My Little Musician

Parker loves music! He loves to dance to music! He love Tyler's guitar, he loves the piano and he thinks everything is a drum, rhythmically pounding on tables, floors, and toys.

He played the piano the other night for about 20 consecutive minutes.

He has learned how to pull every DVD out of our entertainment center and he does it 2-3 times a day.

And a random picture of Parker and his cousins... I thought it was funny. It kind of reminds me of that cartoon "The Rugrats" and Libby is Angelica.

Conference Weekend

Conference weekend was wonderful as usual. I am so grateful to belong to a church that has a living prophet to lead and guide us. It is an amazing thing and President Monson is truly inspired, as are the rest of the general authorities. I really enjoyed all of the talks; they gave me a very needed "boost" . It's almost like a spiritual vacation, two days to focus on spiritual matters and nothing else. I love it! 

We spent Sunday watching conference at Tyler's Grandma's. This picture is of the four generations: Parker, Tyler, his mom DeAnna and his Grandma Sweet.

We also went to visit Tyler's other Grandma in between session to wish her a happy birthday. Here she is with Parker and his cousin Mikaela.

And here are the four generation's on Tyler's dad's side.

A wonderful weekend! 

In The Motherhood

I was really looking forward to ABC's new TV series "In the Motherhood". It looked like a funny show that I could maybe relate to. I made it through about 15 minutes of the first episode and gave up on it. Maybe someone out there watched it and I missed the better of it, but as far as I am concerned, working all day and then avoiding going home to relieve your nanny so you can have drinks with your friends, has very little to do with being a mother. So it was a disappointment mostly because I expected there to be a mother, involved with her children somehow... strange expectation right? To add to my disappointment, I watched an episode of Oprah the other day about "celebrating moms". I thought to myself, "It's about time motherhood was celebrated!". Little did I know, the entire episode was of mothers talking about how hard and terrible motherhood is. Granted, some of the stories were pretty hilarious, but the mothers interviewed made it sound like motherhood was a dirty job that someone has to do and they drew the short straw. Poor me, I had a baby and it changed my life. So enough of my venting. My point is yes, motherhood is hard. I only have one child so far and he is just now learning how to tear my house apart, so I am anticipating it getting much harder. Maybe I am jaded because I have an adorable, chubby cheeked, blue eyed boy giggling back at me, but I think motherhood is a beautiful and joyous thing. As a matter of fact, I think it is the greatest and most rewarding thing on Earth. There are days I look at the clock and realize it's four in the afternoon, I haven't showered, Parker and I have already had two naps, I've done zero of my homework, my house is a disaster and dinner needs to be ready in an hour or so. But who cares? Every little grin on his face makes up for 100 showerless days. I love motherhood and I wish there was a more positive spotlight on the greatest calling on Earth!

Done With Clinicals!

 I had my last day of clinicals on Wednesday! It was a long ten weeks of getting up at 5:00 in the morning on Mondays and Wednesdays and feeling so guilty for abandoning more poor sleeping baby but I survived! Part of me was actually sad it ended because I really love being a nurse and I loved the patients I worked with. The last few weeks I was completely on my own caring for 2-3 patients and I loved it! I have been working at the Veteran's hospital here in Boise and at first I was a little disappointed because I had hopes of working in one of the "big" hospitals like St. Luke's and St. Al's but it was truly a blessing to work at the VA. The men and women I treated there were so friendly and I had so many enriching and uplifting conversations. One day I sat with a 93 year old man who told me all about his life and his "angel" of a wife who he'd been married to for 67 years!!! and loves more than anything in this world. It is kind of sad how the perception of love and marriage has changed so much- a marriage lasting that long is hard to find these days. Anyway, it was neat to get to see the perspective of people who grew up in such a different time than the one I did. I have also come to appreciate even more the sacrifice Veterans make for our freedom and families. Take the time to thank a Veteran!

