1 Year Old Today!

Happy Birthday Parker!

What a year! We can say with some certainty that no previous twelve months have ever seen so much change for either of us. I guess, technically, that goes for Parker too.

He had a party in K-town this past weekend and another big one this coming weekend in Cary. I’m a little short on time today so I’ll promise to post tons of pictures from both parties next week.

But tonight, his Mother and I threw our own little party with just Junior and the dogs. Brooke said “I’m going to buy him a little something for his birthday tonight” and then came home with a gift as big as Parker.

Here he is eyeing it up and down. I think he’s worried there’s another bulldog in there.



Parker tasted ice cream for the first time tonight. He seemed to like it after he got used to the cold.

Here’s his initial reaction.



Here’s another.



That wasn’t his only new experience this past week. Here he is facing forward for the first time in a car seat.



He didn’t know what to think at first but it’s old hat to him now and he seems to like being able to see where he’s going.

I have to run but I WILL get tons of pictures up next week from all the festivities.

And Parker says "Thanks" to everyone for all the calls, cards, and gifts...



See you soon.

Trying to Walk

Parker is still working on walking. He can stand alone for as long as he wants and he has actually taken a few steps but crawling is still the path of least resistance. I guess he’ll be walking soon enough.

UPDATE: We've got some clips of Parker working on his classic toy where you fit different shapes into a ball. He got 6 out of 10. Hey, that's a solid B at ECU!



Parker graduated from “Wobbler I” to “Wobbler II” this week. The WII class is technically supposed to be for walkers but he is really close and he seems to enjoy the toys and other kids in the bigger class. So it’s back to being the little kid again.






Parker now has six teeth! We’re trying to teach dental hygiene. It’s hard without laughing.




Mama’s Boy.





One of Parker’s favorite pastimes is plundering.





We have two mischievous little boys in our house: Parker and Willis.







Roxy and Willis have pretty much settled in.




And finally, he has learned to wave bye bye. Here he is waving before crawling away to get into trouble.





We have several good videos but they are a pain to post. I'll work on adding them to Youtube soon so keep an eye out.

Summertime!

Parker loves the water! He loves the tub; he loves the pool; he loves his sippy cup; it doesn’t matter as long as it involves water. We worked on dipping his head underwater this weekend. Supposedly, you just blow in a baby’s face to make them take a breath, and then you quickly dunk them under and back up. It kind of works but not quite as well as they make it sound on TV. Parker really has no objections to getting his head wet but if he swallows a little water he chokes a little bit. Then I just flip out. I think it’s going to take more courage from me than from him.

Here was Parker last weekend in Cary. Chillin' with the Ladies.








Bath time is his favorite time of the day!






Here's some from this past weekend with Mommy and Daddy. He loves this little float thing.











Here's a few out of the water.






Anyway, sorry for the long time between posts. We’re super busy, yadda, yadda, yadda… Everyone’s giving me a hard time so I’ll do better this month. One thing that would help would be to have some pictures taken by our family and friends. If any of you have some good ones of the little sea monster, email them to me and I’ll make sure to post them.

Parker’s starting to say “mama” and “dada” with some consistency. I’ll try to get it on video in the coming weeks.

Until next time…