My bread making cousins.....

You have all got to check out this article from the Kearney hub! The boys in the story are my cousins. What a couple of studs!!!

http://www.kearneyhub.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=20091661&BRD=268&PAG=461&dept_id=577576&rfi=8

Future Olympian

With his mommy glued to the Olympics the past several weeks, Turner was able to see most of Michael Phelps' gold medal swims and became highly motivated to begin training for the 2024 Olympics! Though most of his training sessions are closed to the media we were able to get a little footage of him, here he is doing the breast stroke.

What happens when Daddy babysits.....

Welcome Mia!!!!!!

Our good friends the Chad and Danielle welcomed their first baby girl, Mia Claire, on Friday morning. Mia joins big brothers Evan (4) and Levi (2). We are so excited for the Parker family and look forward to watching little Mia grow up!!!

Here she is...........

Mia Claire Parker, 8/22/08

Chad, recooperating from all the action!!

My first cuddles with Mia!
She is so adorable and her ears are the tiniest I've ever seen - I love them!
And doesn't her Mommy look fabulous!!

We've got a scooter....

In a fashion very similiar to his brother's first "crawls" TW is on the move.
Nothing at floor level is safe anymore, yikes!!!

Road Trip

A couple weekends ago the boys and I sent Daddy off to San Diego to visit Uncle Jay and took a little road trip out to visit Great-Gpa T!

The drive there went pretty well - Turner slept the first hour, played for the next hour and a bit and cried on/off the last 20 min - pretty good for a 6.5 month old; Carter on the other hand took an hour to fall asleep (note: about exactly the same time TW woke up Carter fell asleep, so they never slept at the same time - classic for them!) then woke up to TW's cooing about 30 min later - but was happier than a clam watching Bob the Builder the rest of the way.

Our time in Holdrege was super fun- we got to hang out with Gpa and Judy and even see Mary and Mike for a meal too! Saturday morning while Gpa took care of entertaining the boys, Judy taught me how to can peaches and make salsa! This woman is incredible in the kitchen and a very good teacher!!! Thanks again, Judy!! And thanks to Gpa for watching the boys! The evenings were filled with Olympic viewing- opening ceremony and all! We missed most of the second night due to a slight technical error - but I had fun helping Gpa fix it, so it wasn't a complete loss =)

Saturday afternoon after naps we took a drive into Kearney and visited our good friends, the Denneys! It was fun to re-connect the kids. The boys had fun playing with their boys (Evan, Bryce & Kellen) and little girl, Hadley too! After they treated us to pizza and soda (a rare treat for Carter) we headed back to Holdrege!

Sunday the boys treated me to sleeping in - yay!!! And then after hanging out in the morning and a delightful lunch with Gpa, Judy, Mike and Mary we headed home around nap time again! Turner fell right to sleep and napped for the first hour, however this time was only content to "play" about 10-15 minutes after his nap and proceeded to cry for the rest of the trek! Yikes that was a long 1.5 hrs! I tried stopping (mainly b/c I had to use the bathroom - that was a fun adventure itself taking 2 boys into a public restroom!!!!), but that only made it worse so I just drove on. Carter did ok watching Bob and then finally passed out in the midst of TW's screams about 30 min from home. Then TW passed out a few blocks from home, wow! Not sure I'll be driving too far w/o Todd anytime soon, we'll see!

Here are the pictures, what you really wanted to see/know about the trip!!!

TW with Gma Judy!
TW worn out from the drive cuddling with G-Gpa T.
TW passed out in G-Gpa T's arms!
Carter hanging out in his "choo-choo jammies".
Gpa and Carter watching Bob the Builder under the Bob Blanket!

Judy and I - canning peaches!
Carter helping with the salsa!
Carter's favorite part of the trip - golf cart rides with Papa T!!!

And here's what Todd and Jay were up to in sunny San Diego....

7 Months Old

Today our little guy hits the seven month mark, for some reason I was a little sad. It seems as though the first six months I was always ready for the next stage (probably due to lack of sleep!) - but now I'd like to pause everything and just enjoy it for awhile... however I know that isn't possible, so I'll cherish the snuggles that are left with my baby and continue to stand in awe at how fast he is growing and changing....

New accomplishments this month:

Sitting up on his own!

Talking - still babbles, but lots of them!

Eating - pears, peaches and prunes!

Jumping, jumping, and more jumping in your jumper!

Starting to make forward movements!!!

Happy 7 months little guy!! We love you lots!

Welcome Camden!

Our good friends, the Engels, welcomed their 2nd child, 1st son, Camden Tyler on July 16th!! We are so excited to watch him grow and become friends with our boys! Welcome Camden!!!