Three Weeks Fly By

Wow! I can't believe how fast the past three weeks went by. We are currently shopping for a new computer and waiting for my lap top to be finished getting fixed so until then, I don't have a way of getting all of my adorable pictures on my blog so you'll have to be patient with me. Ha ha. Anyway... the past three weeks have been quite an adventure! Parker has done really well through all the excitement. He got to meet His great Grandma Norma, Uncle Frank, Tamitha, Tristan and Steal from California when he was just shy of a week old. They just happened to plan a trip for Grandma's 70 birthday to Yellowstone the week he was born so that was a fun surprise. He has spent lots of time getting to know both sets of Grandparents and all of his adoring uncles and aunts who fight over who gets to hold him next. We can't really blame them though, Parker is pretty darn lovable! Parker has also enjoyed becoming the third wheel on mommy and daddy's date nights and we love having him around too. We especially love his talent of sleeping in his car seat in extremely noisy restaurants the entire time we are there. Makes life a lot easier on us!



Tyler stayed home from work for the first week to help out which saved my life! I literally cried when he had to go back to work the next week but Parker and I are enjoying all our time together and we still get plenty of time with Dad too! We love going to watch Dad play church softball... even when the other team doesn't show up.

Parker had his first run through the sprinklers this past week as well. The families in our apartment complex/ward all got together for a BBQ. Well about 30 seconds after Tyler and I finally got to sit down and eat, the sprinklers came on and hosed all of us! It was pretty funny watching all the moms grab their babies and car seats and run for cover while the everyone else frantically tried to grab the food before it was ruined. After that we enjoyed playing the Johnson's board and washer game (I know there is a better name for it but I don't remember what it is). Don't worry Laura, I'll put all of those great pics up from that night;) Later that week Tyler and went to the driving range together out in the crazy hot weather, but we had fun... mostly just laughing at my "rusty" skills!

Little Parker still sleeping after getting a shower from the sprinklers

Everyone trying to save the food!

Parker and his pal Jack enjoying themselves at the BBQ

Forced to eat on the patch of dry grass we found


We also ventured on our first road trip with Parker down to Logan, UT for Brad and Allison's wedding! He did great on the four hour drive and slept there and back! We spent the night with our friends Kim and Greg and their four month old baby Caiden. It was so fun to hang out and watch the Olympics and eat donuts and Cafe Rio with them! Brad and Allison's sealing was awesome. They are great together and we are so happy for them! We also got to see our former singles' branch president, Pres Martinez and his wife Debbie. They plan on being a third set of Parker's grandparents. We also got to have lunch with Jillian and Charlotte who came up from Provo. The trip was a blast until Saturday morning when I woke up with the chills and lots and lots of pain! I found out after going to an urgent care place that I had Mastitis. If you don't know what that is... consider yourself lucky and pray you never get it! I'm already feeling much better though... until it's time to nurse, that still hurts quite a bit.

My favorite of Parker's expressions! At Brad and Allison's reception

Tyler driving home from Logan

Lastly, we had the annual Analytix summer BBQ at the Stafford's house last night with everyone Tyler works with. Poor Parker was pretty grumpy having not slept much (or at all) the past two days but that didn't stop everyone from passing him around. Hopefully all this attention will help him be outgoing like his dad when he gets older.