Parker's brother, Enden...

Up until recently, Parker has always called Hayden "Brudder" but in the last few weeks he has began to call Hayden by his name. It is too cute because while he tries to say Hayden it comes out Enden. Well, tonight while Hayden and Parker were playing, Parker looked at Hayden and said, "Spot, Enden." You might not get it but it was VERY clear that he meant for his brother to stop what he was doing.

I love this age when they are talking but not really well. I remember Hayden saying many funny things but now I will have a place to share Parker's funnies!!

Boys will be boys...

Today we went to Provencal to visit with Chad's mom and grandparents. We were searching for a diaper for Parker when he made his way outside and was trying to ummm...potty train himself. Then, Hayden decided he would jump right in, too. I caught this picture and yes, it was 50 degrees today while all of this was going on.

George W. Bush...

Here our President is supporting his favorite team, the Texas Rangers.

We have a George W. Bush mask that we (Chad) has had since college. The kids like to play with it, although they always end up fighting over it...I mean who wouldn't want to be the President. This morning the boys were playing with the mask and Hayden said, "I know who he is...George Bush the President of Good...because he teaches good stuff." I like Hayden's way of thinking!

Self-discipline

Something strange has been going on around my house lately...

self-discipline. The other day Parker came to me and told me he needed a "panking" and proceeded to turn around so I spanked him (softly on the diaper since I didn't even know what I was spanking for). Then yesterday Hayden was climbing on the end table between Chad's chair and the couch and Chad's glass of water spilled. Chad said that Hayden hopped right up, put his hand on his hip, and said, "That is why we shouldn't be doing that."

The City of Lights...

The Saturday after Christmas, December 30, we went to the great town of Natchitoches. That would be Natchitoches, Louisiana, the oldest settlement in Louisiana, where Steel Magnolias was filmed and where Chad and I went to college (go NSU!). We went with the Barajaz and Tunon families and had such a fun time. We got to eat funnel cakes, see the horses that take people on carriage rides, enjoy the lights and watch a fireworks show. It was absolutely beautiful!

Chad had to keep Parker on his shoulders most of the time because we forgot the stroller. Speaking of strollers...as we were sitting on the riverbank waiting for the fireworks show he started to push the Barajaz stroller (with no Ben inside), which was facing straight towards the Cane River. As you can imagine that stroller started rolling pretty fast down the riverbank. We were only about 8-10 feet away from the river and he came within about three feet from being in the river. Scary at the time but a girl can laugh about it now.

Hayden and I were taking silling pictures waiting for the fireworks to start. We were still taking silly pictures when the big BOOM of the first fireworks going off sound. It scared us to death and, no, you will never see that picture.

The Mills clan!

If you have never been to Natchitoches before, I highly recommend it. Every Saturday during the month of December they do a huge fireworks show and it is much less crowded than going to the festival. Happy New Year everyone!!!!

Christmas 2006

What a nice Christmas we had! Our Christmas started the Saturday before Christmas at Chad's grandparents house with his family. Chad's mom, Sharon, came back with us and spent the week with us (hello free babysitter!). Sunday morning we went to church at the Meadowview Missions Center and then after naps Chad, Hayden and I went to my mom's house for Christmas Eve. Parker had started running a fever that Saturday that lasted until Sunday night so Sharon and Parker stayed home and rested.

Christmas morning we got up around 8:15am to see what Santa brought and open gifts. Parker got a Little Tikes tool bench and tools and Hayden got a remote controlled Hummer. We finished up Christmas day at Chad's dad's house and watching the Cowboys game. We had a great time the following week just spending time as a family and playing with all of the new toys. It was GREAT and hope your Christmas was the same!

The chain of command...

I have been noticing that Hayden is asking Parker to do alot of things for him. This is what I heard this morning...

Hayden: Parker, will you go put this plate in the sink.
Parker: Sink, yeah (and started walking away).
Hayden: In the right side (because that is where there disposal is located).
Hayden: Thank you Parker. You're such a good boy!

Hayden sounds just exactly like...ME! Poor Parker!

Sean is leaving...

Wednesday night on the way to church I was explaining to Hayden that Sean would be moving to Texas and we would probably not see him again. He questioned, "He will still come to our house, right?" but I said, "No, honey, Sean is moving far away." Finally he said "Well, I will see him when he dies." After asking him what he meant he said, "You know, in Heaven."