School Experiences Update

Enjoying some spaghetti and green beans 

Jammie day at school!

Sweet friends helping her keep her ears on and hold her head up

And sliding time too!!

Such sweet sweet friends!

Helping Tessa have fun so much fun

Pre-K 3 acting out The Little Red Hen for the school talent show :)

Mrs. Parker and Tessa making a bird feeder together

Deacon Dan welcomed the Pre-K 3 friends over to talk about and give ashes to all the little friends today.

 

Oh. My. Goodness.  Look at Tessa's face! 

She's seriously loving this experience :) 

Just love seeing that huge grin!!

~Whitney

Baby Weston Shower Fun!

I got to spend the most precious time this weekend focusing on the reality of Weston's upcoming arrival!  

My dear sweet friends threw us such a fun and beautiful shower!

The decorations had me smiling all day long!!

We still have about 6 weeks to go, but yes, there are days already that I feel like I'm ready to pop ;)

Such an incredibly sweet celebration!

And the FOOD!  It was so cleverly put together and so yummy!

It was a brunch theme...my request ;)

And I'm very very thankful that I had also requested that we have the shower at our house.  I wanted Tessa to be there with me and I wanted her to be comfortable and in her own environment / equipment. 

I didn't realize how important this would be until she had another ugly seizure around 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning.  It sure got the best of her and I was SO THANKFUL to be home with her where I could help make her most comfortable.  

I joked with my friends that if it hadn't been my shower and hadn't been at my house...I probably wouldn't have been able to make it ;)

Tessa was able to get comfortable in her recliner and slept for a couple of hours...straight through the shower.

Wow!  So blessed with such sweet and precious gifts for Weston!

It was so fun to go back through everything later that evening and show Darin and Parker all the goodies.  

It's funny how you can be almost 8 months pregnant and still stop and think "umm, wow, this is really happening!" ;)

Life has been so busy lately with Tessa not feeling well for so long now.  It was such a huge blessing to have some time to slow down and take everything in.  We know the 'busy' is inevitable and we don't live in regret with how life plays out...it's just such a blessing when God gifts us with moments, surrounded by people that we love and love us!  I am so humbled by all of the love, support and encouragement we have from such amazing and dear people in our lives.  It's exciting to know we'll be welcoming our sweet Weston right smack-dab in the middle of it all!!! :)

~Whitney

Parker is 7!!!

Parker is 7 today!!!

I don't know how this has happened, but it has ;)  

He is the sweetest, most compassionate little boy I know.  He has such a creative mind and is quite the problem solver.  He has graciously led the way as I learn the ropes of being a mom.  He's a helper, a reminder, a creator, and a jokester.  He's grown up way too fast, but it is an absolute joy to watch him on his journey.  Parker and his daddy have incredible conversations about God and he has such a passion to seek and follow Him.  He has seen a lot and been through a lot for his age, but knowing what God has planned for him, exceeds anything we can imagine, just means we get a front row seat to all the greatness to come!

Since we have lokomat for Tessa tonight, we had an early birthday dinner for Parker last night!  

His favorite place in Yukon is the place with the fire ;)  Tokyo Moon

I love this sweet boy!!

After dinner we headed home to make Blueberry muffins for Parker's class!

He's not a cupcake fan...and was very specific about his bday snack request ;)

 

We set the biggest one aside for a little morning celebration!

So thankful for this litle boy! Love him like crazy!!

~Whitney

Other Weekend Updates

Saturday afternoon was beautiful!  

It was the perfect time to get outside and do a little power chair driving/scooter riding

Tessa had fun trying to chase Daddy and Parker on their scooters :)

I think she was wishing for a sun hat or some sunglasses ;)

She keeps me movin!!

We opened up some happy mail from Tessa's IRun4 runner, Amanda!

She sent Tessa her two medals from her last two half marathons

Just love these smiles!!

Shiny medals are very intriguing!

Amanda was SO SWEET to remember Parker's birthday this week!

He'll be 7 on Wednesday and she got him an anwesome Lego shirt and new Lego set!

These three were attempting a Tessa-Sandwich on Saturday evening

L.O.V.E

And today I walked in front of a mirror while we were out shopping and was like "whoa!"

Baby Weston is getting bigger and bigger!

Just a couple of months to go!

Darin was sneaky and took this picture of me and little miss at church during connection class.

She was having a bit of a rough morning and needed some mommy-snuggles.

This is what we call 'squished prego belly'...

Little miss isn't so tiny anymore, but her snuggles are just as delightful ;)

~Whitney

Cub Scouts' Pinewood Derby

Saturday morning was our first experience with a Cub Scouts' Pinewood Derby!

It was super fun to watch Parker and Darin work on his car together throughout the last few weeks.  I'm so thankful they have these special times together.  Darin is amazingly patient and Parker is lots of fun to learn new things with!

Proud of his car! 

You could tell the older kids put a lot of extra creativity into their cars...they've learned a thing or two over the years ;)

Parker's is on the back row by the blue arrow:

This was Parker's first race...he was in the second lane

He got 1st place on this one!!

Tessa was super excited to have a friend there too!

Miss Ashley was there supporting her big brother and came over a few times to hang out with Tessa

Sweet friends.  

It doesn't take words, just being there

A couple of cuties :)

~Whitney