bye bye binky

since parker turned 1, we have only allowed him

to have his binky at bedtime and naps.

a few weeks ago, i noticed parker had almost

chewed the top of his binky off.

i threw that one away and found another one in my diaper bag.

but a few days later, noticed he has almost chewed the top off this one as well.

and i wasnt about to go out and buy new ones.

so, we had him throw it away, told him it was all gone

and braced ourselves for what was to come.

up until that point, he had not been sleeping through the night,

since we moved here.

so we new we were in for longgggg night.

of course there were a lot of tears, and he kept

pointing to his mouth, clearly indicating that something was missing.

and boy was he stinkin' mad when i laid him down for the night.

after standing at his door for 45 minutes, he finally conked out.

and slept till morning.

it was awesome!

taking the binky away went way smoother than i thought!

 

until this last week.

he doesnt ever ask for it anymore, but getting him to go to sleep

at nap time or bedtime is a complete nightmare.

he has decided he no longer wants to nap.

its awesome.... let me tell ya.

my favorite part of the day has got to be around 4:00pm.

that's when we get to witness meltdown after meltdown after meltdown

until bedtime. THEN he so graciously sings us the song of his people.

at the top of his lungs.

for the whole city of moscow to hear. 

until we finally go stand by his door till he falls asleep.

i cant believe the people above us havent come down and told us 

to control our child. 

i really hope it's "just a phase"

because im not ready to give up naps just yet.

and i KNOW he still needs them.

minus our getting to sleep problems,

we do have a lot of fun with him during the morning

when he is happy.

 

he is so into cars and trucks.... 

calling them all "gucks" 

especially when they crash into each other

 

 and when we arent playing with our

"gucks" he still very much enjoys reading

and recently discovered puzzles.

the moscow fair was in town this weekend,

and on friday night we met up with some new friends

and enjoyed the fair atmosphere.

it was a fun night.

parker was mesmerized by all the lights

and rides spinning and twirly.

we managed to make it through the whole fair 

without buying any fair food.

pretty impressive huh?

spur of the moment

friday afternoon (2:30pm to be exact)

 of labor day weekend

i was online and saw a link

"last minute labor day weekend getaways!"

my conversation with jared went as followed:

B: look jared last minute weekend getaways. let's go!

J: go where?

B: rexburg?

J: i was just thinking that like an hour ago.

B: and you didnt SAY ANYTHING?

long story short, an hour later, we were on

the road and heading south to idaho falls.

we called jared's parents as we passed through

Coeur d' alene to let them know if they heard someone coming

into their house at 1 in the morning, it was just us.

his mom's response, "you're coming back already?!"

yup we sure were!

 you see, carissa just had a baby, exactly 1 week after 

we moved.

and i was literally DYING to go and see this new dude.

and i was having a big pitty party about being all

the way up here in dumb moscow.

when i could be there holding that sweet new babe.

 and so we decided what better weekend to go then now?

it was perfect, because my parents were there visiting as well.

we didnt tell them we were coming though.

and we sure did surprise the heck outta them!

it. was. perfect.

parker was able to ride the last 2 rides of the season on the carousel

and he had lots of fun playing with cousin charlee

and for some strange reason, he thought the ipad was much more fun than the baby

it's way more fun to be the aunt then the mom.

i even caught his first smile on camera.

 although it was a very very quick trip,

it was a wonderful weekend full of snuggles with 

baby kyler. he is so precious.

and so stinkin cute.

(my apologies to everyone for hogging him all weekend.)

it was just what i needed to help change my bad

attitude about mosocw.

parker and i have even had a play date since we've been back.

and we scheduled another one for next week.

and though im still bummed we dont live around the corner

from kyle and carissa anymore,

im starting to come to terms with it.

(and praying we end up as neighbors again)

-whether they wanna be my neighbor or not-