Yes I know it's been to long

Well it looks like I am in the habit of updating my blog every two months. And again we haven't had a ton of exciting things happening in our lives so we just have to build up all the excitment to write in one blog.

A couple of weeks ago we got to go to Adallyn and becketts birthday party. Parker is always so excited to see Adallyn and he sure didn't care being the only boy participating in the Dora the Explorer birthday festivities. He loved hitting the homemade pinata with the tennis racket and was pretty good with his eye hand coordination, until he whacked a little girl sitting behind him on the couch. Oops. We had a great time being with the family on Valentines day, and even got treated to a Valentines dinner by Mom and Dad at PF Changs. I know it's a late thanks, but Thanks Mom and Dad for the great treat.

Chase and I also had a little photo shoot with Megan while we were in Forest Grove. I felt like we were having engagement pictures taken. Here are a few of them.

Parker is continuing to learn and grow. And I am just so amazed at the things he is learning. He loves getting into everything, which I know is normal for a 1 1/2 year old. His new thing is opening the oven door and climbing up on it to reach the stove. He doesn't seem to understand when we say no, cause he continues to do it. He also loves to do anything Mom and Dad are doing. He always wants to help vaccum and it has gotten to the point where I don't like to vacuum when he is around cause he screams and screams when we put it away. Anything he can get pugged into the wall becomes a vacuum. When he is at grammy's house he will drag the hand mixer out and plug it into the wall and start vacuuming the floor.

Parker has become very good at throwing tantrums and throwing himself to the floor. Tonight Grammy took his makeshift vaccum away and he was not happy so he arched is back and fell straight back onto the floor. And as you can imagine once he reached the hard floor it didn't feel to good. But besides the tantrums he really is such a joy.

He had a well baby checkup a couple of weeks ago and is still pretty small. He weighs 23 lbs, so it put him in the 7 percentile for his weight. So he is a tall string bean. He takes after his aunt Darcee and Uncle Tyler. We still have a hard time getting him eat food so that becomes frustrating so if anyone has good tricks let me know. Another thing we are told we need to do is get him off the bottle. He is at the point where he always wants it and is always running to the fridge and saying "dottle, dottle!" And when he doesn't get it in a timely manner he gets frantic.

This is more for my purposes but here are a list of words he can say:

Mamma, Dadda, Grammy, Papa, help, No, Yes, Light, Nana (banana), Balloon, Cookie, eat, bite, drink, boo, please, thank you, hi, bye, pillow, night night, I love you, stinky, ewww, bike, doggie, kitty, meow, nose, eyes, mouth, ear, shoe, sock and go. I know there are more but I can't think of them. He will try to say anything you want him to repeat. He has gotten some of his ABC down, to be precise, it is usually the Q R S, and he says it over and over again. He can count to 3 but after three he always says Go! We love watching him grow and learn everyday, he has been such a blessing to us.

Parker also get's to play with his friend Jaiden a lot, but mostly because Kira and I like to get together as much as possible. We recently went to this play place we have here in Redmond that is very cool. They have all of these toys set up that are very age appropriate for our kids. The boys can't escape, so it is perfect!!! Kira and I just sat on the couches reading magazines and chit chatting while the boys ran wild. And the best part about it is, you don't have to pick up after them. I have discovered that Parker is quite the bully. He usually takes takes toys away from Jaiden all the time, but he was actually stealing toys from the older kids as well. And when I am saying older kids they are like kindergarten age. He screeches real loud while pulling the toy away until he get's it. Is that what kids are like when they are the only child forever? I put a video up just to show you the toy Parker kept stealing from the kids. He loves pushing anything and everything!

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Chase is still gone all the time trying to get through school, so when he is home Parker and I are very happy. Parker loves to be just like his daddy and to always be by his side when he is home.

This is the one of the tunnels that Parker got for Christmas. He always loves getting them out and playing in them.

What can I say, Like father like son!! Parker saw daddy doing his hair so of coarse he had to get his done too. It was pretty long in these pictures and has since gotten a cute haircut from Kira!! Thanks Kira!!!!

And really don't mind the mustache. Chase knows I hate it and he look much more handsome when he has a clean shaven face!

Parker also gets to have his moments with his mommy as well. He especially loves putting on my shoes and parading around the house. Which by the way he has lost one of my favorite shoes and I can't find it anywhere!!! Maybe it really is possible to flush a shoe down the toilet, because it is nowhere to be found!

