Adams Family

Potty training?

2012-01-27T19:05:00.000-08:00

After five minutes and a couple times on the potty cooper said
" It's to hard to go in the potty" I fully agreed with him and we are both over it for now!
What a lazy mom!
(hope I don't get arrested for posting a nudie pic of my son)

Christmas

2012-01-27T18:50:00.000-08:00

Lots of fires outside with grandpa!

Sitting by all their gifts!

Had a slumber party together on the floor!

Colton and Parker! (could be twins!)

Cooper and Carly ( Cooper calls her Darly)

Best Christmas Present Ever

2011-12-15T13:41:00.000-08:00

I had my 20 week ultrasound this week and not only is the Hematoma (blood clot) almost gone we are having a baby girl!! I just feel so blessed. This baby is truly nothing short of a miracle.

Counting my blessings

2011-10-16T08:36:00.000-07:00

Uncertain

2011-10-15T16:55:00.000-07:00

After trying for over a year to get pregnant we were elated to find out in August that we had finally done it! Two days after we found out we were pregnant we found out Jim got the job he had been wanting in Spokane. Things then moved on fast and furious. After packing, attending the beautiful wedding of my little brother and his Sweet bride we were off. We arrived in Coeur d' Alene last Sunday filled with excitement over our new adventure. On Monday I had an appointment with my new Doctor and the baby look great and healthy. Wednesday my sister and I headed out and about. As I was getting out of the car on our last stop I felt a rush. I stood up outside of the car and said to my sister I just felt something weird maybe I had wet my pants. After looking down for a minute the blood started to show through my pants down to my knees. She rushed me to the ER. When the DR came in he pretty much said the baby probably will not make it but lets do and ultrasound to see where the bleeding stands. In the ultrasound the tech tells me the baby has a heartbeat and looks good. I was so happy to know it was ok. After the Dr looks over the ultrasound he tells me that I have a large Hematoma on my uterus and even though the baby is alive now there is too much bleeding and the baby probably will not make it. My heart was crushed. After a few hours in limbo they came and gave me a Rhogam shot since my blood type is O- I need a shot after a birth or a miscarriage to protect me and future children in case the baby didn't have a negative blood type as well. While she was giving me the shot I cried knowing what that shot meant. Knowing they thought at any moment I will lose my precious baby. I was transferred upstairs where and OB came to take a look and give me his opinion. He found the baby's heart beat but said the same thing. There is too much bleeding and the baby is starting to detach from the uterus and I have the option of staying here or going home to wait for the baby to pass. I chose to go home. All night I was up worrying about what it will be like to lose my baby. Terrified of what it will look like and how horrible it will feel. I made it through the night and went in for a check up the next morning since the baby had still not passed. In the room a new DR looked over my chart and tried to find the baby's heartbeat. No heartbeat could be found. So they took me in for an ultrasound. There was my sweet little baby still fighting for life. Heartbeat strong. After the new DR looks at the results he tells me now is the time for hope. If the bleeding stops my body can eventually absorb the hematoma and if the baby can hold on and not detach anymore there is a good chance of keeping the baby. I was put on bedrest for the weekend to see if we can get the bleeding to stop. After a couple more appointments the baby is still holding on but the large hematoma/debris is still there. We are still in limbo hoping that the hematoma will absorb and start to get smaller. I still have bleeding each day but it seems to be the hematoma passing through. We still hope and pray that new bleeding will not start and that the baby will continue to get bigger and stronger and attach itself more firmly. I am still having a hard time sleeping and my sadness seems to come in waves. I am greatful that we did move here and I have the constant support of my sister. Without that I would be a much bigger mess than I already am.

First grade

2011-08-22T13:18:00.000-07:00

Best friends! Cooper will miss his favorite buddy.

Acting goofy as always!

My boy looking so handsome. All summer we had to look for the sling back pack because " mom it's super cool. I will be like a cool dude if I have it" Good thing we found one!

Parker requested a back to school breakfast of oatmeal! I have never seen him eat so fast in all his life. He was so excited to get to school. After he got home he said it was the best day ever! He also kept my napkin note that I sent in his lunch box because he said he loved it so much. He did say he would love to buy lunch someday because the hamburger and pie looked so delicious!

Summertime and the living is easy!

2011-06-18T07:50:00.000-07:00

After Parker's Kindergarten graduation we kicked off a summertime extravaganza.

A week long stay in St George

Trip to Lagoon

Camping at otter creek

A week in Montana

A week in Idaho with the Sager family

Jim and I celebrated our 10th anniversary in Seattle

Swimming lessons at the rec center

A season of baseball for Parker

As you can see I didn't get a lot of pictures of all our adventures but rest assured that fun was had by all.

Easter Fun

2011-05-09T13:51:00.000-07:00

In the past we have spent Easter weekend with Jim's Family but this year because of swim lessons/church callings we stayed home and we celebrated with just our little family. Parker sang in church with the primary and did a beautiful job for his mom(I am the Primary Chorister)!!

The bunny was super good to the boys. Cooper loved the peeps and enjoyed about five of them for breakfast! It was lucky the bunny had those books in the closet because the day before Easter Parker said " I'm a big fan of
Eric Carle right now"(author/illustrator of the books)
After our dinner we had a nice little egg hunt with some friends.

