At the Park with my Cousins

Look at the first three pictures closely... watch Harper try to push Parker off the slide. She always tries to show him that she's older and tougher.




We live super close to the park so we plan on going a lot this summer. Last week I took Parker twice in one day! He loves it and I love being outside with him. I say it all the time but he is such a boy and just like his father. We had so much fun on Saturday when Gage and Harper came to the park with us. The kids played hard and we played the game red light green light on the way home. Needless to say we all got some good naps in that afternoon.



The evening before I had Parker we went to the park with everyone and I bounced on this thing for a good 10 minutes and a few hours later I was in labor. So I just had to give Parker a go on the springy thing... he didn't like it very much. These are the only pictures were he isn't smiling.

10 Months!

At 10 months Parker is busier and more curious than ever. He can do so many new tricks. He wants to walk so badly but just can't seem to figure it out on his own. His current favorite foods are mangos, blueberries, PB&J, yogurt and rice. He LOVES playing soccer. He is so happy to chase the ball around the house and he LOVES watching his dad play soccer every Thursday. He thinks brushing his teeth is hilarious. He likes to investigate new things thus we finally had to put baby locks on the cupboards. On average we read 5 books a day and if Parker had his way all the time we would have to read more. He prefers to play with tupperware, pots and pans and soccer balls over his regular toys. He loves the baby jogger and going running with me. He likes to look for airplanes and point them out to us by screaming and pointing when he sees one. He thinks the vacuum is a ride. The piano gets played everyday. He talks all the time but we have yet to understand him. He flirts with EVERYONE. When we put his sunglasses on him he actually leaves them on and doesn't try to take them off. When I took these pictures he wasn't interested in sitting still for too long so they didn't turn out as cute as I had hoped. Oh well, at this point you just take what you can get.

Oh Happy Day

Last Saturday my cousin, Jacen, and our good buddy, Anthony, were both baptized. Parker was very well behaved for both baptisms and so when we got home we let him crawl around on the grass. He isn't a huge fan of grass at the moment, our lawn is prickly and we will be re-doing the entire front and back yard this summer and hopefully he will learn to like it. But last weekend he was so happy to play in the yard with his daddy and didn't cry once when he touched the grass (big improvement from last time).

9 Months!

I promise these were actually taken when he was 9 months but I just haven't gotten around to putting them up til now. We have been super busy with work and school and family trips to the cabin and mostly at the end of the day I lack the motivation to update our blog. At 9 months Parker is a moving machine, moving monster, always on the go, even in his sleep! I will try to upload the video as proof but he knows what a cow, chicken and a sheep say. We are working on other animals but his favorite is the cow, he is good at moo-ing. He is an excellent little swimmer, LOVES to blow bubbles in the water and he is working on a regular kick rather than the little mer-man kick he was doing. He takes 2 good naps everyday. He LOVES his daddy so much. He is also an excellent eater. Right now his favorite foods are grapes, cheerios, meatballs, bananas, any kind of berry, spaghetti, anything I am eating, and as of recently he decided he loves kiwis. His favorite sport is soccer. No joke. He will play with his soccer balls all day long, chasing them all over and he always has the biggest smile when we hold him up and help him kick the ball around. He has no fear. Loves to go running with me. Loves reading books. I feel so lucky to be his momma!