Parker the Cowboy

Parker has a FAVORITE toy.  It is a horse.  A galloping horse to be exact.  He loves to jump and jump and jump on this horse.  It makes sounds and has little toys attached to it and he thinks it is the best thing in the world.  The problem with this toy is that it doesn’t live at our house.  It lives at Parker’s cousin’s house.  The other problem is Fisher Price no longer makes this horse.  Reggie & Lindsey bought it for Van over 3 years ago and now you can’t find them so Parker only gets to play with it when he goes to see his cousins but when he gets to see his horse, he plays hard….so hard he will ride it until he falls asleep…

I’m on a boat

My kid loves the water.  He loves the boat.  He loves being outside.  Hallelujah! 

Roll baby roll….

The first week of August, Parker decided to roll for the first time.  After about 15 minutes of seriously hard work, I ran and grabbed my camera and was able to capture the first official roll.  Now he is rolling all over the place and thinks he is really something.  I think the funniest part of this video is all his high pitch squealing followed by the deep grunting (not dramatic at all) BUT please note he was not to be outdone by his mother’s ridiculous reaction….what can I say, he gets it honest I guess!

Play Time!

Parker is really loving play time.  He is enjoying his Johnny Jump Up, Cousin Reece’s jumperoo horse, his rainforest activity mat and his buddy’s Porter’s Baby Einstein exersaucer that they so sweetly let us borrow.  He loves to hold onto to things and really study them.  For a little baby, he has quite the attention span. 

Parker & His Faithful Companion

Parker loves Louie and Louie loves Parker.  If you don’t believe me, see below

Yucky peas

The many faces of Parker

So fresh and so clean…

 

5 Months Old

I cannot believe Parker is already 5 months old!  According to our scales at home, he is unofficially 19 pounds and growing every day!  He is definitely growing out of 3-6 months clothes and forcing me to buy 6-9 month sizes to finish out the summer.  He takes 4-5 bottles a day (6 oz) of Enfamil AR and eats 2-3 containers of Stage 1 baby foods.  His favorites are still squash, carrots and sweet potatoes. He also likes peaches, apples, prunes and pears but really doesn’t like bananas or green beans and HATES sweet peas.  He wakes up around 9am and goes to sleep around 9pm.  He takes 2 naps a day, each lasting about 2 hours.  He is a very happy little boy and smiles all the time.

Oh Parker…the last five months have been absolutely wonderful watching you grow and become such a sweet, charming little boy.  I am so honored God chose us to be your parents.  You make each day so exciting for us as we watch you discover new things.  Happy 5 months son!