He's so funny!

My little Parkerman was cracking me up the other day...I just wanted to write these down because I am SURE I will forget "every day conversations" we have.

-We were on our way to feed JD and Casey, the two dogs we were dog sitting and Parker was talking about JDs wiener!  Lol...."JD have a big wiener???", me: "I don't know"...Parker: "JD doesn't like bird wieners".  "Bird wieners are small"

- Parker told me that he saw robot trees when we were driving home.

-Parker: "Mommy....does JD live in a big house?  Big like this? (while holding his arms out)". Me: "BIGGER!!". Parker: "big like your hair??". Me: ":/".

-Today at the pool he was pushing his toy boat around the pool and then would say his boat had to go poo poo...so he would drive it over to the side of the pool where he would proceed to grunt like his boat was pooping :)

Ok....I think thats all I can remember right now....it's 11pm, and my brain has shut down!  I'm sure I will remember more and come back and write them down!

He loves his daddy....

Both of my boys at about 21 months grew a huge infatuation with their daddy.  They have always LOOOOOOVED their daddy, but at this age they begin to want him to do everything...to put them to bed to hold them all the time to do everything.  So tonight, Blake wasn't home, and I was putting Beckham to bed..he wanted dadda....so I handed him a picture of Blake, and he snuggled with his dadda in bed and went to sleep.  SOOOO precious, my little boo. 

My wittle boo bear

He's 22 months.  My little boo.  Today, he was playing in the playroom and I laid down on the couch next to where he was playing and pretended like I was sleeping.  He walked over and after I had to coax him to pat pat mommy instead of hit mommy, he caught on!  He started rubbing my back, the way I rub his when he is going to sleep.  Then, he went and put a blanket over me and started rubbing my back again.  It was so SO precious!!!  I love that my little boo knows how to be caring and sweet with me. 

3 squeeze "love you"

Lately, I have implemented a family tradition that my family did when I was growing up.  We all hold hands to pray before a meal and then when "amen" is said we all squeeze each other's hands 3 times to represent "I love you".  Well, the boys just LOVE this.  Right now as we are in the "training" stage, we will say "I-love-you" as we squeeze, with the hopes that one day we can just squeeze 3 times and we will know.  Well I have two stories that make me smile with this tradition.  Today, I took the boys to the circus with some friends...well, we went to the pre-show and it was packed and loud down on the floor with lots of people.  So I had to carry Beckham and hold Parker's hand.  As we were walking around, I would squeeze Parker's hand 3 times...he would squeeze my hand 3 times...he knew...I was telling him I loved him in a loud and crowded room where it might not be easy to express verbally.  SO special!!!!

Then, tonight as I was putting Beckham to bed and I was rocking him, I was holding his hand and I squeezed his hand 3 times saying "I-loooove-YOU"...then Beckham would squeeze my hand 3 times saying "duh, duh duh!"....it was soooo special!  I love it, because when you can express love without using words or even eye contact, it's powerful! 

Dear Parkerman...

Dear my little love bug:

Today, we had a rough day, didn't we?  You seemed to not like the fact that Gigi came over and was taking my attention.  I figured that out when you said "mommy, can you stop talking to gigi??".  You also seemed to be a little on the rebellious side; not really doing anything I would ask you to do.  I know that you must have been tired from no nap too, and that could have played a big part in why you decided to HIT Beckham so hard on the head with your hot wheel car.  However, tonight, when I got to rock you to sleep- as I was looking down at you- my heart overflowed.  You are still my little baby...I can still see your little face on my chest when you were but a few weeks old.  Your chubby cheeks and how your face is shaped.  I loved holding you so close and snuggling with you and singing to you.  It truly made my hurting heart from having to be the "disciplinarian mommy" feel so full of joy again.  Tonight before I came back here to type this note, I went in to check on you...your little feet were sticking out from the bottom of your blanket...so small, so preciously perfect.  I know days like this are hard on you too- I know it's no fun when mommy has to be "tough", but I know that because we love each other so much in our hearts- days like this will be a distant memory when we wake up tomorrow.  I feel so blessed to be yours and bubba's mommy.  I love you more than you will ever ever EVER know.

Love,
Mommy

Boo-isms...

Well, my little Beckham who is now 21 months is FINALLY starting to say words...BARELY :)  Here are some of his definite words.  He has a lot of "was that what I thought it was??" words that I'm not sure on, but these we can typically count on. 

Momma
Dadda
Uh-oh
Whoah!!!!
WOW!!!!
Bubba (Parker's nick name)
Tractor (Trah-tuh)
Water
Cracker
Bubbles (buh-buh's)  This word typically follows "WHOOOOOAH!!!"  :)
bye-bye
night night (dight dight)
Hot (HA!)
No (Oh!)
Thank you (tae-too)
Sancho (I think!)  (ta-toe!)

Love you boo!

My little boo

I am so much enjoying my little Beckham bear.  I love how when I tickle him his giggle turns into this full blown laugh that is intoxicating.  I love how excited he gets about everything now and says "whoooooooa" or "wooooooooow" about everything...even if he has no idea if it's truly cool!  I love how when I was rocking him tonight for bed, he just melts into my arms and molds into me- his head laying in the crook of my arm and I got to just put my face right up next to his and just stare at him...his little cheeks, his little nose, his precious little crooked smile...he's my baby.  I got to pray over him and pray that he will be a great man of God and that he would serve the Lord with all his heart, soul and mind.  It was a special night...with a special boy...whom I adore.