Merry Christmas!

Hannah's Christmas Program

Hannah's Class had a mini Christmas program today. 

 She was the cutest reindeer ever!

Determined Parker

Parker is problem solving to get to his fishes.

Parker's 1st Birthday PARTY!!

Parker's first Birthday was a Dr. Suess theme

One of his favorite TV shows is Cat in the Hat so it was a go go go.  

I had so much fun planning all of the details

Cousin Tammi made the cake from "Cat in the Hat Comes Back" and the adorable Cat in the Hat, Hat smash cake.  I made the Thing One Thing Two cupcakes

"Go Dog Go" Sausage rolls

Ham Quiche and Spinach Quiche

Rainbow Goldfish

Having fun unwrapping his presents.

                               "PEEK!!"                                                         Parker and Pappy

                          Ready for Cake!

The Greats chatting at the table

Parker and Daddy

Our sweet friends Ethan and Isabella in the beautiful Thing One Thing Two that Aunt Carleen made.

All the family!  What a wonderful day!

similarities

Parker and Hannah on their first birthdays

Going to the Zoo, zoo, zoo

The day after Parker's birthday we went with some friends to the zoo!

It was our first trip where Parker was actually into having fun and looking at the animals.

Watching the giraffes

Goofing around after lunch

running to Sister

Having a staring contest with the brown bear

we are fascinated!

Parker's Birthday

Baby Parker is finally 1!

We have had a wonderful year with our precious Parker!

Here are some highlights from his Birthday day.

First cupcake at Birthday lunch with daddy

Opening presents with Hannah

Enjoying his birthday present, an new chair so the kids don't have to fight!

Second cupcake after birthday dinner

He likes cake!

We had a great Birthday!!

Parker stats: Weight:18.4lbs Height:27in

Outside Fun

The cooler days have given us more time to play outside.  Here are some of the fun shots I took while we were playing.

Parker Climbing

The Last First

I have just been thinking about Hannah's last-First Day of Preschool. Next year she will be off to Kindergarten and it is a little bitter sweet. I love having her home so much who knows what kind of mess I will be in next year.  I keep thinking about putting Parker in preschool already so I can have some time to work and it makes me super sad to think of my sweet boy already old enough for school.  I just pray he enjoys being my work buddy for as long as possible.

Sweet Little Hannah at 20 months old starting the toddler class at YCW

28 months old starting the 2 year old class

Three years old ready and loving school!

Hannah is 4 now, almost four and a half and she loves school so much!  She already wishes she could go everyday and asks me when she can start Kindergarten.  She is starting Museum School on Friday she could not be more excited!

Hannah's First day of Pre-K

Today is Hannah's last FIRST day of Pre-School!

She is so excited about going back to YCW!

We can't wait to see the amazing things she gets to see and learn this year!  And we are so excited about her teachers, Ms. LeeAnn and Ms. Nikki!

Parker is 11 months!

So I did a pretty terrible job taking pictures this month but I have several movies of walking that I might someday post. ;-)

This month Parker went on his second vacation.  This trip was to Lake Travis I did not take my camera out of the diaper bag the entire time.  I have hard copies of the grandparents photos but that really doesn't help the blog.  Also this month Parker officially became a walker!  He is walking all over the house, taking U-turns standing up without pulling up and he actually is preferring walking to crawling.  This month Parker also got to visit the nursery for the first time.  Yes I am weird about the nursery.  Every time Hannah went she had a panic attack and came home with some disease so I have put it off but Ladies class started last week so Parker got to go to class too.  He did great and loved on Ms. Ashley.  I can't wait for him to have a great time in there!  Parker also started waving goodbye and saying "bye bye"  It is so precious and we make him do it all the time! 

Parker is still my little guy.  We are just now putting away all the 6-9m clothes and staring in awe at the 12-18m clothes I pre-bought him for winter that look twice his size.  He is such a happy and healthy baby and he will eat anything that you put in front of him!  He now is eating a lot of finger/toddler food in addition to milk and baby food.  He has lots of bread, his favorite, crackers, carrots, carrot chips, green beans, black beans, veggie chips, cheese, eggs, mashed potatoes, strawberries, blackberries, and yogurt.

Parker Stats: 18.2lbs

Parker is 10 months

Parker is 10 months and I am pround to say he made it this far!

Do you ever do things like make sure you have leave the car seat, just in case.  Or know where to go in an emergency, just in case.  Always knowing that nothing bad will happen?  Well this month something bad happened.  Parker got a hood stuck in his eye.  Or rather his eye stuck on a hook, attached to a dresser.  We had a traumatic 9th month!  After several stitches and stint for his tear duct he is back to normal!

We have had an incredibly hectic 9th month.  

Week one started out with a nursing strike.  If you have not heard of that you are not alone.  I could not figure out why my baby would not want my ample and delicious milk.  After talking to my good friend and midwife Kelli, she filled me in.  He did not nurse for two days and after about 36 hours he finally figured out how to take a bottle.

The end of the week was our 9 month check up with our new pediatrician.  She was not happy with Parker's weight and there was some disagreement with her assessment.  So long story very short, we are on to pediatrician number 4 in two months.

Two days after Parker had surgery he started standing up on his own!  and a week later he took his first steps!  He is such a big boy for being such a little guy!

This month he also did not sleep through the night for 26 days in a row.  That was the longest he has ever gone since birth.  We are still not back to normal from teething and surgery it has been so long since we cried it out successfully that we really need to get back in the swing of things.

Parker also started saying Hannah this past week he actually says "Nannah" and usually is yelling it but it is so precious to see him calling his sister.  He is up to several discriminate words now.  Mama, Dada, Nannah, and Ba (ball)

Parker is still one of the sweetest, happiest babies I have ever seen!  He always has the best smile on his face and I love him so much it hurts!  One of my favorite things about him is that he gives them most amazing hugs.  I am not sure if it is because he is a baby or because he never is still but he will give me a hug for 10+ seconds and it is wonderful.

On an unrelated manor...Grangran, Aunt Carleen, Parker and I took Hannah to the American Girl store last week.  I have not had that much fun all summer!  We will be going again soon!