Aloha

2011-03-02T07:26:00.000-08:00

Proof that I actually went to Hawaii!!!! I Surfed, swam, shopped
saw some pineapples, jumped off a cliff, saw Tim Gunn at
a fashion show,and other than the not so good food and waking up
everyday at 6am I had the best time ever with my sister and mom!

Look who turned one!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-10-02T21:46:00.001-07:00

My sweet little cooper turned 1 on sept 7th.... He is the sweetest thing with the cutest dimples in the world. I love my little man. Even if everyday at 5:30 he gets super ticked off, throws his head back and cries until I pick him up and hold him for the next hour while I try to make dinner!!

Family Pictures

2010-10-02T21:35:00.000-07:00

We had our family pictures taken and I just couldn't be happier with how they turned out.... I will post more later..

School boy

2010-09-12T18:06:00.000-07:00

On Parker's fifth birthday he woke up and said " do I go to school today" He has been looking forward to this day and was so excited when it came. He told me the night before "mom I should probably wear something fancy like church clothes or something." He wore his fancy outfit and put on his transformers back pack and never looked back. On the way to school he did say

" mom you are really going to miss me because I am your helper when you change diapers." He was right I do miss him but I only cried four times! Pretty impressive for me.

2010-09-12T18:05:00.000-07:00

After 3 emergency room visits, 20+ doctor visits, mom's brain tumors, Parker's broken arm, Jim's shoulder surgery and my complications in the girly department we were all pretty spent and school was upon us. We did manage in about three weeks to go swimming, have a visit from my niece, go to the zoo, st George and Montana!! It was a fast and furious few weeks before school started but the rest of our summer had been a bust so we fit it all in at the last moment.

See below for some sweet end of summer pictures....

Fun with Manda

2010-09-12T18:04:00.001-07:00

My neice Manda came to see us for a week and while she was here we went to vegas, st george, park city, Logan, and salt lake city. In park city we all took the lift up the mountain and went down the alpine slide! It was tons of fun

Tarzan

2010-09-12T17:56:00.001-07:00

Parker and Abby

Parker was so excited to see the little tarzan after the show

While in st george we attended the show Tarzan at Tuacahn with Aunt kim and cousin Abby. Parker loved the show but didn't really like the creepy monkeys going right over our heads on the zip lines above us!.

The creepy monkey

Sandwich boy

2010-07-29T08:00:00.000-07:00

So yesterday I took the boys to the pool and there was this little boy there who was super aggressive and downright mean. So at one point he came after parker and scratched up his back pretty good. After that Parker would not go near him and he also vowed to not let the little boy come near cooper. On the way home he said to me " someone needs to clip that little boys fingernails. I mean mom they were so sharp he could probably cut up his own sandwiches with them"

4th of july

2010-07-29T07:54:00.000-07:00

For the fourth of July we headed to layton and spent the day with friends. Cooper loved all the fireworks and noise! Every time Parker threw one of the pop it's things on the ground Cooper busted up laughing.

1st haircut

2010-07-29T07:45:00.000-07:00

Since cooper had more hair then most of the baby girls I have seen lately I decided to cut off his beautiful curls! I have to admit that after it was all over I kinda wish I would have just left it for

a little while longer!

Why oh why

2010-07-08T10:50:00.001-07:00

Why does a child, who has a broken arm, see a robe hanging on his door by it's hook decide it would be a good idea to run to said robe and grab on to it and try to swing like Tarzan? The child is just fine but the way but I cannot say the same for the hook may it rest in pieces.

Hockey

2010-07-07T08:54:00.000-07:00

Exactly 7 days after Parker's mishap I get a call from Jim asking me where the nearest emergency room is located by the hockey rink. I thought it was some kind of sick joke but alas it was not. He got really injured during the game on his left shoulder. After his follow up yesterday he was informed he will need surgery to repair his shoulder. He ruptured the ligaments in his shoulder causing a bone to pop up about 2 inch above where it should be. It will require some cadaver ligaments to be put into place to hold the bone down where it should be located. Make sure you remember Jimbo and my family in your prayers on monday so that all will be well and we can go back to normal. Plus doing everything without the help of jim is really wearing me out.

Little man

2010-07-03T11:44:00.000-07:00

My little cooper is 10 months old now... I cannot believe how fast time goes.

His favorite things

listening to music (mostly the wiggles)

climbing the stairs.... and when you go to get him he climbs fast giggling like crazy

crawl super fast to see if he can get to the bathroom to splash in the toilet before you get him play in parkers room with his big brother

loves to growl and grunt so jim and nicknamed him bear

He is such a sweet natured little boy who is always happy its no wonder that parker wants ten more brothers just like cooper.

Oh man now i can't clap......

2010-06-25T22:03:00.000-07:00

On Thursday while at the park dear sweet child climbed a 3 foot fence and jumped off landing on his arm while I was busy dealing with cooper. He was screaming at the top of his lungs so I ran over to check him out... At first glance you really couldn't tell anything was wrong and so at first I thought he was just being dramatic. (I'm such a great mom) After the screaming didn't stop I thought i better check it out. First we went to and instacare place who then sent us to children's hospital in salt lake. All this traveling and getting in and out of the car was no small task for a mother on her own with two crying children one who can't walk and the other who refused to walk. Thankfully Jim caught up with us in the ER at the hospital where we then spent about 9 hours. To make a very long story semi short they lost the five original xrays due to a computer problem had to take five more but by that time Parker was tired, starving, and in alot of pain... so then came two doses of morphine and an IV as well. They found out that he had dislocated his elbow and broken a part of the radial head. After sedating him they put his arm back in place and put on a temporary cast. We all left tired, emotional and hungry.

