Christmas Part Three

Christmas in Opp:

When we first got to Opp, we exchanged presents with Drew's mom and sister.  

After present opening, we went over to Memomma and G-Daddy's house to see the rest of the family, enjoy dinner, and exchange presents with them as well.  

We're headed North at the end of the week, so we'll be back with our final Christmas later...

Christmas Part Two

Be forewarned.... there are a LOT of pictures...

We drove back to Auburn on Christmas Eve.  We wanted Parker to be at our house on Christmas morning.    We set out milk and cookies for Santa, took pictures in our pajamas and headed to bed.

Parker woke up around 7 Christmas morning, so we got the camera and got ready to see what Santa brought! (Excuse all appearances in the pictures please!)  She wasn't quite sure what was going on but was very excited to see her new chair!

We enjoyed breakfast, then opened presents with my mom and brother.

After all the morning excitement, we got ready and took some pictures before heading South to Opp!

More pictures coming soon...

Christmas Part One

With so many families to cover, our Christmas started on Friday.  We headed up to Birmingham to celebrate Christmas with my grandparents that night.  We forgot our good camera (oops!), and had a sleepy girl by the time we opened presents, so we don't have any pictures from Friday night.  Saturday morning, we got up and went down to visit Mimi and Papa for Christmas.  Stinker found a new play area...

and was intrigued by the shutters...

She LOVED her new baby doll stroller and had fun pushing it all around Mimi's house!

We'll be back with more Christmas soon!

Merry Christmas!

Love,

Parker

Parker's Birthday

We wanted to spend the day together on Parker's birthday, but when we looked at Drew's schedule he had to work the night before.  We decided that Parker and I would go to school for the morning and then we would spend the afternoon together doing fun things... Great plan until they scheduled her 12 month appointment for that day!  

We picked Parker up about lunch time and headed to Chick-fil-A.  This girl loves some french fries and chicken so lunch was an easy decision.  

After lunch, we headed to the mall for a visit with Santa.  I think I've decided that I want to take her to visit Santa on her birthday every year.  We'll see!  We had to wait about 20 minutes on Santa to come back, but she really enjoyed "walking" around on the fence outside of Santa's "house".    

When the time came to see Santa, Parker was very unsure of him.  I was fully prepared for screaming, but she did really good.  She just stared and stared at him.  Santa winked at her a few times, and she tried to wink back.  We never could get a smile, but we got a decent picture...

After Santa, we had to go to the doctor.  Things went fine until we had to draw blood and have our shots... poor baby did not like it. :(.  

We had planned on ice cream after the doctor's office, but Parker was too upset and tired, so we headed home for a nap.  All in all, we had a great day together!!!

Twelve Months

We have a one year old!!!

Twelve Month Stats-

Height: 30.2 in (80th percentile)

Weight: 20 lbs (40th percentile)

Head: 17 1/2 in (30th percentile)
Weight for Height: 20th percentile

At twelve months:

* Parker is still crawling and cruising.  She will stand unassisted for a while and giggle when she sits down.  She honestly could walk at any time.

* She doesn't want much of anything to do with baby food, unless it is a fruit.  She still eats those up!
* We are completely onto whole milk!  Ten and half months of nursing/breastmilk. One and a half of formula.  

*We have five teeth.  The two on the bottom front, the two top canines and one front tooth has broken through.  The other front tooth will break through any day, and I am thinking that she is working on two more bottom teeth.

* Parker has started to love her shoes...which is a good thing considering how cold it has been.

* She is mostly wearing 12 month clothes, but we are still fitting in a few of our 9 month outfits.

* Parker signs "more" and "all done".  She has used "please" a few times as well.  

* Parker's words... well... she says "ball" all.the.time.  at everything.  She says "mama" and "dada", "hey" and "bye-bye", "uh oh" and "ball" most frequently.  She has also said (in the right context) "baby", "boo" and "bah (bottle)".  This weekend, she said "ba-oon" while pointing at a balloon!

* Parker waves bye bye, gives high fives, loves "patty cake", and blows kisses.

* She absolutely loves the Christmas tree.  She loves the ornaments.  She loves the lights.  She is not crazy about my tulle bows on the presents, but otherwise loves the presents as well.  

* We officially put up all the baby equipment this month to make room for our fun "big girl" toys.  We have a lot of new toys in our house, and I'm sure will receive more for Christmas.  Parker loves having new toys to explore and play with!

And just for fun:

Birthday Girl

Happy Birthday Parker Elizabeth!

You are one year old today!!  Last year, we went to the hospital and at 3:01 you were born.  We cannot believe that it has already been a year!  This has been the fastest, but best year in our lives.  You have changed our lives in so many ways.  We absolutely love staying at home and playing with you.  We love watching you crawl around the room, or cruise around the table.  We love the hugs and kisses we get from you.  We love snuggling when you are sleepy or when you don't feel good.  

You are such a happy girl.  You always make us smile when you giggle and squeal.  You are learning new things every day.  We are taking you to school for a few hours this morning, and then we are going to have a fun afternoon together.  We are excited to spend your birthday doing fun, new things.  We love you more than you will ever imagine.  Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Love, 

Mommy & Daddy

"This is the day the Lord has made; 

Let us rejoice and be glad in it," Psalm 118:24