Random shots of Parker

Here are some random images from this past weekend of Parker. The first is of him playing with the grill set he got as a birthday gift. I don't think he knows how to use the tongs. :)

These next two images are of Parker enjoying his sand/water activity center that his Aunt Megan gave him. He loves it. Thanks, Megan... more sand in the house! :(

This final image is of Parker wearing his mom's underwear. And not just one pair, but two pair at the same time. I hope this is just a phase. ;)

Not too sure about the fountain

Yesterday Parker got to go to the Kemah Boardwalk for a kids festival. They had a petting zoo, pony rides, and a bunch of other fun stuff geared towards kids. Here's a quick video of Parker checking out the fountain that a lot of kids were playing. You can see he is intrigued by the water, but in this case, the fountain doesn't come on while he is near. In a previous attempt, Parker was hit by some water splashing off of other kids and he immediately ran back out of range to watch them play from relative safety.

At the Pool in Gulf Shores

Last week we took Parker on his first road trip, it was our biannual family reunion and we went to Gulf Shores, Alabama. He did pretty well... he slept most of the time. We started out on Saturday, August 1st and drove from our house to Beaumont, where we stopped off to visit my aunt and grandma. We had lunch at the Black Eyed Pea and then went back to my aunt's house to visit for a bit before getting back in the car for the trip to New Orleans. We stopped there for the night, at my sister's new place in the garden district.

Since we had to bring almost everything we own with us to support our little bundle of joy, it took several trips to unload the car and get set up for the night. Then we tried to get some rest for the remainder of the trip to Gulf Shores the next day. We were slightly successful. When we woke up, we decided to go to breakfast at Slim Goodies Diner on Magazine. It is a great place. If you are ever in that part of New Orleans and are looking for a good greasy spoon, this is it. Then we got on the road and made it to Gulf Shores about mid afternoon on Sunday, August 2nd.

While there we spent most of our time tending to Parker. We didn't make it to the beach, but we did sit out by the pool one afternoon and we even introduced Parker to the water. Here's some video my sister shot of his first pool experience.