Ahhh...I love nice weather!

These last couple days have been such a blast. Aside from Parker still waking up at random times during the night to play...things are going wonderfully! Parker has a doctor appointment this coming Friday. It is his 6 month check...so new stats will be on the way this week. I can't wait to see how much he has grown in terms of weight and height in the last couple months. Growing is one thing we never worry about with our little "chunker" as we like to call him. Anyone who holds him always comes to the same conclusion..."he is thick!" It has been great to have the warm weather and to be able to play outside. We have also been blessed with some extra "daddy time" in the last couple days. I feel like we have gotten much more time with Travis and it has been great.

Travis and Parker were playing on the couch. It was so funny and I love how you don't even have to see Parker's mouth to know that he has a huge grin on his face. His eyes are smiling so brightly and you can tell how much he loves his daddy! It melts my heart!


The other morning Parker and I were playing in the living room. Actually, Parker was playing and I brought my mirror out into the living room to do my make-up. Parks has been going through a little bit of separation anxiety or something lately...the "only Mommy will do" and "don't leave my sight" stage has kicked in a little bit. (He does surprisingly well with "strangers" though.) Any-who...he was playing on the couch next to me and "found himself" in the mirror. He was being so funny. He even decided to lay his head down next to "the baby in the mirror."



The video below is hilarious. Parker was so funny looking at himself in the mirror. I don't think he quite knows that it is him yet...6 months is around when they start to figure it out. I constantly catch myself laughing out loud at all of the hilarious things he does.

That night, he found a cord from Trav's X-BOX controller on the floor. It was still connected and the controller was sitting on the chair. Parker spotted it from across the room and apparently HAD TO HAVE IT! He rolled himself over there to get it. When I rolled the controller cord up and slid it under the X-BOX he rolled his way over there to play with it too. It was too funny! He is into everything now and has totally figured out how to get what he wants. He has even started trying to get up on his knees. Hopefully he won't start crawling too soon! I would like him to wait to start crawling until we are out of this apartment...but our son is on his own agenda and if he really wants to crawl I'm sure he will!


The sun has been wonderful and the weather has been so warm. We took full advantage and even took Parker's Jumperoo outside. He enjoyed the grass under his bare feet and some playtime with Deacon. He thinks playing fetch with Deacon is so funny. He had so much fun playing outside. I'm sure it was a nice change from being inside the apartment.






We have been slowly introducing Parker to more "table-type foods" lately. He has tried fresh bananas, fresh apples, and today he tried a biter biscuit for the first time. It is a kind of a cracker/cookie type thing. He was actually able to hold it by himself and chew/suck on it. He is getting to be such a big boy! He got it all over his face, hands, and dropped it in his lap too.




Today Parker spent most of the day in just a onesie. That's what happens when Daddy changes a diaper...somehow the pants don't make it back on. It kind of reminds me of Papa Kev-O!!! I had put him down for a nap and when I went in to check to make sure he was asleep (Parker likes to play in his crib for long periods of time before falling asleep...there aren't even any toys in it!) and this is what I saw. His little bum sticking up in the air and him practically sucking his thumb! I had to take a picture!


I hope you haven't all had a picture overload...but I don't know who could overload when looking at such a handsome boy! I may have a slight bias...but what Mommy doesn't. My sister found an adorable and oh-so-true quote that says something like:
There is only one perfect child in the world--and every mother has it.