Walk of Life

hay!

mommy and daddy are running for my mimi! mimi teaches me about flowers and makes me breakfast in bed. and I can get anything I want from mimi. please support mommy and daddy in their walk. daddy will need your help because he is going to run.

i made this webpage without daddys help where you can click on it to support them so click here please:

http://www.active.com/donate/walkoflife2008/JParson88


thank you for supporting my family!

love elizabeth anne parsons


Walk of Life is a 5K run/walk through downtown Montgomery, which will be held at Cramton Bowl on April 19, 2008. The Walk of Life is the major fundraiser for the Joy to Life Foundation. It is intended to raise awareness and dollars to help pay for free mammograms for women under 50 years of age. All funds that are raised stay in the tri-county area.

Walking Video

Told you I could do it!

FIRST STEPS!!

Elizabeth Anne took her first steps yesterday evening! Three separate times she took about 4 or 5 steps all by herself! She was walking to Mommy first, then me later.

We tried to get it on video, but she wasn't in the mood. Of course, we will try to capture this and post it.

My little baby is growing up. Awwwwwww.

Elizabeth Anne's vocabulary

Elizabeth Anne is now 13 months old. Here are the words she can say:

1st word: Mommy
2nd word: Elmo
3rd word: Doggy
4th word: Bama
5th word: Daddy (notice a trend here?)

Other words in no particular order:

Thank you
Help me
Bye Bye
Hey
Banana (nana)
Eat
Out
All Right
All Done
Wagon (...well, more like gagon, but we understand)
Flower
Bee
Anna
Eye
Duck
Bear
Night Night
Baby
Happy
Me
Pooh
Apple
Owl
Ball
Bunny
Car

And can make the sound of a Monkey, Cow, Dog, Sheep, Horse, Lion, and Fish upon request.

Amazing. I bet if she was a boy the list would only be half this much. Kidding of course.

Random Thoughts

I write here in hopes of one day Elizabeth Anne, and hopefully her siblings will oneday read this and better know their Dad. That being said, here are some random thoughts going through dear ole dad's mind:

I can never quite seem to find what I'm looking for.

I love to read and just ordered three more books from amazon.com

Jack Johnson is currently my favorite singer and Lauran bought me his new CD.

I spent today with Elizabeth Anne, took her to see the ducks. When they flew towards the bread I gave them, she laughed so hard she had gas! I wish I had a video camera with me.

I am going to drive my car unitl it has over 200K miles on it. It's green and I can't stand green cars. But, it's paid for so I'll take it.

I get anxious sometimes that I won't be able to provide for my family.

Next weekend is Basic Weekend at Frazer. I am spending the weekend with the 11th grade boys youth group and am already dreading the no sleep factor.

I bought Lauran flowers today.

Day care is so expensive and we may have to find a new one.

Your grandmother - Anne - can make some really good chili. It has been my last three meals.

I HAVE to get in shape and start working out.

I have discovered that I am a very patient person. This helps at work. I don't have a temper either. That also helps.

Good friendships are hard to find and very hard to keep, but important and worth nurturing.

Lauran is passionate about dancing. I am trying to find something that I am just as passionate about.

If I had to money to blow - I'd have a Porshe 911 convertible.

I love my family - every last one of them.

I think consistency and endurance is an important trait. Like running a marathon. It works in investing, business, fitness, relationships, parenting, and worship. It's hard though, cause we so desperately want to sprint to the finish line.

I really do believe in God and Christ as my savior. When you study the Bible, it's hard not to. I think it's important to take time to read the Bible. I like the NIV, NLT, or Message versions. It's important to pray too.

I'd like to be famous, but I think I would hate it after a while.

The world is so violent now. It's getting worse every year.

That's all for now.

Oh yeah, I am soo sick of Bama losing to Auburn. This year, we are going to start our own streak.

Happy First Birthday!

I blinked and Elizabeth Anne turned 1. I can't believe it. It was just the other day that she was born right??

We had a big ole ELMO party.

Here are some pictures and what she had to say about the day:



This looks interesting....






Mmmm....What is this amazing stuff in my mouth???






Mommy and Daddy got me a WAGON! Easy living..



mY BirthDAY was FUN. I ate CAKE. ADULTS are funny. I like MY WAGON its red. CAKE is yummy. WHY does everyone go oooooooohhhhh when I TAKE a bite? Ice cream is cold, not thrilled with it. When can I do this AGAIN?

Healthy again!

Well, it felt like forever, but after a week Elizabeth Anne seems to be back to normal. That was a long hard week - physically and emotionally. It is so hard watching her be sick, wishing you could make it go away and praying it's nothing serious.

But we are back, bossing daddy around, making him hold her, pointing at the dog, and laughing at the ball.

Just in time for her ELMO birthday party! (She can't read yet, so it's ok that I let the cat out of the bag)

We are just going to let her roll in the cake! I can't wait...

Sickness

Elizabeth Anne is going through her first real illness, and it's so awful! Trust me, we know because we got it too.

I haven't been that sick since I was 11 months old!

My baby girl is still getting over it, it's a double nasty stomach bug.

All I want to do is make it go away and for her to get better. It is so hard watching her all sick and lethargic.

Doctor says she seems to be on the way up, so I am ready for her to play with me again.

Plus - she has a BIRTHDAY coming up in a week and a half!

Kicking the ball

My conversation started like this.

Hey sweetie, how was your day?

Ball..

Were you a good girl?

Ball..Ball..

Did you miss me?

BALL...BALL...BALL...BALL..

Well, ok.

So our conversation turned into this......

It's what I do. : )

You Version

Here is something new and cool. It's called You Version.

It basically a community Bible developed by the Lifechurch team. On the left side is the Bible, on the right side are posts based on whatever passage you highlight.

What a great idea!