Christmas

We had a wonderful 1st Christmas with Parker.  She and Hayden got everything they wanted and more and we had a great time celebrating with our family and friends.  Hayden did great when we went to visit Santa and Parker even sat on his lap!  Hayden told him he wanted some trains and to get Parker some baby toys.  



Our Sweet Santa Baby

My mom and the kiddos

Annual Sibling Pic

Christmas at the Mills'

Hayden got a mailman uniform from Grammy & Papa Reed



Everyone loved bouncing in Kate's new bounce house!

Lately...

Bad blogger here.  I can't help it.  Having 2 kids has turned my world upside down (for the better of course!)  We're so excited to celebrate Parker's first Christmas this year.  Hayden and I made a construction paper link chain to count down the days to Christmas so he's excited every day as well when we take another link off the chain!  Here's some of my favorite pictures from the last few months.



Halloween 2010 - Hayden, Parker & a very sad Katelyn



Hayden's Christmas countdown chain



Hayden's Christmas tree in his room

Happy Parker

The family at the Chickasha Lights Festival

I can't believe she's already 6 months old!

Parker & Katelyn at the Fantasy of Lights

Daddy & Hayden at the Fantasy of Lights

Uncle Brian, Aunt JoJo and Katelyn at the Fantasy of Lights



Family Pics by Geri



Big Brother Hayden

David and I so blessed to have such a sweet big brother for Parker.  Hayden has stepped up and gone above and beyond to take care of his new baby sister.  Yes, there have been times where he has complained that maybe she cries too much, but all in all, he just adores her.  He's always asking if he can hold her so I can take their picture.  (Which makes me super happy b/c I love taking pictures anyways, and I can't think of two cuter subjects!) 

He sings twinkle twinkle little star and abc's to her, he talks very quietly to her to calm her down when she's upset, and he's always offering to do anything to help me out with her (getting a diaper, getting her pacifier, helping me feed her, etc).  Funny story - the other day, a friend of mine was holding Parker and made the comment that "she's so sweet, I just wanna take her home with me!"  Hayden got very concerned and looked up at me and said, "Mama, Parker's going home with us!"  haha

I was always worried about how Hayden would handle having to share the spotlight.  I mean, afterall, he was an only child (and only grandchild!) for almost 3 years.  But, he's handled it extremely well and we couldn't be prouder of him.  He's a super big brother. 

Here's some cute pictures of Hayden and his little sister Parker.

August 2010

Where has the time gone!  My sister got onto me this past weekend for not being better at updating my blogs.  She said, "you shouldn't just post once a month, that's boring."  (or something like that....haha)  So, hopefully now that my life has settled down a bit and I'm more adjusted to having 2 kids, my blogging will be better.  For now, enjoy these pictures from August.

My sweet baby girl is growing up too fast!



At the IP Spray Park with neighbor Emma



IP Spray Park again, this time with Cousin Katelyn





Cute Cousins (Kylie Mills, Parker, & Katelyn Camp)

Helping Uncle Toby celebrate his 21st birthday

I can't get over how much they look alike.

Cool Dudette

I have a feeling Parker and Katelyn are going to be best buddies!

happy girl

Swimming with brother



July 2010

July flew by!  I think that happens when you have a newborn and a 3 year old.  It all seems a blur to me, but I was able to capture some cute photos of both of the kiddos as some point in there.  Enjoy!

The kids at Mrs. Connie's had their annual 4th of July bike parade. 
Here's Hayden and some of his friends showing off the visors they made!

It rained on the parade but the kids still had a great time!

Parker turned 1 month old.  I'm going to try to do pics like this each month.  Let's see how well I keep up!

Steph and her family invited us out for fireworks.  Hayden loved them all.  Especially the smoke balls!

Parker all dressed up for her first visit to the hair salon and dinner with my WASP friends!

Sitting up like a big girl!

Hayden and Phoebe (our dog) made good use of the plastic pool in the backyard!

Love this onesie!

We spent some time at the IP Spray Park. 

I'm such a lucky momma to have such great kiddos!

Uncle Toby took Hayden down the street to meet the Ice Cream Truck!

Parker - 2 months old

Hayden at the IP Spray Park with his best friend Hunter (or the "H Mafia" as Steph and I call them).  They're trouble!

Geri took pics of the kids at the end of July.  I wanted some cute ones of them together but it didn't happen.  Hayden is a little stubborn (like his mama) and wouldn't participate or even SMILE in any of them without wearing his goggles on his head!  Oh well, at least I got some cute ones of Parker!