Parker and Porter (and Britni)

For a couple months now I've been having a group of ladies over to my house to hang out on Tuesday afternoons.  It's some stay-at-home wives and moms, chatting and entertaining our children together.  Because of me getting this group together, I've been able to spend a lot more time and organize more play dates with Britni and her two boys Parker and Porter.

Parker taught Connor how to climb on the water table.

Britni and I were room mates before we were married and Patrick was room mates with her husband Jerod.  They got married the weekend after us and we went on our honeymoons together.  Needless to say, we like them a lot!  It's awesome to have such a good friend with little boys close to his age.

My friend Holly and her daughter Jewel hanging out.

Three little blonde boys

We've done several things together recently, and one day we ended up spending almost the whole day together.  In the morning we went to the creek and then after Connor's nap we went to our local children's museum, Early Works.

Parker was inexplicably not into the water.

Our local cow celebrity (seriously), Lily Flagg.

Parker and Porter snuggling with me while we watched Totoro.

Porter just turned one!  His birthday is September 4th, exactly 4 months after Connor.  It's always amazing to realize what 4 months can mean developmentally at this age.  Britni throws amazing children's birthday parties; she really loves it!  Porter's party was circus themed!

In the baby's fenced in area.

Connor backing up his "clown car."

"How do I eat this cake Connor?"
"I have no idea, I've never had any before!"

Baby race!

With Dada on the bouncy house.
Britni's brother-in-law owns a rental company so they got it for free!
Connor had a blast on it.

Riding the unicycle with Jerod.

Last week, Patrick and Jerod both went on business trips at the same time to places it wasn't easy for we families to go along with them, so I planned a crazy one night trip to Chattanooga with Britni to stay with my mom and go to the aquarium and children's museum.  It was a lot of fun and only a little bit crazy.

Taking a bath at my mom's.

Thursday morning we got up and went to the best store ever, Southeastern Salvage, to get Parker and Porter adirondack chairs, just like Connor's.  Theirs are orange, for the TN Vols!  We even got to meet Sarah there and hang out with her for a little while.  After that, we went to the aquarium!  I love it there.  Parker had a lot of fun, and he especially liked the penguins.  Connor was kind of frustrated the whole time.  I'm not totally sure why, I think he just wasn't feeling it.

Porter loving the jellyfish.

The Wootens

After the aquarium we went back to my mom's for Connor's nap.  We had some delicious barbecue for lunch and I got us some fresh apple cider.  Yum!  After Connor got up, we went to Coolidge Park to meet my mom, Will, Henry, and Sarah.  Britni and I totally forgot about the fountain!  We thought the boys would immediately drench themselves, but they really didn't.  Connor actually just used his little finger to touch the water almost the whole time.

Happy Birthday Uncle Will!

Sweet hugging brothers.

Mr. Independent.

Future buddies.

Today I met Britni and the boys at a park near their house.  It was really pleasant weather and the boys had a lot of fun.

Connor and Parker both stuck their heads through the net.
Shortly after this picture, Porter also stuck his head in the net
while he was trapped, got bitten a ton of times by some ants!
We were freaked out, but the bites faded in a half hour.

Cute smiles.