Everest

This picture shows the North and South faces of Mt. Everest. My dad originally wanted to climb the North ridge, but that way is closed, so he will be climbing the South ridge, which is less technical than the north, but more dangerous because of the icefall.

This is a picture of my dad (in the red coat) when he summited Mt. McKinley, which is the highest peak in North America. This picture used to hang in Great Harvest before they moved locations.

2009-03-19T14:56:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY

KORY!!!

Yes, my husband is officially 30 years old. A few years ago he said that he wanted to have kid before he turned 30- we made it by 2 1/2 months!

I am so lucky to have Kory for a husband. He is so good with Parker Lynn and he loves her so much. He is great at helping me with her whenever I need a break, even if he's had long tedious day at work.

He is such a hard worker (and also a work-aholic) and he does such a great job at providing for our family.

I think one of the biggest reasons I love Kory is because he is such a kid at heart, as you can tell from these pictures:

Smiley Face!!!

Parker has turned in to a pretty happy baby these days! She is always smiling and talking, it is the best ever! It is hard to get good shots of her smiling because my camera has a delay on it. These are some of the best ones I could get.

This is the smile she gave me after she pooped ALL over a pair of brand new pink overalls.

No, she's not smiling in this picture, but she looks too cute sitting on the couch all by herself!

Two months old.......crap!!!

2009-03-04T18:08:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe my sweet baby is two months old! Time is flying by so fast! I have to admit that the first few weeks were so hard and not as fun as I expected, but now I am past that and Kory and I love this little girl more than anything! I love her more and more each day.

She is sort of smiling in this picture.

She definitely smiles and babbles a lot more now. It is so fun!

My sister Molly is going to be mad I posted this picture!

Two month shots

Parker had her two month check-up last friday. I was scared to death! She got one shot in her right leg and two in her left and also one oral vaccination. She was a little trooper and only cried for a little bit.

Afterwards she slept all afternoon! She was worn out!

Blessing Day

Parker's blessing day was this last sunday. It was a very emotional day for Kory and I! Kory had been practicing her blessing for about a week- he was sooo nervous. He did an amazing job and Parker didn't make a peep during the blessing!

I love Parker's blessing dress because it's vintage. I borrowed it from my grandma, she's not exactly sure how old it is, but I think it is at least as old as me. Some of my cousins and second-cousins were blessed in it.

This picture shows exactly how long her dress was.

2009-02-15T17:02:00.000-08:00

Hmmm.... nothing too exciting has happened since my last post. I did finally get my hair cut! Woohoo! I cut off about 5 inches, I'm not even sure why I grew it so long in the first place, I hated it! Here is a picture.

Parker is starting to smile more and more these days. She is just on the verge of talking baby talk as well. I can tell she wants to sooo bad, she opens her mouth really wide and sticks out her tongue (as the 2nd picture shows) but she just can't quite make any sounds other than grunting yet. I can't wait until she finally does!

Parker loves her daddy!

Taking a nap after church.

Taking another nap...

Snoozing again...

Ready for church.

This is a picture of her and I on Valentines Day. She wasn't too happy about the big red headband, as you can see, but she just looked so dang cute in it. Her outfit says "Kisses", which was perfect for Valentine's Day.

And finally.... this is what happens when you have a little too much to drink! Ha ha!

Parker in the Paper!

2009-02-08T18:31:00.001-08:00

Okay, maybe it's not THAT exciting, but Parker was in the "Babies of 2008" section of the paper a few sundays ago. It was pretty exciting for me though! She didn't win anything and she totally should have since she's so cute, but I think they picked the winners at random.

Also, since I am such an animal lover, I wanted to post this stinking cute video I saw on TV a few weeks ago on the Bonnie Hunt show.

I kind of wonder if animals have a special connection with babies. Last week Kory's boss was out of town and Kory had to go check on his pitbull, Grey. I wanted a tour of his house, so I brought Parker in in her carseat. Grey could not see her because she was in her seat, but it was so crazy because by the way he was acting, he KNEW there was something interesting in there. He practically went crazy trying to get to her (don't worry, Kory had him on a leash). I put her down to where he could see her and he got SOOOO excited and really wanted to come check her out and I don't think he would of hurt her, but Kory held him back. It was pretty funny.