Some high points were when we were wheeling him out to the car he said " how am I going to get into the car. " we said well stand up and dad can lift you in.. he looked at us kinda strand slowly got up and pumped his fist in the air and said " I can walk, I can walk" Apparently he had thought he had lost his ability to walk! It's possibly people in the parking lot thought they had witnessed some kind of miracle.

He also was super disappointed when he realized he couldn't clap " oh man now I can't clap".

After his last follow up appointment he got a green hard cast and they found there were two breaks not just one. He should been all healed and ready to rock and roll in about three weeks. He went to his last baseball game so they could retire jersey number 1 for the season! The coaches offered him a third base coaching position.

Wish

2010-05-18T09:18:00.000-07:00

"Mom my birthday wish was for more baby brothers!" If only he wanted a baby sister I may just get a daughter. However he wants " a whole big car full of baby brothers. The only girl I want in this family is you mom"

Really your driving just sucks.....

2010-05-06T21:07:00.000-07:00

It seems like just yesterday that I was getting car sick and telling Jim to pull the car over your driving just sucks. He told me I must be pregnant. I didn't think there was anyway on earth that I could be after some things we had been told from the Doctors. I finally went in and I was 12 weeks along. I can't believe my little Parker is turning five in 12 days. I look at these sweet pictures of him and almost cannot remember him this little. Time really does fly by......

Up Chuck a Rama

2010-03-26T13:33:00.000-07:00

Two weeks ago while driving in the car Parker asked what restaurant that was that we passed.
"well son that there is a chuck a Rama buffet" What can you eat there? Well you get a plate and fill it with whatever they have on the buffet line that night. " wow can we go there" Someday I guess, but it's really not that nice. Ever since this fascinating conversation he has been asking " can we go to that place where i can fill my plate with food?" Finally we gave in.... yesterday we piled the kids in the car, grabbed our zip lock bags (joke), and headed to the chuck a Rama buffet! I personally have a phobia of buffets.. some people are afraid of flying or heights i myself am afraid of public restrooms and buffets. I am especially afraid of public restrooms at the buffet but i digress. Anyway after Parker had tried the Mac and cheese, pizza, nachos, green jello, potatos and gravy and cake (Michelle Obama would just die if she knew) he has decided that is the best place he has ever been and wants to go back in three days. Keep in mind we have actually taken this boy to some really nice restaurants and this is his idea of heaven! It may be years before I can work up the courage to take him again but as we left he was clapping his hands and chanting " Chuck a Rama Chuck a Rama" He is officially a fat kid trapped in a little skinny body!

My Boys

2010-03-23T07:45:00.000-07:00

What handsome little guys that I have

Sassy

2010-03-19T21:21:00.000-07:00

First off I don't know why my child cannot make a normal face when taking a picture but there you go.

The first session of swim lessons actually went really well. We had one that was sort of a disaster but after that we take him and practice the night before and on the weekends and that has really helped. We are on to our second round of lessons and the first one was a complete disaster... lots of tears and wailing about how he didn't want to go into the water. I made him sit on the side and just watch his class and occasionally the teacher would make him get in and he would cry. Yeah super fun to watch! So about five minutes before the hellish lesson was over he hoped into the water played a game with the class and then said to me " I don't want to get out this was so much fun!" I seriously wanted to kill him! I said " well honey when we cry all through lessons we don't get to stay and play" He has vowed that tomorrow he will have a good lesson. We shall see....

So today we went to cooper's Doctor apt and as we were leaving Parker decided to go out ahead of us and open the door and as he darted to the front office he turned to me and cooper and said "see ya suckers" and took off to get a drink of water from the fountain. I love when he quotes movies but I could have gone without that line! I'm sure the ladies in the office thought I was a super classy mom with my little four year old saying that.

The other morning he woke up with one side of his hair sticking up and and the other half super flat to his head and I said " you should probably go fix your hair before we go out today" He went to the mirror and took a look then turned to me with this look on his face and said " Mom that's totally my style" Who am i to take that away so we left the house with his crazy bedhead hair.

Last sassy little Parker moment was when i asked him what he wanted for lunch and he said

" sunny eggs" (yes he likes sunny side up eggs and i find it really disgusting). I said " well you had that for breakfast wouldn't you like something else?" So he asked me to name some things. After I gave him a list of things we could have for lunch he said

"Nope it's sunny eggs for sure... So go and enjoy your cooking"

My little monkey

2010-03-19T21:05:00.000-07:00

Cooper is growing up so fast its just crazy. He is constantly rolling all over the house and is trying so hard to crawl! He gets up on his little knees and goes back and forth until he finally decides to just lay back on his belly and roll where he needs to go. He is overall a pretty happy baby and with those cute dimples he just makes you melt. We just went to the doctor today for his sixth month check up and he is 18+ pounds! What a little chunk! He was sick for the last seven days and was super fussy. Jim was sick as well so cooper and I were up rocking in the chair quit a bit at night together. But I caught up on some project runway and saw a few episodes of Runs house. There is really not much on at 4am!

Word to the mothers....

2010-03-09T11:11:00.001-08:00

When your child gets up in the morning looking a little pale and says to you " It's not a day for food" but you decide to make him take just one bite of eggs and drink some orange juice.. watch out.. Because chances are he will throw up all over grandmas floor and chair. Then he will continue to vomit all the way from Hamilton to salmon Idaho on your way home from a trip. All the while you get to hold the bag in front of his face while he does so.... Next time when Parker declares " it is not a day for food." I will most definitely listen.

