The Last Two Weeks

Well, it has been a while since I have posted so this is going to be a big one! Here's what has been going on with the Parrs!

Striped socks and a beaded necklace......the perfect ensemble!
Putting on and taking off socks has become a new game for Zoe Scout. I got these socks for Christmas last year and they are super soft so the baby likes for me to put them on her. They stretch all the way up to her hip!







There are no pictures but it is still a funny story.....or so I think!
Vomit. Throw Up. Puke. Any way you say it, it all stinks, especially when it happens to be coming out of your precious little pumpkin. Colin got up with the baby one morning before Thanksgiving so that I could get a morning to sleep in. :) As I rested in the comfort of my warm bed I hear the thing moms hate the most.......dad yelling your name from the other room in panic. Now, in my case Colin's "dad panic" can come in many forms. There is the mild "diaper drawer is empty" panic, the medium "Zoe Scout is dripping bath water on the floor because he forgot the towel" panic, and the red hot "she is bleeding from the mouth" panic. It was the red hot kind. I get out of bed and rush into the living room to find Zoe Scout sitting in Colin's lap on the floor vomiting every where. I immediately grab a tee shirt, wrap her up and carry her upstairs to the bathtub, leaving Colin, literally, in a pool of throw up. Once upstairs and in the tub she was happy and vomited no more (score one for mom). After showering off Colin came upstairs and finished giving the baby her bath while I took care of the mess in the living room (score a second one for mom). Once it was all over with I found the whole situation extremely comical. I could not stop picturing the look on Colin's face and hearing his yells. All in all the experience lended itself to some of the most memorable phrases that have ever come out of Colin's mouth. Here is a fun sampling: 1. "My daughter just gave me a vomit shower." 2. "I will never look at Zoe in the same way. She is now a walking vomit time bomb. Anything she picks up she could destroy!" 3. "At first I thought it was just a little spit up but then uuuuuggggghhhhh!!!!"




Hotels are fun!
We went to Iowa for the week of Thanksgiving which meant lots of hotel time. Although it is nice to have someone else clean and cook for you during your stay it is quite a challenge to keep a 13 month old entertained in a hotel room. I think it was maybe only 30 min into the first morning in Cedar Rapids when Colin and I figured we would just let her do whatever she wanted. This of course resulted in huge messes every time we left our room for the day (bless those poor housekeeper's hearts)! I bet she spread at least 4 rolls of toilet paper around our room! She had a great time!










Happy Thanksgiving "You Guys"
It is a well know fact that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I would like to say it is because I relish having a day that is all about being truly appreciative every wonderful blessing that God has given me - my husband, my daughter, a great family..........but the sad truth is I LOVE the food! Although I didn't get to have my usual Texas Cajun turkey I did have some new and very delicious things in Iowa including brussel sprouts, complements of my wonderful mother-in-law. Who knew they could be so good! We got to see all of Colin's extended family and everybody had a great time. We even got a few offers from relatives to adopt Zoe Scout (who can blame them).

Colin relaxing at Mumma's (his maternal grandmother).


Zoe Scout in the kitchen with Mumma and Sue's sister, Barb.


Who can resist watching Mimi feed Jack the dog.


Colin's cousin Alice was one of ZS's favorites. I caught her several times on Alice's lap!



ZS and Colin's aunt Debbie.



Pre-meal snitching with Mimi.




Our Thanksgiving table! Check out the artwork on the left wall!!! I just love it! So retro!


ZS's favorite part of the meal was the dressing. She scarfed down two adult size portions.




Laughing at the anticipation of petting Jack!


Cousin Becky was nice enough to monitor the petting.


Looking at Alice's senior pictures.



Reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear with Colin's uncle Roger and cousin Andrew.



Getting cheerios from Colin's uncle John.


Colin doing a crossword puzzle. While in Iowa we both picked up new intrests. Mine is sudoku.