The other night I was at my mom's house and Parker was lying on the floor and our cat Garfield came and laid right by her. Although, knowing Garfield, he was probably just jealous. Either way, it was pretty cute.

One month old

2009-01-29T20:15:00.001-08:00

I know all I post about anymore is Parker and I apologize if anyone is getting bored of her, but she consumes my life, hence I only post about her! I CANNOT BELIEVE she is already a month old! Where did the time go??? It has gone so fast and before she was born I already dreaded that she would just never stop growing and now it is a reality. Before I know it she will be two months old! What am I gonna do?Her 4 week old picture (well, one of them)

She wasn't too happy but she still looks pretty cute even when she's crying.

I just had to post this picture. Kory took it while he was holding her. Her little mouth just cracks me up! She's just so dang cute!

I also need to thank everyone who has shown Kory and I such support during these last few months. I am so blessed to have such wonderful parents who have spent a countless amount of money, time, and effort on Parker and I. I have wonderful siblings who are so great with Parker and such great babysitters.

Thanks to Kory's parents and siblings and grandparents, they too have given so much to us as well. They are so supportive of us and they show Parker sooo much love!

Thanks to all of mine and Kory's friends who have invited us to hang out and take a break.

And a special thanks to all of the people I work with at Sports Academy. Thanks for all the showers, gifts, phone calls, etc. Thanks Dan for being so casual about me being gone. Thanks sooo much to Kelly who is taking over ALL the responsibility while I am gone, you are wonderwoman!

Growing and growing!

2009-01-18T17:56:00.001-08:00

I cannot believe how fast my little girl is growing! On the 14th, she had her two week appointment. She weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. and she measured at 20 1/2 inches. I took this picture at exactly two weeks old (on the 13th). Don't you just love her big eyes?

Having a nap with mommy.

Last night we finally decided to be brave and give her a bath in the tub. At first she peed in the towel, I learned to keep her diaper on until the last minute. She enjoyed it a little at first but then started crying.

When we wrapped her in the towel after the bath, she started sucking her thumb.

2009-01-11T17:42:00.000-08:00

As of today, my little Parker Lynn is just over a week and a half old! I cannot believe it, it seems like I was just in the hospital yesterday. When she turned a week old, I bawled to Kory because it went so fast. She is so cute and I just love her so much. Having a new baby has definitely been the hardest thing I've ever dealt with, I can hardly remember what life was like before she came. It is worth it though, we are slowly adjusting and I know things will only get better with time.

A few days ago my dad took a bunch of pictures for her birth announcement, this is one of them. She is such a beautiful baby, pictures don't do her justice.

This was her first time in her swing. She looks like she was crying but actually she really likes it. She falls right asleep. I'm pretty sure this was the day she turned a week old.

This is one of my most favorite pictures of her face.

The littlest aggie fan.

She sure hates her bathtime. So far we've only done full body wipedowns with a washcloth, she screams the whole time. I can't wait to see how she reacts to a real bath!

Parker is here!!!

2009-01-04T17:50:00.000-08:00

She finally made it here! I guess I shouldn't really say finally because I was expecting her to come on January 5th. My water broke at about 2 a.m. on Tuesday December 30. I definitely am not a fan of water breaking! It sent me into the BIGGEST panic attack I've ever had! I shot right out of bed and starting freaking out! I was shaking so bad. I think it was mostly because we were not prepared- we had absolutely nothing packed for the hospital, so we had to take about an hour before we went to the hospital before to do that. I bawled all the way to the hospital and kept telling Kory, "I'm not ready..."

She finally came at 4:57 p.m. She weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. (smaller than I thought) and was 20 inches long.

Sleeping peacefully at one day old.

Proud papa. I feel bad for Kory, it was a stressful day for him but he hid it pretty well.

Please try not to be jealous of my beautiful hair and hospital gown that makes me look 250 pounds.

Her grandmas love her veeeerrrry much!

One day old.

These last two pictures were taken at 5 days old. I can't believe she is already 5 days old! I know it hasn't been very long but I'm a little sad that much time has already passed. It is hard for me to even remember how my life was before she was born- it is a complete night and day difference. I never knew I could love one person so much. Sometimes I just look at her and cry. She is the best thing I've ever done.

