A Couple Firsts For Baby Parker

It is now Saturday night. My hormones have been in full force for the last several days! Lots of tears...over absolutely nothing!!! I tried to watch a movie with Mom and Travis the other night and started crying immediately. I was then sent to bed by my mother and husband straight away. My mom is leaving tonight, and I am not quite sure what to do without her here. I am very nervous as of right now. Especially because Travis has gone back to work, so now I will truly be at it on my own. I am sure that I will be calling her a bunch!


Yesterday Mom and I took Parker for his first walk around Cheney. It was nice to get out of the apartment for a while and just get some fresh air. I have discovered that I love our stroller (thanks Grandma Jammi & Grandpa Lee)! It was a great walk. I took that same walk over and over while I was pregnant. It was nice to get to do it with the baby on the outside this time! (Even though he slept through most of it.)Another first for Parker was his first bath this morning! He can't be submerged yet because his umbilical cord has not fallen off yet. We got to give him a sponge-bath though. He was not entirely thrilled...but fell asleep shortly after! After his bath, we were able to see just how wavy his long hair is. I attribute this to Grandma Jammi!

Another first was Parker's amazing ability to sleep through half a day! We tried just about everything to wake him up. He took a really cruddy nap earlier today, and was fussy until his next feeding. After that feeding, he slept and slept and slept. We were still able to get him to eat every 3 hours. But waking up was out of the question. We tried changing his diaper (something he usually hates unless his tummy is full), wiping him down with a wet washcloth, and just about anything else you could think of! Parker finally decided to wake up at about 7:30 p.m. I am sure Travis and I are in for quite a night!!! We'll see how we do. It has been a while since we were up all night for any reason! Pray for us that we get our little man back to knowing day is day and night is night!!!

In any case...we have loved having Nonni Donna here with us and we will ALL miss her very much!!! Thanks for everything Non! We love you bunches.