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As you may have guessed, this was Parker Anne's Easter outfit. Her very first Easter. She was really enjoying the bunny ears provided by mommy.

On the day before Easter, Parker made a trip to the beach in Fort Lauderdale with Grandpa Nick, Grandma Karen, mom and dad. Believe you me, she loves the beach. So much, that she began to eat fistful portions until we were able to supply her with one of her chew toys. Yum!

Well, here I am one day after my grandpa Greg's 60th Birthday Bash on St. Patrick's Day. What a party!

Sweet bath huh? Parker was totally digging Grandma Karen's kitchen sink on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Parker no longer wants to be in a lounger. Afterall, lounger tubs are for babies. Not seven month old ladies.

Check me out! All I need now is for mommy and daddy to finally put the boat in the water. Perhaps Next Saturday!

Yes, that's right. That is Parker Anne and I passing through the Presidential Gates in Key West. For those you who are not familiar with these gates, I''ll fill you in. First of all the gates are circa 1906. Up until the last ten years or so they were only to be opened for visiting U.S. Presidents. The last was Kennedy in 1962, when he came to Key West during the Cuban Missile Crisis. In recent years they have been opened for Secretary of State Colin Powell while he was in Key West holding peace talks. Those of you who were at Julie and mines wedding might remember the Little White House was on lockdown up until 45 minutes to the start of our wedding ceremony. Our guests almost had to pass through metal detectors in order to participate. I had actually hoped Colin Powell would have stuck around for the wedding. Anyway, back to the gates. On this Sunday morning in late January 2007 (notice the shorts for all you northerners), Julie, Parker and I were out for our morning breakfast and walk. Wouldn't you know the luck, the gates were open. Being opportunistic I had Julie take several shots. I don't know why people were walking by, wondering what we were doing. Perhaps they didn't know the history behind these gates. I'm sure some of you are quite bored of this by now, heck most haven't even probably read this far. For those of you who have though congratulations, maybe with a little luck they'll be open for you when you come to visit.

On Sunday the 28th, the Key West Curry Clan headed to Sears for pictures of the babies. Here is one of the best. More to come soon.

Here we have Parker sitting in her brand new copilot bicycle seat. Her cuzzie Alan spared no expense on this seat and boy as you can tell from that smile she loves it! I don't know how happy she will always be to be that close, but Julie never seems to care. We will get her a helmet and then we are off to the races. Beep, Beep.

Pictured here we see Parker Anne touching a horseshoe crab for the first time. Pay no attention to the guy wearing the fluffy shirt. While I was hard at work on 1/15/07, Julie and Parker stopped by to bring me lunch. After lunch the three of us took a stroll through the Key West Aquarium showing Parker the first place we met. While she thought that to be a cool story, Parker showed a greater interest in the horseshoe crab. As you can see, she was pointing out the location of the primary set of eyes. Or more specifically, covering one of the eyes. Anyhow, enjoy the photo.

After breakfast at Banana Cafe, our favorite french restautant, Julie, Parker and I took a short stroll down Duval Street and over to the Southernmost Point on Sunday. Parker's first trip to the Southernmost Point!

Check out the videos from my first spoon fed meal by my mom and dad back around early December 2006. To view the videos go to www.dropshots.com/aboutcjp

Just wanted to let everyone know that we are still here. Have been very busy; what with work, my MGB, the boat, the house, traveling, ohh I almost forgot, Parker Anne. How silly of me. Parker is now 6.5 months old and full of life. I have attached a photo of Parker Anne wearing Julie's now lost pair of Versace sunglasses. The next pair will be faux-sace's. Anyhow, will be updating more soon.
Clinton

Happy birthday Bubie!
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Thanks for the awesome chair, Love Parker Anne

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Picture on the left, 2 weeks
Picture on the right, 14 weeks.

My how fast they grow!

I took my maternity leave in early September. At that time, I decided to book tickets for the THREE of us to visit family in Toronto. This would be Parker's first plane ride and her first trip to another country. Clinton and I are pleased to report she did great. This of course is the first of many plane trips to many countries. This trip was especially important to me as I would be introducing Parker Anne to her Great Grandma, Aunt Maureen, Uncle Michael and cousins Ilana and Jordan. Bubie is not only "great" by title, but actually a great person as well.

