Parker at 18 Months

Sweet little Parker just keeps growing up on us despite our best efforts to freeze time.  Parker has really grown up over the past few months.  He is an incredibly affectionate little guy.  He loves to he held and snuggle (something his daycare teachers love!).

Wearing his Shirt from his PMO class

He loves music and will dance to anything.  He also likes to sing along to Wheels on the Bus and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.  His vocabulary is expanding.  His current favorite word is book.  Which is perfect because he loves reading too.  He has been doing really well at daycare and gets a glowing report every day about how he loves to pick up, is very sweet to his friends, loves to share, likes to snuggle and enjoys, in engaged and participates in every activity they do!

On the food front, he continues to be a picky eater but he likes random things like Kale and Salmon.  And he will eat anything in a pouch.  He adores the animals and squeals with delight when he hugs Morgan and Madie.

He is wearing 12 months clothes but is probably ready for some 18 months.  He has been pretty consistent in his sleep for a while, going to bed at 8 and waking between 7:30 and 8:00.  With an afternoon nap between 1:00 and 4:00.

Sleeping with the fruit snack container

He loves to climb, play with water, read books and play with any vehicle.  We're very excited for the pool to open to see how he does in it.

He adores his brother, likes to wrestle and play trains with him.  He also copies everything he does!

He weighs 22.3lbs (7th %), is 32" tall (39th %) and has a head circumference of 48-1/2 cm (69th %).

Parker is the sweetest little guy and he makes our family complete!  We love you Parksie!

Mother's Day Weekend

As the first weekend with no plans and nice weather in a LONG time, we made the best of it and spent Saturday at the Botanical Gardens.  There is a new exhibit going on with large scale topiaries that was really cool.

On the way in, we ran into the Junker family and spend some time hanging out with them in the Chidren's garden.

Parker loves slides

Carter wanted to catch Julian on the slide

Then we headed over to amphitheater where Mother Goose was having story time.

Carter and Parker loved the story.  They lasted about 30 minutes before they couldn't handle sitting any longer.

So off to explore we went...

Checking out the bees

Looking for Frogs

Soon we were hungry so we headed to grab a bite before the boys got distracted by the fountain.

After lunch, we finished our tour of the gardens and the remaining topiaries.

Carter got a little chilly so he borrowed mom's shirt and turned into a super hero.

A superhero who loves his little brother...

And also likes to play tackle with him.

We started making our way to the exit when Parker saw something that caught his eye...

The fairy goddess statue!

After a while it was apparent that nap-time was upon us.

So Parker waved bye-bye to the statues and off we went!

Sunday morning we had a wonderful breakfast at home thanks to dad and the boys gave me some great Mother's Day gifts... lots of cards, crafts and

some very special flowers!

After some morning fun in the water table...

Parker and mom went shopping.

While the older boys did some yard work.

It was a wonderful day with the family... perfect Mother's Day weekend!

Post-Party Fun

After the party, we put the boys down for naps and cleaned everything up.  When Carter woke up he immediately wanted to dive into his gifts.

But first mom wanted a picture of the back of his shirt... how cute?

Carter was spoiled rotten with all his gifts.  He had a blast opening each one!

Playing with Playdoh while dad sleeps in the background

Showing off his new watch

Fire truck carry case with Uncle Reid

Parker also enjoyed the new gifts and took a spin on the pogo.

But dad was the expert!

While Carter played with all his new toys, Parker found a play friend in Uncle Reid.  They read books...

and had a car parade.

Soon it was time for bed but not before one last picture of the birthday boy!

Happy Birthday Carter!