Parker takes his first steps!

What a wonderful week we've had watching Parker learn to walk. Our babysitter, Ms. Crystal, had what she called a proud a moment when Parker took three steps on Monday. I must admit I was so sad that I missed it, but he must have known how much I yearned to see him learning to walk. He's been showing me his moves all week! Preston claims that he taught him.

We spent time this weekend with our friends, Matt and Amy Tinnell. They bought a house and moved closer to us! They have two children, Alex and Laura, and Preston adores them. When they come over to visit, Preston assumes that they should all spend the night. He doesn't care that they now only live 5 minutes away. Matt played the drums this morning at church, so we visited their church.

We spent the afternoon buying the final things for Parker's first birthday at Party City. We've been in search of a Curious George figurine for the top of his cake and we finally found one today. We hope that it won't be so hot by the end of the week.

Preston starts gymnastics tomorrow. We had to plan ahead and pack his clothes so he can change at Ms. Crystals house. This will be his first time to take gymnastics at the YMCA. He took gymnastics before at Spivey, but we are going to try to Y. He is really looking forward to it.

Some of you may know that a Publix grocery store is being developed behind our subdivision. Preston loves watching all of the large equipment and it's the highlight of his day to see what they are doing. Saturday morning Jeremiah took him behind our property see what was going on. They got a little cut up by the thorns, but a few band-aids later, Preston was ready to tell me all about the tractors and bulldozers. We can usually see all of the tractors and bulldozers from our breakfast room, but he wanted a close-up. We are excited to finally have a grocery story closer, but we are getting a bit nervous as the development spreads closer to our house.

Until next time,
Tracy