Hillary - Parker - Chris @ Age 2

OKAY - My case is at rest (the case that my child is a SPITTIN' IMAGE of my husband) - and THANK my Heavenly Father.  Literally.  All I see when I look at Parker in the middle is his daddy on the right - minus my hair color and blue eyes.  (I promise I have always had blue eyes - but thanks for really crappy cameras in the early 80s, my eyes look DARK in every picture until I'm in middle school and my parents actually bought a decent camera.)  Anyway - what are you thoughts?  I mean - I see Chris' EXACT nose, Chris EXACT mouth shape, Chris' EXACT teeth, Chris' EXACT head shape AND Chris' eye shape.  I see ZERO Hillary in this child.  I mean - minus hair and eyes - but that's just obvious.

 So - here's baby Hull #2 in the belly at 20 weeks.  I THINK it actually has my profile - who knows - maybe where will be a little Hillary look-alike in our arms in the next 15-20+ weeks!  Let's just pray he/she doesn't have the CHUB I carried around the first 5 years of my life!  I think by the time my mom had her third, she just left me in my high chair all day with Oreos and Twinkies :)

Amy's Baby Sprinkle!

  We celebrated the 2nd baby shower of our Life Group this past weekend!  We had a baby "sprinkle" for Amy since this was her 2nd baby - but since we know she's having a boy - we knew she'd need some fun "boy" things!  Amy's friend, Jean, and I  put it together and we had a great time doing it!  We love Amy so much and are so happy to have her in our life! 

Jean put together this super cute diaper cake / sail boat theme (since Amy's nursery will have a nautical theme).  I made the cake pops - they were DELISH!

 The lady of the hour arrives :)

 Everyone at the shower!

 Amy and Hill - we are exactly 12 weeks apart!

 She was REEEEEEEEALLY happy about the boy clothes!

 And here's the latest of the Fab Four!  We are all almost exactly 4 weeks apart!  And yes - we are in the "right" order - Kristin's just really annoying and is super skinny even at 24 weeks pregnant!

 The Fab Four 2 weeks ago...

 And the Fab Four in April.

Davis and Parker!

Davis is Park's little friend from his old school (Creekside Christian) who shares the same birthday with Parker!  Kim and I have been trying desperately to get the kiddos together for MONTHS!  Well - we are both just super busy mommies and have had the hardest time finding a time that works!  Well - we finally planned a really last minute get together last Tuesday night!  We took advantage of Sidney's $10 pizza night and then headed to Kim's neighborhood pool!  Parker and Davis hadn't seen each other since Park's birthday party in early April, so they were REALLY shy around each other at first.  Well, wouldn't you know, about 30 minutes before it was time for us to leave, they really started playing together and having fun!  OF COURSE!  I guess that just means we'll have to get them together more often :)  Since our play date with Davis, Parker has been randomly asking if Davis can come play - too cute! 

 On our way home from the pool in the wagon!

 Well we TRIED to get a picture of these two sitting next to each other before we left... it was NO easy feat!

 This was taken REALLY fast and it's the best I got of the two of them looking at the camera!  I was exhausted!

Flashback - here is Park and Davis at school last October on PJ day!  It was a lot easier to get them to sit still back then!

And here they are at their Halloween party at school!

Their first day at school together! 

Just like my daddy :)

Anytime Parker sees daddy put on his tennis shoes and goes outside to mow the "gass" Parker RUNS around the house frantically looking for his New Balance shoes (just like daddy's) and wants to help!  He'll follow right behind daddy and go all the way to the end of the yard and turn around - just like daddy.

When I was pregnant with Parker and we were driving around looking at houses, I distinctly remember passing a house in our neighborhood where a little boy was "helping" his daddy mow with his own lawn mower.  It was such a sweet little scene and I prayed then and there that I would have my own scene to watch one day ;)  

 UH OH!  "Cash" as Parker calls it...

 Looking over his shoulder to make sure he didn't miss any spots!

 He was NOT happy with his momma when she told him it was time to go in for bath!

Then daddy caved in and let him help him mow a few last rows....   He's weak.