Calling in Sick!

2010-02-26T12:35:00.001-08:00

I love being a mother but wouldn't it be nice if when you have the flu you could call in sick for the day. For some odd reason my children still want me to play with them and feed them even when i have fever, body/head aches and a host of other symptoms!
On the upside Parker did get ready for the day wearing an orange tee shirt under a lebron james basketball jersey and some church pants. Super classy. He said he "really wants to look like lebron parker today" Mission accomplished son!

Movie quotes

2010-02-18T07:45:00.000-08:00

While my mother in law was here I think she found it strange that at one point Parker said
"Glad I'm wearing a diaper!" We had to tell her that he has been watching Cloudy with a chance of meatballs and that is his new favorite movie to quote.

If you have ever heard a conversation between my family members you may think some of it sounds strange because at some point we all quote various movies to one another. These quotes slip in to our everyday conversations and if you haven't seen the movie or show you would think we are quite strange. My mom used to say to us " if you knew your school work half as well as you knew movie quotes you would all get straight A's!" This fine trait has been passed down to our children as well! I am proud to say that I am the mother of an up and coming quoter myself.

So when you are leaving our house and Parker says "bye buddy hope you find your dad" Just know its from the movie Elf. Or when he wants your attention so he says " Attention Students" it's from Max Keebles big move, Or if something happens and he says " Glad I'm wearing a diaper" Just remember he likes to quote movies he is really not strange!

I'm not fat.........

2010-01-31T21:43:00.000-08:00

I'm just big boned!!

no news is good news

2010-01-30T10:48:00.000-08:00

So I really don't have much to post... shows you I really don't have much going on. Parker is starting swim lessons next week and so I have really been talking it up all he can say is
" mom you know i'm going to sink to the bottom" Or " how about we stop talking about swimming" He is not the biggest fan of getting water in his face and he is afraid of drowning. He does really well with his water wings or a swim ring but doesn't like the thought of being out without them. So we shall see......

Cooper is getting so big. He has starting eating some solid foods and he is a fan. He giggles, babbles, and smiles all the time and is just really a good baby. I don't know how I get so lucky. So, he rolled over for the first time at about six weeks old and I thought "oh how cute he rolled so early" well now he could go pro and its not so cute when you try to change his diaper and he will not stop rolling. I have gotten pretty good at holding him down or just changing it when he is on his side or tummy. He rolls over the place and kinda spins himself in circles.

As for Jimmy and myself not much is really going on... Jim really enjoys his job at the lab and plays basketball a couple nights a week. He also just finished up a hockey tournament and his team won third place. As for me I just stay home with the babes all day and I have started working out again. I figure after a year off it's time to start up again! Yikes. I am hoping to do a 5k next month and a half marathon in San Fran, Ca in October unless i really hate the 5k. I am not the biggest fan of running but I have filled up my IPOD with some sweet tunes and it's nice to get a little break from the kids!! So who knows maybe I will just be the next forest gump.

Holiday Wrap up

2010-01-09T22:01:00.000-08:00

So all of my pictures from Christmas are on my moms camera! Handy isn't it. But let me tell you it was a good one! The picture below pretty much sums it up! Parker loved every minute of the holidays. We had a great time in Montana having dinner with Santa, slumber parties with cousins, and Ice Skating with Grandpa. On Christmas morning I finally woke parker up at 8:30 because I was so excited I couldn't wait any longer. I remember when I was little getting up with my Brothers and sisters every hour starting at about 3:00am in the morning. Parker was happy to be woken up but little cooper pretty much slept all thru Christmas morning.

For New Years I invited my family over to Cody and Marianne's ( jims sister) house in nephi for a new years party because thats how I roll! We played games and ate snacks. Parker had a great time staying up late with his cousin stockton and his Lego Grandma and Grandpa. Parker and I finally went to bed about 1:30. On new years day we headed back up to salt lake to watch jim play hockey.

Parker is the best big brother. He is always talking with cooper and being silly to try and get him to laugh. He is so gentle and sweet with him . Here he is hanging out in coopers bumbo. Cooper found it pretty funny!

Parker and Cooper playing with the new star wars computer! Thank you Santa. I really like the large bandage on Parkers face. He fell at my parents house about five minutes before we were leaving and cut up his neck a bit. Not enough however to warrant the large bandage that jim put on his face. yikes

baby coop

2009-12-01T09:12:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe he is almost three months old. Boy how time flys when you are tired!! He is such a sweet little baby! At his two month apt he was almost thirteen pounds but only 22 inch! He is just a little chunk! He is trying so hard to suck his thumb sometimes he gets it but there are other times he just sucks so hard on his whole hand and then gets mad because he can't find his thumb!

Target

2009-11-16T19:03:00.001-08:00

Parker and I decided to take a quick trip to target and look at all the new christmas toys and decorations. This is the conversation we had....

Parker: I need to go potty
Mom: Ok we need to walk back to the front of the store.
P: Ok

halfway to the front of the store

P: Mom this is so far i'm totally going to pass out
M: I don't think you will pass out walking to the bathroom
P: Like yeah I will pass out
M: I don't really think you know what it means to pass out
P: yes I do

right in front of the bathroom door

P: I did it.. I just passed out

Also every toy he saw that he wanted he would raise it up above his head and say " Mom picture this in my bedroom" or " Picture this on my bookshelf"
Crazy kid!

