Memorial Day Weekend

A Poem for Parker

Our Dance

Poems are designed to save memories
capture heart thoughts
contain the slideshows of our minds.
And for us, so far my boy-
this is mine.

Last night we danced.
Your innocence like a bubble around you.
A bubble I would like to climb inside,
to forget the responsibility of buckling your seat belt
or making sure you don't choke on small objects.

We played music- loud so the neighbors could hear,
and you looked to me
with eyes of peace.
Such peace should be contained, perserved, cold-pressed and concentrated
so that this night, while we danced
and I sang into your minature ear-
So that this night was cut out, framed and matted-
a collage of love that only you and I can share hereafter.

We danced.

Parker is 5 months!

Parker is a happy five month old boy. He now looks forward to his cereal in the morning and "dinner" at night, is teething on anything that he can get into his mouth and undoubtedly recognizes his name, Mom, Dad, Jodi (his daycare provider) and his friends at day care. He loves music, songs that Mommy and Daddy make up, getting tickled and his exersaucer. He still (knock on wood) sleeps very well at naptime and at nighttime and is, overall, the happiest baby we know. Which works out well, cause he's the one we got! We are so excited, only one more month and it's summer- which means more family time for the Gallaghers!

Nana Photoshoot: Bathtime with Parker 05.01.10

Parker discovers his feet

Parker has been rolling over, kicking, grabbing and scooching quite a bit the past couple weeks. In this video, you can see the little monkey try to grab one of the toys between his feet. He's getting stronger and moving around a ton! Solid foods are going great-- Parker has tried, avocados, peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, pears, bananas and applesauce. Today we are trying peaches for the first time! I have been attempting to make my own baby food which proves to be quite a bit cheaper but sometimes I cannot get things quite the consistency that Parker likes it. Stringy vegetables are hard to get quite as pureed as you want but things like bananas and avocados are a cinch!

Parker has really enjoyed his mesh feeding net that he got from his buddy Tanner's Mommy. We put frozen banana cubes, frozen avocado cubes and ice cubes in there. He loves the taste and the mess!