Baby Update

2008-12-26T10:02:00.001-08:00

I went to the doctor on Christmas eve morning. I am dialated to a one, which has been the case for the last three doctor visits in a row. I'm not sure how effaced I am, but it doesn't really matter because things are not really progressing. I think this little girl just likes it where she is. So I am scheduled to be induced on Monday, January 5th. It's funny because the whole time I've been pregnant, I've had a feeling she would be late, no matter what other people say. There is still time for things to change, but I honestly just don't think they will. I will call the hospital that morning and they will call me back with a time to come in. My doctor called and got me on the list (or so she said she would) because if they are really busy, they will push me back even further. And I know it is a really busy time for babies because it seems like every woman I see is pregnant!

The Home Stretch!

2008-12-17T13:29:00.000-08:00

Well, as of today I officially have a week and a half until my due date! Unless she is late, which I have a feeling she may be. I'm actually hoping she won't come until January because I really don't want a December baby. I am not completely miserable, I could hang in there a few more days, but if she comes in December I will still love her! And my mom made a good point that the longer she waits, the bigger she may be!

My whole pregnancy I have been eerily calm about having baby, not really scared at all, but these last few weeks I have really started freaking out! I have all these what-ifs running through my head:

What if she is born huge?

What if she is born with a deformed head?

What if she is an unhappy baby?

What if she stops breathing during the night?

What if I don't have everything I need?

What if I can't get her to stop crying?

What if I just don't know what to do???

I know that these are worries that every first time mom has, and everyone tells me I will be fine, but I still always have the worry in my head that it won't be fine.

I haven't really taken a whole lot of pregnant pictures so last night we took some of me standing next to my cute Christmas tree that I love (with no presents under it yet, we are a little last minute this year!)

I had a fourth ultrasound about two weeks ago because my belly was measuring small. Well, it turns out she is average, meaning she really could be huge by the time she gets here! This is the best picture of her face they got. Her hand is covering the left eye, but on the right side, you can see her big chubby cheek! She's also got really fat lips too. I really am concerned about her looking deformed looking because the ultrasound tech took several 3-D pictures and profile pictures, and they look completely weird!

But don't worry, the tiny little arrow is showing that it is still a girl!

More baby showers

2008-12-05T13:43:00.000-08:00

My cute neighbor (well, actually my mom's cute neighbor) Robin threw me my third baby shower. She did some of the cutest things, she made me a little baby scrapbook for me to put pictures in. I should have taken a picture of it, it's the cutest thing ever. She also came up with the genius idea of having thank you notes and envelopes in a basket- everyone wrote their address on an envelope so I wouldn't have to go to any work finding addresses after I write thank you notes! Thanks Robin for all the hard work you went to! Also thanks to my mom, Bonnie and Debbie!

Me and Robin

My cute mom

My little sisters, Molly & Carlie

Me with Kory's mom Cyndi and sister Holli

Kory's mom actually threw me my second shower which was so much fun and I also really appreciate the hard work she went to. But I'm sad because I brought my camera and forgot to actually take any pictures, which I'm really mad about. I hope I can actually remember to take pictures when my baby is born!

Third tag's a charm!

2008-11-28T09:15:00.000-08:00

Well, Natalie is probably pretty mad it has taken me so long to post my tag- she tagged me probably over a month ago! So here goes- this is the 8 things tag:

8 Shows I Watch-
1. Dog Whisperer
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. The Hills
4. The Soup
5. Friends
6. LA Ink
7. the news
8. E! news

8 Restaurants I Love-
1. Rodizio Grill
2. Old Spaghetti Factory
3. Applebee's
4. Olive Garden
5. Cafe Sabor
6. Firehouse
7. Pier 49
8. my mom's house

8 Things I Did Yesterday-
1. slept in (or so I tried)
2. went to my grandma & grandpa's house
3. opened some baby gifts from my aunts
4. ate Thanksgiving dinner
5. laid on the couch forever (my tummy hurt)
6. watched my dad's mountain climb slideshow
7. went home and fell asleep for 2 hrs!
8. read scriptures

8 Things I Look Forward To-
1. seeing my baby for the first time
2. spending time with my baby
3. taking some time off work
4. finally finishing the baby's room!
5. Christmas
6. not being pregnant anymore
7. box seats at the Jazz game in March
8. going on some kind of vacation

