A week to be grateful for :)

Happy Sunday everyone!

The Parker family has had an incredible week!!

First off, our little munchkin turned ONE on Monday, August 13th. I cannot believe she is one! We had a little party for her at home on Sunday while my mom was still in town. Tim, Eric's brother, joined us for the festivities as did several other friends & neighbors. Sutton thoroughly enjoyed herself!

Tuesday, my darling husband got a JOB offer!!! Eric will begin working for Bank of America as an Investment Consultant over a handful of branches in South Charlotte. He starts on August 27th (SOON!) and things have come together SO perfectly this week in preparing for the next adventure that it truly seems "meant to be" and an answer to our prayers. Thank you all for your support and help with Eric and his job hunt!

Wednesday, I was thoroughly convinced we were going to win the lottery :) Ha!! And so we bought some lottery tickets on the way home from a celebratory date-night dinner. Alas, we did not win, but we are still flying high at the Parker household.

Thursday, Sutton had her 1 year check-up where again, she topped the charts with her height. Her weight is slowly not keeping up with the same original pace :) but she is still a butterball. The doctor gave her 3 shots, which wasn't fun, and he pronounced her right on track developmentally as we'd hoped. We are so proud of our sweet girl.

Friday, Pop & Patsy came in town for the weekend! I had to work at a Spine conference in Charlotte on Friday night & the better part of Saturday but am enjoying their company now.. Sutton is happy to have more family around as she tires of seeing just Ma-Ma & Da-Da. Saturday, we also went to one of our friend's (Jen & TJ) daughter's (Elle) first birthday parties. It was quite the party and they have a wonderful entertaining house -- Sutton had a blast playing with her friends :)

Pictures & video are below. Thanks again everyone for the love & support you've shown us. We'll never be able to fully tell you how grateful we are.

XOXO
Megan

Last container of Formula!!! HIP HIP HOORAY!!!

Party dress on her dinosaur!

Party decor

Balloons are Sutton's new favorite thing!

Kristin, Jenn, Blake, and Me

Ready for the Cupcake

First half of cake video

2nd half of cake video

YUMMY CAKE!

Playing with Sydney's hula hoops

Playing with Grandma :)

Big girl

She loves to Read :)

Summer is flying by....

Hard to believe that last year at this time we were eagerly counting down the days to my due date....and now Sutton has been here 11+ months. We can't imagine life without her, that's for sure! She continues to make us smile and teach us new things about this wonderful world every day.

Let's see...First off, we never made it to the Bahamas. Tropical Storm Debby (or thats what it became during our "trip") got in the way, so we bailed on the idea of sitting inside a hotel room for 5 days in the rain....and went to Charleston for 3 nights instead -- where the weather was PERFECT. We stayed downtown, hit the beach everyday, and ate a lot of great food....Really good trip!

Sutton enjoyed her time with Patty & Don...and spent her weekend crawling all over their house :)

Over the 4th of July week, we made the trek to Richmond to see Pop & Patsy. We had a great time visiting them and every time we leave, we wish we lived closer!!

Patriotic dress on the 4th, climbing stairs at home!

stopping at a winery in VA to break up the trip

Enjoying a trip to the Bank in VA since they had TOYS!

Taking a break from the pool in Pop's neighborhood!

This week Grandma is here!! We are having lots of fun, as usual....She will be here through Friday and Sutton is enjoying every minute. I'm attaching two videos of her giggling with Grandma :) 

testing out a recliner at Marshalls....big fan :)

That's all from CLT! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ERIC (DADDY) TOMORROW!!! 

xoxo,

M, E, SC

No time to sit down.....

Good Sunday afternoon, everyone! So sorry it's been over a month since my last post. Literally, we don't sit down anymore between my new job & Sutton crawling...
I've been out of town a fair amount and really have to hand it to Eric. He takes care of everything at home & doesn't miss a beat. And most importantly, I never stress or worry!! I just miss them terribly. This past week I was in Deerfield, Illinois for a whole week for training. Not a fan of being away so long, but the training was good & I'm ready to take on the world :)
Eric was smart & got our good friend, Kristen, to babysit one day this week so he could go play golf. Nice mid-week break, well planned if I do say so myself!!!

