5 Months

Parker has been doing great! Today, he turns 5 months old, so we went and bought him a new "big, boy" toy. He is a driving machine. He turns the wheel, shifts gears, and honks the horn like he knows what he's doing.


Parker is getting good at sitting up. He wobbles back and forth, but he can usually compensate his weight when he gets leaning over to far one way. He is still doing the "Inch Worm" move to get around. He is getting close to pulling that belly off the floor and crawling. However, I think he will be walking before we know it. He is so good at standing up; he can hold his weight by himself for a little while. Parker is consistently sleeping 10 - 12 hours every night. He loves to sleep on his side with his pillow. That pillow is the biggest security blanket a kid has ever had. He usually hugs it; one foot and one arm up on top and he always buries his face in it. SCARY for mom and dad! Parker's schedule is like clockwork. Gets up, 1 1/2 to 2 hours later he goes back to bed and sleeps for about an hour. He sleeps so much, but mom and dad aren't complaining.

Besides more pool time, softball, and enjoying summer time everything has been pretty much same ol'. This last week, my mom and sisters and I have put on a garage sale. We had a good morning Thursday, but it rained Friday and Saturday. Parker was quite the trooper.

So Much to Tell...

I think those eyes are going to stay blue...

Since last I blogged, we have had so much happen! Today, Father's Day, Parker has discovered he can roll over. Back to front; and he is so excited about it. He just keeps doing it and doing it. Every time he looks up and looks for praise. He is so proud of himself (yes, Mom and Dad are proud too)! Besides his new fun "aerobic activity" Kevin decided he wanted to go to the zoo today. I was hoping that Parker would stay awake long enough to see a couple exhibits, but he impressed me!! He got to see almost the whole zoo...we were there for about 3 1/2 hours, and he slept for the last 45 minutes. I think his favorite part was the farm animals and the penguins. We were watching the penguins swim in the water and his head just kept following them back and forth. I can only imagine what was going on in his head; "what are all these crazy things Mom and Dad are pointing at?" Kevin and I kept waiting for him to get bored, or hot (it was about 90 degrees), or fussy, but Parker just loves being outside and seeing new things.

Check out the bowing bear!

Saturday night was Gina and Jeremy's wedding, Kevin was a groomsmen in it. Everything went really well and looked great. Kevin has been Jeremy's friend since they where little kids and have stayed close. He was thrilled to be a part of his friends celebration. The reception was alot of fun, lots of booze and dancing. It was the first time in a long time that I really put a few drinks down. Parker has been on cereal for about a week now and is finally able to enjoy it. It has been really great since he has been on rice cereal, every other night is sleeping for about ten hours, and that means mom and dad are so much more pleasant the next day.

Also, for Father's Day, my mom got a little kit to put Parker's hand/foot print in. Wow, that was quite the project. First of all the concrete was too wet, so it wouldn't hold anything. Then we got that problem solved and Parker was so intrigued by this stuff we kept making him put his hand and feet in. Typical boy, just wanted to grab it and squeeze the stuff through his fingers and toes. But we finally came out with one that was half decent. My mom put some stones in it and and wrote the date for a cool finished project. Kevin will have to put it in the backyard this fall when he redoes it.

After we got done with the concrete project, Parker and I headed over to Great Grandma and Bill's house. We had a good time over there, Parker had lots to say. I think Parker was telling them what I had put him through over at Grandma Lisa's house. Great Grandma gave Parker a silver dollar and a buffalo nickel from my grandpa's collection that we have stashed away for later days. Then my cousin Amee came over along with her mom Terri. Terri is in the process of hopefully adopting a little girl Hally. So we got to meet her; super cute. However Parker is about 6 months younger and pretty much the same size. We are raising a football lineman over here!!

Looks like he is just going to toss the ball right up to her, doesn't it?

The day before Kevin, Parker and I decided to check out the pool in our neighborhood. Everyone told us he was going to hate it and scream, and I half expected it because the water was still pretty cold, but once again he was really good. They have a kiddy pool for the young ones so that is where we went. At first he didn't know what to expect and just held really still and watched everyone else. But by the end he was loving it and was splashing around. Maybe the little snoozer we took helped.

Kevin and I also had our 3 year anniversary last Wednesday. He got to enjoy a night out while one of my softball players babysat for us. I know she did a great job, but we came home to find Parker with his diaper on backwards!! haha Silly girl!

4 Months

4 months old and Parker is a chunk! We got shots the other day and he weighs 18 lbs 3 oz and is 26.5 inches long. He is still in the 90th percentile and Dr. Tsang says everything is looking good. Needless to say, Mom is getting an arm work out!! He is still quite the talker and is getting better at rolling over. He is trying so hard to crawl. Right now his way of getting around is by either the "Inch Worm" method or spinning in circles. The Inch Worm is pretty cute...he just puts his head down into the ground and kicks his legs and he inches his way forward. He totally wears himself out. And Parker will probably be a lefty like his Dad. His circles always lead him to the right; he just spins on his belly.

We started Parker this week on cereal. As you can tell he not a fan just yet. He gets a tablespoon of the cereal mixed with some milk, but I don't think at this point he is really swallowing any of it. At first he will open his mouth wanting it, but makes a nasty face and spits it out. A couple more attempts and then he won't even open his mouth. I'm just thinking...give it a week and he won't get enough of this stuff!

And finally tonight, Kevin got him laughing!! He has been chuckling for a while now, but tonight was an official laugh. He thought that bird was crazy! I got a little on camera...

(yes Jenny...more blue pillow!) haha