Birthday, part Uno....

Happy Birthday little man! We are so blessed to have you in our lives, we love you so much!!

Good morning!

Card and gift card from Grandma Lynn and Grandpa George...

Another nice hot day, slightly shriveled baloons...

My big boy!

After swimming..

Meeting Daddy for lunch in Senoia

Mmm, ketchup!

A few gifts on Daddy's lunch break,

Oooh, on the front-end loader!

Look closely, he's the equipment operator today

Dump trucks, Daddy!

Cupcakes after dinner

Mmm, frosting! Thanks Mimi and Boppa!

Yay!!!

1st Braves game pics from Pappy and Hanner, Braves on the TV in the background of course.

What a fun-filled birthday for everyone! Thank you for all our blessings, we are grateful. How much you have taught us in 2 years, and so much more to learn!!

Quick

I like July when it rains. (Obvious driveway modifications need to be made, but) Green grass and flowers are nice!

July, so far

It's been so hot, I know, it's July, but really. We still spend plenty of time outside, but once in a while it's nice to be relaxed, indoors. Davis brought his lawnmower in the other day, I guess it needed some maintenance.

Daddy and D did a little swap with their shades. Just because you are indoors doesn't mean you can't look cool. Or something like that...

JULY 4th! We had awesome weather. I don't remember a July 4th when it was so nice. We went to the parade, D loved it. He's wearing a frisbee on his head. Doesn't everyone on the 4th?

I love his halo in this shot.

They handed out popsicles, I was surprised he ate it but he seemed ok with the sugar. He does like cold stuff, so maybe that was it. I'm sure he would have preferred it to be a salt lick.

Later we went to the pool with friends. He hadn't been in one for a while, but he had fun.

Like I said, it's all about the salt. Obviously Ty's child.

Eventually, we came home and the guys got some good drawing time in. D always wants Ty to draw a school bus.

Davis had his first swim lesson on the 5th. Here he's just gotten in the water, a bit unsure but fun. He had never been under water but that was quickly fixed. Niki is in our small group and teaches infant/child swimming. She is an ISR instructor and is amazing. Here's her website.

He cried a lot the first day, but as you can see he recovered.

He really has liked it. It's hard work, but for 10 mins every day. It's a great program.

Lastly, we FINALLY got some rain on Friday and Saturday. There was a LOT of wind and trees were down all over town. We went for a golf cart ride and found a few trees blocking the path. Ty slid down a slope to take a closer look.

I'm sure he'll get to use his chainsaw soon....

Father's Day Etc....

Quick update via pics....

Uncle Tom and Aunt Barb visited us on their way up from Florida. Davis enjoyed some good reading time.

D doing a little cleaning around the house. Nice.

Father's day, hanging out with Boppa

Working the magnets on the fridge, sweet outfit.

Fun with Daddy, yay no beard!

Fun with Mamma (yay, no beard)

Memorial Day

Memorial weekend @ the Parker casa was good, productive and relaxing. Nice change.

We got some work done around the house, D was very helpful.

We went to Senoia, where Ty builds, for their celebration. D was into it. Who let grizzly Adams push the stroller?

We had a great time, D really liked the flags.

The garden grew a lot. We picked our first squash and zucchini. Looks like we need to pick some cucumbers too.

Braves

Sunday was a big day for Davis. He made his first trip to the Varsity.....

Looks like a natural

Ty would like to point out the Georgia Tech football stadium in the background of this picture

In addition to D's first Varsity experience, it was also D's first Braves' game!

It was pretty hot, but we were ready...

Pappy got to join us. Here he and D are taking it all in.

Uncle Chuck even got to join us, what a crew!

Great dugout seats

This is Gregory, he was our section's attendant. He found out it was D's first game and brought him a ball. We were a little more excited about it than Davis.

What a cute kid, ready to root 'em on.

Well, until he decided to sleep, a lot.

It was a full day but we had fun and were proud of him for hanging in there!

Beach!

We all had a great time at the beach over the weekend, despite the weather. D got to "try out" a bike from the neighbor's grandkids. I think "bike" is his new favorite word.

He wore his "bike hat" when he could. Such a safety minded toddler!

We kept him busy and I guess tired. Here's D in his stroller TAKING A NAP, unheard of! Seriously, this is like the 3rd time EVER!

Enjoyed lots of munchies from Modica, as always. (Who is that old child?)

As you can see, the ocean was, well....choppy we'll say. Not very "nice day at the beach"-ish but us pale folk (two of us Parkers) appreciate it.

Again, how did he get so big?

D makes great faces.

He's doing some sort of dance here, very talented.

Thanks to Hanner and Pappy for making it all happen (and to God for the clouds). Good times.