day trip. whidbey island.

[caution...picture heavy post! ;) ]

on saturday we headed out for a day trip. or a long car ride :)

we headed up to whidbey island for parker's 11 month birthday....

actually we just wanted to go ;)

we got up on saturday around 7:30 (totally sleeping in for us! thanks, p!)

i ran to get some groceries, brandon made chicken salad for the road and parker played.

we got in the car around 10 and headed north!

we drove up to the muckilteo ferry. there was a long line!

 thankfully, parker was napping in the backseat and brandon and i had blueberries to eat!

we finally got on the ferry!

parker's first ferry ride...he was sooo excited!

although the forecast said it was supposed to be in the 80's it was chilly and overcast on the ferry at 12.

but that meant parker could wear his hope sweatshirt :)

after the ferry we drove to a beach where we could eat lunch and explore.

(those cheeks...i just want to pinch them...and i might)

blueberries for p (and other food of course)

curry chicken salad for brandon and i...yum!

we walked the beach

then it was back to the car!

we headed north on whidbey to coupville.

such a cute town...like one main road cute!

we walked, saw this...

  

 beautiful sites like these...

 brandon made a new friend...

 and got back into the car!

we then drove up to deception pass! (important...this was the deciding factor for us moving to the pnw. we saw whales here almost 6 years ago. i was sold....haven't seen a whale since!)

i was determined and convinced we would see a whale...

but

we saw all the beauty instead...

no whales...

would have been awesome...especially since p was wearing his whale shirt ;)

maybe next time.

back to the car and we headed to laconner.

oh. my. word. 

such a cute town!

i decided we have to go back and spend more time there!

we walked around. went in a neat thrift/antique store. took some fun pictures.

let parker get his crazies out.

then it was back in the car for the journey home!

parker slept the whole way! then woke up for a bath, feeding and

 back to sleep til morning! road trips must wear him out!

it was a great day! we had some much fun exploring, driving and relaxing!

smoothie.

what makes this little boy super happy?

smoothies!!

he eats, slurps, gobbles them up!

parker's smoothie recipe:

one cup coconut milk

one cup frozen blueberries or other berries

large handful of greens (normal spinach...today it was kale)

spoonful of flaxseed

pulse and enjoy :)

for your tuesday.

just in case the warm weather is getting you down...

here's what parker has been up to ;)

sorry for the sideways view...iphones...you think you know how they work and then this happens ;)

friday.

it's friday.

i've always looked forward to friday...i think most people do.

it's the start of the weekend- awesome.

here's a picture to start the weekend right.

roar!

recovering.

whew. what a weekend.

we headed up on thursday afternoon to warm beach for the annual long weekend of camping 

with the other crc churches in the pnw.

i was heading up the jh program. i enlisted some help...brandon, another girl from church and a 

jh girl to watch p.

it started with the fourth.

parker started to crawl!

hooray...be sure to check out the previous post with some video.

the weather was awesome.

sunny, warm, and perfect.

the sessions were great!

full of energy and fun.

but we are wiped!

here's to long naps (hopefully) and good nights of sleep!

i didn't take any pictures this weekend :(

but here's a couple of parker just before we left...

 red, white and blue

 looking so grown up!

:)

fourth of july.

happy birthday america.

in your honor.

ten months.

wow. ten months.

two months away from one.

crazy.

ten months might be my new favorite age (although i'm sure i'll say this same thing in the future)

parker is turning into such a little guy.

he knows when to turn on the smile (esp. cheesy ones)

when to pout,

when he's up to know good...

it's so fun to see that little personality grow.

current stats:

height: not sure...probably a bit taller than 9 months

weight: about 20.5lbs (some days he feels a lot heavier!)

teeth: 6!! with one more on the way (four on top, two on bottom)

food likes: oatmeal with berries, blueberries, crackers, avocados, anything we eat, hummus and cheese! oh my he loves cheese!

food dislikes: nothing really...although we have to give him any veggies before pulling out cheese otherwise he wont eat them

skills: not crawling yet...but some major scooting!

pulling himself up into standing position

blowing bubbles

making loud noises

going underwater

***sorry for bad picture quality...he moves much to fast for my camera now :( probably should invest in a better one! and we have black out shades up in his room for sleeping...too difficult to move or take down for pictures!***