How in the world?

How in the world is Parker already 9 months old???

This sweet baby is crawling around everywhere and is officially into EVERYTHING!!! He has been crawling on all 4's for about 2 weeks now.  He's not only crawling, but he's pulling up on everything around him.  He's standing and squatting, too.  In fact, I walked into the living room on his 9 month birthday, and saw him free standing!  There was nothing around him that he could have possibly pulled up on, rather he just squatted and did it himself!!  He's way too big!!  How in the world did he get here???

He also has 4 and 1/2 teeth.  :-)  That left incisor is JUST about to pop through!  We took him for his 9 month check up and learned that Parker B is a little guy.  His weight is in the 16th% (18 lbs 6 oz), and his height is 41% (28 in).  But, Dr. Lynne discovered that he actually had a double ear infection! Poor little guy!!  That explains why he wouldn't nurse at all!!  He had started biting, and I didn't know why.  Now we know that his ears hurt too bad to nurse!  He went 2 days with only nursing once in a 24 hour period.  Before the ear infections, he was nursing three times a day.

He has also started drinking from a straw and doing "Soooo Big!" anytime we say, "How big is Parker?"  Also, his hair had gotten so long, that we had to get his first official haircut before we could take these pictures.  Now he looks so big--even though he's not so big, physically!!!

He is a precious bundle of joy that will certainly keep us on our toes in the future months and years.  :-)  I think the last picture above captures this personality so much!!!

VBS 2012

This is only picture that I have from Bible School this year because I lost all the pictures on my phone.  :-(  But, it's really cute of little Parker, so I had to post!

Rex's 3rd Birthday Party

The Birthday Boy

Rex celebrated his 3rd birthday at Circle A Barn.  The kids enjoyed riding the ponies, playing barn games, and even jumping on the jumpy out front!

Zoo x2

Pax and Cloi with the elephant on Day 1

Pax, Cloi, Colton (Jake's cousin), Jake

Pax and Cloi

 Day 2 at the Zoo

Max and Pax

Our little birdies

We ended up having 2 days in a row at the zoo.  We planned to meet Kristen and her crew at the zoo on Monday, but Tuesday was the surprise.  We were supposed to go to Imagine It with Max and his mom and sister, but the line was RIDICULOUSLY long, so we kept driving.  We took them to the zoo instead!  We had fun both days, despite the rain Monday, and the heat Tuesday.

Supper Club Birthday

Cloi and Addison pushing Parker on the swing

Our superheroes-Will Orr, Zach, and Pax

Will, Suzie, Lindsay, me, and Parker

Supper club got together to throw a surprise birthday party for Lindsay.  Her 30th was the next day, so Jason contacted me about having a surprise party for her.  I was excited to help.  She was definitely surprised, and I think she had fun with our friends and her family there to celebrate!

Fun Times with Cloi

Attacking Cloi

Our fort!

Crunching on the CLOSED end of Grandma's popsicle

Tarzan and "Kid"

Being that I'm still recovering from surgery and on my meds, we stayed at home pretty much all week, unless Mom came to pick us up.  I am babysitting a girl from my class last year, Cloi, and that has been a blessing.  She was such a lifesaver and an AMAZING help!!  She lifted Parker for me, and even got onto me when I tried to do it!!  Hehe!!  Fun times!!  We look forward to having her around a couple more weeks!!

Weekend with Mimi and Papa

fishing with Papa

Cousins-Parker and Samantha

Ignore Pax's swimmies

Since I had my hernia surgery on Thursday, Mimi and Papa came to pick up the boys Saturday morning.  I'm so thankful they did, because I did NOT expect this recovery to be so rough!!!  They probably should have come on Friday, but I didn't think I would need help while Brad did the yard sale.  Boy I was wrong!  I did way too much on Friday, and paid for it.  So, the weekend was a win-win for everyone: I got to recover, the boys had a BLAST, and Brad got some things done around the house.  Thanks, Mimi and Papa!!!