Dancin' Machine

I took this video last night after we got home for the day.  Parker has always loved to dance (and sing).  We have mini-dance parties at home fairly often and I know they dance a lot at school.  This was the first time I had seen Parker dance with a baby doll.  She actually needed me to help her find the doll so she could dance with it.  

House Help

We've been working on various house projects to get the house ready for the baby.  The bathroom remodel is finished and we have been using it for Parker's baths, wonderful!  (I will get some photos up soon)  However, we were sans doors to the bathroom until this weekend.  My parents drove in for a last minute help session and spent the weekend painting and helping replace bathroom door and some other small (but tricky) projects.  I did not get one single picture from the weekend because #1 we were busy and #2 the camera on my phone is not working.  Good thing Grandma & Grandpa will be back in a month when the baby is born so we can get some photos then.

The weekend before that Jason, Colin, & Ben Nudds came over to help Greg install new can lights, ceiling fan, and smoke detector in Parker's new bedroom upstairs.  I hung out with the kids, while the men worked upstairs. These kids sure had fun together:

Also a couple weeks ago, we took Parker to Sesame Street live at the Auditorium Theatre.  When the lights went down and the show first started, she said "I want to go home", but she moved over to sit on Daddy's lap and enjoyed the rest of the show.

Random Fun

Here are a few recent videos of some fun we have been having with Parker.  One of her teachers told me this week that she thinks Parker is going to be an athlete because she is always so active...I think these videos represent that well.

Pittsburgh without the Parents

Last weekend, Papa G and Sandy took Parker and Pryse (Sandy's 6 year-old Grandson) to visit the Johnsons in Pittsburgh.  It was Cate's 2nd birthday, so the perfect opportunity for a road trip. 

Parker was a trooper and handled the whole thing wonderfully.  I was worried about how she would react realizing that we weren't going along.  Fortunately, the only tears shed were by Mommy after they pulled off.  Parker had so much fun playing with her cousins and even slept in Clare's big girl bed one of the nights.  Here are the pictures everyone sent via text and Facebook.

Rest stop

Playing with her feet while watching a movie

Parker and Cate

Pryse reading Parker a bedtime story

At the Children's Museum

Happy Birthday, Cate!!!

Cousin time with the iPad

Ikea trip on way out of town

And a couple videos from Gennie

Greg and I got to go out to dinner both nights and saw a movie Saturday night.  Our days were spent working on renovations to our second floor.  The major bathroom work is complete (we just need to do some final touches) and Parker's new room is coming along.  More on those in a couple weeks...

We missed our girl, but knew she was in such good hands with Papa G, Sandy, Gennie, & Eric looking out for her.