Discovering favorites.....

Crawling.....

Standing.....

to see my doggies outside.....

did I mention I love my animals?

hanging with my dad...

and helping him bbq:)

And lastly, I love doing this with my mamma....

Seattle!

Katie and Taylor's wedding

At Matt's Restaurant in the heart of Pike Place

The view from Matt's

Kev and Rothie (Kim) They look like an adorable couple here!

Parker's first eating experience at Pike Place.

Another sunny day in the NW

The most adorable mamma ever! Preggo with twinsies, doesn't she look great?!

Hanging out at Rothies with Wexler and Jamie:)

Happy Father's Day sweetie...Now I know where Parker get's that face from!

OK, so Parker was caught in the act of finding her "puff's," opening them, and eating them. For those of you that don't know what "puff's" are, in the parent world it's aka as Kiddie crack! Too funny how smart they are even at this age.

This past weekend was wonderful. But it didn't start out that way. Will someone tell me when traffic got so bad driving from Portland to Seattle? We left around noon and thought that would be PLENTY of time to make it to my girlfriend Katie's 6pm wedding. We thought WRONG . We rolled into Seattle at 5, and had to throw on our clothes for the wedding and leave a very unhappy baby with Rothie . Parker was fine until we hit the 4 1/2 hour mark. The whole way there was traffic. I was so stressed, and yes had a little bit of road rage as well. It was seriously ridiculous though.

We got to the wedding at 6:20 (after heading BACK into the city and hitting Mariner game traffic!), we were just in time to see their vows. Phew. Then proceeded to eat, drink and dance the night away. Well, until 11, as we were exhausted from our frustrating day of travel. Katie looked amazing and it was a beautiful wedding.

Saturday Rothie, Kev, Parker and I then headed down to Pike Place market and had a YUMMY lunch at Matt's In The Market overlooking the plaza. The restaurant is in such a wonderful location and I can't believe I have never been there before.

That evening Wexler and Jamie came over for some Parker time. It really is so neat to see your good friends interact with your daughter. I really can't explain it. It's just special. After some yummy Indian food and a showing of "It's Complicated," which was awesome, it was time for bed.

Thankfully on our way home it wasn't as bad. However it did rain cats and dogs the whole way home. Needless to say, we had a wonderful weekend celebrating Katie and Taylor's wedding and hanging out with wonderful friends.

I think next time though, we might take the train.....

Hope you all had a great weekend!

too much fun in the sun...

Fun in the sun= falling asleep eating....

We are off to Seattle for the weekend for a wedding and to see friends. Everyone have a wonderful weekend and Father's Day!!

Visitors and milestones

Kristin Eastman and us down at the Rose Festival waterfront park

Reading Parker's favorite book, the Dog book!

She is super excited here:)

Katie, Taylor and a very content Parker

couldn't resist posting this cheek picture, I cannot stop kissing those cheeks

Geeking out that she stood all by herself!

hangin' with my pups, this is a daily occurence

my heart melted when I took this picture yesterday

What a great past week we have had. My very very good friend Kristin Eastman flew down from Wenatchee. She is 7 months preggers with a baby girl and is just ADORABLE. We had a wonderful time showing her Portland. I swear her and Parker had a secret little language going, maybe it's because they share the same birthday. And get this, their daughter is due on Kev's birthday (aug 20th). Crazy I know! Kristin's theory is that she thinks Parker is going to be a marine biologist as she loves sea creatures (really all animals, screams at them) and loves to make really weird gurggling sounds. She also said Parker sounds like a sea otter. So there you have it:) I have been trying really hard to get the sound on video to share with you all....soon.

Sunday we went to a friends house for a farewell bbq. Sadly we move back and friends of ours are now moving to Vegas. Wish we could have spent more time with them before they left. At the bbq, Parker had a great time playing with all the kids:)

Then on Monday our good friend Katie and her fiance Taylor spent the night on their way up to Seattle from LA. They are getting married next weekend in Seattle and we are super excited to go and celebrate with them. She is a very good friend and it is always like no time has passed when we see each other.

On to Parker Milestones. Crawling, standing, furniture climbing, and a tooth!!! All within the past two weeks. Well she has been scooting for awhile, but now is really getting her butt up and crawling. She also has surprised us when we go to get her in the morning or after a nap and she is STANDING. There is such a look of satisfaction on her face! So we lowered the crib again, last night.

I cannot tell you enough how much I am enjoying everyday with her. She's developing such an adorable little personality and it is so fun how she interacts. I feel so lucky to have such a wonderful baby. Sorry about the sappiness, but it is true, and I feel blessed.

For now, those of you reading this in the NW, I think we are supposed to finally have a sunny weekend! Man oh man are we do. Hope you all have a good one, wherever you are.

xxoo

Rockaway Beach...with the Johnson's and a Lund

Auntie Jibb

She was loving the water!

Deep thoughts...

Loving Auntie Jibb

I want those sunglasses, moments later they were in her mouth.

First steps on the sand...

Kevin joked that we looked like a couple in this photo...

Strolling.

The fam

Kev just let her dip her hands in the water.

Heading down to the water!

LOVE my sippy cup, but still not sure how to get that stuff out of there!

Auntie Jibb and a very tired girl, we had just gotten to the beach house.

Auntie Jibb feeding Parker....

Auntie Jibb with food in hair!

This past weekend we continued our tradition of heading to the Oregon Coast for Memorial Day. We love staying in Rockaway Beach as it is a quiet little town away from all the crowds. It was a special treat this year as my sister Alison was able to fly up and enjoy all the good food, games, beach, and did I say good food of the weekend? Alison, aka Jibb, is the best Auntie a sister could ask for and it makes me very sad we live so far apart. I can tell these two are going to be very close. It was so much fun to see them together, we miss you so much already.

Parker was a fantastic little traveler as usual and it is crazy how mobile she is now. She is crawling everywhere and she loved the beach! I am so happy to be back closer to the Coast....

Hope you all had a great weekend and got a moment to reflect on why Memorial Day is so important. Thank you to all the men and women who have fought and continue to fight for our wonderful country.