He's trying to stand on his own!

We have recently been noticing Parker trying to move one of his legs around to the front of him when he is in 'crawling' position. We have been rolling a ball on the ground to him and we make it so it does not quite reach him. He wants the ball really really badly so he tries to reach for it, falls on his face, gets his hands up underneath him, lifts up the front of his body and then manages to at least get one leg straight underneath him. It really appears that he is trying to stand up. Tonight we did our same routine and was able to get both legs straight underneath him! We were able catch a couple of pictures tonight of him trying to stand.

Parker is still a rolley-polley...but now instead of rolling around all over the place, he has been getting himself back into the sitting position.

Mother's Day was great! It was a day for me to reflect on being a mother and appreciate this beautiful baby boy that came into our lives! (I just got done getting some exercise by mowing the lawn so don't look at me...pay attention to the cute little boy in his diaper!)

Parker also had his first ear infection...well...an ear infection in both ears! He began running a temperature last week and we just kept an eye on it and then he started losing his appetite...which anyone who knows Parker knows that something HAS to be wrong if the boy is not eating!

Then we received a call from daycare that we needed to come pick him up because he had too high of a fever. When I got him home, I took his temperature again and it was off the charts...104.3! I got a little scared and waited nervously for Michael to get home. We then contemplated whether or not to take Parker to the ER or wait patiently for the Nurse at the Pediatricians office to call us back and let us know what we should do. It took what seemed like forever for the Nurse to call back, but she did quite quickly. She said that if Parker was smiling and playing and eating a little, then we could probably wait until the morning but that she would certainly schedule an after hours appt. if we wanted. She gave advice on what to do with Parker and what to look for if the situation became an emergency. Needless to say, we did make it through to the morning...with little sleep I might add...and Michael whisked Parker off to the doctor. It turned out that he had 2 ear infections and one was much worse than the other. The odd thing was that he never started tugging on his ears until after the doctor visit. We had antibiotics (still finishing that up) and ear drops to help numb the pain. He is doing much better now and no fever...thank goodness! We are just happy that this is his first ear infection. We have always heard they are so common in infants and many get them all of the time especially in the first few months.

We can't believe he'll be 8 months this Sunday!

Catching up

April has been such a busy month and we are finally able to sit down and catch our breath and let everyone know what's been going on with our big boy!

He is about 7 1/2 months old...gosh time flys. He continues to sleep through the night. Usually about 10 hours with just a few cat naps throughout the day at daycare. He enjoys being outside and watching the lawn get mowed or mommy blowing bubbles with Dakota, the crazy cat, chasing them. He really likes the sound of birds chirping and he likes to play with Sunset and his little red doggy that Grandma Carol made for him.

Parker likes to play 'airplane ride' with his Uncle Kurt.

Parker has been learning to give kisses (and yes, he is always dirty!)

He is rolling over and over and over now. He is very quick about it too. One minute he's right in front of you and the next he is half way across the room! We haven't quite accomplished crawling (just scooting). We have a feeling he will be walking before he's crawling (you'll see later)!

On Easter, Parker got to die an egg of his own. What he really wanted to do was put the egg and the egg holder in his mouth!

Parker has been eating all by himself now...We give him puffs (Cheerios), carrots, green beans, potatoes and bananas. Boy is it a mess! That's of course on top of his formula, cereal and Gerber food...he eats a lot! He has 6 teeth now...3 on top and 3 on the bottom. He sucks on his bottom lip most of the time and then when he gets in his hyper moods he grinds his teeth (not a pleasant sound) but we're assuming it must feel good to him.

Parker has been 'talking' a lot! Sometimes we think we hear 'mama' or 'dada' but it may be us eager to hear those words. He babbles and sings and talks to his toys.

As mentioned before, he may bypass the crawling and go straight to walking. He is very strong on his legs and can stand pretty much on his own. He likes to look down at his feet though so he easily gets distracted.

Parker is going to meet his Great Grandpa and Great Great Aunt and Uncle along with other relatives in a few short weeks. We are certain he will be the entertainment for the weekend and bring smiles to everyone's face.