Parker is almost walking and it is so much fun to watch......he is practially sprinting down our hallway! I can't wait for him to figure it out so he doesn't have purple knees anymore. Of course everyone says this, but it is going so fast......he turns 1 in almost a month! ( And everyday he turns more into my "Little Joe."

Parker's First Haircut (and Buzz)!

So I finally came to terms with the fact that my son has a mullet. Joe has been trying to get me to do something about it for some time now, but I have been in denial about cutting his "baby hair." It had gone on long enough, so I gave him a little trim. Then when I realized how long it really was, we decided to give him his first buzz. The verdict is still out on how I feel about it.

Getting ready for the big cut!

The Mullet

Yes, that is a rat-tail

After the buzz

So I haven't been doing as well as I thought I would with this whole blog thing! We enjoyed our first Christmas with Parker! We spent the majority of our time in Olympia with Joe's family. Pete, Amy, & Elliot were in town from California so it was great to have the cousins together. Olympia had a ton of snow, so even though we were on the Westside we still had a beautiful white Christmas!

Parker's new "Mega" toy from the Swansons



Breakfast on Christmas morning

Parker and Aunt Amy

Grandma Joan knitted the boys

matching beanies!

All bundled up for an evening jog.