embarrassment

after months of pumping in many random places fearing that someone may walk in on me, the inevitable happened. friday night i was pumping at 10:30pm in my room at camp war eagle and i heard the door open. assuming it was james, i turned around with a big smile on my face to greet the visitor. only it wasn't james, it was runks, the youth minister c.u.m.c. flew in for the weekend. his room was right next door and apparently he mixed up our numbers. "ahhhoh eek wrong-ahh gawley sorry!" he spatted as he quickly exited. i cracked up for a solid 3 minutes after he left. what else can you do?

he did apologize to me in the chow hall the next day which might have been even more awkward. the only reason (i think) that he recognized me was because i was carrying around parker. "are you in room 4?" "yes." "oh good i have been looking for you all day, i'm so sorry...blah blah blah." thanks i guess.

i'm not sure if was more embarrasing to be walked in on by a christian preacher or by room service on our honeymoon. hopefully this annual trend will end soon.

love yall!

it's fantasy time!

tonight kicks of fantasy football season--love it! minus the fact that i somehow always get lendale white on my team and he is good for nothing unless the titans get in the red zone. he is making me very nervous tonight. i am in 3 1/2 leagues this year and james is in 4 1/2 (the half is one of those silly "pick the winner of each game" leagues that his cousin sent us and i wouldn't mind it except you have to pick confidence points for each game, boo).

anyway, 8 minutes until james gets home so only time for pictures tonight. here are a couple shots from parker's 5 month photo op. don't mind my silly picnik edits. can you guess what this month's theme was? haha. james is eating it up.

love yall!!

duggars, weddings, FROGS!!

updates from the kehrli klan:

1. parker met baby jordan duggar this morning (see picture above). love at first site? hopefully not.

2. 3 day weekends are my favorite.

3. james got asked to be a groomsman in wedding # 9324789374. the wedding is on new years, though, so that should be kind of fun (and it is local, yay).

4. molly's wedding is coming up in 3 short weeks! i am looking forward seeing my beautiful friend get married in the gold dome in kc and eating an elegant dinner the sawyer room.

5. florida is only one week away! since james can't go now because of rookie school, my mom is going to join parks in me in our little adventure to jacksonville and the beach.

6. we are currently in discussion about parker's 1st halloween costume. i want to do a family theme because j and i are going to walk around the neighborhhood with parks (and eat his candy). currently atop the leaderboard is a cute football bunting from a local shop. we could dress up in our jersey's and throw around the "ball." haha j/k (kinda).

7. i am also making super early plans for parker's first birthday party. the theme is 90% likely to be FROGS!! since parker's birthday is in april, it will be too cold for a pool party, but everything will be starting to turn green, so frogs is the perfect theme. i imagine both james' and my family will come down to arkansas for the event, plus all of our local friends, and we'll have a big celebration. (james' birthday is friday and parker's is saturday, awesome. yes, i have already looked at the 2010 calendar). i have a cake decorater picked out to make a huge frog cake, and then i am going to try to make these cupcakes:love yall! hope everyone is having a relaxing labor day!

5 months

dear parker,
today you are 5 months old! wow. daddy is at crabby's right now for their happy hour ($2.50 premium drafts, 1/2 priced wine and $4 appetizers every day from 4-6pm and after 9! it is definitely one of our fav. spots in nwa right now. along with metropark dental! just went there today and loved it! free whitening for life! i've been meaning to write a list of places i love in nwa, but these are two of the best) so i have precisely 22 minutes to write you a letter before dad comes home.

you are such a delight, parks. we are still basking in your glory months filled with smiles, squeals and immobility (well except in the pool). so sad pool season is almost over.
i went to my first infant funeral this week and bawled the whole time. the 1lb. 7 ounce baby only lived 5 days, and it made me so, so thankful for you and your health. parker, you are such a blessing. you are a precious gift miracle from God. at the funeral i finally realized how much i love you. for some people giving birth yields an overwhelming love, but those emotions didn't fully hit me until this week. parker, i love you with all of my heart. you are my sweet baby boy.

you are so active! you kick your legs all day long wherever you are, especially when i am about to swaddle you. speaking of the swaddle--it is definitely getting too small but you still sleep better with it so i have yet to wean you from it. i'm hoping one day you just stop needing it kind of like your pacifier that you ditched when you were 2 months old.

you put EVERYTHING in your mouth. your hands, your FEET! (ick!), your toys, your books, everything. at least 10 people have asked me if you are teething, but i refuse to say you are teething until you cut a tooth. we still haven't given you any solids either, but i think we are going to try rice cereal this weekend!

time to hit the hay. you are awesome. love ya little guy!!
love,

momma

p.s. you weigh 19lbs!

p. p.s. i think my boobs are still bigger than your head, ha!

james is asleep before 9:30pm again

the fire department is sending james to "rookie school" for 8 weeks to complete firefighter 1 & 2. thankfully the school is local (rogers) so james is able to come home every evening, but that does not make his 7:15am-5:00pm schedule any better (and working at camp every weekend). we are pressing on to get through these super packed 8 weeks and looking forward to a much more relaxed schedule in november. parker turns 5 months tomorrow (yes, 5 months already!). hopefully i'll find time to write him a litte note. love yall!