Not much else going on here. The days just fly by & Sutton continues to light up our world as she learns something new every day.
We had a wonderful visit over Memorial Day visiting Annie/Mike, Nicole, and Hailey....and
we are looking forward to seeing Pop & Nan in early July....and then my mom will come for a couple of days hopefully mid-July. Top on our list of things we are looking forward to is a Trip to the Bahamas, just the 2 of us!, late this June. Our friend, Amy's, parents (who live in town) are watching Sutton & we are thrilled with the idea of sleeping in and not having to plan the day around nap times :) YAY BAHAMAS :)

Few updated pics...It appears Sutton has inherited a bit of my "natural curl" in her hair...poor girl :) She looks cute with the "wings" above her ears! ha!

Cinco De Mayo!

On top of the laundry basket (you can see some of the curl above the ears here!)

New music table!

Sitting out back one nice afternoon

Snuggles with Daddy

At Annie/Mike's pool over memorial day. SC hijacked Hailey's float and diving sticks!

Up close

bottle time

Waving to the neighbors as they go by!

Having a great time (walk) with Kristen

Another beautiful day out back

That's all from here for now! Hope everyone is having a great week!

Megan

Crawling!!!

Hi All! Sorry for the quick post, but wanted to share this exciting milestone today (captured on camera thanks to my sorority sister, Ali Chappell) -- Sutton crawled forward. For weeks (months?) she's been wanting to crawl, but manages only to scoot/crawl backwards or barrel roll through the den to get what she wants (in this case, Jenn's dog Bailey!)
Daddy has been working with her & knew she was close...but as luck would have it -- He was out today for a much needed break, playing 18 holes with his buddies, and missed her big "debut"... Eric will see tomorrow, but as I keep watching the film again & again, I am smiling -- so proud of my baby (hardly) "big" girl now....

Love to you all from Charlotte,
Megan, Eric, Sutton (the crawler) & Maddie (the best dog ever for putting up with Sutton :)

7 month pictures.....and some other good news!

Hi All!

Sorry for the delay in posting...been a whirlwind of a few weeks. I (Megan) got a NEW JOB!! So that's been a challenge with the transition & I've been out of town some for orientation, etc....but it's an awesome opportunity with Baxter Healthcare Co...and I couldn't be happier!!!
(that was the other good news :)

I have a lot to catch you up on with Sutton, but don't have enough time to post it all right now....We took Sutton to get her 1st set of professional photos taken while Mom was in town at the end of March. They turned out so cute!! I'm attaching the ones we picked :)

Otherwise -- between my job interviews (I had 6), hosting Mom/Phelps' Family/Paoloni Family and going to my sisters for Easter, things have been GREAT & Hectic :) Wouldn't have it any other way!

Hope you all are well & Hope to see you soon!!
Take care,
Megan

Sutton Helmet-Free Parker

Congrats Princess Sutton! You are helmet free, as of March 19th! And you are beautiful, even with your wet hair for pictures :)


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You get the idea. It worked!!! and She was such a trooper during all of it!!!

Onto other things -- The 3 of us went to the mountains for a weekend getaway recently; SO much fun and such a wonderful retreat!!

The last pictures I have of her in the helmet -- crazy that its all over!?!? Just a blip on the radar now...

HOORAY DINNER TIME!

What a view!!!

Smooches from Daddy make me giggle!!

I love lounging watching the tarheels play basketball :)

I even got to see WILD TURKEY!

Recently, we had Mom in town for a whole week!!! It was so wonderful to have her here -- Thanks for everything Mom! Our yard & house look fantastic thanks to her great help! And Sutton got spoiled rotten :)

HI GRANDMA!

Lets Play!

Sutton LOVES playing and singing and taking walks with her Grandma!

Eric spent 1 night while Mom was here with Tim in VA. He had a blast seeing him, his band, and catching up. Hopefully SC & I will go next time, but Mom/I enjoyed a night with just "the girls"...Mom celebrated her birthday on Friday while she was here as well -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN MOM! 

Friends in town this weekend with lots of happy things to celebrate. Take care everyone & have a great weekend!

xoxo,

M, E, SC, and Maddie