15 mths!

Wow! 

15 mths! As the grand-parents have seen lately...she has personality coming out all over.  She loves to go bye bye, play with legos, watch her movies, eat snacks, kiss/rock her baby, play with daddy's jar of pens, and WALK everywhere now.  These are only a few of her favorites...she is getting much better about playing by herself.  She does great entertaining herself for short periods of time now which has been very helpful.  Ppl say it gets harder when they begin to walk but it has been easier for me b/c she wanted to walk with my hands all of the time before.  She LOVES LOVES her baby.  She rocks it, pats it, tells it to "ssshhh shhh" (like Nanu taught her), and then gives it the bah bah to drink.  Ugh...it is so cute!  She carries the big baby around everywhere.  She can definitely communicate most things that she wants now...whether it be with words or that little whiney "ugh ugh UGH ugh ugh UGH" and her point...that  I hear/see much of the day. =) 

We had a great time with my parents.  Parker and I visited them for two weeks and then they came up here for my dad's appt.  Thankfully, my dad had another great appt!!  Praise the Lord for that! 

Parker also learned how to say "Nanu" and "Pa" so that of course melted them.  She knows how to wink (with both eyes) which stole her grandpa's heart.  It is precious!

Tanner will be done with his dissertation a week from today!!! He has been working hard on the bibliography...I think it might be around 250 pages altogether (or more)...crazy!

We are looking forward to going to Boston at the end of this month to look for apartments.  Pray that we find one!

Well, I will let these pictures speak for themselves.  My big girl camera is broken and I had to send it off again so hopefully I can get it back soon and take some good pics of P.  These are some from my point and shoot which has a delay so it was quite difficult trying to capture her as you can see.  She is busy busy these days! 

Nanu helping those toothies come through late one night
she loved the lemon popsicle 
Easter dress =) I tried to get a good pic but this is what I got!
She loves going through my perfume
hair is still a little wet from me trying to tame it after she woke up
love. them.  She is even starting to get a curl over her ear!  
refusing to go to sleep...little did we know she had an ear infection
helping daddy return phone calls and e-mails
sweet face
her usual mess and daddy's highlighters and pens that she loves to organize!
big girl playing with the kitchen Aunt C got her...she loves the kitchen too
this speaks for itself! cheese and spinach tortellini with tomato sauce

saying..."cheese!!!"

the orange face makes her baby blues pop...that is one plus =) 
watching Barney with daddy on the air matress
she LOVED splashing in the pool at the beach...she had no fear
walking with Nanu

playing at the beach house
hey! Hey! HEY! hey!
the best donuts ever at the beach!!!!!!!!!!!

grandpa's shoes
eating rocks at the beach house

watching praise baby with Nanu and grandpa

and she is....OFF!!

Parker walked (marched!) half-way around our neighborhood today! (with a little help from her trusty cart =) She kept going and going and going.  Nothing was stopping her and or that focused face of hers.  She was pretty much the cutest thing ever so I had to capture it.  Tanner also taught her how to shoot hoops today.  She learned right away and would throw her arm in the air and say "shoo shoo shoo!"  As you can see from these pictures she is miss personality (or dare I say...Miss DRAMA!)"  However, I must say.  I love the drama! Hey, she's a GIRL! What more do you expect?  Now take a look at this cuteness.  

focused and saggin'
faster, faster!
when concentrating...bottom lip is always tucked!

hello =)
crazy face

I will get you!!! (check out the teeth!)
AHHHH!!



getting brave
woooo
so very tired
giving daddy certain commands...really
love the curls and that precious profile


=)
more please??

b/c you had to see this a little closer =)

introducing...Miss thang! =)

Look at that big girl! Here are a few Valentine's Day shots.  I had to send my big camera off...it was a little sick but hopefully I will have it back this week!  So, I had to use my "little camera" for these.  I had to get a few of her in this adorable little dress.  She looks a little orange in some of these b/c she loves her veggies so she gets lots of orange stuff which tents her skin...and I also realized she had a few carrots left over from dinner when I zoomed in. ha! I am getting really excited about all of the cute Spring clothes that are coming out (for her, of course ;).  Tanner has been very busy finishing up his dissertation which is due in less than a couple of months!  He already has about 175 pages written.  Parker and I are very proud of him and cannot wait for him to be done so we can have more time with our man.  He does great with dividing his time and living on little sleep...not me ;).  We dedicated Parker a few weeks ago.  (pic below) As you can see in the picture she was exhausted from little sleep the night before.  I didn't realize she was getting her first ear infections...whew!!  Now that was rough.  We had a great week in KY (minus the lack of sleep from double ear infections that we didn't know about).  They spoiled us as always.  Parker LOVED riding in her box that Papaw made for her...well, until Aunt C threw her overboard.  lol! j/k  =)

We are finally (did I say finally???) sleeping again.  I am vacillating between one and two naps during the day.  I have learned that it is a day to day thing.  She is talking more and more and really comunicating what she wants which is always fun. =) She will go in the pantry, pull out her puffs, point them at me, and say "ma ma ma ma ma" along with a few grunts and pitiful little face.  Yes, she already knows how to work me.  Who would have ever thought I would be the softee and not Tanner??  I mean could you resist this face....???

kissing her baby...all day every day!!!  She LOVES her baby!


kissing the balloon (or "boon" as she says)

I mean really...look at that pose!
kissing the ball...
pose of the night
wow...I look like a ghost compared to her!
Tired after a long day! (watching Praise Baby)
Papaw's horsey

really tired... dedication day =)