to grandmothers house we go

Last week P and I went down to my parents. Yes I know we were just there like two weeks before but the cousins were coming! I love when Parker gets to spend time with his cousins! He just loves them! And I figured itd be super fun since he could now follow them around. It was super fun, Parker acted a little bit needy and fussy almost the entire time and ate horribly, but other than that, great! First time I had made the 2 hr 20 min drive with a very squirmy Parker, he surprisingly did awesome! He fussed for like two seconds towards the end so I just turned on yo gabba gabba and we were good! I think his new seat helped too. Yep, he's all grown up and forward facing and everything! When we were at target the other day looking at seats I let him sit in one like this just to see what he'd do. He looked so happy to be in it like he was a big boy! He actually started to cry when I made him get out. so that is a big part of why we went with this one.

trying out his new seat before we put it in the car

on the way to grandmas!

look how big Harrison is getting!! I guess it makes sense, he is 5 months now!

Parker LOVE LOVE LOVES to swing! We were outside sooo much so he could swing.

cousin swing time (P was moving, just caught mid swing)

he also loved this hose nozzle. everytime we were outside he'd go looking for it.

cousins + wagon = awesome!

playin blocks with Keaton!

Harrison just chillin on the bed watching

playing catch up

so there are some happenings from a couple weeks ago.

Parker loves to hangout between the couch and the wall

we bought a grill!! this is Parker cruisin' for grills at Lowes

Paigey stayed the night inbetween her being a counselor at EFY. P loves P, and his corn on the cob, of course

such a cute little smile!

so the beginning of July was my moms birthday and the 4th of July and Drew had some time off so we took a short trip down to my parents.

celebrating grandma's birthday and a not so good mexican restaurant

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4th of July, Parker LOVES watermelon, fireworks- not so much

playing peek-a-boo on grandmas playground

Parker gets a little unstable when he's sleepy.

Parker got another haircut! this time it was really needed. if you remember he was starting to get a mullet in the back and his bangs were basically in his eyes. but dont worry, its still long!

Parker showin off his new dancing skills!

now that P is done nursing, we've gotten alot better at brushing his teeth. he LOVES to brush his teeth- makin daddy proud!

Drew's birthday dinner- P really liked the chocolate frosting on the cake.

playing in his closet trying on his hat from grandma S

Parker likes to climb on my back if I'm ever on the floor

Parker bouncing 

lookin good ;)

this is P when he gets tired. thumb in mouth, blanket tag in hand.

man I have one super fly son! ready to go swimming!

I had deflated his beach ball to walk home from the pool. Once we got back to the house he put the opening in his mouth and started huffin and puffin trying to blow it up! he's so smart!

daddy makes the best horse!

Yep, you guessed it...

Another post about my favorite little guy! He is still just as silly as ever.

Parker found a new reading spot.

Waiting on mommy for church. Rockin the faux-chucks.

Parker does NOT like the vacuum. This is where I found him after I was done.

HAHAH!!! So the other day during breakfast Parker spilled his milk on his tray. He thought it only made sense to drink if off the tray! After taking some pictures I cleaned it up. He wasnt too happy about that.

Oh did I forget to tell you guys Parker is addicted to pills. Well, pill bottles atleast. I dont know if its because he sees Drew take meds for his neck everyday or what. But one day he saw drews pill bottle out of reach and he just cried and cried for it. Ha! We gave him a different one that he seems happy with. Don't worry, its just anti-nausea medicine from my cholecystectomy.

Reading

Parker LOVES books! They are like toys to him. He loves flipping the pages and pushing them around. Not to mention he loves to 'read' them! He looks at the pages and blabbers. Today he was just funny to watch, he kept changing positions to read. Ha note his leg in the air!

Parker funnies

so in case you didn't know, P is a total ham! He is just a little character. Always keeps me laughin!

this is how Parker rides piggy-back. he stayed like this for a good couple minutes walking around costco

I don't know what it is about this hamper but he has to crawl in to it everytime I fold laundry

this is how Parker was skype'n with Drews family the other day. this was a first (yes, I know his hair looks kind of mullet-like)

poor thing had conjunctivitis (note the swollen eyes) that is his eye drops in his mouth

other tid bits

he was playing on the deck and found a rolly poley- so naturally he picked it up and tried to eat it.

When feeding him food that he isnt super fond of, switch to a big spoon. it has much more appeal because it seems like you were eating it first.

He is obsessed with tags on his blanket and stuffed animals so he'll walk around the house holding them by the tag.

He likes to dance now, but only his upper body moves- swings from side to side while holding the phone.

love my little stinker binker!

Smoky Vacation

last week we had our Rasmussen reunion in gatlinburg, tennessee. Since Drew had school during the week, we met up with my parents on Sunday for me and Parker to go home with them. We hung out there for about 24 hrs before we hit the road again.

Parker loves getting in suitcases for some reason. 

a cool hangout at grandmas

loves to swing

picking black raspberries with his cousin Abi in grandma/pa's garden

playin with the cousins

While in Gatlinburg we stayed in this super nice cabin in the moutains. Equipped with a pool table, hot tub, and TV in every room. One day we did a family hike up to Laurel Falls.

I conned my parents into sitting through a presentation for 2 hours to get us 6 adult and 3 kids tickets to the aquarium for only $25 total! I would have done it but I'm not 25. But we're super thankful that they sacrificed their morning for us to go! Parker LOVED it!! He was just hitting the glass in excitement and squilling like crazy! I wish I would have filmed him there- it was hilarious!

On the way to the cabin there was this crafting community. In there was Santa's Claus-et that had a lot of ornaments and other christmas decor. The best part was Santa! Parker was more interested in the train going around the room than santa. He got a free ornament and candycane from Santa.

most of the craft stores had random cut out that you could take pictures at. These were the ones at Santa's place.

Drew was able to come up early on Friday! I didnt do so good on planning and with our schedule, so we didnt end up going rafting (which drew really wanted to do) and we didnt get to go to Ober Gatlinburg (a ski resort thats an off season amusement part). But we were able to ride a ski lift, which is all I really wanted to do (I never have before) It was worth it because the view was AMAZING at the top! the picture doesnt do it justice.

Early that day we took some family pictures. It was a big deal for my family because we havent taken legit pictures since 2005! Parker was quite the character at the pictures! 

 this is the cutest thing!

Parker was a champ on our 4.5 hour drive home!

it was a great week! the smoky moutains and area were so green! Drew and I both thought it was a little hard to transition back to Louisville because it just looked rough compared to where we were. The trees arent as big, the green isnt as green. haha. According to Drew, we WILL be going back for a visit before we're done with dental school. Thanks mom and dad for a great week!