Iowa was a ton of fun and it actually snowed this year which was soooooo beautiful. I can't imagine anyone else having a better in-law family!

P.S. I really am thankful for all the wonderful blessings God has given me!

Fun At Bunnie's

Today Zoe Scout and I went by Bunnie's house. ZS loves all her grandparent's houses for two key reasons......1)she always gets to do things that she doesn't get to do at home and 2)they just have great toys! One of the things she likes to do at Bunnie and Poppi's is play with the stereo and the volume knob is the button of choice.



Who knew that coasters could be so fascinating?






Playing with the rocking chairs on the front porch.



ZS really is so sweet and fun. I am constantly amazed at how her mind develops and the amount of love she has for me. Here are a few moments from my day.

1. Usually when playing with her Noah's Ark animals, Zoe Scout just plunks them down on tables pel mel. This morning she meticulously picked each one out of the ark and set them upright in one straight line next to one another.

2. Zoe Scout waving to everybody in the grocery store and smiling real big when someone waves back.

3. ZS leaning waaaaaay over the grocery cart to put her arms around my waist in a big hug while I push her around the store.

4. My mom dancing with ZS in the kitchen to the Beatles.

5. Reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear 8 times before bed while ZS leans her head on my shoulder.

Play Date

I am not sure when she figured it out but Zoe Scout loves to kick balls around now. I think Colin taught her when they were at the park together the other day. The front hall is a great place for her to kick the balls because they bounce on the tile.







Zoe Scout had a play date with Luke Mansfield on Thursday. Luke and his mommy and daddy, Jessica and Mark, are friends of ours. Colin and Mark grew up together and their families have been friends for over 20 years. Mark is currently serving our country in the army in Iraq. Luke and Jessica live here in Denton so it was great to get to spend some time with them. Luke is 2 and was so sweet to Zoe Scout. ZS doesn't understand sharing yet and Luke was so patient when she walked up and ripped toys out of his hands. Luke was even sweet enough to share his Goldfish with Scout when it was snack time. She was so enamored with him since she rarely gets to spend time with children who are older then she is. I often think she is really big but when Luke was here she seemed very small. Sweet Girl!!!

Totally Out Of Catchy Titles

Sunday afternoon we decided to go to Barnes and Noble to get the baby a new book. Zoe Scout found Colin's book way more interesting. We did get her a book - Is Your Mama A Llama? My grandmother used to read it to me when I was little and I can hear her voice saying the words with me as I read it to ZS.



Today ZS figured out how to pull her caterpillar behind her. It has wheels on the bottom and when the sting is pulled in activates the singing. The child must have walked a whole mile today just pulling that thing through the house while it sang the ABC's over and over and over and over and over and over...................did you know that the ABC's and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune? I didn't but I had plenty of time to figure it out today! :P

Orange Pumpkin, Orange Face

A couple of days ago we set out to carve our Halloween pumpkin. We thought it would be a fun family activity to do at the park down the street from our house.

Here are Colin and Zoe Scout getting ready to leave for the park.



Zoe will imitate just about any face Colin makes.


Kicking the pumpkin around.


This is when she started to become disinterested in the process.



Sorry these pictures are blurry, but it was the only time she touched the pumpkin before......




.......she took off running around the park.







On our way home we ran into my parents who hung around for a few minutes.


Well, today we had another spaghetti meal and even though the pictures aren't as good because Colin wasn't home, I still felt the need to take and post them.



She greatly enjoyed the sausage and picked out every piece first.





Picking the food up with her fingers became too frustrating and so she resorted to shoving handfuls in to her mouth.





This picture was so disgusting that I had to include it.....notice the milk drip. Apparently there is nothing better then milk with Italian food - she drank a record 4 cupfuls!


Once she figured out she could not wipe the sauce off her arms and hands she became upset.



We promptly proceeded to the bathtub where she tried to "catch" the water coming out of the facet. Even after much scrubbing, I think she still smelled a little tomatoey. Oh well, she had a good time!