Parkinson Look-alike Meter

Ok, so Aidan DOES look like me!!! =) I ALWAYS get people saying that Aidan is the spitting image of John. I occasionally and I mean OCCASIONALLY get that he also looks like me!!! I love to hear that. I know that I gave birth to him so I know he is ours but I still thought it would be fun to see who he looks more like and by how much!! Hope you enjoy!!

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

What a week this has been so far....

We just got over the stomach flu this week. Aidan had it and so that made for a long few days for all of us. He only would get sick in the middle of the night but was still really tired and running a fever for about 1-2 days. Poor buddy. I ended up calling and not working the day he was sick, which was weird because I have never called in sick to any of my jobs EVER!!! He is still not feeling 100% and is tired and going to bed early but we are definately on the mend. Today is the first day that he has been REALLY interested in eating food. He wanted chocolate milk and a cheesburger even for lunch!! Crazy. He hasn't really eaten much of anything since Monday evening, so I am happy he is getting nutrients but at the same time I am a bit apprehensive because I don't want him to be sick again or something to be to rich for him and make him sick. We had a nice day just relaxing and taking it easy and staying in bed unitl 1pm watching movies and just trying to feel better.

Here's Aidan asleep the other night with his head in his "blah" bucket that we put next to him....just in case. It was to cute.

John is working more. He has worked every day this week so far and we're hoping that he works tomorrow. Things are getting a bit hairy around here with him not working. I LOVE having him around but right now we need him to work for our finances. Oh well, another bump in the road of life. I have adopted this saying for us as we are facing the trails of having John work sporadically. So, hope everyone else is well and we will post soon!!

A new year and lots going on.

Well hello to you all! I promised more frequent updates so here you go. At least it wasn't a few months between updates right? Our New Year was fun!! Aidan spent the night with his Grandma and Grandpa Parkinson and John and I went out to some friends house to ring in the New Year. What fun!

This last month was a good one, we celebrated many birthdays and actually had Daddy home for the last two weeks. We had Grandma Parkinson's birthday on January 17th, and then cousin Alexis' 2nd birthday on January 20th and then Daddy's birthday on January 23rd. We haven't celebrated John's or Alexis' with my family yet because Alexis decided for her birthday she wanted to go visit her grandparents in Colorado and have her birthday there!! They had a great time, except that they all came down with the flu while there and brought it home with them. So, needless to say we haven't gotten together yet. We didn't want to get sick.

So, today we are going to Katie and Dave's house in Lake Stevens to celebrate both Alexis and John, albeit a bit late. Better late than never I guess.

John has been home for the last two weeks which has been fun to have him around more, but at the same time he isn't bringing in income while home and our rent just went up this month. There just hasn't been ANY work for him. He usually recieves a call from the center around 7:45am to let him know not to come in. It's frustrating, but we are trusting our patients. We actually have had a very nice week doing family things and hanging out. Including playing on the big boat at Bel Square and going to Ikea one day.

We hope that John works more this next month because otherwise we aren't to sure what will happen. The passes have been impassable so that's why he hasn't been working. Guys that have been there for the teen's of years were "laid off" for a few days this past week even. That tells you how lite the center was this past week due to the pass being closed and trucks not being able to get to the center. They all eventually make it just on alternate routes.

So, I know I didn't post any pics, they will come soon. I am still learning how to download onto our new computer so once I do....Anyhow, hope you all enjoyed your January and you stayed warm even though its been so cold outside with snow and such. Until next time....

Long time coming update! Watch out its a novel.

Aidan not cooperating for a picture.

It was suppose to be for the Christmas card. Didn't happen.

Ok, so I vowed that I would keep you more up to date on Aidan's doings and life in the Parkinson household but alas, I haven't. Life has been crazy!! We are busy as usual living and playing and just being family!! So personal New Year's Resolution is to update this on a more frequent basis!! I love to read other's blogs and to know what is happening in their lives, and can imagine that everyone feels the same. So on with our update!!

Since posting last there have been many changes. The biggest being that John is now working ONE (yes you read that correctly) job!! We are all very excited for him and he is loving it. UPS has been very good to him. He made it through peak which was interesting to say the least. He worked at least 12 hours everyday.

Aidan has been talking more and more everyday. He is more easily understood now!! I have been finding that I say to him "I don't understand what you are saying" less and less everyday!! It's great, but he talks A LOT!! I wonder where he got that from?!!!! He is growing like a weed and is always busy doing something.

I have been busy starting my own Arbonne business and enjoying my days with Aidan. I have had the last few weeks off of my nanny gig because they are out of town with Christmas and such. The church job is on break until the beginning of January so I have been sleeping in and enjoying not having any commitments. Ahh for a break.

