Parker takes his first steps

Parker took his first steps this past Friday. His record so far is three steps! Nolan saw Parker walking on video, but hasn't seen him walk in person. While we were waiting for Vanessa at her horse lessons, daddy was trying to get Parker to walk on his own. I happened to catch this picture of them walking hand in hand. This is now one of my favorite photos of them together.

Rockin' the baby

You will probably see a lot of posts from here on out talking about Parker's first birthday. While I'm on a budget, I still want to go all out. I've been making a lot of his decorations and one of his decorations will be photo collages of Parker for each month. I plan on hanging them "clothesline style" but, still haven't quite worked out the details on it.

I also wanted to join in on the "Rockin' the Baby" linky that other bloggers are doing this week. Oh, how this gave me baby fever. It is so amazing how much Parker has changed and how fast it happened. I remember each of these pictures like I took them yesterday. Anyhow, enjoy! :)



Parker's Birth





Parker's first month



Parker's second month



Parker's third month



Parker's fourth month




Parker's fifth month



Parker's sixth month



Parker's seventh month




Parker's eighth month



Parker's ninth month



Parker's tenth month

Happy 10 month birthday, lil man

Phew, what a busy month! I'm so late getting this update posted. I ruined the little "10 month" sticker we use on his onesie for his monthly picture update, so I had to do without one this month.

10 month stats:

weight: 19 lbs 10 oz
height: 28.5 inches
clothing: 12-18 month tops and 12 months pants/shorts.

The biggest news this month is that Parker's first tooth arrived just 3 days before he turned 10 months! It's barely above the gum line and after a week or so I was finally able to get a picture. You can even see in the picture a little blister where his 2nd tooth is close to coming.



Parker...

-is finally starting to eat more food. He loves to eat, Cheerios with milk, sweet potatoes, scrambled eggs, daddy's banana/strawberry smoothie, chicken, and Gerber snack puffs.
-loves the vacuum cleaner. From the moment the vacuum turns on he is attaching himself to it.





-loves swimming in the pool. Actually, he loves water of any kind.
-loved the fireworks on the 4th of July.
-loves to talk to daddy on the speakerphone on daddy's lunch break.
-will no longer sit still or quiet in the movie theater.




Parker is very close to walking on his own. I'm still in no hurry for this, but it won't be much longer.


We are teaching Parker sign language. He hasn't done them back to us yet, but he is responding to certain signs.

mommy: he looks or crawls to me.
daddy: he looks or crawls to daddy.
cat: he looks or crawls to the cat.
drink: he will pick up his sippy cup.
eat: he will open his mouth for a bite of food.



We are also teaching him, all done, more, please, thank you, tiger, fan, light, spider, sun, ball and car.

I've completed another part of his birthday party, the invites!



I love this little guy so much! I love how stubborn he is. I love how determined he is. I love when he snuggles me and kisses me. I love everything about him. Everyday he is in my life is such an amazing blessing.



Happy 10 months my little prince.

Two months to go and a birthday sneak peek

Parker is 10 months! Crazy right?!? Just two more months until his first birthday. Boy am I excited. Will I go overboard? Absolutely! I will have a 10 month update post in the next day or so. In between orders I have started to work on Parker's outfit for his first birthday.

I have never posted anything from my wedding on my blog, but I made a lot of the decorations, invitations and I also made the wedding capes.





I really wanted Parker to wear a cape for his birthday party since his theme is "Royalty." A few size adjustments and here is his cape. He's not a huge fan right now, but I think as he gets older he will still be able to have fun with it. So, here is a sneak peek of the cape.









Parker: "This is just embarrassing, mom!"



The main side of the cape



The reverse side of the cape