....but we've definitely had a "first step"! That's right, just after he turned 9 months, Parker took his first step at daycare.....twice in one day! Everyday he has gotten more solid at standing on his own, so it's not surprising that he's taken a few ventures at walking. In fact, he's got the shimmy move down pat. Scott and I enjoy watching his many tours around the ottoman or scaling the handle of the good ole fridge. He's an old pro at crawling and can disappear from a room in the blink of an eye, so we just patiently wait and watch for our little guy to become a walker. And let me just say, this mama is fine with waiting ;)
Here's a quick run down of the stats from his 9 month well child exam:
- weighing in at a decent 21lbs 6 oz (although from our tired arms we could have sworn it was more!)
- height shot up to 29 inches, surprisingly right around the 70th percentile for his age!
Food has been an interesting area to navigate. More so because mom and dad just weren't sure what to feed Parker and figuring out how to introduce him to our foods at dinner. Turns out the kid really doesn't care, as long as we're feeding him! So far I'm loving not having a picky eater (and am aware that it could change at any time) and the buddha belly on P confirms this ;) Our boy is a healthy growing boy, this is for sure!
Now, time for pictures, starting off with the 9 months pics. I'll be honest, these were about two weeks late. Time just gets away too fast these days, along with the little mover. Getting him to sit still for these pics has been interesting to say the least (as these pics will prove).
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| Here dad, let me try |
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| Parker perfecting his sumo stance |
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| Baby airplane! |
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| Silly guy! |
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| And I'm over it. |
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| Yep, your turn. |
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| Just to make sure the sticker doesn't fall off. |
Parker also enjoyed helping with getting the tree out and decorating. He especially loves the big totes that hold the ornaments as they make a perfect "shelf" for him to play on and build a fort with. And if I'm being honest, mom and dad loved them too (they stayed in the living room for over a week!) as they provided a mini baby-jail to keep P occupied while we did our chores or cooking in the kitchen :)
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| He loved bouncing and rolling his little balls on them |
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| See, perfect height for the guy! (sorry for the weird coloring, I was messing around with our camera options :)) |
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| Checking out the naked tree |
P also enjoyed his "magic carpet rides" around the house. And never to be excluded from the activities, Koda enjoys chasing him!
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| Koda, move your paw! |
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| Ridin' one-legged....such a show off. |
And now for 11 months:
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| Free standing! |
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| All by myself! |
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| Koda - Parker face off. Parker and him could share toys really, they're always stealing each others! |
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| Gearing up to scale the living room wall |
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| C'mon mom! (oblivious to Koda's shenanigans in the background) |
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| Did you see this?! So cool mom. |
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| Dad have you seen how cool this vent it?! |
That's it for now. I'll be working on a few Christmas posts soon and of course the little dude turns 11 months next week. In fact, I've already scheduled my time off for this first birthday and need to get some plans going for his birthday party. How is that even possible?!?! :(
