Graduation

It has been a long time coming, but I finally did it. I graduted from Pima Community College this week with an Associate in Business. I had planned to continue at the U of A this fall, but I changed my mind. I am going to relax a little and enjoy my family. In addition to my graduation, Cameron and Austin both graduated from 8th grade, and our friends Matt & Deann were married on Saturday ( I am very disappointed that I forgot my camera and I didn't get any pictures of the wedding ) Matt's parents were able to fly down to attend the graduation and wedding, and to spend some time with Parker. It has been a very hectic year, but it is well worth it!!

When Mom and Dad are away, Parker will play

Kiara did it again.... Parker went to Aunt Kiara's house last week when Nana took the day off. Not only did we get a babysitter, we got some great pictures.

We have topped the 100 degree mark for the past few weeks so it is definitely time for some water fun. There were only 6 kids at daycare last week so my Mom let them play in the wading pool. I had a Dr. appt in the morning so they were just getting in the pool when I dropped Parker off. I stayed with him for a few minutes (he is just too cute) and then he stayed and played in the pool with Nana and his friends.

More pics by Kiara...

Kiara is starting photograpy as a career, so if anyone wants pictures send her an e-mail kjrago@msn.com.

This is my favorite!!!

A Few Firsts

Parker has had some fun firsts in the last week. First, he went swimming at the YMCA last weekend. They have a wonderful pool with a water mushroom, sprinklers, and a water slide. I was a little sad they wouldn't let Parker go down the water slide :) Parker didn't mind. He loves to be in the water and to play and splash. Parker also tried oatmeal for the first time. If you check out the video at the bottom of the post you will see he didn't love his cereal. Turns out, we were just making it wrong. We are cooking real oats instead of using box cereal, so you actually have to cook it. You can only save oatmeal for a couple of days so you make 1/4 cup or less at a time for a baby. We made the first batch of oatmeal last Saturday. We followed the directions in the baby book. The oatmeal turned out very sticky and pasty. I thought it would turn creamy when I mixed it with milk, but that didn't happen. It was just like the oatmeal you and I eat, chunky in milk. PJ wasn't a big fan of chunky oatmeal. I made a new batch yesterday, using a lot more water, and he LOVES it. He ate the whole bowl and wanted more!! Unfortunately, I think he ate to much because he was up way more than usual last night (poor mommy!!). He ate all his cereal again tonight. This weekend we are going to start on sweet potatos.

Parker washing his face after his ceareal

Come on, I'm still hungry!!

Today was our first day of triple digits. I think I made it until Memorial Day last year before I turned the air on. This year we have already had our air on for a week!

Hit Play to see the video!!