Our New Favorite Place

If there's one thing Parker loves, it's being outside! Since it was so nice this morning, Dana & Ethan, Kristy & Ava, and Parker & I decided to go to the park. We used to go all the time last summer but Parker was so little, he slept the whole time and we'd just watch Ethan play. Not so much this year! He absolutely loved it. I think he liked the swings the best, as you can probably tell from the picture, but was happy to play on any part of the baby playground. He even tried to eat some of the mulch...the little stinker would quick put it in his mouth when he thought I wasn't looking!

Lovin' the swing!

So happy!

Climbing on the playground

Way too busy to turn and look at me for a picture!

Sampling the mulch...yum!

Driving the fire truck

Ethan & Ava...aren't they adorable??

Parker Loves His Grampie

Parker adores his Grampie and thinks he's hilarious, which is pretty obvious from the video!

9 Months!

Hard to believe it was time to take Parker for his nine month appointment...but that's just where we had to go Friday morning! He waited so patiently for the doctor to come check him out. He loves the paper on the table. He scratched his nails on it, scrunched it up in his hands, tore pieces off and tried to eat it. He chewed on his cell phone for a while and played with some toys that we took with us. When Dr. B came in, she brought him a little book about baby animals and of course he put it right in his mouth and chewed pieces off of it. He's got five teeth - two on the top and three on the bottom and puts them to good use! He's 19 lbs 10 oz and is 30 1/2 inches long. His body finally caught up with his head so no worries there. She said he looks great, is a good eater, and while he's not crawling yet, she said his muscle tone is really good so it's probably just a matter of time before he's on the move. Either that or he's going to skip crawling altogether. He doesn't mind being on his belly now and gets extremely frustrated when he can't go. Poor baby! No shots at this appointment but Dr. B said I better bring Chad with me next time since he'll be getting some then (she knows I won't bring him by myself if he has to have them). Next appointment - May 26th...the day after his 1st birthday!! I'm loving every new thing he does and how much he's changing but it makes me a little sad that he's getting so big so fast!

Looks just like his mommy, doesn't he?? :)