our week by iPhone - week 61

this?  wasn't a typical week.  a sick kid, a couple trips to the pediatrician & lots & lots of elmo, buzz, woody & lightening mcqueen.  i didn't mind the movies much & there were also lots of snuggles.  so that part's good.  parker continues to get better but also continues to cough & require lots of nose wiping.  persistent coughs are so annoying!  am i right??

this is kinda what our week looked like through pictures.

monday.  ok, actually this day was business as usual.  we went to stroller strides {first time in weeks!}, colored pictures & slept in uncomfortable positions.  this all went down pre-sick-kid.

tuesday.  sick day number one.  we spent most the morning snuggling & watching movies but then i figured i'd get us out for some fresh air.  this was fun for about five minutes... then parker was over it & just wanted to be snuggled some more.  but one thing p-ray loves despite sickness?  baths.  they never go outta style.

wednesday.  after spending the majority of the day cooped up in the house, i had to get p-ray & i out & about.  we spent the afternoon at the mall buying new sweaters {ok, just one for me}, lusting over cute new boots {ended up going back on saturday & buying them... no big deal} & then sitting in the car letting a tired little boy sleep in the back seat since naptime was apparently out of the question.

thursday.  i called in sick from my day in the office to stay home with the little man who at this point was consistently hacking up his lungs & requiring regular nose wipes.  we read books while sitting in laundry baskets {mostly just parker} & threw all our favorite stuffed animals in our crib & then took naps with them.  ok that last part?  also just parker.

friday.  since the pediatrician told me parker would no longer be contagious 2-3 days after his cough had presented, i figured i'd give stroller strides a shot.  although, i still didn't let him get out at the end & run around with other kids, just to be safe.  he didn't like that.

friday was also new camera day & pizza night.  obviously parker had sufficiently stuffed himself & is telling me he can't do anymore pizza at this point.  as for my new camera?  in.  love.  but it's kinda been dark & dreary around here so i haven't been able to shoot anything too spectacular.  but spectacular?  don't worry, it's coming.

that was our week!  how was yours?  i wanna see, so link up!

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1.  your pictures have to be taken by your camera phone. that's it!  you don't even have to have a picture for every day.  got one camera phone pic of something fun from this week?  link up!

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and please post a link to my blog so others can come here to grab the code, too.
the more kids who come out to play, the more fun it will be, right?

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wordless{ish} wednesday: crappy croup.

remember all that talk of routine, working out & being back in the normal swing of things?  yeah, not happening this week.

my little monster has croup.  the distinctive seal barking started yesterday morning after a few days of a stuffy nose.  his raspy breathing & "stridor" gradually got worse until after {a very short} naptime i knew he was going downhill fast.  i called his pediatrician & within thirty minutes of my call we were sitting in the waiting room.  she looked at him, took his temp {he had a fever} & listened to him struggle to breath.  "yup, croup."  before i knew it they were sticking his leg with a steroid shot & prescribing albuterol treatments.

thank-freaking-heavens for modern medicine.

croup used to be a dreaded & deathly illness.  and it can still be very serious to this day when not treated promptly.  we are headed back to the doctor's office today to make sure he is really getting better & to possibly receive another steroid treatment.  since his pediatrician had just hospitalized a previous patient for RSV, she's not taking this lightly & for that?  i'm grateful.

here's to hoping we get our giggly non-seal-barking p-ray back asap.

{linking up with wordless wednesday at and then she {snapped},  baby baby lemon, the paper mama, & a little king & i}

our week by iPhone - week 46

happy october everyone!!

this week f-l-e-w by.  and i don't even know why!  i feel like i got hardly anything accomplished & it's all a blur.  why does this happen?  it was a quick week, but it was a good one.  here it is in pictures:

monday.  we woke up to pouring rain so instead of going outside to stroller strides, we opted to run errands.  that's kind of a work out, right?  a work out that includes eating target pretzels anyways.  anywho, parker decided to take a snooze so i let him catch some z's while i waited out the monsoon happening outside of our car.  and yes, myspace-fish-lips-pictures totally help pass the time.

after braving the torrential downpour, we spent some time trying on zebra hats & buying supplies for home decor projects that took place in the garage during nap time.  mmmmm, spray paint fumes.  {GAG!}

tuesday.  we woke up to sun & blue sky so we got outside & went for a run which made p-ray & i both very happy.  parker was so happy he decided to put his empty squeezy pouch on his head & declare himself hilarious.

that evening i got to do an awesome senior session which may or may not be one of my favorite shoots to date.  check it out here.

and then parker slept like a newborn all bum-in-the-air style & it made me happy.

wednesday.  parker's sick day.  i had to work so parker stayed at home with auntie jodi.  i'm so grateful he got to stay home with his auntie & spend the day snuggled up to her with his favorite movies.  if sam or i can't be home with him?  she's the next best thing.

after work we spent the evening cuddled up on the couch where parker slipped in & out of sleep until bedtime where he was pretty freaking cute.  again.

thursday.  parker & i made a quick trip to the pediatrician to make sure he was fine after his weird day of high-fever-lethargicness on wednesday.  he wasn't too fond of the doctor's office, but he was a big fan of the cute hat i tried on at target {ps:  love these hats, but what the heck do you wear them with??}.

thursday night we hit up some fro-yo.  it had been far too long.  and yes, parker wore his pj's all day.  and clearly he liked it.

friday.  parker tried putting some of his best moves on his girly-friend cami at the playground but she just wasn't into him.  it's ok... the rejection wasn't anything some time playing with the springy-riding-toy-thingy couldn't fix.

friday night was spent getting burgers & running errands.  don't worry, we have a hot date planned for saturday night so we're not totally completely lame.

and then there were more sleeping pictures of parker... sorry, i can't help myself!  and i can't help that my phone's flash makes him crinkle up his face in the cutest way ever.  it just happens.

that was our week!  how was yours?  i wanna see, so link up!

