First Cold!

The big story of the past week has been Parker's first cold. He came down with it last weekend and by Sunday night, he was coughing constantly and his nose was running bad. So Monday morning I took him to the walk-in clinic at his pediatrician’s office. That was a circus. We got there 5 min after opening but there were already 20 kids in front of us. Some were clearly sick but I honestly think some of the older kids were just trying to get out of school. Anyway, he's on antibiotics for the first time. I feel bad having a 4 month-old on meds but it doesn't feel as bad as looking at a 102.5 fever in the middle of the night and a baby crying in pain.

The good news is that he responded right away to the medicine and he's doing very well. But we were warned that we would catch everything that he gets and now Brooke and I are fighting a cold. That's hard when we're trying to wrap up at our jobs and get ready to move.

For those of you who haven't already heard, we are re-locating to the east coast. I'm going to be working in the Greensboro Triad area and we're actually moving the last week of the month. It is bitter sweet in that we can't wait to be closer to family but we are so going to miss SoCal and our dear friends here. That is a subject for its own blog so I'll leave it at that.

Also congratulations to Cori and Patrick on the birth of their twins. Any pregnancy is a challenge but twins are extra tough. But they stayed strong throughout and now have two beautiful baby girls. Way to go guys!

We've put up three new videos taken in the last few days. Here's the tickle one.



And here are a few pictures taken lately:







I'll try to get a post up as we get near the move and how that's going with the baby. Stay tuned...

New Toy

Parker got a taste of his new toy this week. He doesn't quite understand it yet and it might be a bit too big for him.





I added a video of him in his toy to youtube.

I also got a little video of him trying to sit up. It's on youtube and below. This is his big thing right now. He's getting there but as you can see, has a ways to go.

New Pictures and Update

This little guy changes every day. He has become increasingly "talkative" and certainly more aware of his surroundings.




He is kind of trying to sit up alone but he may still have a few weeks to go on that trick.

He's using his hands to touch things in front of him albeit with limited coordination at this point.



But what he really likes is when we talk directly to him and sing little songs. That always seems to elicit a big grin. I can't tell if he's laughing with me or at me?

What do you think?


They say babies aren't ticklish but I know darn well he is. Under his arms and around his belly sometimes gets him laughing out loud. It's really cute but kind of rare. I wish I could catch it on camera. Stay tuned...

We had another visit from Aunt Jill and Uncle Greg this past weekend. Parker really loves his Aunt Jill as you can see here:


Just kidding. Here they are again:


Every time I turned around, Jill had the baby.


We went out to dinner with some of Jill's colleagues.

Jill had a good time...


We made a trip to the World Famous San Diego Zoo last weekend.

Here' Parker and Mommy in front of the Polar Bear exhibit:


I guess that's enough for now. It's worth noting that Parker was technically 15 weeks old yesterday (Tuesday). I don't know if it has gone by fast or slow. 15 weeks doesn't sound like a long time but I'm having trouble remembering life before him. Odd.

Special congratulations to our good friends Robin and Sean. We've had a link up on the right to their baby blog for a while and the big day finally came on Jan. 15th. Welcome Baby Camryn! We are so excited for them. Just get through the first couple of weeks guys. The sleeping gets better after that.

I'll sign off with a few more pictures. We really want to get these posts up more often. I'll do my best.