Parker - 11 months

I can't believe it's been 4 months since I last updated on Parker! I know I won't be able to recall all the details as so much has happened...I can tell you this boy does not lack energy, in fact I don't think he is ever just still.  He's constantly squirming, dancing, making music, singing, squealing, laughing and chasing his brother. He loves to do everything Mack does and they play quite well together except when there's a communication barrier between them.  Parker is a joyful little guy and loves any attention he can get but mostly his brother's attention.  He definitely brings out the "older" brother in Mack as Mack wants to boss, help and control everything Parker does.

Parker's been cruising around the furniture for the last couple of months and just 4 days before he turned 11 months, he took his first few steps all by himself. Parker is in the process of being weened off of a bottle with just a morning and evening bottle to go. He'll occasionally eat baby food but prefers to be eating whatever we are eating.  So far he does not seem very picky at all, unlike Mack who is very finicky.

Parker too shows quite an interest in music (although most babies do), he loves the drums, singing and praising Jesus!

Looking forward to posting about his 1 year birthday!

Parker - 7 months

Today Parker is 7 months old!  Our little bundle of joy is just that - Joyful!  He's constantly smiling and laughing, almost always wakes up in a happy mood just squealing and cooing and recently babbling.  Parker is constantly rolling over, and stretches to reach things.  He now likes to get on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth, so crawling is in the very near future.  He's also trying to pull himself up on things so I foresee the crib being lowered very soon as well.

Parker just loves watching Mack and wants to play with him all the time, whether that's with his cars, legos or stuffed animals Parker is right there trying to do whatever Mack is doing.  It's such an interesting perspective when you have 2 little ones and the younger learns so much faster because there's an older child they are learning from.  Developmentally there are a few differences in the boys such as Parker rolls around a lot and it appears that he may crawl sooner whereas Mack hated being on his tummy and was carried a lot more being an only child.

Schedule is still pretty routine with Parker although naps are now a little shorter but the fact he consistently sleeps 11-12 hours through the night, I won't complain.  He's starting to have 3 meals a day of baby food in addition to his 4 bottles of formula and 1 bottle of juice.  He's not to keen on the juice at this point and peaches are not a favorite.  He tends to pucker up his face and will spit up a lot after having peaches so at this point we've eliminated them from his diet.  Everything else, he seems to like.

Took our first trip to Kansas City to visit family over spring break.  Parker did quite well on the plane and during the entire visit.  He did seem to be a little more fussy at times but I believe it was just due to being off schedule and out of the ordinary.  Overall though we had a great trip.

First airplane ride

With Papa Kirk

With Grandma Donna at the KC Zoo

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With Papa Garry

With Great Grandma Gust

2nd cousins

Milk all over the face

With Grandma Tammie

Trying to crawl

Tackling Mack

At South Padre Island

Giving mommy kisses

I'm a natural

First Easter 2012

Trip to the beach

Working on my tan

Sitting up like a big boy

Bath time in the sink

7 months old