Even though I will miss being a nurse twice a week, I am so excited to be home with my little boy again! The little monster is growing before my eyes! I'm sad because I lost my camera and don't have any fun pics to post. He is unstoppable now- crawling every which way. I like to get on my hands and knees and chase after him. We usually end up in the bedroom where Tyler keeps his guitar- that is Parker's new favorite thing... the guitar. He loves to pet it when Tyler isn't around. He grabs at the strings and looks at me like, "Mom look, I'm playing the guitar!!" and he also loves to listen to Tyler play! I've also found Parker in the bathroom, unwinding the roll of toilet paper all over the place. Oh the joys of motherhood, and I really do mean joy because not even a little part of me gets upset with him when he does stuff like that. I just grin and think to myself, this kid is going to get away with everything because he's just too stinking cute!

Life is good! Tyler has five weeks left of his Master's degree and I have five weeks and one semester left. Go us! Before we know it we'll be done... 

Funny Parker Movie

This was our Wednesday night of Spring Break project. Of course, we rocked it! Well by we I mean Tyler. He is pretty much a tec genius (his words)! Plus I had to make up for the lack of video footage. Enjoy what I get to enjoy everyday!

It is almost our second anniversary! On March 24, 2007 I married the most wonderful man I've ever met! Sorry for the gushy love stuff but you're going to have to deal with it. I'm a very lucky girl to have had my best friend and man of my dreams end up being the same guy! And we have shared two wonderful years together. He is an amazing husband who knows exactly what to do to make me smile. He is also an outstanding father and Parker thinks the world of him. I just want him to know how much I love him and that I look forward to an eternity of this kind of Joy with him! 

Here is a fun little marriage post and I tag all of my friends that read this and are married!

What is his name? Tyler Mark Pooley

Who eats more? It depends, I can out eat him when I want to!

Who said I love you first? He did, he tried to say it in a text message but I wouldn't have any of that! So when he came to visit me in Provo I made him say it again in person!

Who is taller? He is by a few inches, I can get pretty close in some of my church shoes though!

WHo is smarter? Depends on which one of us you ask... ha ha. He is a lot smarter than me- I just don't like to admit it.

Who is more sensitive? Me, no question about it!

Who does the laundry? No one right now... haha, we are both too busy. JK. Usually me.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you are in bed, Tyler, if you are looking at the bed, me.

Who pays the bills? He makes the money, we split the bills but I'm going to try to take over when Im not so busy.

Who cooks more? Me, but he makes awesome Jambalaya!

What meals do you cook together? Sometimes I help him with Jambi and we make this awesome cajun shrimp pasta together too.

Who is more stubborn? Umm, we both are, he is better at apologizing though.

Who is first to admit they were wrong? Well according to him he is never wrong so...

Who has more siblings? Tyler, he has six, I have two.

Who wears the pants in the relationship? Tyler thinks he does but we both know it's me, ha ha!

What do you like to do together? Everything! I don't even like to go grocery shopping with out him.

Who eats more sweets. Well we are probably tied but he doesn't like chocolate 

How did you meet? We met in the Park Lane single's branch in Eagle when I was home from BYU for the summer.

Who asked who out first? Well he asked me on our first date but I might have helped get the ball rolling a little.

Who kissed who first? He kissed me but he claims I seduced him.

Who proposed? He did and it was so cute! He made a movie for me and proposed at the end.

His best features? his eyes, so pretty and blue! 

His greatest quality? He is everybody's friend, he is a wonderful husband and dad, he has a rock solid testimony and he loves missionary work which I admire, he is optimistic about everything, he can always cheer me up, and he is very talented. 

On the Move!

It has begun.....

Parker finally got the hang of this crawling business. Right now it is more of an army crawl, he drags that chubby belly of his along the floor but he gets around just as well. We've been coaching him quite a bit because he has been getting up on his hands and knees for a few weeks but then he propels his face into the carpet when he tries to move. Then he discovered this army crawling business today at my mom and dad's and off he went. So we have spent the majority of the night torn because we are SO excited for his big accomplishment and at the same time very stressed about baby-proofing! You think you'll have time but really it was like one minute he couldn't crawl and the next he scooted his way across the room and into a mess of movies and video game controllers and wires. It is so fun to watch him go! He is also able to balance himself while standing without holding on to anything for a few seconds at a time. We are so excited and so proud! Way to go Parker!