The cutest boy ever!

I just got done checking on Parker to put his blanket over him and I saw him asleep like this.



When he went down for bed he was asleep, but woke up about 30 minutes later and started crying. Steve and I just let him cry himself back to sleep. Now we see that he never gave up on us coming in to get him. Steve thinks he is as stubborn as I am.

graduation

Well I graduated Thursday night. It was a long ceremony with many speakers, but it ended up being very nice. Afterwards some friends and family came over for some cake and ice cream. It ended up being a pretty late night and Parker fell asleep in the car on the way home.

Amber, Kerry and their kids came down for my graduation and the next day we were able to hang out with them. Parker and I went swimming with them and had a blast. Parker is really starting to like swimming and is getting the hang of it. Here's a picture.

Beethoven begins

We have always tried to give Parker formula, but he would never take it. He would turn is head, cry, arch his back, pretty much do anything to get away from it. I just always thought it was because he didn't want formula only the "good stuff". He has been like this since birth when they tried to give him formula to keep his blood sugar up. Well the other day I decided that he needs to learn to take it so I waited until he was really hungry to give it to him. He fought me but ended up taking it. It took a while for him to drink it all, but he did. Then all of a sudden he spit it up all over me. I figured it was his way of getting back at me. So I went and changed and when came back I noticed that Parker had this rash all over his body. I felt so bad. He was having an allergic reaction to the formula. It lasted for about 30 minutes and then went away. So today I went out and bought some soy formula and am hoping that he will have a better experience with it. Here is a picture of Parker's meal all over me and a picture of some of the rash Parker got.


Well I finished all of my finals (and passed them!) and am graduating tomorrow night. I am so excited. I got a degree in Global Business with an emphasis in Finance. And I am graduating with honors. It was a lot of work, but it feels good to be done.

Parker has discovered the joy of playing the piano. He thinks it is so neat that he can hit this thing and it makes music. He is actually pretty good at it. If he could he would play for hours.

Today has been a very busy day for Parker. He decided that today he was going to eat Cheerios for the first time, then he decided he wanted to stand all by himself, then he decided it was time for him to start walking! I'm not talking one step, he took about 3 or 4 steps in a row all by himself. And lastly he thought he would learn how to crawl up the stairs. I guess when they decide that they want to learn they go all out. He has also been saying "Dada" a lot lately. I am not sure if he has put Steve and Dada together yet, but it is very cute to see him saying Dada all the time. We are working on saying Mama now that he can say Dada well.
As for me I just took one of my finals this week and I have two more classes left and then I am done! I graduate. There will be no more semesters, at least for a very long time. It is time for me to put all my focus on Steve and Parker.

Lost and Found

On Saturday we were cleaning out our storage shed in our back yard and in the process Steve found 4 newborn kittens. They were only a day or two old and were smaller than your hand. We were worried that the Mom had left the kittens and so we decided that we would leave them out there for about four hours and if we did not see the Mom then we were going to have to take care of these kitties. So we had some shopping to do and we bought some kitten baby bottles and formula and came home and they were still there with no mother so we gave them some milk. Later that night I sent out my brother to see if the Mom had come back and she was out there looking for her babies so we put them back out by the shed and one by one she took them somewhere else. It was a very cool experience.

Later that same day, Parker decided that it was time for him to start crawling. He got up on his hands and knees and started moving. He doesn't move very fast, but he can do it. He also learned that when he is crawling on his hands and knees he can sit down.

Restless Nights

We have started to put Parker to bed when he is not fully asleep to try to teach him to fall asleep on his own. The first few night were tough on him. It would take him about twenty minuets to fall asleep, then it went down to ten, then five and last night it was only two minuets. Well once he falls asleep sometimes we go in an check on him and we found him dead asleep in this position. He can almost fall asleep in any position. He is so cute.

Pictures

There were 10 babies born in our Ward last year and we decided that we should get them all together and take a group picture. Only 8 of them were able to make it, but isn't their picture darling! After the first few shots one girl started to cry, then another, then another. Pretty soon most of the girls were crying. The boys held strong and didn't cry at all. We also got Parker's picture taken by himself. He just loves the camera. Well Parker has some exciting news of his own. He got his first tooth!!