Christmas Fun

Yes it really has been almost 2 months since I last posted. But in my defense I really have not had anything to write about, and more importantly I had no pictures to post. Because let's be honest here, most people look at blogs to see pictures. So I am back and have lots of pictures to post! This Christmas was a Caldwell year, so Me, Chase and Parker packed up the car and made the long trek to Utah! We were both really excited to go, however I was terrified for the car ride. Roads were snowy and icy, and anyone who knows me well, knows I am a wreck when it comes to those driving conditions. Chase told me to take some Dramamine so he wouldn't have to deal with me telling him to slow down, to stop getting to close to other cars, to not pass, and reminding him we have a baby in the car. But, against his will I refused to do it and he had one nervous wife for the first 5 1/2 hours of the car ride. But once we hit Idaho we had great roads and made it to Utah safe and sound.

We had a great time with Chases family! We ate tons of food, watched movies, ate food, shopped (the girls), ate food, Skied (the boys), ate food, and just sat around and enjoyed each others company. Oh did I mention we ate tons of food! Cause we did. And speaking of food, I need to mention that Chase, Spencer, Channing and Jeremy had a pancake eating contest with a Caldwell favorite, Sourdough pancakes. Now since I have been married to Chase I have gotten used to this. I never like it, but I can't stop it. But this year they took it to a whole other level. Channing came in last place with I think 1o pancakes. Then came Jeremy with maybe 14, I can't really remember. So it came down to Chase and Spencer. Now us girls went shopping that morning and before I left I told Chase to promise not to overdue it. He said he would quite before he made himself sick. Well...first game 5 then 10, then 15 and then 20 and yup then 25. And finally 26 pancakes. I hope you are all saying sick!! Because that is gross. Well Chase had to use the restroom after his 26 1/2 pancake and from inside the restroom he hears Spencer call his name. So Chase says, "Yeah?" And then Spencer says," 26 9/16th" So yes after all those pancakes, Chase lost! Serves him right. Great job spenc of taking the family title!

Parker had a great time getting to know all his other uncles and aunts better, and he sure did get the attention from them.

Sorry Chan and Chels and didn't have any pics of you guys with Parker. Parker always wanted to be the center of attention. However, when he would not get his way he would fall on the floor and try to act as pathetic as possible. It is always quite entertaining.

Isn't he CUTE!! He learns it all from his Dad, I swear.

I know both of my sisters have already posted this but, we had to opportunity to have a breakfast all together. We were all in Utah so of coarse we had to see each other. Darcee was so kind to host this breakfast at her new apartment. Parker and adallyn had fun going into aunt Darcee's room and taking out all of her shoes from her closet and trying them on. Parker always wants the high heels and I am not sure why :) We also had fun playing guitar hero, where we all laughed at Megan because she got booed off the stage. Poor girl, first flag football at thanksgiving and now this. I will be nice and not post the picture of Chad having a little of after breakfast dessert, but it was pretty funny. I am sure a joke to live a long time in our family!

Christmas eve was full of last minute shopping, a nap (for me), a fabulous dinner, new pajamas, and of coarse some Christmas traditions. For dinner we had ham and turkey, twice baked potatoes, homemade rolls, spinach salad, and of coarse the infamous holiday salad.

After dinner we read "Twas the Night before Christmas" a Perdue family tradition passed on, and had fun passing the gifts around the circle.

After the silliness we of coarse all settled down to hear to the true meaning of Christmas, and were given a short quiz on the Christmas story. It was interesting to see how commercialized Christmas has become, and to see what is really mentioned in the scriptures and what we have all come to assume. Then we continued the night with some Caldwell traditions of watching the Nativity story to the song "Mary Did you Know?" After this we were graced with a sweet story of the 3 little Christmas trees from Chelsea and Channing. I wish I would have taken pictures of this but I didn't. And of coarse who can forget the new pajamas. I don't have any of everyone together but I have some of Chase and his brothers and Sisters. What a cute family!

Christmas morning we woke up, and had fun opening all of our gifts. Chase spoiled me way to much this year with clothing and jewelry. And of coarse Parker was spoiled by both grandparents and got lots of fun gifts. One of the gifts Grandma and Grandpa Caldwell gave him was a huge tent with tunnels. He had fun playing in it. Aunt Darcee and Uncle Shane gave him some trucks that he also loves. And there were many other gifts as well. We had a GREAT Christmas and were so glad to spend it with Chases family!

We also had the opportunity to go to the Salt Lake Temple to go do a session. I had never been to a live session before so it was a fun experience. Thanks Megan and Chad for watching Parker so we could go to the Temple!

We had a great time in Utah and look forward to the next time we can all be together again!!