A Little of Everything

So much to catch up on, it's a little daunting. Let's start with Halloween. 

We went to the pumpkin patch a few times and had lots of fun.  Parker loved to see the animals and kept demanding the rides to go faster. 

 

We went with some cute friends pick some veggies and look at the orchard,













watched dad carve our pumpkin,

and dressed up like a cow for some fun trick-or-treating.

Next, well jump to Christmas since that is the order my pictures are in for some reason.  Christmas time has always been a favorite time of the year, but it especially is now with Parker getting older and really getting excited about things.  All he wanted for Christmas was a train table and Santa pulled through.  He was so excited to wake up and see that train table on Christmas morning.  He was practically shaking.  

We saw Santa a few times.  Fake Santas are far less scary than sitting on the real one's lap :)

We decorated our Christmas tree,

Went on the Santa train,

performed the nativity on Christmas Eve (and Parker insisted on wearing his Halloween costume for the play),

got new pjs to open,

and played all day with our new train table.

Now onto Thanksgiving, which we hosted at our house. Mike's parents, sister, and grandparents came. We had a full house and a fun time. They brought their dog Lily, and Parker loved that!

Grandma and Grandpa Cahill got Parker his own dog Jingle, who he loves.  I hope he's ok with having stuffed dogs for awhile since I don't know if I'll ever be able to handle a real one!

Parker loves hanging with his aunt Katy,

Grandpa Cahill,

Grandma Cahill, 

and Lily.  He was spoiled with so much attention and was very sad when everyone left.

After Thanksgiving, we had our first ultrasound of baby Cahill #2. 

 

I'm now 19 weeks along, and we found out today that Parker will be having a baby brother.  We are so excited to have another sweet boy joining our family in July.



And I'm pretty sure this goofy little guy is going to be a great big brother.  He's already practicing taking care of baby dolls and making silly faces to cheer up the baby when he cries.  Parker is such a funny kid, growing more and more independent everyday.  He loves to say "whatever mommy" when I tell him something he doesn't want to hear and is quick to say sorry and give hugs.  I am amazed that he is almost 3 and will be the big brother soon.  I feel very blessed.