The boy turns 1!

As his 15 month "birthday" quickly approaches, I feel it is well past due to post the details of Parker's first birthday and 12 month stats.  In honor of the big day, both mommy and daddy took the day off (actually we were off a few days as Grandma and Grandpa Greenfield made the big trip from Texas to celebrate with us!) to enjoy Parker's first birthday and reminisce that day exactly a year ago.  It's amazing that a whole year can pass, yet we remembered so much of the hours leading up to the wonderful arrival of our sweet boy (as detailed in this post Parker's birth story).  The weather this time around was the exact opposite, so nice that we didn't even need our winter coats - last year, complete blizzard that we feared would delay us getting to the hospital on time!

Parker's birthday turned out to be a busy day, starting off with his one year pictures with our favorite photographer, Amy Allen.  Parker was a trooper in our shenanigans (minus the rock incident) and Aunt Tina even took the time to stop by for a few pics with the dude. Here are a few of my favorites (although honestly, I love every one of the pics!).

my little cheeser!

Elephant - Parker stand off

Sharing a sweet moment with his Aunt Tina

 After lunch and a nap, we headed to the doctor to fit in his 12 month well child visit.  At exactly 12 months old, Parker weighed in at 22 lbs, 7 oz. and was approximately 29.3 inches tall.  Just for comparison, his birth weight/height was 6 lbs 8.5 oz. and 19.5 inches long.  After enduring the doctor visit and many shots (what a trooper, and on his birthday too!), we headed home to await the arrival of Grandma and Grandpa Greenfield.  For dinner, we met them at Maid Rite, so naturally Parker had to experience his first meal there.  No pictures from that meal, but we did stop by the Coldstone Ice Cream shop afterwards for dessert, where we discovered Parker is a big fan of chocolate ice cream.  Definitely picked that up from both mom AND dad! :)

Chocolate ice cream 'stache

 

 

The next morning Grandma Greenfield joined us and surprised us with a yummy breakfast.  That morning Parker enjoyed some bananas, cinnamon rolls AND scrambled eggs.  If I haven't mentioned it yet, we've discovered that he likes to eat. A LOT.  I am glad that we do not have to worry about a picky eater yet, but on the same token I've begun to dread the end of a meal.  As many of you have witnessed, this usually results in a bit of a tantrum.  Also, if you do not feed him fast enough, he WILL let you know. The boy likes his food and the belly proves it ;)

To be continued with his birthday party!.........