The Big Gift

The Beachy's came over for dinner one night last week for a mini-celebration for Parker's birthday. They brought the biggest package Parker has ever seen, so nicely decorated by the kids (also cleverly decorated with Cubs logos--booooooo). It was a wagon!! Parker has been living in it. He can get in and out himself, which is a blessing for me, and he eats his snack in there, reads his books, plays with his toys, talks to himself....basically, he loves it. Thank you, Beachys! (They also provided these pictures for me in hopes that I may post a blog entry or two in the future--it worked)

Parker's 2nd Birthday

I have not blogged in some time, and yes, I've been very much reminded of this. So, here goes the last several weeks. I will be going backwards!

Parker celebrated his 2nd birthday last week! Crazy! It was a very busy month, but we did finally have a family party for him on Memorial Day. He had a blast, and it's fun to watch him enjoying the attention. I made two cakes, as you can see in the pictures. The big one for the general public, and one small vegan cake for our little boy with allergies. I made him a dairy/egg-free applesauce-spice cake. Some people actually chose to eat that along with him, which I enjoyed. It made me feel like his allergies won't keep him from enjoying delicious things all of the time. He has been practicing blowing out his candles for the right moment, and he did an excellent job. :) Parker opened up his first ViewMaster with pictures of Disney characters. He immediately figured out how to change pictures with his finger and also that he could see better if he held it up to the skylights :)