Baby's 1st Cold

Baby Parker is sick for the 1st time, he has a very bad cold, at least I hope that's all it is... It has gotten so bad over the weekend that I am calling the Dr. tomorrow morning :( Babies can't blow their noses, of course, so it's painful for us to watch him trying to breathe, & drink from the bottle while trying to breathe through all the snot. Please pray for him to get better soon! Here he is looking quite miserable today laying on the couch (exactly where you should be all day when you are sick, right?!)

A Mix of Pics

Our 1st babies have felt very left out since Parker came along, I feel I need to talk about them for a moment. Mr. Bo may need to go on doggie anti-depressants, he is having a hard time adjusting. He does still get to sleep in our bed, I try not to push him off onto the floor so often, in hopes of showing him that we still love & appreciate his great heating capability. Sage, on the other hand, is the same, big, horse-like dog, eating baby blankets & socks, nosing through the trash. He may feel a little left out but takes it in stride. Parker thinks Sage is SO funny, he cracks up whenever Sage looks at him.

Mr. Bojangles, almost 8 yrs. old

Sager-Rager, 5 yrs. old

I recently painted the wood living room! This took exactly 1 month to paint, 2 coats of primer, plus 2 coats of paint, on the molding & the insets, the windows, the fireplace, the built-in. It was no easy feat. But no more 80's wood walls, even though, yes Ace, they were beautiful....


We got an awesome new camera from my Dad & Kim for Christmas, it takes great action shots, as you can see. And Parker drools alot now too.

Rolling Over!

And we are now rolling over...I went in to check on Parker on Friday night while he was sleeping & he was sleeping on his tummy, which meant he had flipped over sometime in the night! Saturday night he had done the same thing, & today he flipped over in front of us. Yea Parker!

Baby's First Christmas

We made our rounds for Christmas, 1st to Dad & Kim's house for Parker's 1st Christmas, then to the Howell house on Friday, here are some fun pics below!

Parker's 1st sunglasses

He was really into the "Are You my Mother?" book from Aunt Lindsay


Buddy & Parker, Parker's new aquarium mat from Grandpa Fred & Gramma Kim


Pooped after all the present opening


Ace's best friend Michael got to see Parker for the 1st time, he's been in Sicily where he was serving for the Navy since before Parker was born.



The cousins, up at the Howell's house


Everyone at Amma & Pop's

Great-Grandma (Mema) & Great-Grandpa (Papa) with the great-grandkids, including one on the way, Jennifer (far right) is expecting, (we were missing Joda & Todd's tripletts & April & Jason's son Cannon)

Congrats Nicole & Ron!

So the "cat is out of the bag" now & I'm allowed to post that Nicole & Ron are pregnant! She is about 13 weeks now & due in the beginning of July. Can't wait to find out if Parker will have a new little boy best friend down the street or a little girl (arranged marriage)... He is supposed to have arranged marriages with 2 other baby girls (Kierna & Ella) so this is really going to be a sticky situation if you guys are having a girl, ha ha :) We are so happy for ya'll!

p.s. I do have to remember that when Parker gets older he may read these posts & get embarrased, sorry ahead of time, Parker :)-

4 Months

Parker turned 4 months old on Thursday! He's changed so much, especially in the last couple weeks. About a week ago he realized that he could talk ("ay, ya, ya, ya, wa, wa, ya, ya") & he pretty much does that non-stop now. He's started drooling alot, I assumed maybe he'd be teething soon but at his 4 month check-up, the Dr. said that although most people think the same thing, he's actually starting to salivate because he's getting ready to be able to eat & digest food. So the Dr. instructed us to start giving him the baby rice cereal mixed with formula, from a spoon. We did that tonight for the first time, that was funny, he didn't know what it was so he just pushed it all back out with his tounge. We'll just keep trying.

Funny story, today we were out to lunch & he had a blowout (only the 2nd one ever), one that went up his back. Because that doesn't ever happen, I never carry a change of clothes with me, so he had to hang out with no shirt on, just pants at the restaurant. Everyone kept looking at us, I'm sure someone out there thought, what kind of parents don't put clothes on their kid! I tried to cover him up with his lovie (that was all I had in his diaper bag & I thought a diaper taped around his chest would be more obvious). Luckily it was oddly warm in Atlanta today so it didn't seem to bother him at all, besides he'd probably be happy being completely "nakey" (as we call it).

Anyways, enough about poop, here are the 4 Month pics of him & the giant giraffe, along with one cute extra!

Family Night

On Sunday night Ace's parents came over & went with us to the "Splender of Christmas" musical event at our church. This is Parker's Christmas outfit that I've had planned out since before he was born (would you expect anything less from me?...) Grandpa Fred & Gramma Kim came over the next night for dinner & some "Parker time".