6 months old!

Dear Parker,

You turned 6 months old last week! I know it's such a cliche, but where did the time go? You are such a sweet, happy baby! I think you get sweeter each month! Here are a few things you're doing at 6 months:

-Eating solids-we've only tried squash so far, but we're planning to start peas tonight.

-Drinking juice from a straw.

-Drinking water from a regular cup.

-Sitting up-you passed your skills test at the doctor today!

-Rolling all over the place.

-Reaching/grabbing everything you can get your sweet little hands on!

-You do this funny thing where you take one sock off and hold it in your mouth. Then you just look at us like, "What's so funny?" I think you've been watching Tulip run around with a bone in her mouth!

-Laughing alot!

-You LOVE two songs right now: "I'm in the Lord's Army" and "When cows get up in the morning". If you're fussing, we can start singing those and you're suddenly fine!

-Using those teeth-especially on my chin! Weird! You start shaking your head from side to side and then try to take a big chunk out of my chin.

-Still nursing

-Watching every move that Tulip makes!

I took you for your 6 month check up today and you weighed 15.4 lbs (11th %) and were 27 inches long (67%). He said you were gaining weight at a good rate, so we shouldn't be worried that you're skinny. He said you may just be long and lean!

You rule our world buddy. We love you so much! As a matter of fact, we don't even know what to do when you're not around. You see, Saturday night our awesome church had Parents Night Out. It was from 6-9. Well, Daddy and I went on a date-we had Chinese at our favorite place and then went and bought a new Christmas tree. We didn't know what else to do with our time, so we went and got you 45 min. early!!!!! We are pitiful, but honestly, we'd rather be with you! Thank you, buddy, for changing our world and making it better.

We love you,

Mommy and Daddy

Mama's don't let your babies..

..grow up to be cowboys!"

LOVE this outfit! My mom bought it the day we found out he was a boy. I knew my baby would look precious in it, but I never dreamed he would be this BEAUTIFUL! (Sorry, but every mom has a right to brag, right?)

Skills test

Parker,

At your 4 month check up, the doctor gave us 3 skills you need to have mastered by 6 months: grabbing your feet and pulling them to your mouth (check), passing objects from one hand to the other (check) and sitting up. You've got the first two down-no problem. The sitting up is happening a little more slowly. You're getting better, but we've really been practicing with you. Daddy and I call it "working on your skills". You see, I take tests VERY seriously, Parker. So, when the doctor gave us that task, I didn't take it lightly. I'm sure you're sick of me making you practice, but let me tell you, we WILL NOT fail your 6 month check up.

We love you, buddy.

I did manage to get a good picture of him practicing for his skills test!

Look closely to see who's peeking in behind his shoulder

A good week..for the most part...

Well, it's been a good week for the most part. I was off today, praise the Lord!

Look at the pic below. Does that face look like the face of a baby with a double ear infection? I didn't think so either. However, he was running a slight fever, so we took him in to the dr. late this afternoon. I felt so silly for going in-kind of like how I felt when we went to the hospital when I had Parker-I thought it was no big deal and we'd come right home. Anyway, his temp was down, but the dr. said he had an infection in both ears. One ear was pretty bad. She gave us his first round of antibiotics. I felt horrible for not knowing he was sick, but seriously, this is how he looked all day. She said we were lucky for catching it today because it could have ended us up in the ER this weekend. She also said it was probably from the teething he's been doing-the saliva is probably draining back..gross.

I am so upset that he's sick. Up until now, he's really been the healthiest baby. No reflux, constipation, he eats incredibly well...no issues like alot of babies have had to deal with. We really feel so lucky to have such a healthy baby...the dr. did make us feel better by saying it was good we have made it two months into the sick season without having to come in.
Oh yeah, he now has two teeth! Anyway, other than that, we had a great week around here!

His first mohawk! I styled it after his bath and it stayed like the the entire next day! Who knew baby lotion was such a good styling product? Anyway, I LOVE the mohawk. I'm all about letting your child express their inner creativity..or letting their mothers express it while they're still too young to!

Our little dinosaur!

Parker looked so cute in his dinosaur outfit! He actually kind of enjoyed wearing it..I can already see days of dressing up as super heros and running around the house! He actually didn't make that great of a dinosaur-he only has 1 tooth, and he couldn't ever get the roar down. Oh well, he was definitely the cutest dinosaur we've ever seen!

Marmee bought you this outfit, and you wore it 3 times this week! Your socks were candy corns!

Princess Karoline stopped by to pay us a visit...

Presley the pumpkin came by to say hello...they can't keep their eyes off each other!

We ended the night with a visit to our good buddy Truett's house...I think Truett went as a 5 week old baby?

The loves of my life...

5 months old!

Look closely to see his tooth!

At 5 months you are:

-Holding yourself up very well-We know you'll be sitting up soon!

-Eating cereal twice a day.

-Still breastfeeding.
-Rolling all over the place!
-Sleeping pretty well!
-Grabbing for your feet and pulling your socks off! Actually, grabbing for everything!
-Becoming more vocal!
-Crying now if I leave the room and you weren't finished playing with me!
-Noticing Tulip! You LOVE her! You reach for her with the biggest grin on your face. We have to constantly remind both of you that your hands DO NOT go in her mouth!
-Love to read! You kick and reach for the pages. You now sit through an entire book and just kick your legs the whole time!
-The happiest baby we know! We LOVE you more than we ever imagined possible. Thank you, Parker for being our sweet, adorable, perfect baby. You make life fun!