Trick or Treat

2009-11-01T17:49:00.000-08:00

Parker and his friend Owen went trick or treating and got tons of candy. About four houses in parker wanted to go home and eat his candy. By the end of the night he said " mom how about you take my bag to the door and say trick or treat and I will stay here (on the sidwalk) and eat my sucker" That is when we knew it was time to go home. There was no way I was doing it for him.

The fam

My cute little mummy and his dragon! I love my boys.

Coop stayed home with dad and passed out candy!

He is getting so chunky!

LDS General Conference

2009-10-16T12:35:00.000-07:00

In Primary on Sunday the kids discussed what they liked best about general conference. As you can imagine hands were raised and answers like " i liked seeing the prophet" "i liked the songs" "i liked hearing about temples" were said. My sweet son however raised his hand proudly and said " I didn't like it. I only like watching kid shows." He is one honest little boy.

Cooper's Blessing

2009-10-11T22:22:00.001-07:00

Since my mother is behind me getting my little cooper ready for bed I get to do a little update! It feels like the last five weeks have just flown by so fast. Cooper is getting super chunky because he pretty much still just sleeps and eats and eats and eats! Parker loves being a big brother. He is so proud to have a little brother. He is also happy to tell just about everyone that cooper "eats off my mommy's boobs!" Yikes.

We had coopers blessing in montana while we were there and it was super fun. Here are some pics from our time............

My little family

Cooper Darren with uncle Darren

Cooper Darren Adams

2009-09-09T15:21:00.000-07:00

Baby is hungry so I will post more later.......

Labor Day 09/07/09

2009-09-02T12:37:00.000-07:00

2+ years of infertility Medications= not so much fun
2 OB's and 1 Infertility Specialist= lots of money
9 Months of Pregnancy= Exciting
Gestational diabetes= Lame
Finally being induced on Monday with my 2nd baby boy= PRICELESS

On sunday night my sweet parents will arrive to take care of Parker so that on monday morning we can get this party started. We will be going into the hospital at 6am to start the process and hopefully a few painless hours later (haha) we will welcome Cooper Darren Adams into our little family.

31 days and counting

2009-08-18T09:14:00.000-07:00

I only have 31 days left before my baby gets here and I can't wait. If everything goes how I have planned it will be even sooner than that! Other than some blood sugar issues things have been going well. I have started to do weekly non stress tests and ultra sounds to make sure he is doing well and has enough fluid. I have been having contractions and so i'm hoping this baby is ready to come just a bit early for me. These are two rare prego pics of me for your veiwing pleasure... No it's not twins, no i'm not about to pop and yes I am huge so there is no need to tell me!!

While in montana...

2009-07-12T18:32:00.000-07:00

This is parker after a day at the Lake!

Parker and nina

The Fam

Grandpa heading out to go fly fishing in his old man hat!

It's very important to get in a trip to the river and lake como and we did both over the fourth...

July 4th

2009-07-12T18:09:00.001-07:00

Parker and colton

A little gun talk on the fourth is good!

Parker and Ellie lovin the fireworks

Parkers cousin taught him how to play nintendo ds

This was the face after I took the nintendo away!

Manda and Grandma hanging out

The pallet of fireworks! Thats what $1000 buys you on the reservation.

Sheriff Parker

2009-07-12T17:58:00.000-07:00

So before I was a mother I always silently judged those mom's who let their kids out of the house looking goofy. But here is what my child picked out to wear to breakfast and to the Doctor's office and all I said was " Looks good!". I gotta be honest he was a hit at the bagel place and the dr'soffice. He also requested the Doctor call him sheriff parker.

Rattlesnake+Moose=Family Fun!

2009-05-27T13:24:00.000-07:00

My dear friend Kim took some family pictures for us while we were in montana. Other than running into a moose and a rattlesnake I think it went really well!!! We had quite the adventure trecking thru the woods to get out while avoiding all the wildlife!

I love parkers new fake smile!!!!

Me, Jim, Parker, and Baby #2!!

A boy...

2009-04-28T13:52:00.000-07:00

I know most of you know this but I am having a boy! We went in yesterday morning to recieve the news. Jim and I were a tad disapointed but a brother for parker will be cool. Parker was so excited at the apt he had a great big smile on his face. And then he said " see..... Just a boy!!" I guess he knew all along. We can't wait for this last 20 weeks to fly by and we will have our new little guy.

Batman undies... I think not

2009-04-15T20:57:00.001-07:00

So today was Parkers first day of tee ball. Thanks to our last name he was the first to bat every time and that was his favorite part of the game. Playing in the outfield was not really as exciting but he still enjoyed himself. We noticed he was running kinda weird during the game and I thought it was because his pants were kinda baggy. When we got home he was getting ready for his bath and when he took off his pants he had no underwear on! Apparently when he went to the bathroom before we left for the game he decided to go commando. Next game I will make sure we have not only the hat, mitt, and shirt but also some undies!

Up to the sky....

2009-04-03T18:13:00.001-07:00

So in the car today a really good song was on the radio. So I had to crank up the music and jam out! Then this is the conversation that my son had with me about my actions....

Parker: Mom that music is going up to the sky.
Me: Uh OK...
Parker: Jesus is in the sky and he can hear it so you need to turn it down.
Me: Do you think Jesus likes this song??
Parker: NO MOM! Jesus is really old............. so you need to turn it down.

