70 Degrees in February?

It has been so nice these last couple of weeks and Parker, Kevin, and I have really taken advantage by getting outside. Parker can't wait for spring so he can play some football outside!

HIKE!

GO DEEP!

DODGE THOSE BLOCKERS!

HE COULD... GO...ALL... THE...WAY!

END ZONE DANCE!

INSTANT REPLAY

(not really!)...I absolutely love after he falls, he brushes his hand off and then at the end he makes a fish face. Listen closely; he says ball!

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...sorry...Mommy must have too much spare time on her hands!


Poor Parker fell at the babysitter's and got his first real boo-boo! Ouch!



Plus, Parker got his hair all chopped off. He looks like a little boy now...where is my baby????

Feb. Update

PARKER HAS ANOTHER COUSIN!!! Aunt Jenny delivered baby Jozlynn Tuesday evening this week. Jenny and JD went into the hospital midmorning when the rest of the family followed. Jozlynn is absolutely adorable; such a pretty baby! Everything went great and they are back at home now. We went over Friday to see her again, but I wasn't thinking and forgot my camera! STUPID! So I will have to post some pictures real soon! Congratulations Jenny and JD!!!

Today we were having a great afternoon and got a couple good pictures in his bedroom with his shelves. Great Grandma Woodard built this for Parker and I've been terrible about getting pictures of them. They are wonderful and Parker has really enjoyed them (AND mom and dad too!). Now his toys aren't scattered all over the living room floor and Parker knows exactly where they are at when he wants them. THANKS GREAT GRANDPA!!!





After play time in Parker's bedroom, it was time for Mom and Dad to clean house. Usually Parker watches from afar when we do this, but today he wanted to help. He was in charge of sweeping. He was awfully proud of himself - until he hit himself in the face with the handle. He wasn't much help after that.





Thursday this week was Little Sports Night with the program (PAT) that Parker and I are apart of. They have high school athletes come down and play their sport with little kids (younger than kindergarten). Parker had a blast! He played volleyball with balloons, softball with yarn balls, soccer, bowling, cheered with the cheerleaders (didn't stay their long because Dad was giving me funny looks when Parker picked up the pom pons), and "tumbled" on the mats. And then he got to hang out with all Mom's students and athletes. Super fun night!



Haley plays soccer for Maize and is going to Texas A&M next year to play soccer. Sounds like she is getting a great scholarship too! Haley is my girl when it comes to math...she has taken all the math courses that Maize has to offer! Good luck Haley!

Taylor and Jess are girls on the softball team. Jess is going to Paris, Texas next year to play softball - full ride! Go Girl! And Taylor is probably going to Tabor next year. These two girls are super special to me! I've had them both in the classroom and on the softball field. Good luck girls in all you do!

Here is a Parker update...

Weighs about 26 lbs. Not sure on the height, last time at the doctor, Dr. Tsang didn't tell us.

Daily routine (on a weekend) is wake up around 8 and have some rice cereal and juice for breakfast. Watch SpongeBob and do lots of playing around - usually Dad's at work. Around 9 it is time for the morning nap. Sometimes Parker will walk into his bedroom and point at his crib - then you know it is definitely time. He will wake up around 11 and then have some lunch. Lunch is usually a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or chicken nuggets with some fruit. He has really been loving grapes lately! After lunch we will go run errands or go visiting family, just in time to get home, have a snack (usually some animal crackers or cheese), and take another nap around 2ish. Wake up around 4 and we get some more play time in before dinner at 5:30. We let him get a little messier at dinner time. Throw some pudding or Ravioli or something like that in front of him, because bath time comes next. After bath time Parker picks out 3 books and I read them to him. And then off to bed it is!

Parker sleeps thru the night. His bedtime is around 6:30/7:00 and he usually gets up around 7:30/8 if we don't have to take him to the sitter. Then he will take 2 naps during the day, each about 2 hours long. Do the math (or I will for ya). Parker is only awake for about 7 hours a day!

Parker points at whatever he wants. Whether it be food, a drink, a toy, or his crib. Whatever Parker wants he points and then does a little grunt thing. Can't wait for him to start talking!

He likes to read books. If we are playing in his room, Parker will go over to his shelf with the books, grab one, and bring it over to me or Kevin. Then next he tries to sit on our lap and bounces around. He can't wait for us to read him the book! He helps out by turning the pages.

Parker is trying so hard to talk! He is a jabberbox when he is at home with Kevin and I. When you get him out of his comfort zone he tends to get quiet. But he says ball the most. You can turn the page of a book and their be a ball on it. He will quickly point to it and say ball. Of course he has been saying mama and dada for a while. And he also can tell you how a cow goes..."MOOOO." I think we are getting close to where the nose is when asked as well as belly button. More to come there later.

