Parker Is Walking!

I thought I would post a little video of Parker walking. She is getting really good at it even though she will get excited and go too fast but I guess that is to be expected. Enjoy!

Poor Sick Baby

For the past week, I have had to stay home with Parker while she is getting over an ear infection, pneumonia and Roseola! We had to take her to the Emergency Room Monday and that was no fun at all. She was running an extremely high fever and looked just miserable. I had never even heard of Roseola until we took her for a follow up appointment on Thursday. It explains the sudden rash. I thought she was just allergic to her antibiotic. She seems to be feeling much better now and the rash is also starting to look better. I hate seeing her sick. I feel very helpless but you can only do what you can. Other than that, we are just counting down the days until she turns 1. I can hardly believe it is almost time. She has grown so much. It is so very exciting to see all of her progress. We have been taking some pictures but I'm very slow at getting them up. So hopefully in a few days, I can get some new pictures of her up here!

Chrimstmas

I know it is a little late but here are a few pictures of Parker opening her gifts and a couple in her red Christmas dress. She was very confused about the whole present opening process but she seemed to have a good time anyway.

9 Month Checkup

Yesterday, we took Parker for her 9 month checkup even though she turned 9 months on December 12. So it is a little closer to her 10 month checkup. Nonetheless, it all turned out wonderful and Dr. Froman said she was just perfect. She was doing well everywhere.
Progress Stats:
Length: 30 1/4 inches
Weight: 19 lbs
Appetite: She still has about 4 6 oz bottles a day, baby food and of course table food. She loves everything we eat. She went crazy for spaghetti the other night and seemed to enjoy chili dogs as well and the mess in her hair and on her face proved it! She is also eating biter biscuits, cookies, cheese, ,yogurt, little fruits and many other things. She is also getting to the point where she just doesn't want her baby food anymore. She is trying to grow up too fast.
Physical: She can crawl, pull up on anything, cruise furniture, stand alone for a few seconds and take one and a half steps alone. She is really trying to walk so maybe she will soon.
Right now she can wave bye-bye, play peek-a-boo and give high fives. She can say mama, ,dada, night night(which sounds like ni ni) uh oh and bye bye. She can say dada bye bye!

We won't see the doctor again until her 12 month appointment, which is so much closer than it seems. I am already starting to think about birthday ideas for her. I can't believe it is almost here. She is doing wonderful and I hope she continues to do so!

Christmas Pictures

Parker's Christmas pictures

I finally went and had Parker's pictures taken. This one is the only one I have so far. I won't get the others until Friday. I think it turned out quite nice.

9 months

Tomorrow, Parker will be 9 months old. I can hardly believe that time has gone by that fast. I feel like she was just born. She is very much in the fun state right now. Even though she is into everything she is still so much fun. The first of January, she will be going to her 9 month appointment so I will have more information on her height and weight. She is growing constantly so that is a good sign. Some things she has accomplished so far are:

She is eating like a champ. She still has around four bottles a day, baby food as well as "people food". There are so many things that she enjoys to eat. It is neat to watch her try all kinds of things.

She has been a great sleeper the last couple of weeks or so. She is going to bed in between 8 and 9 and sleeping until 7 or 8 am. Those are usually the days she and I are at home, the weekends. Other than that I have to wake her up to go to daycare, :(. She sleeps in her crib but she now can stand in it and pull things off of the wall, yikes! Good thing it is only plush.

Her mobility is great. She can crawl extremely fast, pull up and stand, stand by herself for a second or two, climb a flight of 12 stairs and of course sit up from her stomach. She is doing wonderful developmentally. She can wave bye-bye but only when she feels like it, play pat-a-cake, peekaboo, and many more things. She is saying mama, dada and night night. I am trying to slowly incorporate some sign language as well. We are still working on the sign for mama. Maybe in a month or so we will move on to something else.

She is doing absolutely wonderful and I couldn't be more happier. We are going Thursday to FINALLY have her pictures taken for Christmas. She has a beautiful red Christmas dress all ready to go. We can't wait to go to Conway and DeQueen for Christmas to see all of our families. Here are a few pictures of her playing in the kitchen, eating and etc. Enjoy!!

Getting into mommy's cabinets.


Looking Cute!


What a mess!

Giving Thanks

We, well mainly me, were all over the place for Thanksgiving this year. My first year to try and balance going to see all of the families. First, we went to Conway to see Jeff's parents and siblings. We had a great time seeing everyone. Parker loves seeing her grandparents and all of her cousins. She tried a few different foods while she was there and she loved the yams and dressing. She had a little jello too but that was about all we would venture to. I didn't take many pictures while I was there since I forget I have my camera most of the time. I did take two and they were while she was eating. Jeff decided to have a little fun with her hair.

Giving a good pose

After returning from Conway, I got up the next day and drove to DeQueen to have Thanksgiving with my family. Everyone was happy to see Parker and I was happy to get a little break while everyone played with her. They haven't seen her since she has started crawling and sporting two bottom teeth. I was sad to leave but we will be back there for Christmas. I did take a few more pictures of her in DeQueen.

Parker loved playing with Brian's dog, Dixie

Parker's hair is finally long enough to have a barrette in it