The Parken Family

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Parken Update!

So sorry for the delay on pictures and info into our world over here. We couldn't find our camera cord to upload pictures for awhile, but alas, I have it now and can resume infiltrating others with pictures of our growing boy! Since I left off last, we enjoyed a great visit from friends we knew in Boston. Greg and Allison now live in Knoxville with their daughter Emery and Mike and Beth will be moving from Boston to Colorado in a few weeks. It was such a blast to have them in our home and ring in 2011 together!

Out in downtown Raleigh on New Year's Eve

Entire group ready to ring in the New Year

Everett loved reading and hanging out with Uncle Mikey

We had a blast with Mike and Beth!

Adam's work did their yearly holiday party with food and a casino night. It was a good time as usual and gave me another chance to wear the black maternity dress. The last time I wore it was to his work party while pregnant with Everett.

Everett is in full preparation for the arrival of his little brother in late March. He has transitioned to the bottom of bunk in his new room. The bunk bed has a twin on top and a full on the bottom. Everett sometimes looks so little in that big bed. The transition was surprisingly (and happily) uneventful. He climbed in, laid his head on the pillow, and doesn't get out until we come get him....we are SO thankful on how smoothly this all went!

Everett completely asleep during a nap....I had come to wake him up as it was getting close to 5pm and I was going to want him to go to bed at a normal time!

In true Kristen style, she SPOILED us with an extremely generous Christmas present. I gift card to Bedandbreakfast.com accompanied with a free weekend of babysitting. Adam and I cashed in this gift this past weekend by heading out to the Inner Banks for Babymoon #2. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the gorgeous Pond House Inn along with lots and lots of sleeping and relaxing!

The Bluebonnet Room at The Pond House in at Elizabeth City. It was complete with a walk-in closet, fire place, flat screen TV, refreshments, and lots of space to relax!

The view from our room

Enjoying old fashioned milkshakes at the Downtown Soda Shop in Edenton

Me and my growing belly

All ready for our dinner out and enjoying our time together

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Christmas in Texas

Adam, Everett, and I flew to Texas to enjoy a great week with our family and see a few friends. Everett continues to be a compliant traveler and we are so thankful for that! It was such a special season celebrating Christmas with Everett this year. We are loving our family and are excited about how we are growing!