12 month pictures

These are over a month late, but here they are...

It's really hard for me to upload pictures from our camera when Parker's awake, and when he's asleep, I'm either sleeping myself or trying to clean up all the messes he made when he was awake. I usually blog from my phone because it's easier. (Ie Parker doesnt try to take the keyboard and mouse away from me and throw them across the room.)

My future engineer

I served P some cubed deli meat for lunch, and he stacked them up like blocks! This kid is forever trying to put the lids on bottles or containers, stack blocks, or connect the tops of his markers (color wonder markers, of course!) I love my little thinker.

Thanks, Parker...

For dumping your snack out and putting the empty bowl on my foot

Daddy is too slow!

I asked Jon to put P in the high chair while I was finishing up dinner. Parker saw all the food and knew it was dinner time and was hungry. Apparently Daddy was too slow and he took matters into his own hands!

Please ignore my baby

I got this in the mail today! It was a total surprise and it made me so happy.
Some back story: a week ago, while my baby was screaching his head off in the airport (he does that when he's happy) , I posted on fb that I needed a tshirt that says "sorry, please ignore my baby, he's part velociraptor".
So my friend Mary from CTY sent me this shirt as a total surprise! It was so nice of her. Mary was one of the teenagers who went to the camp while I was a counselor, and it always surprises me when the "kids" do something for me. Granted, Mary is an adult now and in med school, but it still touched me.  Its been a rough week recovering from our trip and this really cheered me up.

Um, ok...?

In under a week, P weaned himself off formula and the bottle. Random! It was totally unexpected because until a few days ago, he couldn't (or maybe wouldn't?) drink from a sippy cup. He wouldn't drink water or juice or whole milk either. It was like a light switch went off or something. I'm totally confused, but I am not complaining!!

Update: Parker was only without a bottle for a week and then he went back.  Crazy kid.

12 months

Yeah, I'm a little late on this post... I'm in denial that my child is a year old, so I kept putting it off.

Anyway.
-Parker is 23 inches long (almost half my height) and weighs 27 lbs.
-He has 4 teeth.
-He still drinks a bottle 4 times a day, and we are switching him to cows milk.
-He likes to feed himself some food, but still needs a giant bowl of rice and pureed food at each meal to fuel his shenanigans.
-Favorite foods: graham crackers, chicken ravioli, chicken nuggets, peaches, bananas.
-His favorite activity is walking around the house with his arms up in the air for balance.
-He's transitioning from two naps a day to one... I am exhausted and I wish I could get some kind of doctor's note allowing me to drink coffee.
-He WILL NOT sit still. Church is spent pacing the hallways. Honestly, we are lucky if we stay for two hours. We don't even try for the third hour any more. I just can't do it. Storytime at the library is a lot like church... all the other babies sit and clap along with the nursery rhymes, while P pushes other people's strollers around the library.
-He doesn't talk at all, and doesn't point or wave bye bye. He doesn't really have any words. This has me totally freaked out.
-He LOVES anything with wheels. Cars, trucks, you name it. He got an excellent haul of new cars and trucks for his birthday, and loves playing with them.
-He also loves to read. He frequently will bring me a book so I can read it to him. He also will pick up a book, open it, and start babbling to himself. This makes me want to die of cuteness overload.

I have a picture of him in the baby chair, but I'm having computer problems and will have to upload it later.