Our BIG Catch-Up Blog

It has been way too long since we've posted anything to the blog. Just as everyone has been...we've been busy! Parker has been growing and growing! On the 17th of this month he turned 10 months old! Time is flying by so very fast and I find myself thinking back to all of those people who said 'before you know it, your children are 18 and moving out of the house'. Well...thank goodness we have a long way to go with that...but it was just yesterday that we couldn't wait for Parker to smile, coo, hold his own bottle or say Mama and/or Dada! Now he does all those and so much more. Time really is flying by...way too fast!


Parker's first Spaghetti-O's experience...or should I say Mom and Dad's first Spaghetti-O's experience! What a mess! ...but he LOVED it!








Parker got to meet his cousins Mason and Bethany. He also met his Uncle John and Aunt Donna.










Parker LOVES watch the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the weekends. We put Mickey Mouse and Jeffrey the Toys 'R Us giraffe in front of him. He ended up knocking down Jeffrey and grabbed Mickey!










We introduced Parker to sidewalk chalk even though it says on the box "for age's 3+"...


Uncle Kurty had to show Parker how to use the chalk rather than grabbing all of the colors at once! Surprisingly...Parker has only tried to eat the chalk once and he doesn't quite 'draw', he taps the chalk on the ground!



Parker finally got to meet his friend Connor! Connor is the son of Melissa and Cory Davis. Melissa and I went to high school together and just hadn't had a chance to get together with our lives changing so much after our kiddos arrived. Connor is exactly 1 month younger than Parker.





Grandma Cindy helps Parker get ready for a trip to the beach!









Parker and his daddy sat in the water and enjoyed the small waves that came in. Parker loved the sand...he would try to eat it so we had to keep a pacifier in his mouth!







We even played with trucks on the beach!








Grandpa Darryl enjoyed spending time with Parker too. Michael and I were able to have our first real 'date night' since Parker was born and Grandpa Darryl & Grandma Cindy took care of Lil P.

Parker now tries to hold his bottle with one hand...he thinks he's a big boy!