Parker is 1! Holy cow!

What a day we had yesterday - the weather was great (29.7 C) for an outdoor shindig! Parker was a little grouchy at first, but luckily he warmed up a little and had a great time!

The best part was when we placed a mini cake in front of Parker. He looked at it, then after I fed him a piece, he finally got the idea and started slathering his face in blue and white icing. When Sailor figured out what was going on, she stepped up on Parker's highchair and started licking the icing off Parker's face all the while Parker was giggling uncontrollably! It was too funny! When I find the camera - I am still trying to clean up -I will download some pictures!

Parker is turning 1!

Oh my, Parker is turning one tomorrow.

This afternoon, Ginger, and Lily came for Parker's second haircut. He was quite patient until the hair started accumulating on his face. He lost it after that - poor little guy, it must of been very itchy! He looks like a little boy now - not a baby, sniff, sniff!

Shawn, our friends, Ryan and Nicole and I spent this evening putting up streamers and blowing up balloons for Parker's first birthday party. Thanks to Shawn's aunt for the awesome frog cupcake cake, and the mini cake for just for Parker! Stay tuned for pictures from this event!

Summer Finally!

With the big countdown starting...sniff, sniff, three more weeks until I go back to work after maternity leave, Shawn, Parker and I, are at the lake. I say "summer finally" because it has been freakin' cold these past few weeks (for those folks who are not living in MB). It feels more like the beginning of October, than spring! Today the mercury hit 23 C! Whoohoo! I have to say the best thing about the weather being so cool, is that we have virtually NO mosquitoes! Hard to believe, I know!

Today, we bought Parker a small kiddie pool and filled it up in the veranda, so that Parker isn't baking in completely in the sun. So now we call it Parker's Pool and Spa. He tries to climb in on one side and out on the other but has trouble lifting his meaty leg high enough to clear the side of the pool.

Hey, did I mention Parker can walk?! OH MY GOD! The other day while grocery shopping in Kenora, I saw Shawn walking with Parker holding on to only ONE hand - I couldn't believe it! Parker had a humongous, toothy smile the entire time - he's quite proud of himself. Then two nights ago (June 10), Tracy had trouble catching up to Parker. He had a death grip on Tracy's finger meanwhile Parker was motoring in front of her...aka, Parker was not relying on Tracy for any support. He did numerous laps of the kitchen, and can surprisingly recover from small stumbles without face planting. He still prefers holding on to someones finger while he walks, even though, it has no purpose other than functioning as emotional support. The cutest thing is when Parker walks you can hear his little chubby feet slapping the floor.

One more announcement - Parker sprouted another tooth yesterday! He has 6 in total.

I just remembered, tomorrow is exactly one week until Parker's 1st birthday party - wow!

I love New Brunswick!

The Theme of our PEI leg was "Nothing is Open Yet!"

PEI was somewhat disappointing. When we got to the island, we headed directly to the visitor information centre only to be told repeatedly that "nothing was open yet". Oh boy, I couldn't wait to see this province!

Once there, a few things became apparent - holy cow the province is TINY! Yes, I know this is somewhat of an obvious statement for some, however I didn't realize until we drove around for a while how small it is. Literally if you blinked, you could miss a town.

While on PEI, we saw Anne of Green Gables...Shawn and I smooched at Lover's Lane, hehhehe. We also saw the "famous" red cliffs - What a joke that was. We drove all the way up to the North Cape, on the northwest tip of PEI because we were told we could see these "red cliffs". YOU CAN'T SEE THEM FROM THE SCENIC HIGHWAY! It wasn't until we pulled off the road to change Parker's diaper, that we saw some! How frustrating! The Confederation Bridge was totally cool! It took 14 mins, going 80km/hr to cross it, I thought it was never going to end!

We had a lovely, yet extremely overpriced, lobster dinner in Charlottetown (the lobster was $26/lb even though you could buy cooked lobster at any grocery store for $7.99/lb). I had a heart attack when Shawn ordered the 2lb lobster at the restaurant! Our bill was over $90 for two freakin' lobsters. Oh well, we made up for this on Mother's Day...Shawn and I headed to Superstore and bought four, cooked lobsters of $34, four potatoes, two cans of corn, a block of butter, and some pop and heated everything up in our hotel room microwave for us and Shawn's parents! A HA! How's that for being frugal!

I would move to the Maritimes for the food alone!

Our trip out East was amazing! We flew to Halifax then rented a mini-van and toured around PEI, New Brunswick and then back to Nova Scotia. Shawn's parents joined us for the first week, then flew out of Moncton. Shawn, Parker and I continued on our travels for another week.

Being a "vegetarian" who eats seafood, I thought I died and went to heaven - there was lobster on every menu from seafood chowder, lobster rolls, lobster BLTs - yummy!

Here was our itinerary of the major places we travelled to...we sure covered a lot of ground. We hit Halifax, Peggy's Cove, Stellarton (NS), Charlottetown, Cavendish (Anne of Green Gables area), Summerside (PEI), Moncton (NB), Hopewell Cape (Hopewell (flower pot) Rocks), Fredericton, Saint John (NB), Digby (NS), Yarmouth then back to Halifax.

Parker's First Birthday Invitation!

So Parker's first birthday is drawing near...in two weeks tomorrow to be exact. I can't believe it! I still remember thinking after he was born, "Now what I am going to do with this baby?!?!!"

Well, I have to say I really surprised myself. I survived the numerous, around-the-clock-feedings and months of sleepless nights! But above all, both Shawn and I have amazing memories of his first year. It is unbelievable in a few short months, Parker went from being what I call a "blob" that did nothing but sleep, poop and eat, to the cute little guy he is today! He scoots around the house, climbs up stairs, feeds himself...the list goes on and on! He's come along way, that's for sure! God, he's a cutie-pa-tootie!

Here's his first birthday invitation!

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