Game Rules:
1.  your pictures have to be taken by your camera phone. that's it!  you don't even have to have a picture for every day.  got one camera phone pic of something fun from this week?  link up!

2.  if you want to grab the code below & put it in your post to have the linky with all the thumbnails show up on your blog do it.

and please post a link to my blog so others can come here to grab the code, too.
the more kids who come out to play, the more fun it will be, right?

Grab the code here:

<script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=109819" type="text/javascript"></script>

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weekday recap - {in iPhone pics} w.22

we had one sunny day this week & it happened to be on a stroller strides day so we got have class outside.  win.  after stroller strides p-ray & i hit up target & i couldn't get past how cute his little stripey pajama legs looked dangling out of the cart.

why'd we go to target you ask?  to finally {after eleven-and-a-half-months} get p-ray a high chair.  we'll chalk this one up to a parent fail.  no worries though, we're legit now.

after a little bit of lounging in pj's, parker & i traveled to tacoma to meet up with our friends jessica & ava.  it was the second time parker & ava had met & i think this meeting solidified their betrothal.  see for yourself.  while waiting in the car for them to get there, i let parker enjoy the view from the driver's seat.  he was more interested in rockin' the aviators... and i think he totally pulls them off.

that night we went over to lindsey & tim's to celebrate lindsey's birthday.  and by celebrate, i mean eat her amazing homemade chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake.  you guys, the crust in this thing?  was made from homemade chocolate chip cookies.  yeah, it pays to have awesome friends.

we didn't do much on wednesday besides hang out & enjoy parker looking cute.  i particularly thought he was cute in the bathtub today.  wouldn't you agree?  oh yeah, & after his bath in his shark towel, too.  this kid kills me.  dead.

i wore my hair straight this week for the first time in months.  months, y'all.  and by doing so, i realized it has gotten really, really long.  borderline longest ever.  i don't know what to do with it.  stay posted.

while i worked, parker hung out with friends & got to meet humphrey the hamster.  it was pretty much his favorite thing ever.  so much that he refused to nap all day which led to future grogginess all over sam when he got home.  that's ok though, not much is better than a snuggly, groggy p-ray.

friday was crazy.  after breakfast {i love watching him eat in his new chair} & stroller strides, i took parker to the pediatrician for a follow up appointment regarding a persistant little cough he's been dealing with the last three weeks.  he was prescribed with albuterol treatments using a nebulizer, & chest x-rays to make sure it wasn't pneumonia.  it's not.  he was so happy about it he hugged the x-ray tech.  oooh p-ray.

that night parker & i headed out to the mall for some shopping & left sam at home alone to relax & take it easy.  turns out to sam, relaxing & taking it easy involves vacuuming the whole house, mopping the bathrooms & kitchen, & scrubbing the toilets & showers.  what the freak?  he's making me look bad... i woulda slept.

happy weekend!

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Grab the code here:

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seriously? still sick?

yes.  we're seriously still sick around here.  and now it's hit me pretty hard too.  today was another pj's & no make-up day.  i so so so wanted to do a steppin' out post, but fleecey pj's & a hoodie sounded much better.  oh, for sam's sake, i did put on some mascara.  you're welcome sam.  {as if a quick coating of mascara hides the dark eye circles, the snotty face, the scratchy voice, the rudolph nose... am i painting a pretty enough picture?}

parker is still coughing & hacking, but is also sleeping lots & lots too.  so that's good.  he's got the humidifier going in his room & we're hoping he sleeps this whole thing off.  he hasn't been running a fever, & he's still super happy & playful so i'm not super concerned.

but when your baby is eating half the amount he normally eats, & coughs until he pukes... you still worry.

at least he's still pretty dang cute.

but it wasn't all doom & gloom & nose wiping around here today. despite not feeling his best, the kid is still ticklish:




don't feel too bad for us.  i think we'll probably survive.


every vote does make me feel much better though. really, it does.

sick & mischievous little boy.

my little man is still sick.  as i type this, i can hear him back in his room coughing hacking every few minutes.  ugh.  i. hate. this.  i took him to the doctor today & they prescribed an antibiotic to treat it as an upper respiratory tract infection. 

i hope he gets better.  soon.

i was telling sam tonight that the hardest part about having a sick kid isn't all the extra care, the extra love, or the lack of sleep you experience while they're sick... no, the hardest part is seeing them uncomfortable & there is absolutely nothing you can do to take it away.  i am such a pansy.

anywho, yes, he was sick today... but not too sick to cause some mischief.  he's definitely at the point of getting into things.  little stinker.

see that plant on top of that speaker?  one guess as to how all that dirt landed all over p-ray {and my carpet}.  if you look closely in the third picture, you can see that he got what he wanted.

yes.  all of that for one little measly dead leaf.  i hope it was worth it.

oh, & on a brighter note, i did a little fun christmas-y photo shoot today with a super cute little girl.  if you're into super cute fun christmasy things, check it out here.


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