Wii

We got Mario Kart Wii a few weeks ago and Parker has decided to start playing with us. He is so cute to watch play. Here is a video of him playing. 

All play

As Parker grows he is becoming more active and even more brave. The other week we took Parker to McDonald's and let him go on the playground by himself. I was so nervous because it was a Saturday and there were a lot of kids playing. We let him play at the play ground in the park so I figured that he would be able to handle this. Well he did. He had so much fun climbing up to the top  and then climbing down the slide, yes, climbed down the slide. 

Here is Parker with Steve's sunglasses on. He thinks he is so cool. 

Words

Parker's vocabulary has been growing so quickly. He really likes to say yes and no to questions that you ask him. Well today I asked him if he wanted to go take his bath and he said no and shook his head at the same time. And it was so funny. All day long whenever we ask him something and he wants to say no to it he will shake his head also and then laugh with us afterwards. He has started to say short sentences. Just small things like "Who is it?" or "What is that?". It is amazing to see him understand pretty much everything we say. He is growing up so fast.

Christmas

We had so much fun together for Christmas. On Christmas Eve Parker woke up from his nap with a temperature of 103.1 and we decided to call our pediatrician to see if we should bring him in or just wait and see if Tylenol would work. He said just to give him Motrin and Tylenol and see if it worked and it did. But Christmas morning again he had another high temperature but it went away with more medicine. It was like that off and on for a few days and then he started putting his finger in his ear so it was time to take him in. He ended up having pretty severe ear infections in both ears. But other than that we had a great Christmas and Parker loves his new toys.

 Here is Parker with his new vacuum. He was vacuuming his new playhouse. It was so cute!

trip and gingerbread houses

My friend Katie and I went to California this weekend for the OC swap meet. It was so much fun. It was an all day activity. We walked around and around looking at all the shops and found some pretty good deals. Then we went on an auto ferry. I have never been on one before and it was a little weird feeling the car rock back and forth with the waves. Next we went to an art festival and saw a glass blower make a fish. Very cool. Then we went to the beach and later that night went to the mall. Yes, I know what your thinking. Was that really all in one day? Yes, yes it was. We had so much fun and will definitely have to do it again.

We made our traditional gingerbread houses. Parker had a blast doing it this year. Every time we handed him a piece of candy he would try to put it in his mouth and we would have to stop him and show him he could put it on the house. Every time. It was like he wanted to lick every piece before putting it on.

Here is mine.

Parker's.

Stephen's.

Dr updates

We just got back from Parker's 15 month checkup. Here are his stats:
weight= 25.02 (50%)
Height= 33 1/2 (97%)
Head= 19 1/2 (95%)
He had to get shots today also. He was such a trooper. He didn't cry at all. He whimpered a little when each of the needles went in, but no crying. The nurse said he was her best patient of the day. I am such a proud mom.

I went to the doctor on Wednesday for my sore throat that I have had for three weeks. Turns out that I have tonsillitis. So the doctor gave me some antibiotics and amazingly enough, thinks I will live.

Holidays

We got to go and visit Steve's family for Thanksgiving. Parker loves seeing his cousins and being able to play with them. We are lucky that they live close enough so we can see them often.

We went and got a Christmas tree last night and got to decorate it for family night. We made gingerbread cookies and hung them low on the tree because Parker likes to take them off and eat them. We also got to put up all of the Christmas decorations.