Parker is 2!

Parker has somehow been with us two years now! It's crazy how quickly the time flies by (I have a feeling it only gets faster the more kids you have and the older your kids get)! We have loved having her in our family!

Third birthday: June 1, 2018

Favorite food: Treats. Parker loves treats, from candy to cookies to ice cream. She also loves sweet potatoes, butternut squash, peas, cheese, whole apples (she won't eat sliced), and raisins. Honestly she just loves food and eating in general.

Favorite toys: Books. Parker loves to grab books, bring them to her little rocking chair, and "read' them to herself. She also loves babies, her stuffed puppy, toy dinosaurs, and little plastic spiders.

Favorite things to say: “
"Menum, menum" (that's how she says meow)
"No way!"
"Da" (she still says this for anything she doesn't know how to say haha)
"Da jeez!" (more please!)

Favorite things to do: Go on bear hunts, jump on Ashtyn's bed, jump on the tramp, swing ("high!" she says), pet cats or dogs, cross her legs, go on walks, walk to see the animals down the street, and play with Ashtyn.

Favorite People: Grandpa (Grandpa Danny, Grandpa Luke, Grandpa Gary, random older men at church who she gets to pick her up and give her candy), Daddy (she's always been a Daddy's girl, which is adorable), Mommy (she's gotten a lot more mom clingy, especially at bedtime and nights lately), and basically any family (dada-for grandma, hanni--for hannah, bamba--for grandpa, bamba--for Caleb too, Ash-ees--for Ashtyn).

Learned this year: Counting to three (though it often sounds like du, du, du!), how to say more than a few words, how to jump with both feet off the ground at the same time, some letters (mostly P and E), and a lot of colors.

Favorite books: Go Dog Go, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Thank You God for my Family, The Little Mouse the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear, any nursery rhyme book, and The Itsy Bisty Spider

Favorite shows: We're Going on a Bear Hunt (there's a 30 minute cartoon of the book we have and it's her favorite), Signing Time, The Three Little Pigs (Disney Classics), and nursery rhymes. Her favorite movies are any with animals, like the Aristocats or Lady and the Tramp.