Peek-A-Boo

While we were in Oregon Parker's Uncle Jim taught him how to play Peek-a-Boo! He LOVES his Uncle Jim! We had never heard him laugh so hard before!

May I have a bite please?

Our pediatrician recommended that we start to see if Parker is ready to try some real food. Well, turns out that the kid has an appetite. We are just doing rice cereal for about a month, but it is an interesting adventure!

Rattle Play

Our amazing "Uncle" Bruce and "Aunt" Lani sent along this rattle a few weeks ago with an adorable set of overalls. We have been putting these toys in front of Parker for a while to see if he will grab them and play. This rattle and these keys are the only things that are light enough for Parker to grab and shake himself. He is very proud of himself when he realizes that he is the one making all the noise!

While Daddy is Away...

The month of April brought a big challenge for Parker and his Mommy because his Daddy had to go away to Wisconsin for the ENTIRE month - literally from the 1st - 30th. BUT, we were so lucky because Mommy's dear friend Heather came to visit with Parker's new friend Cole! Cole is about 6 weeks older than Parker and so it was oodles of fun watching the two interact! We captured some funny videos of the two boys hanging out together. The entire weekend consisted of hanging out around the house, walking in the stollers, and even a trip to Meers for some awesome hamburgers! We had such an amazing time! Thank you so much to Auntie Heather for coming - the next trip will have to be to the East Coast to visit you!

Having a little chat...

Parker showing Cole he can roll over like a big boy!

A chat in the yard - Parker kept grabbing Cole's ear/hair!
















Chance loves the babies - and Cole thought he was soft...

Learning the Bouncy

We usually don't have the rainforest attachment on Parker's bouncer because he didn't really have any interest in it, but the other day I decided to try it out again. After just a few tries he figured out there are some cool things he can do with this thing!

The Never-Ending Thumb Quest

I have recently discovered that there are these wonderful ball things attached to my arms that I can suck on. Unfortunately, I can't quite get the whole thing in my mouth.

Then I figured out that sometimes if I time it just right I can get a piece of it in when I trick it to come out of the ball. This makes me very excited. Unfortunately, I can't always keep it out of the ball and it sneaks back in. This makes me frusterated!

So, sometimes after a very frusterating time of trying to get that suckable thing out of the ball at the end of my arm, my mom will help me out and give me this other suckable thing that makes me happy. One day I will figure out how to keep that other suckable thing out of the ball, but until then, this works.

The Illusive Smile

A little over a week ago Parker started to give me little smiles and grins. Then one day he progressed from his grinning to what can only be called an Elvis lip curl! Apparently he was going to work this smile thing from one side of his mouth at a time. Now he will look at me and give me a whole open mouthed smile, but this definitely happens on his terms - most often right after a diaper change!
I tried to capture the evolution of the smile through photos - we will eventually get to smiling on demand!