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Sunday, June 23, 2013

5 days shy of 10 months old

I had to take P's picture early this month because we will be in NY when he actually turns 10 months old and it would drive me crazy to not have a picture of him in his rock n play.

Here's what he's up to this month:
-crawling, cruising along furniture, and climbing non stop. I am a terrible person and look at people with babies that calmly sit for storytime and Church and wish really hard that their next baby is just as active as mine. This would be payback for 1) having it waaay too easy and 2) the smug looks I get that say "I can control my child and you cant/ my baby is better than yours/ I'm a better parent than you." Ok rant over.

-he loooves trying new foods. In the past month or so he;s had Chineese, Greek, Mexican, and Indian. He loves new flavors.

-speaking of food, he drinks 32 oz of formula a day, in addition to about 6 cups of baby puree, and samples of whatever I eat.

-he has two little teeth on the bottom

-he loves to talk and can make lots of weird sounds. He is really really loud.

- he sometimes repeats after me, ie "mama" and "googoo". The other day he repeated "I love you" ("aaayy yuvv ooo") while I was driving and I had to pull over because my heart was about to explode.

-he goes to story time several times a week because I'm tired of him demolishing my house all the time

-he used to like to swim, but now he paddles his little float to the side of the pool, climbs out of his float, climbs out of the pool, and crawls away. I wish I was exaggerating but I'm not.

Seriously, as much as he exhausts me and frusterates me, I love this kid more than I ever thought possible. Happy 10 month birthday, little dude!

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Foodie baby

You can tell when Parker really likes a certain food because he keeps his hands in his mouth when he eats to make sure the food doesn't fall out. Its gross... but I'm glad to see my chicken quesadillas made the cut

Book worm

Parker is now signed up for TWO summer reading programs! (Wake and Durham counties.)

Wake county:
PRO: easy to log activities with a sticker chart, I like their story times better. A LOT better.
CON: I'm not exactly sure what happens when the sticker chart is full

Durham county:
PRO: you get points for reading at home (not so with Wake county), cool prizes (Parker wins prizes every time he gets 100 points and could win a LeapFrog computer, and I get points for reading to him and win prizes too!). There is a family story time at night, perfect for working parents.
CON: you have to log your points on a computer instead of with stickers. Lame. Also, I haven't been impressed with story time. Then again, I now hold everything to same standard as the Wake library on Harps Mill.

This has what my life has become. Smh!

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Decoy

Parker was offended when I tried to give him an old calculator so he would stop going after my phone...

New trend

Parker has started hanging off my leg all the time. This is 70% endearing and 30% annoying.

Thursday, June 6, 2013

First hair cut

Jon wanted to cut Parker's hair, but there was no way I was letting him cut it, especially for his first hair cut. So we compromised- we could go all out for his first hair cut (the cutesy salon where he sat in an airplane or whatever, purchase the "first haircut package", etc.) and then Jon can be in charge of subsequent haircuts. (if he messes it up I'll just bring him back to the salon).

I have no idea why, but I was near tears the whole time. My baby is growing up!!





Tuesday, June 4, 2013

I dont worry about my kid until....

I get the questionnaire at the doctors office asking about his development. I swear, I will have only a handful of questions written down before the appointment. After reading the questionnaire, I have to ask about him not drinking from a cup, not repeating any words, not speaking turning cartwheels.... etc.

Parker still weighs 23 lbs (75%) . He's 31 inches long (95%), and his head circumfrance is 18.75 (95%)