So I had my first experience caving into my child screaming for something he wanted at a store. Parker loves horses and every time he see's a picture of one, a toy, or the real thing he says "house"over and over. He means to say horse but with his 14 month old tongue it sounds like house. When I was in Babies R us the other day he saw a rocking horse and started screaming "house, house, house". My big mistake was letting him rid it. I've never seen him so happy than to be riding that horse and I thought I was going to cry when I took him off of it and told him he was all done. He panicked, like I've never seen him panic in his short little life. He was thrashing trying to get out of my arms and screaming so the whole store could here him, "house, house, house, house!". When I finally got him to the cashier I decided just to find out how much it was and if it was too much I wouldn't get it. She asked another lady to bring it to her to price check it and that lady plops it on the counter right in front of Parker who was still upset and saying horse. This just made him go to a new level of intensity about the horse, now he was physically fighting me, trying to get on the horse that was up on the counter and yelling horse even louder. The worse thing was that it cost $40.00 and there was no way I wanted to spend that or tell Brent that I had spent it. I took a few minutes to decide just to get it. I've never seen him show such energy or excitement over a toy before. I got the dang thing and then I got out of there while every one was watching me. I put the horse right next to his car seat so the head was write next to Parker and that little boy pet that horse and had to have said "house! house! house!" a hundred times on the 45 min drive home and then he wouldn't get off of it once we got home. Here is a picture of him on his new horse. After seeing how much he loves it I think it was worth the money.

Parker has been standing on his own alot lately but every time I try to get it on camera he stops. This is the first time I've been able to record it. He also always pats my belly and says hi to the baby but as soon as Brent turns on the camera he stops. Maybe some day we'll get it.

Parker loves to go out in the front Parking area and push his walking toy. As you can see Brent is the one that hovers over him and is afraid of letting him try new things and I'm the one who is always saying, "He'll never learn if he doesn't try. He'll be OK if he falls down". Anyway Parker's little legs look so cute and he seems so determined.

Well Brent and I were very surprised to find out that we are expecting our 2nd baby. It was a shock but a blessing. No we were not trying, but we are happy and excited that I don't have to go through fertility treatments to have a second baby. I am thirteen weeks now and we found out a month ago. I had an ultra sound last week and the Dr. said everything looked perfect, that's always a relief. My due date is February 18th.

I'll be working again 15 hours a week until the end of January then my boss is going to try to get a temp to replace me for the rest of the school year. Currently the plan is to go back the following school year when the baby is six months old. Right now working has actually been good for Parker. He is a very energetic 14 month old and he goes to his day care and plays hard all day. He gets to go twice a week and I think anymore days would be too much but he enjoys it right now. Hope you all are doing well.