Cousin fun!

Mom and Dad

For some strange reason, Parker has started calling us "Mom" and "Dad". It's cute, but it's kind of sad. Every once in a while, he'll call me "Mommy", but Phillip is pretty much "Dad" all the time.

Parker spent the past two nights with Marmee and Poppa while I finished up at work. We were so, so excited for him to come home. Phillip came home for lunch today to see our sweet little buddy.

 I will never, ever get tired of listening to Phillip read to Parker. He uses expression and gives each character a different voice. He really has a calm, soothing "reading" voice, and Parker loves it, too!

Lately

We went to Lily's birthday party.

We went to the petting zoo at Dorey's!

Parker has become OBSESSED with Phillip.

We've spent alot of time outside.

We also celebrated Parker's 3rd birthday. I'll post those pictures when I get them. Overall, we've ended one school year and are looking forward to an exciting summer!

Out of the mouths of babes

I can listen to Parker all day long. Seriously, he is so funny and sweet. Here are some tidbits of conversations:

Me: "What do your birthday party invitations say?"
Parker: "I love you, Lily and Abby."

Parker: "Nember that tape on my arm?"
Me: "At the hospital?"
Parker: "Yeah, at the hospital. That old lady said she's gonna take it out of my arm."

Phillip: "Who do you want to pray for tonight?"
Parker: "Lightning McQueen."
Parker: "Dear Jesus, Thank you for Mommy and Lightning McQueen."

Me: "Is Daddy a puppy dog?"
Parker. "No."
Philip: "Well then what am I?"
Parker: "You're the boss!"

Tonsils, adenoids, and tubes

Yep, he got the ENT works!

We had to be there at 5:30. He woke up at 4 ready to go!

He was really happy in the pre-op room!

The surgery went without a hitch! He even slept soundly in recovery.

Happy Easter

In the interest of full disclosure, the only reason he's smiling here is because I told him he could have M&Ms.

 Yesterday we went to our church's Easter Egg hunt. He found exactly 2 eggs. Yep, 2. His goal was 3 going in to it, so he almost made it.

Egg #1

 Egg #2

 After Egg #2, he discovered the bouncy houses. At that point, egg hunting was the last thing on his mind.

Encouraging words from a complete stranger

I was off work today, but Phillip wasn't. So Parker and I headed "into town" (as we like to say) to pick up some new clothes and grab a cupcake (as a reward for trying to use the potty to go #2-it's still a battle). Anyway, we were in Belk and Parker was behaving like a typical two-almost-three year old. He almost climbed all over the bench in the dressing room, repeatedly slammed the dressing room door, and begged to go up and down the escalator. He almost knocked down a manican, but I caught it just in time and didn't realize the store manager was watching. He nicely said, "Good save, Mom." to which I explained for about the third time, "I usually don't bring him with me, but Daddy had to work today." When we were in the line to check out, Parker was being pretty whiney. A sweet lady beside me asked how old he was. Then she said the sweetest words, "Hang in there. You're doing a great job." That's what I needed to hear. No judgmental looks or criticism, just a sweet, "Hang in there."