Wednesday, September 28, 2011

First Tailgate

We went to Parker's first tailgate on Saturday.  She wasn't feeling 100% and we were later getting there than I had planned, but she seemed to have a good time.  Drew was able to stop by for a few minutes too.  I look forward to taking Parker to many more tailgates and hopefully games too!
eating on my Auburn blanket...

watching Huck

i'm done with this....

Friday, September 23, 2011

War Eagle!







Thank you Me-Merri for making my game day wardrobe!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Kicked

This ear infection has kicked our tail.  We are on day 5 of fever, and it is staying kind of high.  We had our third doctor's visit for the week (sick visit, well visit, sick re-visit) today and are trying a new antibiotic.  Crossing our fingers that this will knock it out in time for the weekend.   


 Doesn't she look pitiful?  In other news... she started pulling up in her crib... down it goes!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Nine Months Old

Sorry for the delay.  We were waiting on our doctor's visit today... and we are now fighting our 3rd ear infection.  Hopefully we will kick these soon!!

It is so hard to believe that we are three short months away from our sweet girl's first birthday!  

Nine Month Stats-
Height: 29 inches (90th percentile)
Weight: 18 lbs, 2 oz (30th percentile)
Head: 17.1 inches (30th percentile)


At nine months:
* Parker is crawling all.over.the.place.  If Drew or I walk out of the room, she is sure to be right behind us.
* She loves to stand up and is beginning to cruise around the coffee table a little bit.  
* We used one of our last "baby" gift cards to buy an activity table this month and she loves it.  She loves to "dance" to the music.  
* She has yet to pull up in her crib, but we are just waiting for it to happen.
* Parker has one bottom tooth.  She is so funny running her tongue over the top of her tooth, then over the gum on the otherside.
* Parker still loves her food.  We are on stage 3 foods now.  She absolutely loves lasagna and chicken noodle.  Apples are still a favorite, as well as any fruit mixed with apples.  I have found the Gerber organic have better combinations of food, even though they are more expensive.

* We are giving her small amounts of table food.  Mostly after her baby food meal.  She loves anything with potatoes (mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, french fries).  She has eaten rice (and Mexican rice), chipped bbq with no sauce, and baked beans.  Not to mention the sweets :).  Her new favorite is Cheerios.
* Miss Priss is wearing mostly 6-9 month clothing.  We are actually still in a few 3-6 month things, too.  
* We have a little girl that loves to talk.  She says "mama", "dada", "bye bye", "ya ya", "na na", "lala" and combinations of the sounds.  She is starting to wave when she says "bye bye".
* Parker's new favorite thing is to scream.  They are happy screams, and she loves it when we scream back at her.

* As seen in the previous post, Parker is officially out of the baby bathtub and is loving the big tub.  She splashes and screams.  She will sit in the tub until all the water has drained out, and still not want to get out.
* I may regret writing this, but Parker is sleeping SO much better.  Around eight months she started sleeping more consistently.  Then we got an ear infection.  Then a tooth came in.  Then another (or the same) ear infection.  Now that we are all clear (we think), she has gotten back to sleeping well. 
* Parker is still LOVING school.  She gets excited when we get there each morning, and I absolutely love the reaction I get in the afternoon.
* Her baby is one of her favorite toys.  We love baby, and hug baby a lot.  She tries to sleep with baby sometimes, but we pull baby away before she goes down.
* Parker still loves outside, but will not crawl in the grass.  It is actually one of the best ways to confine her.  If I put a blanket down, she will crawl on it, but not off of it.
* Her typical sitting position is now on her knees.  I guess that makes it easier to crawl.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Auburn

This is how Parker feels about the Auburn game today.... 


Friday, September 16, 2011

Bath Tub Fun

Guess who is using the big girl bath tub now?

And loving the freedom she gets from it!

She has even been trying to crawl in the bathtub.

Splashing is oh so much fun!

What did Momma do to my hair?

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

A Special Day

We had Miss Parker's baby dedication at church on Sunday.  We were so blessed to have most of our family and closest friends in attendance.  It was a very special day for us, and we appreciate everyone taking their time to come support us.  

Drew's grandmother (Mimi) made us a christening gown as a wedding gift four years ago.  She is very talented, and was afraid that she wouldn't be able to make it when it was needed.  We were very excited to see Parker wearing the gown that Mimi made.





Monday, September 12, 2011

The Things They Say....

I will be back soon with updates on Miss Parker and our life in September... but for now I wanted to share a funny from Kindergarten with you...

We write in our journals every day.  The pages are all blank, and of course, we start at the front and use the next clean page every day.  And, of course, every once in a while, a child will skip a page or two.  So that's where this comes in.

I was fixing a child's journal today, moving "Monday's entry" to after "Friday's entry" because he had skipped a page.  He asked what I was doing, so I told him that I was putting them in order... without skipping a beat he says,

"You should have put them right, then I wouldn't have messed up!"