8 Wishes-
1. that my baby will be born healthy
2. that I will always be a good mom
3. that I will have a happy baby
4. that I will be able to lose the baby weight (scary!)
5. that time with my baby won't go too fast
6. that I will always be close to my children and family
7. to always try to remember to be grateful for what I have
8. to always stay close to the church

8 People I Tag-
(some of you may have already gotten this tag)
1. Michelle
2. Dennis
3. Amy
4. Stacie
5. Robin
6. Julianne
7. Shaughnessy
8. -

Growing Belly (and some more Halloween)

2008-11-18T16:33:00.000-08:00

I took another picture of my belly this morning (I am a little over 7 1/2 months). Man it has grown a lot since the last picture! I still have over a month to go! It is definitely getting uncomfortable. She is clear up in my ribs, and I have a long torso so I am convinced that she is going to be huge!

I meant to put these on a while ago since Halloween seems like it was forever ago. Kory has a blowup sumo suit that he wears every Halloween and every year it is so hilarious!

Kory with his little brother Tanner. He was the butcher from "Gangs of New York" (I've never seen it).

I made Halloween sugar cookies for work and this is what happened. My belly was a magnet for the flour.

Halloween Costume Contest

2008-11-12T13:11:00.000-08:00

On Halloween, my workplace had a costume contest for both employees and members. Being pregnant, I really didn't want to dress up. I thought it might be funny to dress up as a pregnant cheerleader, but I wasn't even serious about doing it and I didn't know where I would find a cheerleader skirt to fit me! My mom happened to find a skirt at Old Navy that worked so at the last minute I gathered up some cheerleader stuff. I only ended up wearing the costume for a couple of hours.My boss had random people vote on who they thought had the best costume out of the employees. It turns out, I won 2nd place!!! I was really surprised, especially since I didn't think my costume was very good. There were some employees who went to a lot of work and had really good costumes. I guess the idea of a pregnant cheerleader is pretty funny!

Baby Shower time!

2008-10-28T14:31:00.000-07:00

My amazing friend McKenna threw me a work baby shower last week. She planned it and did everything by herself, the invitations, games, even the food! We had it in the Sports Academy preschool, hence the tiny table!

Yay for my Boppy pillow!

I look like a blimp!

This onsie has the Sports Academy logo on it!

Missy made cute "rattle" cupcakes!

This is McKenna holding her pretend pregnant belly. Thanks so much McKenna! It was so much fun and I got some really great gifts!

Puppysitting!

2008-10-27T15:27:00.001-07:00

About a week and a half ago, Kory and I dogsat little Brutus. He has definitely gotten bigger but he is still the cutest little puppy ever! Look at that face! We had him from a tuesday clear until the next monday, so everyday when I went to work, I had to put him in his kennel and it broke my heart! He was so much fun, he loves to play and he has so much energy. He went to the bathroom several times in the house, potty training a dog requires constant attention! On monday, Kory's little brother Tanner came to get him and I had to stay in the bedroom because I was crying! I was so sad to let him go and even now that it's been a week I still miss that little bug!

My first tag

2008-10-20T13:43:00.000-07:00

I got tagged my McKenna, quite a while ago actually (she tagged me before Stacie), but I've been having a hard time coming up with stuff. The rules are:to list 6 quirks about yourself and then tag six people. Leave them a message on their blog letting them know they have been tagged. I am going to have to include Kory in this b/c I can't think of 6 things for myself only.

1- I looooovvvve Disneyland! It is my most favorite place ever. Kory and I have gone every year since we got married. I would rather go there than anywhere else. This is the first year we haven't gone because of two reasons 1) I wouldn't be able to ride most of the rides 2) there aren't enough bathrooms in the place. Hopefully we will get to go next year, but that might not be possible with a baby.

2- I love animals! And I am very sensitive towards them. Kory and I sometimes watch Animal Police or other animal shows and I cry. I once rescued a dying mouse from the Ruby Tuesday parking lot. I'm pretty sure he ended up dying anyway. I mostlylove dogs and one of my favorite shows is Dog Whisperer on National Geographic. I have dogsat more dogs than anyone I know (besides a professionsal dogsitter). Here are pictures of just a few:

MAX the Chihuahua

TWERP the Pug

GRAYSON the Pit Bull

3- I am very particular about the household cleaning. I have to clean the house every week, otherwise I get really frustrated. I also have to do it in the same order every time. There have been a few times when Kory has tried to help me or surprise me by cleaning a room. Although I've appreciated the effort, I always have to go over and do it again. He has learned to just let me do it.

