5 Months Old!

The boys are both growing fast. Parker’s in hard core potty training right now, with some success I’m happy to report. He likes having a little brother. Ethan watches hin intently and giggles whenever Parker makes funny sounds or jumps around.

Ethan is 5 months old this weekend and already doing the wounded soldier crawl. He’s pretty quick with it so you can’t leave him on the floor and look away at all. He’ll be across the room before you know it.

The dogs are still good with the baby just like they were with Parker.

Parker loves the water! That's all he thinks about.

He can’t really swim just yet but he’ll jump in without a flotation device. He comes right back to the surface; he just can’t stay up yet. We’re working with him and maybe he’ll be swimming a little by the end of the summer.

I guess coloring on the wall is a rite of passage for kids. We had our first taste of it recently when we walked in to find Parker’s room covered in black Sharpie. The art work was all the way around the room, from the floor up to about the height of a 2-yr old. Parker had guilt written all over his face.


Here’s Ethan in front of some of the art work for scale.

We took a little vacation on Memorial Day. The SD/Seattle crew came to NC and we rented a house in Emerald Isle.

A good time was had by all!

We left Parker with the Grandparents for this trip. But Ethan tagged along. I love it when we dress alike.

Last weekend we went up to the mountains to visit Brooke's Grandpa Arlo on his 95th birthday.

Parker had a blast and Ethan did well on the 5 hr car ride!

We took the boys to Cherokee while up there. Parker saw Tigers and Bears at the petting zoo.

And he danced with one of the road-side Native American dancers.

I'm pretty sure I saw this guy wrestle Hulk Hogan back in '86.

Parker played in a little water park they had in the town square.

That's it for now. Until next time...