Lately

Here are some of the things that have been going on around our house lately...

• Parker is mr. smiley these days, he can't help but smile when he gets a bath, gets his diaper changed, wakes up from a nap- and he especially can't help but smile when dad gets home from work. I can already tell that's his favorite time of the day. Brett gets home and I am non existent until he's had his bonding time with dad. It's really cute!

• Parker also had his 2 month check up this past week- he got 3 shots (so painful to watch) and got his O2 levels checked- everything looks great. He weighs 12 lbs. 4 oz- 23 inches long and is growing great!

• My post-pregnancy brain is still a little crazy sometimes. I forget e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g - really, I think of something I want to tell Brett and 5 seconds later, poof- it's gone. And I have really strange thoughts, like the other night I was obsessed with the thought of what the inside of an un-popped popcorn bag looks like. I debated cutting one open just to see, but then decided it would probably be so disgusting I would never want to eat microwave popcorn again. weird. I am also very sensitive and I get emotional very easy. I can't really watch the news- if there is a sad story (which there always is) I have to change the channel quick before I hear, otherwise I'm sad all night. Brett and I pretty much can't talk about what's going on in the world anymore- he has to selectively decide which news stories to tell me. If anyone get's hurt in anyway- he knows he can't tell me. I've turned into a wuss!
  
• Can't forget to mention the most exciting news in our house lately... we are MOVING BACK TO CA!! - back to the bay area in fact! How exciting! My amazing, smart, talented husband of course got the competitive job he interviewed for. (sorry to brag, but really Brett amazes me with his people skills and ability to connect to anyone- he is going to rock the socks off his new job!) We are so excited to move back to CA and have Parker grow up close to both sets of grandparents and Harlow cousins! Of course we will miss some things about Utah, like family, the mountains... and well, that's it! :) p.s. as a side note if you know of anyone who wants a great deal on a brand new 3 bedroom apartment in midvale send them my way!!
  
• The company Brett will be working for is hiring a moving company to come and pack and move all our stuff- this makes me super happy that I don't have to pack much but I've been having day dreams lately of me standing behind some guy as he packs up a box of our stuff and the control freak in me not letting him do his job. I can see me saying, "um.. be careful with that" or "can I just wrap that up?" - or "who are all these weird guys touching my stuff??" So I'm preparing now to just let them do their job and to not worry about things breaking or getting lost. Wish me luck!

Just for fun, here is our handsome little man