HOUSE hunting 101

So this whole house hunting thing isn't as easy as I thought. I imagined walking in to the house of our dreams and leaving saying SOLD! Ya, well not so easy! John and I put our house up for sale pretty much the week the baby was born. YES, as you can imagine, I was not happy about the whole situation with a new baby and all. My mind was only on Parker and nothing else. John and I both agreed that we need more space. We both LOVE our house now, truly it is perfect, but we DO need the room. Especially since I want to have another baby.... soon! Sooooo I have been very patient with hosting open houses here, baby and all. We have had tons of people look at the house but no offers yet. Not so much a bad thing because we haven't found our dream house yet. John and I have looked at a lot of houses, but agree that we want a house that we can make our home. We both agree that
1) We LOVE Oldham County and love the school system out there
2) We want a house with a upscale kitchen that opens to a great room
3) We want a HUGE master bedroom with a spacious and luxurious bathroom. HUGE closet for me!
4) At least 4 bedrooms
5) A great backyard for Parker to play and grounds for a potential pool
We both LOVE to entertain guest so we want a house that is great for friends and family to enjoy. We have been looking at a couple of houses on the river and have absolutely fallen in love with them. We both love the water and can see us building our family around water. Since we have a boat and jetski, it just makes perfect since that we have a house on the river. Hopefully things work out in our favor and our dreams come true! I never imagined house hunting could be so hard!!!

- Yours truly,
looking for our dream house

Spoke too soon!

OK, NO I do NOT have the swine flu or anything close, but last night our little buggy was not feeling so well. He seemed like he was congested and not feeling good at all. We decided to give him a warm bath around 6:15, a bit of tylenol and put him to bed. EARLY. I felt so bad for the little guy. We just knew he didn't feel good. He actually slept until about 1:30am, had a quick bottle and back to bed until about 8am. Then mommy woke up not feeling well. Hmmmmm .... I guess when you are a stay-at-home mom, you take a risk of sharing germs between you and your baby. So, I got up and headed to the doctor. John thankfully got to stay home from work to take care of us both! The final results ..... I have a double ear infection, sinus infection and a sore throat. Not good. But the doctor gave me some good medicine and I hope to be back to normal soon. As for buggy, the doctor said to continue to take his temperature and try rubbing some baby rub on his chest, neck, and back. He already sleeps with a warm humidifier so hopefully the rub will do the trick! Poor daddy was stuck home all day taking care of us both. Thank God for him, because I couldn't have done it without him. He even made my special chili for dinner! Off to take the second dose of my medicine and off to bed I go.
- Yours truly
sniffy, coughing mommy :(

Happy October

Snuggle bunny ready for the fall :)

Back to PLAYA we go!!!

Once again, my AMAZING husband planned another dream vacation to Playa del Carmen! He said I get a "honeymoon do over" this time not pregnant! We are leaving December 26th, and returning January 3rd. We have two other couples going with us this time so we are looking forward to showing them around "our spot". We want to one day get a place down there since we love it so much! Our friends Rich, Jill, Brandon, and Kristi are going with us! Sooooo fun, especially since we will be there for New Years! Our unit we are staying in is called Porta Playa. These are new, and similar to the penthouse we stayed at last time, but BETTER! Our rooftop has our own pool, hot tub, and a fabulous grill! The inside is BEAUTIFUL! I can't wait to go and already counting down the days! I am one lucky and spoiled little girl :)

13 weeks and getting SO BIG!

Here is my little love bug at 13 weeks old. He is growing so fast and still getting so big (like his daddy)! Parker is now talking so much although we don't know what he's saying, it's still so stinkin' cute! When I sing to him, he makes noises and sings along. Too funny! We have videos of it. I will download some on here this week. Parker loves chewing on his hands, still not taking a pacifier though (which is not so much a bad thing). He's starting the drooling thing now .... Gross. Which means I am changing him more and more. But he's AMAZING and doing so well. I love him more and more each day :)

Be FEARFUL of the FLU!!