Well turns out mommy is weak too!  I caved when I got inside because his methods of delaying bath/bed time are getting more sneaky every day!  He immediately ran over to get a book and asked me to "rock n reeeeed mommeeeeeee".  Who could resist this face?

And here is a close up of the collage of pictures Parker (I) made for Chris for Father's Day!

Our third Father's Day!

 This Father's Day weekend was by far the best yet!  Our first Father's day, I was still working at Ruth's Chris and had to actually be the restaurant manager that evening!  Parker was only a few months old and it was definitely hard to say the least! Last year, I don't remember doing much except going to eat at Giorgio's in downtown Cumming (which ironically enough happens to be the restaurant that one of the contenders, Constantine, in "The Bacherlorette" owns!)  But THIS year, we started the weekend (without Parker) at the Braves game with Chris' boss!  Chris just happened to mention to his boss a few weeks ago how HUGE of a fan he is and now we are showered with lots of great Braves tickets!  Steve, Chris' boss, and his daughter took us to Vinny's for dinner in Alpharetta (YUM!) then we headed down for the game where we nearly had front row seats!  SCORE!  We lost but we had a fun time!  I shared a bag of peanuts with Chris' boss and I even drank an ENTIRE bottle of Coke and it was FANtastic! I enjoyed every last sip!  Chris' boss' wife, Corinne, babysat Parker for us and they had a blast on their farm! 

Saturday morning began with just me and the little man at his Gymboree class!  I bought a 4 week session on Groupon a few months ago and this weekend was #2 of 4!  He had a blast! 

THEN!  After gym class, we HAD to go to Moe's to get our FREE burrito (since the Braves scored a home run in a certain inning of the game last night - if we turned our tickets into the cashier at Moe's - we got a free burrito!)  THAT made the loss of the game totally worth it!  We had to get a "dilla" for Parker but our entire family ate for less than $5!

Then we left for Birmingham!  Our sweet, sweet friends, The F's, live there and we have been so blessed by them in the past 2 years.  They have given us nearly EVERY piece of clothing that Parker has worn in the past 2 years.  I LITERALLY have never purchased an outfit for my child to wear.... EVER!  But we not only went to visit them to get our next set of clothes, but we LOVE hanging out with the F Family!  I was their oldest daughter's first babysitter when she was only a few months old and she holds a very special place in my heart.

Here are Parker and L in L's awesome truck!

K did my nails for me then I did hers! 

All the F kiddos with Parker!

K and L were OBSESSED with getting in Chris' truck so we let them play for a bit!

Saturday night, we had MOVIE night!  We watched Disney's 'Tangled' and about half way through the movie, all the kids were playing in the other room with the train set and all the adults were in the den watching the movie! I actually really enjoyed it!  Maybe I am destined to have a girl....

3 buds!

K and I showing off our awesome nails! 

We were home by lunch on Sunday and I got started right away to make a full day of yummy food for my man on Fathers Day!  I started with a homemade FROM SCRATCH chocolate cake with homemade FROM SCRATCH icing!  The bath of frosting I made created a few more cups than I needed so after I selfishly licked the bowl CLEAN of frosting, I saw the beater still on my mixer!  Well - that was ALWAYS my job as a kid - to lick the beater - and it was one of my favorite things to do!  So - I decided the tradition needed to be passed down.  Park was playing outside but I called him in and he thoroughly enjoyed his icing licks!

Chris finished Park's fort and swing set around 8:00 (well after Park's bedtime) but we let P play on it for a bit then we put him to bed and Chris and I enjoyed our Fathers Day dinner by ourselves!  We actually said a REAL prayer (we usually have to say God is "Gate" - which we love!) and we had conversations during dinner - it was REALLY nice!  For dinner, Chris grilled some steak and I made twice baked potatoes, rolls and corn - yum!  Chris may have had 2 potatoes he liked them so much :)

And we saved the best for last!  Yummmmm!

For Father's Day, Chris got his poop stuff for the front yard to make it a super sonic green - but I couldn't let him go through FDay without a small gift!  I made a collage of pictures of Parker and Chris from the day he was born to a few weeks ago.  I think he liked it :)  Happy Fathers Day, Chris - you are such an amazing father and husband - I am so blessed that you chose ME to spend your life with :)  XO