I couln't stop laughing!!!

Dreamer

2009-03-06T19:01:00.000-08:00

Parker: "Mom I just had the freakiest Dream. There was a ghost playing basketball and then the ghost had a baby. And that was it"

2009-02-18T12:12:00.000-08:00

Parkers 2nd Bday Cakes

This is for you sister... I can send you the cake pan I used for these....

Three prego tests, two blood draws, one ultrasound......

2009-01-26T17:58:00.000-08:00

After two long years it was hard to believe but I am finally pregnant!!!!!!!!!!! We are so excited. I know I am only six weeks along but I just can't help myself. I just need to tell the world. The ultrasound today showed a very strong heartbeat!!

Lebron James

2009-01-25T15:32:00.000-08:00

Parker and Jim share a great love for the game of basketball... Parker's favorite player to watch is Lebron James. Jim's cousin was super nice and gave them tickets to go see the game last night. Parker said he favorite part of the game was seeing lebron. And even though he was wearing his lebron jersey he still chanted "defense" for the Jazz! But alas Parkers team won the game!!!!

Tis the season to be merry

2008-12-31T12:23:00.000-08:00

Favorite moments from christmas
1. Getting to spend a few days at my sisters house. Parker played with his five cousins and loved every moment of it.
2. Did lots of haircuts and highlights! I miss my job terribly so it was good to do it again and make some money!
3. Spent time with my brother darren who I hadn't see in a long time!
4. Parker, aunt jennine, uncle don, mom, and I all went to the victor steakhouse and had dinner with santa. Parker ran right up to santa and had a nice long talk!
5. Christmas day at my brother's house playing rock band! There is nothing like seeing Jim singing his heart out! He is very serious about his video games and this is no different.
6. The many many wii games played at my moms house.
7. Waking up to my brothers and jim eating mac and cheese (yellow death) at 3am while watching disturbia.
8. Seeing parkers face when he saw the legos santa had left him! He said " santa must really love me" and boy is he right!
9.

Santa baby

2008-12-08T13:02:00.000-08:00

Parker was really wanting a lego truck for christmas this year and so he said I need to tell santa. I told him that we could write him a letter and send it off in the mail. He told me what to write and I did. He then added the 1 2 part as well as his name and a picture of what the truck looks like.

Dear Santa,

Bring me some legos please with a truck. 1 2 (that means bupo and it will a make santa laugh). Thank you Santa

Love
PAX
(he said I don't want to write p -a -r -k -e -r I just would like to write p- a -x)

Mamma's girl

2008-11-18T21:01:00.000-08:00

For the first few years of life I wanted nothing to do with anyone but my mother. I would go to no one but her. I have an uncle who never babysat another child again because of the pain I inflicted on him because he was of course not my mother. My mother has made me who I am today. She taught me it's ok to stay home from school sometimes and have a happy meal if it makes you feel better. She taught me that when your kid says 9x9=18 that its time to cut off the cable. She also taught me that sometimes life isn't fair and you just need to buck up, take a walk and learn to move on. She taught me that Ugg boots are ugly but so so worth it! She taught me the value of hairspray and what it can do not only for your hair but also as a stain remover. She taught me about star and people magazine and that it's ok to just escape into celeb reality. But she also taught me the value of good books and to love to read. She showed me what it was to love and what a great marriage truly is. She taught me to sacrifice for my children and to love them no matter what they do or say. She taught the value of giving to others even when you will have nothing left for yourself. She taught me the lesson of forgiveness and what it means truly forgive and forget. She shows me on a daily basis what it is to truly have a testimony of Christ. There is one thing in my life that I know for sure is that I am a mamma's girl and will always be one. Happy Birthday Mom I love you.

Only babies suck thumbs

2008-11-16T20:38:00.000-08:00

So Parker has always been a man who sucks his thumb. From the time he was born there was no stopping him. I had always planned on someday having to use extreme measures to get him to stop. However, over the last couple weeks I noticed when I went in at night to make sure he was covered up I no longer had to pry the thumb out. I waited on it and didn't say anything but a few days ago I asked him if he sucked his thumb anymore. He replied that "no I don't, only babies suck thumbs" I said "but you are my baby" and he assured me he was not longer a baby he is "actually a big boy."

I never thought I would be sad about this because when it started I tried everything to get him to take a Binky. But after our little talk about the thumb I sat on the couch and had myself a good long cry. It's hard for me to watch parker grow up into a little man because I know time passes by so fast. This whole watching your kid grow up is a real love hate thing with me. I love the different stages that he has gone through but a little part of me thinks it's just going by a little to fast. Before I know it he will be off to school. If I cry that hard over him not sucking his thumb can't imagine how bad I will be on the first day of school!

Happy Halloween

2008-10-31T18:55:00.000-07:00

We started out our halloween week by doing the pumpkin walk in logan that was tons of fun! Then parks and I did halloween time at the library where "the old lady princess" read stories and they did a parade. And tonight we went around to a few places and did some tricking and treating. Very exciting stuff.

Please no one call CPS on my husband!

Parker requested a paw print from blues

clues on his pumpkin this year!

Vacation... What vacation....

