Parker and Evan

2009-03-13T19:53:00.000-07:00

Parker saying one of his favorite answers to a question above - “I don’t fink (think) so…”. Ridiculously cute.

Aunt Cat again - I just got to spend a week up in Nashville with my family and help out while Amy my sister is in the hospital with Evan (finishing a third week in PICU and now a regular bed with viral pheumonia) and while my parents are at work. So I mostly got to babysit the ‘main man’ when he wasn’t in preschool - the one and only Mr. P.

Parker is a really great kid - super amicable, plays well with others, incredibly smart, and doesn’t get into too much trouble for a two year old. He’s doing great with ‘mommy’ being in the hospital with the little brother he barely knows. Honestly, I still don’t think that he understands that Evan is for keeps.

As you all know, I’m not the hugest fan of kids in general, but that one is a winner. Uncontested.

Here he is playing with his dinosaurs. Pictured are ‘the mean one’ and ‘the scary one’. I think ‘the good one’ (a pink brontosaurus) is still recovering from running around the house with Parker…

And finally, one blooper/outtake/this-is-how-he-looks-most-of-the-time shot:

Evan

2009-03-13T19:50:00.000-07:00

Aunt Cat here!

Not too long ago I posted about my new nephew - Evan David Martin. The poor little guy did pretty good for the first two weeks or so of life and then caught viral pneumonia. :(

He’s been in the Pediatric ICU for almost three weeks now and finally seems to be getting better. He’s been moved to a regular room in the last few days and the doctors hope that he might get discharged sometime next week. He’s still plugged up to oxygen and a feeding tube and a bunch of other wires and such to monitor everything. He seems to be out of the woods though! (Sorry for the rough picture - I took it with my computer camera…)

I’ve spent the week up here hanging out with her other son Parker - who has been dealing really well with Amy being gone to the hospital all the time.

Please be praying for him!

Sports Fan

2009-02-22T18:36:00.001-08:00

Notice the socks. GO DAWGS! I'm startin' my boys off right.

Little Man

2009-02-22T18:35:00.002-08:00

Parker was sick with a cold and stomach bug this past weekend. Here he was sitting in his recliner watching Disney's The Jungle Book when he fell asleep. All he needs is his remote, right, to look like a real man. What a cutie!

Fun times!

2009-02-22T18:35:00.001-08:00

Parker and Micah are having a blast in an inflatable firetruck that is full of balls. It is kind of like the ball pits that you can jump in at Chucky Cheeses only it is a firetruck that you can drive. Parker is driving to the fire and lovin it. Micah is anxiously awaiting his turn to drive. :)

Generations

2009-02-22T18:32:00.000-08:00

The wonderful man in this picture is my granpa (Mom's dad), David William Terrill. Evan, who is two weeks old, was named after granpa and I gave that to him for Christmas this past year. His full name is Evan David Martin. Granpa is 75 and this is his first grandchild to take on his name. It is pretty special to me! Here is granpa meeting his namesake...he loved holding him.

Splish Splash

2009-02-20T20:00:00.000-08:00

Parker loves bathtime. This past weekend I was at Target and saw these foam numbers and letters and thought Parker would enjoy playing with them in the tub. Boy, was I right! He loved it! He can sing the alphabet, but still can't tell you which letter is which out of order. He does know that he is two and that his name starts with "P" though.

I am two.

Don't bug me.

2009-02-19T18:31:00.000-08:00

Evan wakes up to another camera in his face.

No more Japanese tourists!

Day 1 for Evan

2009-02-10T19:23:00.000-08:00

My what big eyes you have!

Evan had his first day today and got to see lots of family and a bunch of Mommy's friends. He got to meet big brother and get some quality time with mom. More stories coming!

Present and accounted for!

Quality time with Mommy

Evan Martin

2009-02-10T10:52:00.000-08:00

Evan David Martin - was born today at 2:57am. He is healthy as can be and weighed 6lbs 13oz. ‘Mommy’ is tired, but doing good too.

I'll post more pictures and stories soon - just wanted to get this one up here.

-Aunt Cat

PUSH!!!

2009-02-10T02:57:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of Evan's delivery. What a precious little guy! Meredith is other woman in the pictures. She is a good friend from church and a nurse at the PICU at Vande's Children's hospital so she made the perfect labor coach. I had all back labor with Evan, so I don't know what I would have done had she not been there rubbing my back through contractions while I waited for my epidural! Thank you Meredith!

So tiny.

