Grand..........PA

Grandpa played quite the trick on Ben.

During our Christmas Eve gift exchange Grandpa gave Ben a box. It was from  . When he opened it up it was a box of Oreo's from their AMAZING Elk hunt.

Ben figured it was one of Rog's memorable gifts. It made since. Grandpa always gives gifts that remind us of the memories that we had throughout the year. So Ben didn't question it.

We continued on throughout the evening opening gifts, talking about memories and enjoying lots of laughter.

By the night's end we all had our annual Rapala's, EXCEPT Ben. He never said anything.

A few weeks went by and last weekend when we had lunch with Grandpa and Grandma they asked, "hey did you guys throw away the Oreo's we gave you? No, why? O did you open it up and have any? No. Okay, we were just wondering."

So sure enough Grandpa had one of his smiles that you know he is up to something and when we got home it was time to investigate.

Cronilogical pictures.....

Grandpa!!!! (can you hear the voice?) He got Ben good! nice job Rog!

Nose(y) week

Well it has been quite a nose(y) week around the Parsons household.

Bridge man is crawling so fast that he is skinning his nose when he doesn't catch himself with his hands.

 Lots of strawberry burns on the nose. Ouchy.

But it doesn't seem to stop him.

Nose and Snow, YES PLEASE!

SNOW DAY!!! We had our first snow day here in Boise, Idaho. It didn't snow much but the roads were awful. So Bridge, Gabby and I stayed home in our PJ's all day long. Whoo Hoo!!

Poor Gabby isn't use to the snow either and her nose is all skinned up too. She was busy digging in the snow and sticking her snout in it too and now she has strawberry burns on it. Poor doggy.

What a Nose(y) week we have had!

Cheers!

Grocery Shopping

It's been a wonderful two weeks of vacation with our little family. I am sad to see the time go, but I think we are all itching and ready to get back to our "normal" schedules.


The fire department guys stopped and gave Bridger a Junior Fireman sticker.

Bridger and I enjoyed lots of wonderful mommy and son time. We didn't do much this weekend which is exactly what we needed.

Nebraska Bowl Game

We did have Splate over on Saturday to spend time with the Bridge Man and we enjoyed lunch today at Grandma and Grandpa Parsons house.

Here's to a wonderful 2013.

10 months old

My boy turned 10 months yesterday.

Where has the time gone. It seems like it was yesterday I was holding him in my arms wrapped so tight and warm, and now he is full speed 100 mph ALL THE TIME!

I needed my fastest shutter speed on my camera and even still I couldn't manage to keep him sitting still for me to snap a good pic.

This one will have to do!

A few things to note about Bridger right now at 10 months:

• loves noodles
• is understanding the meaning of "no" and proceeds to either give a sad face or a really big smile, typically when he is destroying Gabby's dog dish and dog food.

• is crawling on all fours everywhere, no more army crawl.

• pulls up on every little thing he can

• every time we eat our meals he loves to try a little bit
• loves water with a straw and some help from mom or dad
• DOESN'T sleep through the night. But we are adapting and making things work for us.Time for a bigger bed :)

• has had a constant runny nose all through Christmas Break
• plays with Gabby, even when Gabby wants nothing to do with him
• Daddy and Bridger love doing all things BOY together

• LOVES bath time

• says mama and now knows what that means

• doesn't enjoy car rides unless someone is in the back with him. but car rides still seem to do the trick for the bowel movements.

• absolutely LOVES other kids. We went to the Coffman's on Tuesday night and I have never heard him belly laugh as hard as he was with Annika and Brittney.

• comfort triggers - the shark attack on my chin, and now a finger or two in my mouth right before he gets ready to fall asleep.

Happy 10 months big boy! We love you.