2008-10-29T18:31:00.000-07:00

So our vacation didn't exactly go as I had hoped it would. We flew out of SLC on thursday and after we got of the plane parker started complaining his ear hurt. After and hour it was a full blown cry. I couldn't get him to stop so I took him to the insta-care place in portland and about 2 min before the Doctor came to get him he stopped crying and said I guess I feel better now. I took him in anyway and the Dr. said the pressure from the plane must have been built up and it poped right before we got in and his inner ear was all bloody. So that was the first day of our trip.
The day after we got to montana Parker triped and landed mouth first on my moms glass coffee table. He managed to cut most of the gums off his front teeth as well as some muscle that is in the front of your mouth. He knocked his four front teeth loose and now has constant tooth aches from having all the roots of his teeth exposed. And everytime I looked at him, I swear, it started it bleed. The dentist did say that everything should grow back and tighten up his teeth, however they will turn a nice gray color. I hear that gray is the new white! Anyway other than that the trip was good and it was super fun to see everyone. Also the new sushi place in hamilton is way good so that was a plus.

2008-10-14T09:27:00.000-07:00

Parkers new favorite thing to do is play on the computer. He goes on the wiggles website and plays all the games. He still will not say computer, even though he can, he prefers to call it his
pu-doo-der.

Zoo day

While at the zoo parker met a new friend to play with
and she insisted that he lay in the egg while she
sits on top to hatch it!

The day we pulled out all parkers old baby stuff he was feeling a bit nastolgic and decided to do a bit of swinging. He didn't feel really good about letting the baby swing in it because after all it is his.

Last but not least his new favorite thing is the dog that Grandma Orr sent him in the mail and woody from toy story. He said they are his best friends. He insists that we call the dog parker and he would like to be called Allen (his cousins name).

Home is where the heart is

2008-10-12T16:24:00.000-07:00

I will be coming to Hamilton next weekend and so I thought I would let everyone know. Although I'm sure that when I drive into hammy town you will all feel a change in the air. Birds will sing, rainbows will form. Anyhow I am thinking a girls night out is in order for sure because I have a need to go to bellas! Kim I'm talking to you. Also if anyone needs hair done I have some others scheduled so I will be happy to do you as well just let me know. I will be there for about 10 days and then I will make my way back to the land of utah.

Babies....

2008-10-04T20:29:00.001-07:00

Since Parker was old enough to talk he has let us know how he felt about babies. When asked if he wants a brother or a sister he typically replies "no thanks." At target a month ago we walked by the baby stuff and he proclaimed rather loudly " babies are so yucky." Needless to say he is not a huge fan. My sweet friend has entrusted me to take care of her 9 week old baby three days a week. I was a little worried how Parker would react but about an hour into our first day I was changing the babies diaper and Parker was eating breakfast. I see him look over for a little while and then he says after a few minutes of deep thinking " you know, I guess I do like babies." I'm hoping that when we have another baby Parker will be as welcoming.

Sunday best?

2008-09-30T21:13:00.000-07:00

Jim decided to try his hand at hairdressing. Normally Parker has spiky hair or a faux hawk but Jim thought he needed a part in his hair for church. After seeing this rad hair do Parker insisted Jim have it as well. Lets just say it didn't last till church for either of them.

They were so over the hairdo

Rockin' to another year

2008-09-28T20:24:00.000-07:00

7 Years Ago

On august 1st it was seven years of wedded bliss for us! I only tried to poison his food once in seven years. If only I could learn how to cut the brake cables! Just kidding. We are obviously celebrating a bit late but it was a nice ending to my week for sure. Parker was so excited because Uncle Brian came down to babysit for us while we partied it up in SLC. Jim had the beautiful flowers delivered to me in the cute little pumpkin vase. We went out for a really nice italian dinner (no not olive garden) and then went to the Gavin Degraw concert at the Murray theater. The opening act was Charlotte Sometimes and the lead singer was a cute little rocker chick. They were way good and Gavin put on a great concert as well. (i have put both artists in my playlist for those of you who have no idea who they are). I am a huge fan of live music and it's been to long since my last concert. Jim is not a big fan of the music I listen to but he went anyway. He is a rock kinda guy you know Linkin Park, Korn, AC/DC. So he was a trooper to come with me. He did note however that we were about the only ones who were old enough to drive ourselves to the concert!

He was so excited during the concert I could barely keep him from rushing the stage

Thanks Jimmy for the super fun night!!! I love you

Cars and tow trucks and ice skates oh my...

2008-09-24T09:21:00.000-07:00

I had a really great blog planned out for Parker's first day of ice skating lessons however my plan was sort of shot to heck.
Yesterday my tooth was aching so bad I had to find a dentist. I got in with one in the morning but had no one to take Parker and so he and i trudged to the dentist early yesterday. It was a short but painful procedure and the numb mouth lasted most of the day. Then we decided to stop at the store get some groceries and rent a movie from red box. I had this great plan of having dinner on the stove for Jim when he go home because Parker and I would be at skate lessons. When I got home I parked the car in the unloading zone to get my groceries out of the car. I ran upstairs and the phone rang so I chatted for a bit. Then Parker and I made some soup. After our soup we snuggled up on the couch and watched a movie. During our movie we heard some loud noises outside but thought nothing of it.
After the movie I was going to put Parker down for a nap so he would be well rested for his lessons. It was then that I saw a moving truck and went out on the porch to see who was moving. Only then did I realize that they were parked where my car once was. That loud noise we heard during our movie was our car being towed away! I had totally forgotten to go move my car over to our parking spot. I then called up my sweet friend Jen and asked (through my sobbing) if she could take me to get my car out of the lot. Lets just say 1 hour of crying followed by 1.5 hours of driving, and 200 dollars later I got my car. Parker was starving and so instead of my homemade spaghetti we had to run through McDonald's to get him a happy meal (which frankly didn't make me very happy). Then we ran to skating lessons that ended up to be a bit of a disaster. Think very tired child on cold hard ice. Not a good combo. We left early and the minute he got in his car seat he was out. I'm hoping someday I will look back on this day and laugh but for now lets just hope today is a better day.