Anyhow, we spent 4 nights in Toronto and took Parker all around the city. We went to the Greek district for dinner, Eaton center, and Unionville. On the first day in Toronto, we went with Bubie and Ilana to Old Navy for Parker's first major shopping trip (thanks Bubie, Ilana, and Poinciana Elementary School staff). The next day, we went downtown and Aunt Maureen and Uncle Michael bought Parker Anne a backpack for her to sit in for our travels. We will be officially breaking it in this summer on a trip to Bar Harbor, Maine to visit more family and a return trip to Toronto. Parker will be just over a year old at that time.

Thanks so much, Micheal and Maureen for having us! Also, the backpack will be well used.

On our way back, we spent some time in Niagara Falls. This was Parker's first official tourist trap! Make sure you check out the photos under C & J Vacations, Toronto 2006. Til next time.

I know it has been an awful long time since I have updated, so this is a listing of current events and posts that are coming.

1. Trip to Toronto and Niagara Falls

I guess it's not as much as I thought. Anyways, I have some excellent photos on the way. In this picture, Parker reached out to Colbin. Cute huh!

On July 29th, 2006, our cousin Sarah tied the knot. Her husband is a fine young man named Shane. Congratulations and welcome to the family. Well, as our family gatherings go, the Curry's made the trip from as far south as Key West, Fl and as north as Bar Harbor, Me. Afterall, how could we not attend when it was stated by Sarah, " I made to all of their weddings, they better make it to mine." So with that we made travel plans.

After we all finally arrived by July 28th, the kids settled at Lori Ann's house and the parents down hill at the KING'S. Make sure you check out the KING dancing the night away video http://www.dropshots.com/AboutCJP. On the morning of July 29th we were called into action, so five of us loaded Cherie's Toyota Corolla and darted down to the hall to set up for the nights festivities. Upon completing the setup Autumn headed off to get her hair did and we well, we plotted a course Lowes. Thank goodness for the GPS otherwise we would have spent countless hours taking back roads trying to find our destinations.

Well after cleaning out Lori's fridge for lunch we got ready for the wedding ceremony and reception to follow. As you can tell from the picture, Sarah made a beautiful bride. So with the wedding ceremony behind us, the what appeared to be more than 150 people headed to the reception for a night of food and festivities. What a night it was.

So with my last very long sentence I would like to thank Lori and Doug for their hospitality, Autumn for the dance and ride to the airport (not as bad as every made it out to seem), TT, Angie and Chelsie for the dances as well, sorry about the pinky toe again TT, Shane's family for the wonderful rehearsal dinner, the KING for the deer meatballs, my brothers and their wives, sister and husband, the little man, mom and dad, extended cousins in Pa and the crew from Maryland for a wonderful time. Can't wait to see all of the Pa and Md crew at the end of March 07. And by the way Dominic, your team is gonna get crushed next time! Check out the photos under C & J Everyday, Pa Wedding 2006.

On Saturday night, July 1, we went out for dinner with friends. Later that evening, Clinton and I went for a long walk around the neighborhood and out onto North Roosevelt. We then started watching movies at home.
At about 2 am, we were watching Eight-Legged Freaks, and I decided it was stupid. So, I rolled over and went to sleep. At that very moment, my water broke. There was no mistaking this! It was like a 2-liter bottle of soda was uncapped inside me and wash pouring out quickly. I was concerned for weeks up to that point that I wouldn'y know whether or not my water broke, but there was no mistaking it. I am in fact glad it happened at home and not out in public.
We went to the hospital, when I stood up getting out of the car, there was another gusher that leaked its way into my shoes! I then had to walk into the hospital like that. At least no explanation was necessary! Because my contractions were so far apart, I was sent home.
This actually worked out well, as I needed to flat iron my hair, and really didn't want all of my pictures to be with frizzy hair. We went back to the hospital at 5:30 when conditions at home began to go down hill quickly. It went from labor watch to warning!
Once at the hospital, I started debating the epidural the first time the contraction was so strong that my foot started to fold in half. I was scared of the needle, the IV, an dthe cathiter, but the thought of these contractions getting stronger and more frequent was more than I could fathom at that point. Not to mention, indefinite timing. So, the epidural and all of the dreaded things to go wth it appeared to be the lesser of the evils.
While the epidural was being put in, I cut off Clinton's circulation in one of his arms and he had to sit down. I also scratched him up pretty badly. To make a long story shorter, the epidural made everything bearable. Twelve hours later, what felt like a tree being pulled from me was actually an angel. Parker Anne was born! She is a 7lb, 4 oz. miracle! Please enjoy the pictures of Parker's first days as a Curry. Look under C, J & Parker Anne for photos.