Parkes and Football

Well I was so excited about football that I forgot to even say anything about Parkes (the reason y'all even check this blog)....he too is very excited about football season. And much prefers to yell out "Hotty Toddy" over "Roll Tide" which Brandon is starting to get really mad about and keeps telling me very seriously, "Katie, this isn't funny football season is here." Parkes has been practicing his kicking and throwing. And he cheers on the teams although not always the right team playing as he was yelling at the TV last night in the LSU game "Go Eli!" (the last game he watched with us the Giants were playing).

College Football has Started!!!

Well NFL Preseason has been on for a few weeks, but I much prefer to watch SEC football so I was very excited last night for the opening game of LSU vs. Miss St. and very happy to see LSU win (sorry Jim and Brad). Being an Ole Miss girl I love nothing more then the beginning of Football Season. Of course the Grove is the best place in the world to tailgate (even Brandon, the diehard Alabama fan, will admit that you can't beat the Grove), but we are going to attempt Vandy this year. We bought season tickets with both Alabama and Ole Miss playing there this year. So anyone that will be at those games let us know and we can all tailgate together. But we are going to start out this weekend with trying out Brandon's new massive smoker he built (we had to change cable providers this year as well so Brandon will be able to get all the alabama games which works to my advantage as Ole Miss doesn't often make it to TV).

Holt or Sage?

Well, this is the best picture we got of the ultra sound. The baby is healthy and right where he/she should be in all of it's measurements. It is, however, very stubborn and only wanted to show it's back. In fact, the ultra sound technician almost didn't even get to see if it was a boy or girl, but it finally showed her....and for those wondering the sex is only now documented as "normal" so there is no way of finding it out now. But since we will not be revealing the sex of the baby I thought I would share the names (they still could change, but we think these are the ones we are going with). For a girl...Riley Sage Waymire and for a boy...Holt Edwards Waymire. And for those that would like to join the guessing here's a few of the old wives tales for your enjoyment. The baby's heartbeat was 152 and the tale is above 140 girl (however, Parkes was above 140 as well and fooled all the doctors and nurses). I'm carrying higher then I did with Parkes which the tale says would be a girl. I did have morning sickness this time around which I did not with Parkes...again the tale says girl. I did actually eat a bite of chocolate the other day which for those that know me well know I do not like chocolate, I didn't like it after I had eaten it though...the tale says sweet cravings are girl. And finally the Chinese Birth Calendar says girl. So we will just have to wait until early January to find out.

Our little Fish

Finally, here's some pictures of Parkes at his swim lessons. He is able to keep himself afloat on his stomach now by himself, but he likes to swim with his head out of the water which causes his legs to sink and therefore he does. His swim teacher, Kelsey, got him some goggles so he could search the bottom of the pool to help him keep his head in the water, and said to go ahead and let him try on his own so he realizes that he has to keep kicking or he'll sink. My brother, Jim, was swimming and going off the diving boards on his own by the time he was three so I think Parkes is taking after him in his swimming. So, hopefully, by the time we go to the beach in October he will be swimming for the most part on his own...since we have a pool at the house we are renting I was a little worried about him jumping in whenever he felt like it and me with a big ole belly jumping in after him.

First Day of School

Well today Brandon and I sent Parkes off for his first day of school. We went last night to meet his teachers and fill his cubby with all his stuff he'll need for naptime. He is in the Tweens class (older twos and young threes) with eleven other kids. He will be very excited when he finds out that on wednesdays they have a cooking time where they help prepare their snacks...Parkes loves to cook and always runs straight to the play kitchen when there is one. He was so excited and could hardly even tell us goodbye because he wanted to sit down and color with the other kids. We did manage to make him pose for a few pictures. So I am off to see what all I can get accomplished on my first day alone....although the pool is sure sounding good right now, it's been awhile since I've been able to relax and not chase a 2 year old around.

Weekend Getaway

This weekend we took Parkes to his grandparents and Brandon and I headed to Bardstown, KY with our good friends Matt, Keri, Nathan and Meridy. It was Brandon's father's day present from me for a weekend away from all the work on the house. So we headed up there early Saturday morning with a few bumps in the road (Keri's purse contents falling in the McDonald's bathroom toliet when the shelf above the toliet gave out) but all ready for a fun weekend and we had a great time with lots of entertainment thanks to the guys and the locals of Bardstown. For those that have never heard of the town it is a very small, very old and historic town just south of Louisville. We took a trolley after lunch to see all the historic sights with a trolley driver that was lacking in the comedy department but sure tried hard. We got done with that just in time to drive out to tour Jim Beam's family home which sits on a beautiful hillside and walk around downtown area where the boys entertained us with a little middle school game of "i bet i can jump further off of this then you" which I did have to get my mommy voice out when Brandon decided he would attempt to put his feet in the hand shackles outside the Jailers Inn and was about to land on his head. Then we headed back to our bed and breakfast which was built in the 1700's and was suppose to be haunted and had a very nice dinner....that's when the fun started. We had heard when we made the reservations that our b&b had live music on friday and saturday, but little did we know that it was the place for all of Bardstown to come for their nightly entertainment. As Keri, Meridy and I entered we got some looks from some local girls as if they were letting us know that this was their hangout and not to think about talking to their men. We sat down and the boys joined us and for the rest of the night we sat just watching what was going on around us. It was like we had never seen with all the girls in love with the lead singer who thought he was just the coolest thing and sadly to say it was as if he was the celebrity of the town. And the dancing can only be described as dirty dancing to the extreme...we felt as if we had entered a different world. We stayed for a good while and then left to go up to the balcony by our rooms to laugh at what we had seen. The next morning Brandon and I took a tour of a beautiful church after breakfast with some artwork from the 1800s. Then we all checked out and piled in the minivan to head to Loretto, KY home of Makers Mark. It did not open until 1 but we thought there might be something to do in Loretto but we were extremely wrong as it was one of the smallest towns I have ever seen so we head over to Makers Mark which had a chain blocking the drive in because it was only 11:45, but that didn't stop the boys from thinking they could get past it so Matt and Nathan go to work on the locked chain as Brandon waits to pull the van through, and just as they are holding the post that held the chain over the heads out of the ground a very country camoflauge truck pulls up next to us to inform us they don't open until 1. We politely thank him as Matt and Nathan put the post back into the ground and he tells us of the back way to go in so we went and waited for them to open. We toured the grounds and then headed home. All and all it was a very fun weekend and a great getaway with good friends...here are some of the pictures. We are having swim lessons tonight and I plan on taking my camera so I will post some pictures of our little swimmer here soon.

Remembering a Friend

Two years ago we lost a dear friend, Betsy. And although I rarely post more then the normal activities of our days I wanted to take a minute to post a picture and remember all the kindness and laughter she brought to us. We are so thankful that she could of been a part of our lives even if only for a short while, and continues to bring us lots of smiles and happiness in our memories.

Here's a few pictures of what Parkes has been doing on these hot, hot days....stickers all day long. He loves them. We have, also, started taking some private swim lessons in the evenings since the last time we went to the pool Parkes has decided he should swim by himself and takes his wings off to swim underwater to and from the stairs. And jumps in the pool whether I am there to catch him or not. I had trouble finding a second level class for kids under 3 so we lucked out in finding someone who was willing to try to teach him how to swim and at a pool right near us. I will remember to take my camera one of these days and get some pictures.