Happy Birthday Parker!!!!

Parker is one! What a great year it has been! I can hardly believe a year has passed and so many memories are behind us. We had a great birthday week, complete with two parties- one for family and one for friends. There was a polar bear theme and many of our gifts were polar bear themed as well! Parker enjoyed all the things a little boy should with his first birthday- the people, the food and the singing! He dances to any song he hears, including Happy Birthday.

And the gifts! Parker was spoiled rotten by friends and family alike. His favorite toys were his little people farm from his cousins (he loves animals), several musical instruments (comeplete with maracas, which he LOVES), a HUGE polar bear pillow pet (bigger than Parker and maybe heavier too!) and singamajigs. What's a sinamajig you ask? This adorable stuffed creature that sings. If you have not seem a singamajig yet, you should check them out--- they are a better adult toy than they are a kids toy!

Thank you to all friends and family who read the blog. Parker loves you.

And now we await yet another exciting milestone--- Parker's 2nd Christmas!!! Parker can hardly wait for his Nana (and Santa!) to get here!

Happy Holidays!

Well, the holiday season is officially here!! We spent a great Thanksgiving in Liverpool with Nana and plan to spend Christmas here in Saratoga. Parker has already been tree decorating, to the classic Saratoga Victorian Streetwalk and have been shopping, wrapping and listening to Christmas music non-stop! Parker is sure to have a very happy second Christmas.

But first....he must turn one! First birthday pictures to come!

11 months

November!

Today Parker is eleven months old! It's been a wonderful Fall with him! We have had some exciting new experiences in the past couple weeks.

1. Parker is WALKING!!! He's a regular old toddler now, toddling around everywhere. And does not want one bit of help from anyone. He wants to walk on his own with NO help.

2. Parker says the word "hat" pretty clearly. He says it approriately even when he is wearing or trying to take off said hat. It sounds more like, "Hatuuuuuhhhh."

3. He says "Hi Mom" and "Hi Dad" but says "Hi Dad" much, much more.

4. When Parker doesn't want to do something, he shakes his head no. (Great)

5. When imitating a sneeze, he says "Ahhh-chhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

He's such a great kid and so easy to be around. He's the happiest kid we know and is forming quite the sweet little personality.

Stay tuned for more photos from Parker's first Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween (early) everyone. Parker is 10 months old!!!

Parker takes his first steps!!!!

Check out the links below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=866D_kmYnzk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZR84Oqxclg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUAGQvxWK_M&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Unexpectedly, we found out that Parker will walk for food! When offered a bit of pizza crust and stood up, he started to take his first steps. We thought it was a fluke at first but then he started doing it again and again!!!

Parker & Elephant Month by Month Pictures

Fall with little Parker!

Parker is 10 months old today!!! Ten months has flown by, he seems to be growing quicker than ever these days! He is a boy on the move: crawling, standing, scooching and rolling around like a big kid. In only two months, I will be the mother of a one year old. It does not seem possible.

We have been so blessed to have the most beautiful Fall weather. Parker has had wonderful Fall weekend activities! We have gone apple picking, pumpkin picking and to Liberty Ridge Farms for some rides, games and pig races! We even snuck a couple extra boat rides as you see in the pictures. What a lucky family we are!What a beautiful month!

Stay tuned for another Fall photoshoot in the yead in all of our millions of leaves. Parker will love playing in the leaves!

September with Parker

Well, we moved back home, started the school year and Parker got back into his routine. We survived all of it namely because we have the best baby ever. These are some photos of our Fall so far.

Fall...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....

Attracting babes on the beach...

 

Sand Island with Dad

 

Grand Mom gives Parker Gatorade

 

 

Sacandaga Summer with Parker!!!

First Sunset on the boat with Mommy...Parker says, "When is bedtime?"

Hey Mom, where's my beach chair?

Uncle Bob came from Texas!!!



Nana love <3>
Aiden Bland and Daniel Ryan came to visit!

Parker's secret girlfriend, Gabby.

Hey, Mom- get that camera out of my face!

Cousins- Molly, Shannon, Sean and Ryan!

Just before a rainstorm on the screen porch

This has been the best summer of Parker's life! And his Mommy's! I can't even tell you how lucky I feel to be a teacher and have all this time with my little man. We have been vagabonds this summer, lugging him all over the place! We spent two weeks at Nana's where we made a little place for Parker to call his in my old bedroom. Complete with crib and monkey decor.

Then we moved to the Great Sacandaga Lake in Northville, NY. We rented a camp here for the remainder of the summer since we rented out our home for track season. Since we just bought a new boat, Parker has bad a ton of outdoor experiences-- boating, a campfire, beach time and his first swim in the lake! Needless to say, he is growing like a weed and we can't even keep up this blog to give you all the updates. He's an avid army crawler, an expert stander and has just started giving kisses and almost-waving!

We have been lucky to have a ton of friends and family visit us at camp. We hope to see some more before the end of summer!