Exhausted and in AWE

Relieved

Shadow

2009-02-07T05:17:00.001-08:00

As the weather is warming up on different days, Parker and I have been going on nature walks. I let him pick up acorns, pinecones, leaves, sticks, rocks or whatever else we can find. Anyway, last week on one of our walks Parker noticed his shadow for the first time. He said, " Hi sadow" (pronounced sad doe)and waved at his shadow. Then bent down to try and kiss his shadow. After that he noticed mine and said, "Oh, I will have to give Mommy's sadow sugar." He bent down and tried to kiss mine. He was SO cute!

Who Let The Cows Out?

2008-12-21T12:35:00.000-08:00

I think I have mentioned before that Parker LOVES animals! His first love is Mommy...followed very closely by cows. Parker's Papa owns a cow farm in lower Alabama and so Parker quite literally gets his love of big animals honestly. One of his favorite things to do in our free time is to look at pictures of cows on the internet. While looking one day we came across this cute video. Parker watches the cows intently, most of the time on repeat ("I want to watch cows again?") and dances to the music. Make note of the last picture in the video - Parker loves the slippers the pig is wearing.

This week he has taken the empty wrapping paper tubes and carried them around the house, hollering "Who let the cows out?! Moo Moo!" through the end to amplify his voice.

His cow love runs deep- he has to have Molly the Moo Moo (his stuffed cow from Nana) to sleep with every night (and mommy's hair, and a cow pillow).

Parker's Preschool Christmas Program

2008-12-19T17:03:00.000-08:00

This is the link to Parker's first Christmas program. He did such a good job. I am so proud of him! One of my friends from bible study, Jessica, went with me and recorded it on her video camera. She did an awesome job! Thanks Jessica! Hope y'all enjoy.

http://web.mac.com/lifeoftheustraveler/iWeb/Life%20of%20the%20US%20Traveler/Parker_Martin.html

Lil' Dawg

2008-12-18T17:18:00.001-08:00

Evan has been pronounced a lil' dawg. Mommy and Parker say Go Dawgs baby Evan.

I'm A Snowman!

2008-12-18T15:30:00.000-08:00

Parker had just woken up from his nap and we had just gotten a huge package from the mailman. Parker wanted to open it. We didn't know the box was going be full of packing peanuts, but it turned out to be fun times with Parker. Parker got in the box and played and played with the peanuts pretending they were snow. He was throwing them up in the air, burying stuff in them, etc. The funniest is when he would stand up like an explosion and the packing peanuts would be sticking all over him from static and he would say "I am a snowman...my name is Frosty."

Parker's 2 yo Portraits

2008-11-30T13:34:00.000-08:00

My sister Cat is a professional photographer...so being on a budget I decided to take advantage of her free services for Parker's two year old portraits. He turned two November 21st. She did an exceptional job as you can see! Anyway, these are two of the best portraits from that pic session. His Baba (my dad) got him a new Diego tricycle. He loves it, but his feet don't quite reach the pedals yet. Nevertheless, he tries to ride and just sitting on it makes him feel like he is BIG STUFF. Parker's consistent loves have been Mommy, cows, horses, farms, Mommy and tractors. He can even tell you the names of tractors...eg. green is John Deere, orange is Kubota. He was a cowboy for Halloween this year. Cutest cowboy I've ever seen. He was saying Yee Haw when this picture was taken. He named his horse Patches and was using his horse as an excuse to get 2 pieces of candy while trick or treating. There was one lady that told him he could only get one piece of candy and he told her that his horse needed one too. So smart! She gave him another one.

Parker's Preschool Birthday

2008-11-21T11:30:00.000-08:00

Parker turned 2 years old on November 21, 2008. These are pictures from his birthday party at preschool. He had a Thomas the Train party. Parker got to wear a conductor's hat, and a Thomas birthday boy badge...he was pretty excited! Mommy brought in Thomas the Train cupcakes, apple juice and Thomas bubbles for all Parker's friends. As you can tell the blue icing was a hit. All the kids looked like smurfs by the time they were done. What fun!

Birthday boy!

Parker's preschool buddies

My favorite smurf!

Gitty Up Horsey Go To Town

2008-11-10T12:22:00.000-08:00

Parker loves animals. Would not surprise me one bit if he became a vet when he grows up. Only God knows. I have a lady, Susan Gregory, in my Sunday School Class that has a horse at a stable on the edge of Nashville. Their horses name is Opie, he is a show horse for her daughter Grace. There are about 28 horses at these stables and a pony named Buttercup. Susan had Parker and I come out to the stables to see the horses and ride on Opie and Buttercup. Parker got to sit on the horses, brush them, and feed them carrots from his hand. He loved it! Here is the link to our trip to the stables.