Happy Father's Day

Well what can I say... you are the best daddy in the whole world and your boys love you more than anything... even more than chocolate ice cream (which is a whole lot if you know Philip and Parker). The boys and I are so blessed to have you as not only a loving daddy and husband but also as an amazing man of God who loves all three of us with all of your heart! Every time I watch Philip and Parker light up when you walk into the room after a long day at work, my heart smiles. Every time I watch you bathe the boys at night and then wrestle with them during your "boy time", my heart skips a beat. Every time I watch you sing "I love you lord" to Parker at bedtime and then read and sing stories to Philip in his bed, my heart melts. What can I say... every time I watch you with my babies... my heart stops! You truly complete us and we love you more than words! We are so lucky to have you as our daddy and we look forward to celebrating many more father's days with our amazing daddy!! xoxo

You teach us

how to walk

And how to

play golf

But most importantly, you teach us that you love us and that we have a heavenly father that loves us more than we can imagine! Thank you daddy, we love you too!

LONG OVERDUE...

At the end of May, we were so blessed with a wonderful weekend filled with family!! Phil's sister Meg, her husband, Chris, and their two precious little boys, Hunter and Charlie, came to visit us in Charlotte. We had never met Charlie (7mo.) who is the sweetest and cutest thing I have ever seen in the whole world and they had never met Parker (15mo)... so as you can imagine it was a get together long overdue!! We had an absolute blast with 4 boys under the age of 3 and the weekend was filled with lots of fun playground playdates, dinosaur cookies, ice cream treats, yummy family friendly dinners out with chocolate milk (of course), baths together and lots of hugs and kisses!! Philip was ecstatic as this was the first time he officially got to have a friend/cousin sleep in his room in his other twin bed with him.. so as you can imagine even though it has been weeks since they had to go back to their home in Ohio, he is still asking when Hunter can come back and spend the night!! Thank yall so much for coming all the way to see us, we love yall very much and can't wait to get together with all the boys again soon!! There is just nothing more special than the love of family!

Who wants chocolate milk?! (Philip and Hunter)

Cheers to Chocolate Milk at Big Daddy's!!

Dinosaur Cookies on our way to the park... so yummy!

Big Boys swinging all by themselves

And the little ones including Philip on the cool slide

My favorite pic ever... my happy, happy Parker man

Bathtime is
so fun... especially

with your cousins in a bath lightshow

And after baths, what's up next... wrestle mania

Big

Brothers

can be

so Mean!

Chunky Monkey or Lil Peanut?

Parker had his 16 month checkup today (really it was for his 15 month appt but we were a little late on his checkup as he turned 16 months this week... poor second child syndrome). However, he did great!! He weighed in at only 26 lbs 5 oz (and I was so shocked that I asked them if the scale was broken and made them weigh him twice)!!! How embarrassing when I realized the scale was working just fine it just appears mommie's biceps are a little weak. He is such a chunk (my chunky monkey) that I was positive that he weighed over 30 lbs and Phil was even banking on 40 lbs!! Silly us... he is only in the 55% for weight which is straight down the middle average!! Can you believe that most babies his age are this big?!! Wow... us mommies need to start working out more so we can tote these little ones around!! Parker also was 33 inches tall (75% for height) and Dr. Ryan was very impressed with his climbing, dancing and TALKING skills (all of which he did in the drs office today)!! Even though he is the second child, he doesn't miss getting a word in all day long!!! He literally never stops talking... guess he is taking after his brother and his daddy - haha!! His favs these days are "mama", "dada", "bye-bye", "hello" (while he puts his hand to his ear like he is talking on the phone - oopsie... looks like mommy might be talking just a little too much on her phone these days), "uh-oh" when he drops stuff on the floor, "here you go," "more," and of course "up" when he wants to be picked up which is all the time these days!! Parker is still not walking on his own but can literally RUN with his push toys and can walk with just one hand next to mommy or daddy when he feels up to it. He can stand all by himself and he literally climbs up on tables like he is superman. Dr. Ryan laughed when I acted worried about him not walking... she said if he can climb like he is doing and stand up on his own... he can walk - he is just going to do it in his own time. Do you think that was her nice way of saying that he is stubborn?! Oh great, looks like we have another strong-willed little boy on our hands!! And we are so excited to be heading to the beach for a whole week with my family in the morning... looks like Parker is going to be in for Gigi's walking boot camp at the beach!!