Exhausting

Apparently eating pudding can be exhausting-

Parker's Birthday

 So better late than never- right?! Here are some pictures from Parker's 3rd Birthday Party- Some I took, some my sister took. Parker had a lot of fun, and was so excited about his party, everyone that came he would ask them about his party. 

He loved when he was sung too, and loved blowing out his candle. And somehow we ended up with a TON of toys and presents and Joe and I only got him 2 :) 

3 YeAr ChEcKuP

So we had Parker's 3 year checkup today- CRAZY! Now that he is 3 he gets to stand when they weigh him and check his height- also he got to get his blood pressure checked, and also his vision- WOW- what a difference a year makes- or maybe it is a combination of that and that he is used to going to the doctor with me- but he did AWESOME! Last year he would freak out, cry, scream and panic when the doctor would come in and this year he was great! He answered questions, let them check him- he loved having his blood pressure checked and he had fun getting his eyes checked- He is looking great on everything- 20/20 vision, blood pressure great- and it all comes down to the vitals right?!

Weight- 32.19 lbs- 56.6th percentile

Height - 38.75- 81.02 percentile-

(That has gone down, which the doctor said is normal since this is the first time they measured him standing up)

He is now registering on the BMI Chart- 19th percentile whereas last year he was .18 percentile-

So all in all he is pretty much perfect! We sure love our little guy!

Progress

Our basement is ALMOST finished being sheetrocked- (thank heavens!) We are going to finish the rest of the main area today and then after we have a plumber come in the bathroom then we will finish the bathroom- then it will need to be mud and taped (and textured) but we are hopefully going to find someone to hire to do that- it is a ridiculously messy and time consuming project- then we will need to paint, do the trim and then have the electrician come finish up and then do the flooring- so when you put it that way, it doesn't seem like there is really that much left to do... :) But here are some pictures of the progress~

The black is the soundproofing stuff- Pain in the butt to have to sheetrock over- and poor Joe had the painful job of having to hang it on the ceiling- 

Oh, almost done! The only stuff left to do in the family room is to sheetrock inside the window frame

The door into the office (could also be considered a 4th bedroom)

Happy Birthday Parker James!!

Parker turned 3 yesterday- Where does the time go?!?! He is such a wonderful little boy- granted he has his moments, but don't we all?  We are actually going to celebrate his birthday this coming Saturday- we have been so busy sheetrocking that I wanted to be able to get everything ready for his party (just family- but still) So I have gone through (what I have on my actual computer and not the backup hard drive because that is currently unhooked due to us sheetrocking downstairs)  and found some extra adorable pictures of Parker through his little 3 years here 

Parker at about 1 1/2 old- That is Joe's thumb- he was SO TINY!

About the same age-

Blessing day! He was about 3 months~

About 7 months

About 7 months

About 9 months

Not sure on age- probably about 7-9 months- I LOVE this picture! (well, I love all of them)

About 11 months- This is actually one of my ALL time favorite pictures of Parker- this was the picture (cropped, so it was just him) on his first birthday cake.

About 11 months

About 1 year

About 15 months

About 13 months

We did put a little candle on his french toast for his breakfast and sing happy birthday- he LOVES blowing out candles, and he LOVES the Happy Birthday song :)

I can't even express how grateful I am (and Joe the same) to have Parker in my life- he is such a delight and I love him so incredibly much and he fills my life with so much more than I could even imagine. 

My To Do List

So before this little girl gets here- I have about a thousand things to get done- Main thing is we have to get the basement done so that the current office can be moved downstairs so her room can be upstairs. Currently we are working on hanging the sheetrock and hope to have that done by the end of the week. Then we have to do her room and get it all ready plus all the little projects that I want to do for her also. I am going to post on here my things that I would like to do before the little babe gets here- are far as projects go-

I want to make a carseat canopy cover- I found some links to show how to make them

Here, Here, Here and Here
This is the fabric for the top of the cover- I am still trying to decide on the fabric for underneath. 

Wipe/ Diaper Case from here
I will probably make the case from the same fabric as the cover

Bows/ Hairbands/ Binky Clips

Burp Cloths/ Receiving Blankets/ I will make a few blankets and burp cloths from this fabric- and I will find some more too.

Blankets
LOVE this fabric- and crazy enough Joe did too :) so this will be the top and probably the soft minky dot fabric on the other side.

Name Letters for above her bed- I like the font that spells the word Giggle in the font below- I already have the paper to put on the names, I just need to get the letters.

Here are the papers for the letters (unless I find something cuter until I make them :)

And how fun is it that I got these onsies- that the colors work great with the fabric for the canopy cover.

For her room- the picture shows what I want the "panelling" on the wall to look like, I am going to do the off white color on the panelling and then paint the above wall color a pink color, and then the letters above her name (The picture is from my friends nursery, and ever since I saw it about a year and a half ago I knew that boy or girl the next baby room would have that on the wall)

And then the bedding for the room, I am going to adjust the curtains some to look cuter, but that is still on the to do list :)

 

And then of course there is all of the "normal" nesting type things, house ridiculously spotless and organized, freezer meals etc. So here's to hoping that it can ALL get done before she gets here- and oh ya, Christmas is right before... :)