Ok, now that you have an update on our family, how about Christmas? We had a great Christmas. Busy, but good. We had Christmas with John's parents on Sunday before and Christmas Eve here at home (John worked until 9:30pm) and Christmas morning at my mom's and the afternoon at John's Grandma's up on Whidbey Island. We did our usual ordering pizza and watching the Christmas cartoons on Christmas Eve. Aidan isn't quite into the cartoon's unless its Bob the Builder or Elmo at this point. He really got into Christmas this year!! He got EVERYTHING he asked for!! All but movies. That's ok, those are easy to buy him. Besides like I just mentioned he doesn't watch much besides Bob and Elmo. Silly boy. John and I were just cleaning off our desk and realized that everything we put on our lists (all but one on each) we got as well!! We feel very blessed that we recieved the gifts we needed/wanted.

We also felt very blessed to be able to give to everyone something on their lists with the exception of our brother-in-law. A few of his wish items were a cruise for 7-days 6-nights for 2. A new 2008 diesel truck of some sort, new motorcycle tires, and that's just a few. John and I laughed because my mom had told him to make a list of things he wanted...he didn't hold back. That made shopping for him tricky. Dart boards always work when you can't think of anything else!!

So we have had a busy holiday season and are looking forward to celebrating the New Year with friends and Aidan will be having an overnight party with John's parents. Keep checking back for updates. Please help me hold fast to my resolution to blog more!!! It's a great way to keep updated on life of others as well as letting others know about what is going on in ours.

It's been awhile....

Wow, has it been forever or what. We have had a BUSY summer. Where should I start. June was pretty uneventful and low key. July was pretty busy, we celebrated my birthday which wasn't much since it fell in the middle of the week and John had to work the next morning. It also just so happened that my birthday ended up being a 105 degree day. I kid you not.

July 19 we left for Ohio on a red-eye flight. We slept most of the next day. The first week we were in Ohio we hung out with family and just kind of sat around not doing a whole lot. I went to Norwalk, Ohio one day with my mom and Aidan and met my biological family. When we met my bio family I met my grandma Mary, Aunt Trish, her daughter Leanne, Leanne's daughter Jaylee and Grandma Mary's sister-in-law and brother-in-law. We drove around Norwalk and saw where my birth mom, Cecilia grew up and where my Grandma Mary still owns 80 acres of farm land. Also we saw the church where the funeral for Cecilia was and where my Aunt Trish and Uncle Ed went to school too (Cecilia went there too). After all that we ended up at the grave site. Aidan was playing around with Jaylee (who is 6 weeks younger than him). They were the comic relief.

After we got back to Wooster (Norwalk was only a day trip) we headed to Chattanooga, Tennessee for my cousin Holly's wedding. I hadn't seen Holly in 10 years so it was a bit of a reunion and it was a lot of fun. It down poured in the middle of the ceremony. Not fun, we were all soaked but we ended up drying quickly because it was so humid and warm out. John met us in Chattanooga. The day after the wedding we drove to Lexington, Kentucky which was about 5 hours from Chattanooga (1/2 way to Wooster-total trip time was 10 hours). We stayed there that night and drove the rest of the way to Wooster the following day.


We got to do lots of visiting with families that we haven't seen in ages, and families that knew my parents before I was even born. We made another trip to visit with my biological Grandma, Aunt and to meet my uncle. This time we went to Fremont where my Grandma lives. We were there most of the day and had a great time. John met them for the first time and really enjoyed it. I was given many things that my birth mom had and now are mine. One of my favorites is the nativity scene that my biological grandma painted each of the figurines and a friend made the stable. It is SO cool. And if anyone knows me they know how much of a Christmas nut that I am, so that was perfect.

We tried to catch fireflies which John and Aidan both have never seen before. It was pretty cool so not many were out. I bit disappointing but there is always the next trip. We finally came home on August 6th, so Aidan and I had been gone literally 3 weeks. It was nice to be home but at the same time I really wish that we could have spent more time there. I know my aunt's and uncle's and cousins didn't want us to go yet and my grandma said that it always ends to soon.

We got home and found out a close friend was killed on her way to see her hubby graduate from basic training. Her son, our godson was sitting behind her and made it through just without injury. She passed 2 days before my dad's one-year anniversary. So needless to say being a few hours ahead body clock wise and then all that going on it was a LONG week.

So, ever since we have just been hanging out enjoying the last few weeks of summer. I have been working in the morning for the family I nannied for during the last 2 years. They added 2 more days a month!! Instead of working every Friday and every other Tuesday, I am working every Tuesday AND every Friday. So, it will be interesting because I will have to get back into "school" mode of going to bed earlier and getting up earlier and such too. I am also doing another childcare job on Wednesday mornings during the school year and found out the details today. I am really excited for the upcoming year. It should be a good year.

