Salt Lake

This last weekend it was Tyson's family reunion in Salt Lake, So we decided to plan an eventful weekend for Parks while we were up there anyhow. 

On Friday night we stayed at my brother Adam's house. It was nice to spend time with him and see his kids. We don't get the opportunity to see him very often.

Saturday morning we took Parks to The Historic Wheeler Farm. We went there with my good friend Nykel, her husband, kids and sister. My Mom and Brother also came along with my brothers wife and kids. Parks LOVED the animals there. He fed the ducks and pet the goats. It's free to get into the farm [which I was stoked about] and It was a really pretty morning to spend with friends and family.

After the Farm experience we went to the Park for Tyson's family reunion, and here's a few photos of Parks playing on the the playground.
That night, we met up with Nykel and her family to celebrate her husbands 28th birthday. We went to Texas Roadhouse in Sandy. It was a lot of fun and we totally surprised CW when they came to sing to him! =) 

On Sunday we decided to take Parks to the Hogle Zoo. I hadn't been to a Zoo in YEARS and Parks is obsessed with animals lately, so I knew he would be in heaven. He was so excited to see the Elephants and the monkey's and kept repeating the word "monkey" all day long. It was really fun as parents to introduce him to animals and get to see his reaction when seeing some of them for the first time.

Being a part of a delivery.

I have a really good friend that lives across the street, Mary, and we've been friends for quite some time now.. and have grown really close. She's a mother now of 5 boys. All of them, 8 and under. She is such an amazing mom, and very patient with her boys.
Mary called me the week before she gave birth to her last baby boy, Krew, and asked if I would like to be a part of the delivery and be in the room. I was so excited, as I had never seen or been a part of a delivery.
So, on September 2nd Mary called me and said that she was dilating quickly and to come to the hospital. She had decided to deliver this baby with out any sort of pain medication. So, her husband, sister, and I all pitched in to push on her pressure points and reduce the pain she was in. It totally worked, and really helped! She was so calm and a huge trooper. She did SO well!! I stood up behind the bed and filmed the entire delivery. It was really really neat to be a part of. Krew weighed just over 8 lbs, and was perfectly healthy.
Thanks SO much Mary for allowing me to be a part of such a neat miracle.
I love you guys!

If you haven't heard yet.

Tyson and I are expecting our 2nd child.
We are both really excited to expand our family.
Nervous.
But excited.
This baby is due the first week of April... and even though April is only 7 months away, it feels like much longer.
I'm thinking about doing an all natural birth.. possibly a home birth. It's a big step for me. So, I'm looking at my options and feeling them out a little more then when I had Parks. 
Now that I've been through child labor I am not as nervous as to what to expect. 
I will be attending some classes on child birth, Bradley Classes, and then from there I will decide further, as to what I want to do. 
I do already have a doctor in place as of right now. I'm using Doctor Lunt, the same Doc that I used with Parks.. and I liked him quite a bit, I just never really saw him, as he's SO busy with SO many other deliveries. 
Tyson doesn't really care what I decide to do. He supports my choice either way. 
So, I suppose we'll see what we're going to do when we get a little closer and we've attended some classes.

Sportsmans with daddy.

Tyson and Parks were at Sportsmans yesterday, and Parks saw a cot.
Parks *pointing to the cot* : "Whats that daddy?"
Tyson: "That's a bed"
Parks proceded to lay his head down on the handlebars of the cart and pretend to snore.

Today Parks was in our shower taking a bath while I was getting ready for the day. I looked in the tub to check on him, and found him pretending to shave his legs with his leg up on the side of the tub.....
hmm.. wonder where he learned that? =)

Parks says:

Today Parks was playing on the back of the couch. Semi standing on the coffee table..

Parks: Daddy, I falled. I hurt. I falled.
*Parks still hanging on to the sofa, hasn't fallen, but has lost his grip on the cofee table*


Yesterday:
Parks walks up to me holding the tweezers, smiling, and trying to tweeze the center of his brows.. mostly just poking himself.
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 Parks jumping on the bed in the master bedroom.
Parks farts.
He says "oh, faw-ted momma"

Well said Advice.

Jarica had this on her blog, and I really liked it, and thought I would share it as well. Enjoy.

Lake Powell and such

We went to Lake Powell with Tyson's side of the family, and were invited by the Kraupp family. We all had a good time. Parks really loved the water this year, as well as the dirt. I think, simply put, he just loved being outdoors all day long. Here are a few random photos of our vacation... my camera died.. sad, I know. So I was unable to load up on my usual 100's of photos.

The boys had "tube wars" everyday.. This is a photo I captured of Tyson jumping to the next tub.