New Friends, New Tricks

In the last post, we welcomed Parker's new buddy A.J. in to the world!  We got to go see Mr. Andy, Mrs. Brandi, and A.J. in the hospital when he was a day old.  Here are Daddy, Parker, Mr. Andy, and baby A.J.

Mommy with A.J. and Parker. (I was talking to Trent when he took this picture.)  Obviously, Parker wasn't too interested in A.J.  She was more interested in the camera!

This is how Parker has been sleeping when we get her up in the mornings-  on her tummy with her little booty in the air!

Last Thursday,  we went to have dinner with Andy, Brandi, and A.J.  Parker showed off her "big girl" skills of sitting up!  She was looking at Mrs. Brandi's camera at the time!

New buddies- Parker Ann and A.J.

Isn't he a sweet little man??

Parker is doing great!  She's finally getting the hang of this "sitting up" deal, and in the next couple of days, I fully expect her THIRD tooth to break through!  She has two on the bottom, and one ALMOST in on the top.  

On February 27, Parker went to visit a new pediatrician- Dr. Folse.  (We're switching pediatricians- no real reason, other than the fact that I just really liked Dr. Folse!)  She weighed 17 pounds, 6 ounces and was 27 3/4 inches long.  She's a big girl!!!  

Parker is still enjoying her time at Granny, Poppa, and CC's house during the day, as well as her weekly visits with Maw Maw and Paw Paw (Janee's grandparents).  She loves her great-grandparents!

I only have another week and a half of school before I am out for Spring Break.  I am really looking forward to having a week off with my little girl!!  We are also looking forward to Parker's very first Easter egg hunt with our church the day before Easter!

We'll leave you with this video of our sweet girl!

Pictures and Party!!

As promised, here are some pictures of Parker!  The first two are of her first experience eating "beef."  As you can see, she was not too sure about that!

Here are a few of our girl on Valentine's Day.  Isn't she a sweetheart??

Yesterday was Parker's cousin Kallie's fourth birthday party!  Here's Parker in her party hat, not sure what was going on!

Here is Kallie opening presents!  She got lots of Hannah Montana stuff!

Kara (Kallie's younger sister) had to check everything out!

After the party was over, Kallie and Kara showed us what big girls they are by giving Parker all of their pacifiers!  We had to get pictures to capture the moment.  As you can tell, Parker was worn out by the time the party ended!

Valentine's Day and 7 Months Old!!

Parker made 7 months yesterday! She's getting big.... I know I say this every post, but I am reminded of it because she seems to get heavier every day.

She is still not sitting up on her own (pushing herself up), but we are working on her balance if you put her in the sitting position. She still doesn't last long, but even tonight her daddy said, "She's getting better at it!" She's also become much more active in terms of playing. She has an "activity center" at home and at Granny & Poppa's, and she is getting really good at using her feet to "walk" around and play with all of the toys. At home, her favorite toy on the activity center is a little "ferris wheel" with plastic beads that rattle when she spins it. At Granny's, she has a little piano that plays different little song riffs. It is fun to see her moving around more. She is also a big fan of yanking her pacifier out of her mouth and waving it around- especially the plastic ones with the "handles" that rattle when she waves them. Once this morning and once this evening, she actually managed to put her paci in her own mouth!!

We are moving up in the food world as well. Parker had her first experience with "beef" on Wednesday. Mommy thinks it smells awful, and Parker's first few bites were extremely uncertain, but eventually she ate it really well. She did great with it a second night last night as well. Today, we tried "banana mixed berry" which she seemed to LOVE.

Tomorrow, we are going to a birthday party for Parker's cousin Kallie. She's FOUR! I will post pictures after the party!

In other news, I (Janee) received news from my doctor, Dr. Folse, after several rounds of bloodwork, that I am mildly insulin resistant. I will soon begin taking Glucophage daily to help correct this. Please pray for me as I begin the medicine in the coming weeks, because it can have some un-fun side effects, and I really do not want to battle feeling sick and trying to teach!

Six Months Old!!

On Monday, Parker turned SIX MONTHS OLD!! It is so hard to believe she's already reached that "milestone." She continues to amaze us with her sweet personality and smiles and giggles. She is still spoiled rotten and loving the attention she gets every day at Granny's while Mommy and Daddy are at work. Still no interest in sitting up... she can hold herself up well in your lap, etc, but won't do it on her own. She's still only rolling over in one direction, but Mommy is okay with that, because that means we have a LITTLE while longer before the crawling begins!

The same day LSU won the National Championship, Parker's first tooth broke through! You still can't see it very well, but pictures will be coming as soon as we can get them. Now we are working on tooth #2. Even in the middle of teething, Parker remains a happy girl.

We went to the doctor for her 6 month check-up on Wednesday. She now weighs 16 lb., 15 oz. and is 26 inches long. She's in the 50th percentile in both of these. We know she's going to be a smart girl, because she's in the 90th percentile for head circumference! As Dr. Melton says, we've gotta have room for those brains! We'll be introducing the "mixed" foods and "meats" in about a month... we're going to continue mastering the first foods fruits and veggies. Her favorites seem to be bananas and squash, and she has a definite distaste for peas.

Here are a few pictures from the last month...

Playing in her bumbo!

She really likes her play-mat and bumbo seat.

Little lady bug!

Wearing the lady bug shoes from Aunt Jamie!

Happy girl!

She loves to eat!

In her skirt and sweater from Mrs. Cris, Mr. Jake, Addie and Jack

All this picture-taking is hard work!