John should be starting to work for UPS as a driver starting soon. The HR guy as we refer to him as said that John was pretty much a shoe in for a position sometime in September, he just doesn't know when it will be as of today. We are really excited that John will be able to work just one job and not two. We are both sick of the 2 job thing. All in time. So, until next time...hopefully I will update a bit sooner. I have full intentions of updating more often, but get busy.

Happy 2nd Birthday Aidan!!

Happy Birthday buddy!!


Eating CakeOpening presents with Cadence

Blowing out candles with Aidan...err we did more than he did.
Cousin Lexi looking cute as always
Cadence trying out Aidan's cool Harley, or I mean bike/trike
Singing "Happy Birthday"
Going for a little spin...I hope this doesn't lead to the real thing.

Happy 2nd Birthday Aidan!! That was the theme for our Memorial day weekend Aidan finally turned two!! We had been practicing saying two for so long now that its nice for us to be able to ask him how old he REALLY is and for him to say "do." We had a great day!! I was a bit nervous that he would get sick because that is what he did last year AND most of the holidays for the last two years. Call it bad luck, call it chance, Aidan just always seemed to get a bug on the important days during the year.

So this year we had a "memlmo" party (Elmo). He is still talking about it and had a grand time!! If only everyone could see him running around like a crazy man. Boy was he a cutie. He wanted everyone to sing "Happy Birthday" to him again and again and again. Everyone had to laugh. He wasn't interested in opening presents. It took to long. He would rather go play or go explore. Luckily Cadence was there to open presents for him. She did a great job.

Aidan got a lot of fun gifts and a lot of new clothes. He will be stylin this summer!! We got him a new chair to put in the family room and a Little Tykes car for him to use this summer outside. He also got his first bike!! A little Harley Davidson bike. What a stud!!

We had our 2-year appointment this afternoon and he came out with a clean bill of health. He even got the Hep A shot (the last shot until Kindergarten) and he didn't even cry. I was so proud of him. We went swimming before we went to the doctors and he went under water every time he jumped in the pool today!! That was a first for him so I was a proud mommy!! After the doctors we met Kristen and Cadence at Redmond Town Center to play in the fountain there. Wow, what fun he had. How he has changed since last year. He was having so much fun he didnt want to go get dinner at Red Robin (they sang to him for his birthday too). What a week it has been. We are ready for a break. It has been mid-80's here all week and doesn't look like it will be changing anytime soon. Lots of pool time and fountain time for us in the near future. Until next time, stay cool.

P.S. I just figured out how to post pics on here. It never worked before hand!! Hooray. Bear with me as I play around with it over the next few posts!

Almost 2!!!

So much has happened since last time. Aidan has really been showing his terrible two's side but not all the time thankfully. He is also not doing so well at drop-off's for my MOPS group and when he stays with his grandparents. This is completely new. I think he is just wanting to spend as much time as possible with us. I know I don't mind!!

So, we still have the silly dog and that dog is driving me crazy. He is a constant whiner and Aidan is continuously bullying him. He whines and paces constantly when he is out and is always trying to get into your lap or is just under foot. There have been many a times that I have almost fallen with Aidan as well as without him in my arms because Meko never moved.

Onto other news...Aidan as we always knew, LOVES anything with balls. Whenever we turn the TV on he always asks to watch "ball." We took him to Woodinville High School fast pitch softball game a few weeks ago. This was his second time (last year he went for the first time, and the year before we went while I was still pregnant). He loved watching, but was more interested in the soccer game going on on the soccer/football field. We always keep one of his balls in the car and one by the front door or in his room for a quick grab on our way outside.

He has found an interest in Bob the builder lately and will actually sit and watch it for a few minutes. He also loves watching a few other shows, Teletubbies, some Curious George, and Mr. Rogers neighborhood. He likes to watch KCTS kids in the morning (when I nanny) and in the afternoon from around 4:30pm until about 5:30pm. He usually gets bored after a few minutes but then he will go run around and come back to watch some more. The afternoon is a life saver on icky days because he is usually cranky and causing trouble or destroying the house by taking everything out after I put it away.

We are gearing up for summer and are really excited to have nice days to enjoy and to be able to go outside. We are tired of the gloomy weather. Aidan is also working on his numbers and is talking up a storm. It is a lot of fun watching him learn something new everyday!! He will be 2 on May 27th so we are busy planning his party and getting ready for that. It's time to start dinner for daddy who should be leaving work here soon.