In the morning, Parker will play with his toys by himself for up to an hour. After breakfast, Kevin and I can really get some things done with Parker entertaining himself. Whether it be pushing his lawnmower around the house, jumping around on his zebra, chasing balls around, playing with his farm animal set or building with his blocks, he is great at playing in the morning.

SpongeBob SquarePants is still the favorite show. I Hope You Dance by LeeAnn Womack is his favorite song. I play it in the morning on the way to the babysitter house. He loves to try to sing along and I always get a big grin when the song starts to play.

Parker brushes his teeth twice a day - morning and night. All 9 on them. He just recently got a molar tooth in. WHOA he was cranky that night it came in. But I guess you can't blame him - OUCH!

Parker is definitely dealing with separation issues right now. It was never too bad dropping him off at the babysitters, but here lately neither Kevin or I can put him down without him screaming. And at bedtime/naptime he used to lay down and go to sleep, but now he likes to be held. He puts his arms around our neck and lays his head down. How can a parent resist!!!

Nice Weather!

It's already 2009 and I think I'm making that actualization a little late! Obviously it's been '09 for a whole month now; I think was just too focused on Parker's first birthday to realize that another year had gone by.

On Parker's actual birthday we went all out and went to the grocery store...isn't that what every kid wants to do on his birthday. Poor Parker. Just for the record we did get him a cupcake to make up for the suffering he had to endure at the store. I think he forgave us.

Later that evening Grandpa Kirk and Nancy came over. Parker stayed up way past his bedtime playing ball and listening to music while the adults had a couple adult beverages.

Then the last week has been pretty busy for me. We had conferences so I had two late nights +

I had the annual softball rules coaches meeting. The nice thing is though that I had Friday off...and double bonus...it was nice weather! Sixty degrees in February - unheard of in Kansas! Friday we ended up taking Parker and Reagan to the park and meeting up with Aunt Loni and her great dane Levi. The wind could take your breath away, but the sun felt great! However Saturday was even better! The sun was warmer and NO WIND! So we packed up again and headed over to the park seconds away from our house and spent some time there.

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Then we headed over to a pet store to check out some animals. Parker just loves animals. He really enjoyed watching the hamsters and birds. We figured we walk out of there with some new creature, but Mom and Dad stayed strong!

Then we headed home and played a while longer outside; we just couldn't get enough!

We've really been working on the spoon thing over here. It is getting better, but still is a "bib-or-no-shirt" situation.

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We are anxiously awaiting Parker's cousin Jozlyn (hope I spelled it right!?!). Aunt Jenny was dilated to a one last I heard! Any day! Come out, come out, where ever you are! Parker needs a playmate!

One Year OLD!

Parker turned one on Thursday!! Wow! What a year!
We celebrated Parker's birthday last weekend on Saturday afternoon and we had such a blast! We invited all the immediate family over to our house for some cake and ice cream. Kevin was a huge help and had the whole house top to bottom clean, plus cleaned out the garage. We decided to have the party half in our living room and half in the garage; we just don't have a room big enough for 25 people. Don't worry, we were ready for the 20 degree weather we were having that day and had space heaters going. We were a little worried it wouldn't get warm enough in there, but it turned out just perfect. Parker did great that morning and slept in until about 9 allowing me and Kevin to get the house set up for the festivities. Our "theme" for the party was just lots of bright colors - Parker's not much into anything quite yet (except for the SpongeBob Song). So we did streamer and lots of balloons and for food we had M&M's with Animal Crackers, Chips, Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches on Rainbow Bread, and cracker, cheese, & meat. And of course cake. I went all out and made Parker's cake. I was a little nervous about it, but it turned out just fine!




Just about everyone made it over and we spent the first part of the party socializing and watching Parker eat lunch (it was a late lunch because he slept in so late). Then we let Parker open his gifts. He has slightly improved at that task since Christmas. His cousins were quick to help him out! Everyone was very generous; Parker got so many great things! Puzzles, books, clothes, a race track, a wooden alligator, a ride on turtle and car, Jungle Book DVD, money...I know I'm missing things! Let's just say he is SET! You can watch the video below...the song is kinda funny because Parker is such a mellow kid. He never gets too excited about anything, but I'm sure if he had more ways to express himself this is what he would be saying...

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After the gifts, we moved Parker's highchair into the garage and sang Happy Birthday to him. He was so confused! Why are we in the garage? Why am I in my highchair in the garage? What is everyone singing? Why is everyone staring at me? Now, why am I getting naked!! I think all those questions went away when he figured out that cake in front of him was for him to eat!

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Overall, Parker had a great bithday party! Of course the blue icing caught up to him and later that night be threw up a little blueness. Then the next day, we discovered that Parker's regular poo + blue icing = BRIGHT GREEEN poo! YUMMY! Just what you wanted to know!











Thanks to Uncle E and Aunt Loni for taking all the video! And also, a HUGE thank you to everyone who participated in Parker's birthday wishes! He is obviously not old enough now to appreciate it, but I know that one day he will.