10 years ago and other random jaclyn facts

2008-09-10T20:02:00.000-07:00

Since my sister in laws both posted this i figured that i better do the same. Gotta keep up with the fam you know. I did add a pic to mine so i guess mine is just a little bit better!! Love you both dearly

10 years ago I:

1. was a senior in high school

2. was the prom queen of Hamilton High (don't knock it till you try it)

3. went to Italy, Austria, and France

4. owned 16 pairs of Doc Martin shoes

5. had a lot more things going on than i do tomorrow...

5 things on today's "to do" list:

1. Go to cooking class

2. Work out

3. ? get a movie from red box

4.? make dinner

5. ? read a book

5 snacks I enjoy:

1. Popcorn

2. Almonds and Craisins (i dont know how to spell it)

3. Grapes

4. Fruit snacks

5. Popsicles

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:

1. Pay off debts

2. Have my dad build me a super nice house and pay him handsomely of course.

3. Buy a pair of Jimmy Choos and the white leather coach bag I found in new york! The list of things could go on and on which is why I will probably never be rich because I would just blow it on shoes and handbags.

4. Take a trip

5. Buy a new bed

5 places I have lived:

1. Bothell, WA

2. Hamilton, MT

3. Logan UT, Syracuse UT, Roy UT, and Ogden UT

4. Hamilton, Mt again

5. Salt lake city, UT

I guess we just really like moving.

Five jobs I have had:

1. Bridgerland Group- money juggler/fire putter outer for one of the worst buisness men i have known

2. US Dept of Agriculture-weed counter/plant waterer

3. The Gap and Old Navy- "welcome to the gap can i sell you some crap" (need i say more)

i hope everyone got the Reality Bites reference....... great movie

4. CITI Bank- sassy customer service rep

5. Loose ends salon-beautified hamilton one head at a time

I tag...

1. Anyone

2. who

3. wants

4. to

5. play!

A Fair to remember

2008-09-06T09:46:00.000-07:00

We had quite a time at the fair this year. It was two full days of food and fun! Parker got to hang out with his natty girl and madison on Thursday. They rode all the kids rides, ate tons of junk and by the end parker was ready to go home. I had taken my other nieces and nephew with me as well. While i was getting the little ones food I got a call from nina saying she had been run down by a pig and her knee was dislocated. She had just finished rehab from her soccer injury this spring and is ready to start basketball! Thank heavens when she fell it went out of place and then popped back in to place. She went home and rested and then came back for some more fun ( with her knee brace of course). We went to the fair again on Saturday with my parents for some more fair fun! I even rode the zipper ride with my niece amanda and got just a bit woozy.

Parkers favorite animal because it had green on it!

This was the last ride of the day and he was so over it!

The kids came back with me and hung out until about eight

Parkers favorite babysitter manda. We miss you

Natty, Parker and madison waiting to get on the ride

Colton sharing his prized cotton candy with parker

Nina and parker fishing

My poor little nina and her knee that got injured by a pig. I told her that she should go home and eat lots of pork products.

By the end he was a bit hyper

Parker and his girl madison going for a joy ride

Not a big fan of the carosel

Parker and his ladies

The dragon roller coaster was he least favorite. By the end he was crying and he told me the dragon just hurts his feelings and he doesn't want to do it again.

Last days of summer

2008-09-03T09:58:00.000-07:00

We decided after a month away from hamilton that it was time to go back. Our first outing was music in the park. We packed lunches invited the orr kids to come and spent a cold day at the park. Partway thru the people behind us had to move because of our noise! oops.. We just have too much fun together.

Me and the best mother in the world

Nina and Mckenzie (ninas friend) getting Parker to eat

There will be more posts to come from our exciting trip.

Goodbye Nancy... Hello Brian

2008-08-22T18:05:00.000-07:00

It's colonel Mustard with the rope in the library

After many hours of pleading from multiple family members my little brother Brian finally decided to let me cut his hair. However it is with a little bit of sadness in my heart that I cut off his golden locks. Now my father will not ask me at family gatherings " hey jac where's your sister Nancy?" And people at church will no longer say to me " hey I didn't know you had a twin sister" So this blog is dedicated to Brians beautiful golden locks and to mom and dad for putting up with them.

Where we are

2008-08-20T09:21:00.000-07:00

We had been living in Montana for two years and loved every minute of it. Jim graduated from the University of Montana with a Chemistry degree and got a job offer in Salt lake City. We just moved here three weeks ago and we are getting adjusted. It's definitely different than Montana but we have lived in Utah before so we know the drill. Hot, lots of traffic, too many Mormons you get it. I miss my family more than I really care to share and my little Parker misses his Natty Girl (his cousin natalie). Here are some pics that we took in may for Parker's third birthday back in hammy town. All of these pictures were taken by a rockin photographer in Hamilton Montana and i have all of her info if you would like it

Blog?

2008-07-22T20:54:00.000-07:00

to blog or not to blog that is the question