For Nietnie

Parker calls my sister Courtney "nietnie" (not to be confused with the famous blogger NieNie). She recently went off to college and Parker is a little confused and sad about her sudden absence. I took this picture because Courtney and I feel strongly that little boys in tight pajamas are about the cutest thing on earth.

Eating for two at the State Fair 2011

We have a lot of pictures of Parker sitting on anything that could drive.

He ran with his arms outstretched to every ride that had to do with cars.

See what I mean?

So, of course Papa took him on a ride.

This is out of order, but Parker was asleep before we left the parking lot.

Parker's first cotton candy. He doesn't like getting food on his hands, so we often have to feed him.

It's become tradition for Courtney and Parker to get matching tattoos in the dairy barn.

Besides the car ride and french fries, Parker loved seeing all the animals and making their sounds.

My personal favorite, deep fried pickles.

And Parker's personal favorite, french fries. He actually started dancing when we gave him the french fries.

The wonderful State Fair came again this year, we look forward to it about as much as Christmas. We picked a date, consulted a map of the fair and had the day's menu picked out a week or so in advance.
Of course, I normally eat enough for two at the Fair, but this year I had the REAL excuse, with a baby on the way, I dare say I enjoyed the Fair even more this year! Not only that, but the weather was perfect, I couldn't have asked for more! Baby will be here in late February/early March, which also makes it possible to go to the Fair next year (I unfortunately had to miss the Fair the year Parker was born).

Duluth

Split Rock Light House

Gooseberry Falls

Lake Superior

In August, Brett had a two week break between semesters and we decided to go up to Duluth for a day and night. We left Parker with my parents (our first night away from Parker ever!) and had fun seeing the sights. We didn't take a lot of pictures, I guess things don't look as cute without Parker in them.