He began saying mama! Although I don't think he really knows that it's supposed to mean me. However, I'm not complaining!
He celebrated his first Christmas!
He got his second tooth!
He began drinking water from a straw sippy cup!
He said dada! And what's funny is that we happened to be on Skype chatting with my sister in China. I had just told her that we were working on him with saying it but with no success. Wouldn't you know Greg would walk into the room, I would say, "Parker, say dada" and he said it! I know my sister probably thought I was lying when I said he hadn't said it yet!
He had a special visitor one day! One of my best friends from high school stopped by on their way home from visiting some of their family in Colorado. Her little boys were very entertaining for Parker!
He had his first black eye. Obviously, I'm not proud about this one. I had all of his rattles and toys in the living room in a decorative metal bucket. I'm sure you can figure out how this story ends. Needless to say the decorative bucket now has a nice new home in our coat closet. Luckily, it was only visible when he had his eye shut. Everytime I tried to sneak a picture of him while he was napping he was laying on his tummy with that eye down on the mattress so I don't have any pictures of it.
I began using baby sign language with him! So far he hasn't signed anything back, and for the most part he thinks it's funny. If I ever want a big smile from him I just sign the word "sleep" and he thinks that's just a riot!
He began pulling up! Baby proofing is in full swing here at our house!
(Dontcha just love how my idea of baby proofing is to place pillows around the entertainment center?)I added chicken, pears, and strawberrys to his growing menu.
He loves when I play patty cake with him and he has begun clapping his hands. It is just the cutest thing ever! He absolutely loves it when Greg places him on his shoulders. A sure-fire way to get him to stop crying is for Greg to do that with him.
He LOVES Shady. We have a little game that we play each night while I'm preparing dinner. Parker will be on the kitchen floor along with Shady (who seems to think I'll be dropping food on the floor for her.) Parker takes this to be that Shady is chasing him. So he will speed crawl to me and try to climb up my leg, all while looking at Shady and laughing at her. He is just the cutest thing.
His new favorite toy was a wooden spoon, but Greg thinks that's a dangerous toy so I have placed the wooden spoons back in the drawers where they belong.
He now LOVES going to the grocery store! I officially graduated him from the infant car seat to just riding in the cart.
Luckily we went to the doctors office for his well baby visit the day before he turned 9 months old, since the next day we were in Oklahoma. At that time he weighed 19 lbs. 7 oz. and was 28" long!
Sadly, I didn't have my camera with me in Oklahoma so here he is at 9 months, 2 weeks, and 1 day!
6 comments:
Oh wow, he has grown so much! He gets cuter every day. I love those two teeths! :-)
Felicia, Parker Poo is just growing so fast and is just SOooo CUTE!! (as if you didn't know?!)
Pssst Check his wieght again, I think you missed a number. ; )
He is getting so big it is unreal. The first year seems to just fly by.
Absolutely adorable!
Don't worry about the black eye- it's the first of many.I love the picture of him and Shady.
He is an absolute doll!! He really is beautiful. I love all the pictures, especially the exploring one into the entertainment center! And pillows worked for me too!
Oh about the books you asked me about, Gracelyn, at Parker's age wanted to chew on them, she'd bring them to me but I would only get through the first page and she would be done. I didn't push her and she's kept coming back. I read before bedtime and hold the book away so she cannot grab it. He'll get there!!
He is so so cute Felicia. I think you are doing such a great job being a mommy. Especially with the blogging and keeping track of everything.
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