Ok mommies, time to break out the hand-sanitizer and lysol. It's going to be a NASTY flu season! I've got each diaper bag loaded with purrell, and the house sprayed down with lysol. This is scary, and I usually don't worry about things like this, but I'm not worrying about me anymore, I have buggy to protect. Let's just say, we are doing more activites at home instead of being in large crowds of people. Call me crazy, but I would feel awful and guilty if Parker got this thing. John and I are both getting our flu shots this week. We can't afford for either of us to have it ... we NEED eachother to help with Parker.
One thing that's got us worried is the swine flu shot. YES, I know they say that children under 6 months should be vaccinated for H1N1, and people that are around children also be vaccinated. But it's scary. Seems to me that this could be a "thrown together" vaccine. I'm sure it's safe and probably nothing to worry about, but you may never know! I have had terrible dreams about it and YES I have had a dream that my son turned into a pig!!! WERID, I know. One thing is for sure, we will continue to wash our hands non-stop and try to avoid this thing as much as possible! GOOD LUCK everyone :)

Wedding Wednesday

I felt like today everywhere I looked was wedding stuff. Made me think about our wedding and how special these pictures are of baby Parker in my belly. I had to post some pics!

Look familiar???

That's my boy!!!!

PROOF!

12 weeks old

Hello my fellow blog watchers!! So sorry for not "updating" lately. John and I have been VERY busy lately looking for houses, showing our house, and hanging out with Parker! I am coaching a cheerleading team on Monday nights and attend the games on Sundays, SO ... I have been slacking to say the least!
Let's see ..... Parker is 12 weeks TODAY! I still can't get over how much he grows and changes everyday! It's amazing. He is still the BEST baby ever. Doesn't cry much, always happy, smiling, and laughing. He is truly PERFECT and BEAUTIFUL! We finally received our "My baby can read" DVD's in the mail. I tell Parker he's "going to school", pop the dvd in and his eyes are glued! Seriously, no joke. It's perfect for when I need to get ready for the day ... he loves it! He watches it twice a day. I am already finding myself repeating the words. It's hard when you watch it every day! So ... I'm hoping this works and maybe we will have our own little Harvard grad on our hands!!! We started giving Parker his bath at 8pm now, followed by his night time bottle and a good rock to sleep. This way, he's in bed early and mommy and daddy have time to hang out alone and watch our shows. He is now sleeping 6-8 hours a night! AMAZING!!! Seems to be working. Other than that, everything is going well and Parker is perfect. Ohhhh, did I mention, he is now wearing 2's in diapers! He's getting sooo big! People laugh when they see me holding him because he looks bigger than me!!!

Silly sleeper

Yessss, it's TRUE! I found Parker sleeping away like THIS! It's hard not to laugh :)

10 week update ... and already a thumb sucker!!!

Parker is now 10 weeks old. Seriously, time is FLYING by! Let's see .... well, he's sleeping much better now. Only gets up maybe twice a night. Shhhewww, THANK GOD! He's growing so fast and getting so TALL (I wonder why?!?), he's already wearing 3-6 month clothes! He is now smiling and laughing all day long. He's the happiest baby i've ever seen. He has a laid back personalty like his mommy and daddy. He likes to just sit, laugh, and look around! His eyes are still BRIGHT blue and I'm thinking they are going to stay that way .... BEAUTIFUL!! His hair is still growing, looks like he might be a blonde. He is one GOOD LOOKING kid I have to say so myself! I told John that since we make such beautiful baby's, we should have 10!! We ordered "My Baby can read", YESSSSS .... I am a believer! I swear it's crazy these babies are reading at such a young age. We want to start him early! He loves books, and colors.
We are working on getting him in his crib at night. I still have nightmares that he may roll over, so it's hard. I just like him sleeping in his pack-n-play in our room so I can keep my eye on him. At this rate, he may be sleeping with us when he's 20! Overall, he is an AMAZING baby, I can sit and watch him all day long. He is smart, funny, and so dang cute ... and most of all, he's ours :)

Our sleeping babies :)

I caught this picture during nap time in our bedroom .... I think it's soooo sweet :)

Gameday Saturday ... GO CATS!!!

You know my son will be a UK fan since mommy cheered for them in college and since daddy played football in college! Gotta love the BLUE! You know when we have a little girl, she will have her UK cheerleading uniform and pom poms!

FUN Friday!

Apparently ALL dogs love Parker .... he's meant to be a dog lover like his mommy and daddy!! The first picture is of Parker and Jamie's dog, Brody taking a little nap together! Soooo sweet! At least we know Parker will be protected by his big sis Bella and cousin Brody!!

PICTURE Thursday