From the mouth of Parker

I've been delaying this post until I got the hundreds of pictures from our camera onto our computer. But since that looks like it will never happen, I'll just post this anyway.
Parker has been saying some very funny things lately and I have to share w/ his fan club (Abuelo, Lita, Grandpa, Grammy, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, etc...)
I'll start w/ the most recent since it is the freshest in my mind:
Last night when I way laying down by him for bedtime, we sang "I am like a star" which ends with "for I know Heavenly Father loves me." And then he promptly said "not YOU!" in the sweetest, happiest voice. I then explained that He loves us all. So then he said "Jesus loves me, not YOU!" again with such a sweet voice. And again, I explained that Jesus loves us all. Then he looked at me and said, "Jesus loves me, and you, and Dad, and Paige, and Abuelo, and Lita, and Grandpa and Grammy, and..." you get the picture! He makes me laugh!

A couple weeks ago, I was having one of those days where you've got way too much going on and everything seems to be falling apart and I said "Aaah. I'm going to lose my mind!" And Parker looked at me and said "Don't lose your mind, Mom. *smile* Just kidding!" Needless to say, I had to chuckle and also think about what I'm teaching him.

For a while, when we were talking to Parker he was having a hard time listening and Parley would ask Parker to "focus". Well, I think on the same day in the previous story, I was running around looking for something and Parker calls out to me "Focus Mom!" And when Parley is talking to Parker, Parker will randomly say "Focus Dad." He's such a character.

Now this story may be too much for some of you. So if you don't like stories about poop or bums, stop here. As you may remember, we were struggling to get Parker to poop on the toilet. However, he has finally mastered that! *Thanks to a suggestion by Lena to pay him every time he pooped on the toilet. I just had to start off by paying him--a penny--every time he TRIED and if he actually went, I gave him lots of pennies. He loved getting the money* However, when he first began pooping on the toilet I had to get super duper excited about it and one time after he had gone I said "Wow, that's a big ole' poop, Parker" as I was cleaning him off. And he patted my bum and said "That's a big ole' bum!" Thanks Parker.

He is such a sweet boy and he definitely has a sense of humor!