Oh Christmas tree and a little bit of Santa

Snow last night! Me telling her that this is not the real Santa...but a helper!

Her saying .."Oh yeah?"
But I want to meet the REAL Santa...
Well I guess, he will do:)
Huggin by the tree

She is

so tired here, but still so cute:)

Love this pic of Parker and Dad

The only photo that kind of turned out. She wanted to be free!

Here are some recent holiday pics with our favorite little girl. It took us forever to try and get a family pic in front of the tree! Parker was looking everywhere and talking...not to mention it was past her bedtime. This past weekend we also went to see Santa. She got to wear her "boots with the fur." Yes some lady in line in front of us said that to us...so funny, made me think of Rothie!!!

Anyways, we are super busy as I am sure you are all this holiday. We went to our friends fantastic murder mystery party this past weekend. It was themed "Deadwood" this year and we had to dress up circa 1800's. SO FUN. Matt and Kristin Eastman did a wonderful job hosting again and we will look forward to this party every year. We already found out that next years theme is "Caddy Shack." Think of all the fun outfits for that party! I will post pics once I get them.... I brought our camera and it died right when we got there! So bummed. I did take some video with our Flip so if I have time I will post.

For now, I am off to lunch in our winter wonderland here in Wenatchee. We got 6 inches last night and it is snowing again right now! Love.it.

Turkeys don't fly but Parker does!

Kevin trying to give Parker some turkey

Hoai huggin Parker after her bath. She gets the mini fro after her baths!

the food and table

Kevin and I looking at our first turkey!

Brined and roasted=yum yum

Parker at 5am in the Wenatchee airport thinking, what am I doing up?

Just hanging out!

In the air looking around and making friends

Daddy and Parker on the last flight

Monday night at 6:30pm after a LONG weekend:) P.S. this is my FAVORITE thing to do with her

Well, once again it is catch up time. Here are some pics from our wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with Kevin's Mom Debbie and our friend Hoai from Portland. It was the first turkey I have ever cooked and I wanted to brine it. So we soaked it for 24 hours before we cooked it. Then Kevin made two pies and Debbie and I made the rest. IT WAS SO GOOD. We will brine every year now! Loved it:) Isn't it funny how for Thanksgiving everyone cooks for hours on end only to sit and eat all in 20 minutes! Thank you Debbie and Hoai for all your help:)

Last weekend was busy. We made a day trip to Portland and back with Parker and then had two holiday party/functions to attend. Our flight left Wenatchee on Fri at 6am and we changed planes in Seattle and then arrived in PDX at 8:20am. We then left Sat morning and did the same trip back. Parker rode 4 planes in 24 hours and was A-mazing. She went with the flow, was so curious and smiley at everyone, and never cried! I think we have a little traveler on our hands. Kevin and I were talking about how we can't take wait to take her everywhere, Italy, New York...Disneyland...camping! OH how I can't wait for these wonderful adventures to start.

One last thing, Parker has officially grown out of 90% of her newborn clothes! I filled up a rubbermaid bin full of stuff that doesn't fit. It made me kind of sad. She also started sleeping in her crib on Mon night. After we got back from Portland and she slept in the pak-n-play, she wasn't too fond of her bassinet anymore. She is for sure a crazy squirmer. They said at daycare that the current 4 and 5 month old babies do not move as much as she does in her crib. She likes to be free for sure. So now, in 1 week, no more newborn clothes, no more newborn diapers, and no more sleeping in mom and dads room.....It is going TOO fast!

Hope you are all enjoying the holiday season and staying warm.

xxxo D, Kev and Parker Lilly

Been SO BUSY...

Sorry I have been bad with the blog the past 3 weeks! BUT, I have some good excuses. Back to work full time now, Parker started daycare this week, we cooked our first Thanksgiving turkey dinner and had Kevin's Mom here and our good friend Hoai from Portland. I have some great pics of Thanksgiving and our Turkey and some of Parker too. I just need to download them to our computer still. But here is one from this morning on my phone. We are getting ready to leave for daycare and work in the morning. I love my mornings with her. We usually have about three hours together getting ready. Here's what it looks like:

1. Wake up around 5-5:30 and pump

2. Get her bottles ready for daycare

3. Eat my cheerios

4. Parker usually wakes up on her own between 5and 5:30

5. Change her diaper and get her dressed for the day

6. Make sure her diaper bag is stocked with changes of clothes, burp clothes/blankie, and toys

7. Feed her and burp

8. Bring her into the bathroom and she sits in her boppy bouncer while I shower and get ready

9. After I am done showering and getting ready we go feed the dogs and cat

10. We then load up the car with all my bags (diaper bag, pump bag, lunch bag and purse!)

11. Lastly I load her up in her car seat and OFF WE GO (goal to be out of the house by 8)!!

We are a great little team in the morning!! Daddy leaves really early for work so it is just her I in the morning. LOVE my mornings even if they are early.

Here is a pic of us between step 9 and 10:)

Hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season. We decorated the house last night too...now we just need the tree!

We are off to fly to Portland for a quick trip this weekend. Just imagine how much time it takes her/us to get ready for daycare/work....imagine us tomorrow morning getting ready for our 6 am flight! It is going to be an early one!!!!!

xxoo

D and Parker