- Since we've had Parker, Treva and I have altered our lifestyles a considerable amount. All scheduling items revolve around his nap and feeding times, or sporting events, and we take him with us everywhere. I read that we're not supposed to leave him alone at home.
- Parker loves The People - doesn't matter how we need to change our schedules, he's a social butterfly and loves visiting with friends and family. Which again, we're blessed and thankful to have some extremely special members in the illustrious "friends and family" circle.
He's obviously an active participant in the 114 Section of Sounders home games, so he knows all of his fellow fans quite a bit. I don't have many pictures of those people though - primarily because there's a guy named Reggie close by who shouts a lot and uses rather obscene hand gestures on a regular basis which always seem to creep into any camera shots I could ever hope to capture....so, we'll skip the 114 Section. 
Closely related though are good friends Kasey and Tyler, a couple we first met through matchmakers Lars and Shannon and who are charter members of our DP dinner party group. Kasey announced she was pregnant shortly after Treva did they were a lot of fun to visit with and catch up. It's an incredible experience to share in tips, tricks, and techniques with good friends who are going through the same thing. Kasey and Tyler were over at our place the weekend before Parker was born and we were discussing baby names - feels like just yesterday! Then all of a sudden, here we are, having eggs and coffee cake discussing tummy time and bottle feeding techniques. Crazy! The Little Free baby is officially named Jackson Clark - Kasey's maiden name is Clark and they named him Jackson after Treva's family name. Or, it's just a really cool name :) - funny and ironic we both had some Jackson in our names, friends for life! Jackson Clark looks less than happy in these pictures, not representative of that cute smile we know he has! 
Next significant meet-and-greet occurred with our bi-annual Damian visit. Damian coming to town provides a boost of good times for everybody - Treva, of course, loves seeing her big brother and talking about his travels and sharing stories of old. I love Damian because he goes to Targy's with me and provides the ever-important majority vote for TV control. Olive the beagle loves Damian because she has somebody to hang out with during the day who's willing to take her on walks. Damian's like a community servant for just our little community here - he's invaluable, and his visits are always filled with fun and lasting memories! It's fun to see Damian with Parker - he definitely grew on Damian over the course of the week and we are so happy to have Uncle Damian in Parker's life, we can't wait for the next visit!
Matt and Sarah are repeat visitors and Parker has become very comfortable with each of them, and even Cousin Bam-Bam. They are actually expecting a new little Johnson in about five months or so, a little girl for Parker and Philip to tease and protect for the next sixty years. We're extremely excited to have another baby in the family - we love babies here - but equally (perhaps even a smidgen more) excited for Matt to go out and procure all those cute baby girl clothes so I don't have to do the same if we're ever blessed with a little girl as well. Treva is going to get mad that I said that. So I take it back. Treva's not "equally" excited for that benefit, just I am. Regardless, a baby girl joining the Jackson-side family tree is going to be a lot of fun and we can't wait! Needless to say, Philip has some getting used to having another baby around, so Parker provides a nice test subject for Matt and Sarah to gauge how Philip will react to the mini-him. So far, SO GOOD! Philip is a champ! Just don't mess with his cars too much, and he's all good! Those are just a few of our visits the past month, many more to document at another time. For now, we're all tired and we need some rest.....turn the light off when you leave friends, look forward to seeing you again!
dwt.
