Halloween and moving on....

hApPy hALLoWeEn!! 

ok, glad that's over and done with. There's my halloween post. :)

Don't get me wrong, it's not that I completely dislike halloween, there are a few things I like about it- such as; dressing my baby up in an adorable costume that he can barely walk in & eating all the candy people give to my baby at the ward trunk-or-treat, and well... that's about it.

I'm not a huge fan of dressing up and I dislike anything remotely scary so count me out for any haunted houses or scary movies.- see? It's just not my thing. 

But I do like when Oct. 31 comes, because it means Nov. 1 is the next day! 

My favorite time of the year, christmas music will soon be coming, and a feast of yummy comfort food in a few weeks. Then Christmas trees, and the Christmas lights....ok, I'm getting a little ahead of myself! 

But for now, here are a few pictures from recent weeks. 

Parker enjoying the beater from the cookie batter for the first time

 This is when he discovered if he sucked/chewed on the 3 musketeers wrapper long enough, good stuff will eventually come out. a little gross, I know

 

This boy loves to shop with his mom :)

 In his new suspenders

Parker and his cousins, Miles & Mack were a Lion, Tiger & Bear Oh My! This year

we loved it. So much in fact that we dragged them to a pumpkin patch so Denae could do a little photo shoot with them. It went pretty good, as you can imagine there were lots of distractions for the babies, like goats, pigs, other kids wanting to get in the pictures and us moms yelling at the stranger kids to get out of our precious "limited cooperating time" pictures! Ya know, the usual stuff like that :)

 Airplanes are realllllly cool

Chad & Julie also did a fun FHE (Family Haunted Evening) the Monday before Halloween, with super cute decor, yummy food and fun games! Thanks guys! Of course, I didn't take pictures of any of that because I was at the food table most of the night. Seriously. But Denae did a fun post with more pictures!

Hope you had a good Halloween! 

Now, onto November!

15 months

My little Parker is 15 months today!!

Where has the time gone? It seems like yesterday he was barely sitting up and just learning to hold things. 

But these past 15 months have been so fun to see him grow and develop his own little opinions and personality. Here are some of my favorite things about my little man at 15 months:

• As I've said before he loves to dance. He will dance to anything, and he bends his little knees and spins in circles. Sometimes he shakes his arms and tries to sing along. We love it. 
• He has a little defiant streak- he loves to try to touch the TV as brett is telling him not to. He loves to shake this floor lamp we have back and forth while we run over (scared its going to fall on him!) But most of the time his stubbornness and defiance makes us laugh.
• He loooves these Gerber baby "meat sticks"- he can eat those all day long. Brett thinks they smell like wet cat food, and they kind of do but Parker loves them so we can't take them away!
• He's still the toughest little guy I've ever seen. He falls, bumps his head, his mouth, his nose...and just gets up and keeps going with barely a second thought. (I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing!)
• He has a fake cry that is sooo adorable
• He can say the noises of a cow, dog, kitty cat, chicken, monkey, pig, sheep, and horse.
• He can point to his ear, nose, hair, eye, mouth, teeth and his 'sexy body'- haha he just rubs his belly up and down.
• He can open the front door all by himself, it's always locked now. 
• He stands up in his crib and talks and yells until we come get him.
• At night we say, 'go to your room for your bottle' and he'll lead us in, then he'll close the door and walk over to the rocker ready for his bottle. So sweet.
• He goes down for naps and to sleep at night without a peep. He sleeps 7pm-7am. And takes two naps a day, usually 1 1/2-2 hours each. 
• Whenever he sees a picture of Mickey Mouse or Elmo he says, "awwww"

I know that's a long list, sorry! :)

My Dancing Boy!!

Parker loves to dance. 

When we walk into the store and music's playing, he dances. 

Rap, country, pop. He doesn't care. 

He's got the beat!

Insta grams!

 I have a lot of old instagrams that I have been meaning to post. I love catching little things Parker does so I can remember them. He is turning into such a big boy! 15 month post coming soon!

he thinks it's the most awesomest thing when he can "help" with the dishes. He usually ends up grabbing knives and other scary utensils so it usually doesn't last long.

on our Sunday evening walk catching lizards with dad

was this my dessert or my breakfast??

 escaping.

Helping grandpa with the hard stuff

P looooves Uncle Lando!

In a bouncy house with his buddy Colby

The first time Brett ordered clothes online!

cousins

his new pj's... that are soooo true

in the fort with dad

My Baby

My baby is almost 14 months!! 

Where has the time gone?!

Tahoe, Round 2

Camping at Sugar Pine Point with the Blodgetts was a blast. It was good to be back in the dirt camping again. Parker ate his fair share of dirt, and was covered in filth 95% of the time- but it was a lot of fun! 

These are a little late~ but still fun to share :)

Grandpa B & Parker

The in-laws with the birthday boy :)

6 of their 8 children

we love lake tahoe!!

Late Summer Shots