4- This one is Kory's- he loves sports.... a LOT!!! Whenever he is not working, I feel like there is a game on. Football, baseball, college, pro, you name it... Sometimes I can hardly handle it. I am sort of glad that the Red Sox are out so now I don't have to watch every game of the rest of the World Series! One thing you might notice is that in almost every picture I have of him, he is wearing a team shirt. He has enough team shirts to open his own store. These are his favorite teams:

5- Another one about Kory- he still watches WWE (yes, World Wrestling Entertainment). Whenever one of his games is on a commercial, he will usually flip the channel to WWE, it is so funny. He always says he watches it because he used to watch it all the time when he was younger. I guess maybe he'll never outgrow it...

6- Finally, Kory loves history. He cracks me up about it. During the summer when it was warmer we used to go on walks every night over to Center Street and walk down it. It is so funny because every singe time, he would comment on certain houses and their history, stuff that he has learned about them over time. There are houses and businesses all over town that he knows random history about and he will always make a comment about them. Sometimes we would walk up on campus and he would want to wander the cemetary and look at the old headstones. He really loves all history, he watches the history channel sometimes, he loves movies having to do with American history, he loves to look through books about history.

Belly Pictures...(and I got tagged!)

2008-10-14T17:05:00.000-07:00

There are a cerain few of you who have been wanting me to post these. I'm sorry if it grosses the rest of you out! I made them as small as possible! The one on the left was taken shortly after 5 months. The one on the right was taken this morning (6 1/2 months). I should have started taking belly pictures at one month because someday I'll want to look back at them, but of course it takes me forever to get things together!

Also... I got tagged by Stacie! It is a pretty easy one: All you do is go to your 6th picture album folder, pick the 6th picture and post it. After that, tag 5 friends.. Easy as that! It just so happens that I am pretty new at this blogging thing and I only have one picture folder, but I will do it anyway. I picked the 6th picture in my one file. It's not even a real life picture, but I still think it's pretty cute. I love Classic Pooh pictures and I have a bunch of them saved in my file. I am probably going to do something creative with them to put in my baby's room.

I have to think for a few days who I am going to tag, it's going to be hard since my blog is new and I hardly have any friends!

Baby Brutus!

2008-10-12T16:15:00.000-07:00

Kory's little brother Tanner got a brand new boxer puppy named Brutus. He brought him over a few weeks ago and he is the cutest puppy ever!! He is a lot smaller than he looks in these pictures! He is only 6 or 7 weeks old and weighs only a few pounds. He kept crawling onto the shelf underneath our coffee table and falling asleep. I think he knew we couldn't bother him under there.

2008-10-05T17:18:00.000-07:00

Baby Parker's First Pictures!

2008-09-28T18:34:00.000-07:00

These first two pictures are from my 20 week ultrasound. They are pretty good profiles if you ask me! Someone even told me that she has my same profile. I do have pictures from an 11 week ultrasound, but it just looks like a peanut.

This one is a head-on picture of her face (face on the left, torso on the right). This ultrasound was actually done at 24 weeks. At the beginning of the week, she suddenly just stopped moving. I could hardly feel her all week and I started to panic because normally I could feel her pretty regularly throughout the day. I called the doctor, they told me to come in so they could check her heart rate. Turns out they did another ultrasound, which I was not expecting, but was cool because I got to see her again. As soon as the doctor started the ultrasound, she got the hiccups, which he said was a very good sign. We could definitely see her moving, so everything turned out to be okay (I have been able to feel her pretty regularly since that appointment). My mom came with me for moral support and even though she never really said so, I'm sure she was pretty elated to see the baby as well!

Welcome to my blog!

2008-09-21T16:37:00.000-07:00

This is my first blogging experience ever- it has taken me a little longer than I thought to figure things out, so it may take me a while to make it complete! Over the next few weeks I will have much more interesting things added...