Parker

Parker is such a fun uncle and you absolutely LOVE to love him or don't want anything to do with him. You really just love him, but you love him so much that you get embarrassed around him. Last week Parker babysat you while the girls went to get manicure's and pedicure's for Jessie's wedding and here's what happened:

According to Parker, you had stepped in some dog poop and so he decided to just put you in the bath tub. I guess he was dirty too and he decided to get in with you. (NO WORRIES THOUGH PARKER WAS WEARING A SWIM SUIT!!) I guess you guys were having so much fun that Parker completely lost track of time and you were in there for over 1 1/2 hours. Parker had a baseball banquet that night and his friends were at the house waiting for him, but the 2 of you were just playing and swimming with the jets and the water to even hear anyone trying to call or get into the house (Parker had locked the front door so you wouldn't escape!) Finally Jessie got home and pulled you 2 wrinkled prunes out of the bath tub, Parker rushed off to his baseball dinner and you were the happiest little wrinkled prune in the whole wide world!

Sprinklers, baby monsters, and nail polish

Whit you love to get wet and run through the sprinklers. We haven't really had many warm days to take advantage of this yet but when it's warm we spend every possible second outside. On Monday we (me, you, and Camden) walked down to the school to play on the play ground. To our lucky surprise they had the sprinklers going and you had so much fun running in them. They would slap your face and you would run as fast as you could back to me and then run as fast as you could back to the water. You are one busy body that loves to run around.

When we got back home we were outside waiting for Rochelle (Camden's mom) to come and pick him up. You kept saying that you needed to go inside to grab something so I said ok, you opened the door like 3 times... let the dogs out like 3 times :(... and were gone for a little bit inside looking for something. Finally you emerged back outside with your hands in a cupping shape, like you were holding something. I asked you what you were holding and you said, "Oh, just my baby monster." and you showed me the imaginary monster in your hand, asked me to hold it for you, and then went back to playing with Camden. You love to play pretend.

Another thing that you love to do is paint your nails and toe nails. Jess is in charge of that department but every time we go to grandma and grandpa's you always ask Jessie to paint your nails. You have now started "pretending" to paint your own nails. Yesterday, you made me sit down for about 5 minutes while you pretend painted my nails and toe nails. You would dip your finger into the imaginary nail polish and then paint each nail so perfectly and then dip again. I asked you what color you were painting them, of course you said pink. My nails looked beautiful! Thanks Whit! :)

Mcdonalds and Jesus Look a Like

You, me, and Camden hit up the Mcdonalds play place today for a fun energy draining- get out of the house- activity. It is freezing so we couldn't really play outside. You 2 are the best of buds and LOVE to love each other or fight like brother and sister. Most days you are best friends though and I love to watch you guys play. Whitney you are a little bit more reserved than Camden is. Camden will go and play with anyone and you usually just keep close to him. At one point during your play time, you came back to me and wanted to sit on my lap. After sitting for a minute, you wanted to go back to where Camden was but there were lots of people to pass in between... there was even a guy that kinda looked like Jesus (had a thick beard) and this is what you said: "Momma, I'm scared. I don't want to go by the Jesus guy." :) So I called Camden over, he came, grabbed your hand and you guys walked- holding hands- back to the play area. Your face seemed a little bit worried/unsure but Camden made it all better.. cute friends.

Lost Turtles and Little Prayers

A couple of weeks ago you and daddy were working outside in the backyard and dad accidentally left the gate open. Val was wandering around in the yard and somehow snuck out. Silly turtle. Awhile later we noticed he was gone and we were looking for him but couldn't find him anywhere! We searched everywhere we possibly could in places that he could never possibly get to!:) Dad rounded up the neighborhood kids and enlisted them in helping us find him. After about 2 hours of searching for him it finally dawned on mommy to say a little prayer. So me and you came inside and said a prayer. You asked Heavenly Father to help us find Valentine. It was so cute to hear the urgency and worry in your little 2 year old voice. After saying the prayer it was no more than about 5 minutes that one of the neighbor kids came rushing over to say that he had found the turtle!! Valentine was burrowed in neighbors yard somewhere. We were VERY happy that we found him. Thank you Whitney for your childlike faith and sweet innocence. Heavenly Father does hear and answer prayers even if they are as small as helping us find our silly turtle, Valentine.