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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

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!

Sunday, February 17, 2008

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!

Saturday, January 19, 2008

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!

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Parker's First Christmas!

This post has been long overdue: Parker's first Christmas. Of course, it was more fun for Mommy and Daddy than Parker, but I still think she enjoyed all of her gifts and spending time with all of our family. Our "Christmas" started off with a brunch at Grandmother's with all of Poppa's family. This was the Saturday before Christmas (the 23rd). Parker got a Grandmother-made nightgown (the same material as one Mommy had as a little girl!), a "my first Christmas" bib, a cute shirt from Old Navy and a really cool LeapFrog music table and a LeapFrog Tad doll. She also got some money to put in her savings account until she's a big girl! We left brunch in Franklinton and hurried back to Uncle Troy and Aunt Allison's house for Christmas with Crunchy Paw Paw and Mrs. Judy. Parker got more cute clothes and a V-Tech bear. On Christmas Eve, we went to our church, The Ring Community Church, for a short service. Then we came home, put Parker in her Christmas "jammies," and went to bed.

When we woke up Christmas morning, Parker opened her presents from Santa. She got Born to Be a Tiger, Too! (a book), a FisherPrice "stage," and some LeapFrog toys. Then we got ready for a very busy day! We had lunch at Maw Maw and Paw Paw's with Granny's family, and dinner with Daddy's family at Maw Maw Janice's house. Parker got more toys, clothes, and books than any little girl really needs!! Here are a few of our Christmas pictures....