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Parker fell asleep on Tim with his little hands underneath his chin. He had been staring at Tim, and next thing we knew, he was sleeping. Too cute!
He sometimes likes his sassy. I had to order these online for him. They don't sell them in stores, but when he was at the NICU, this is the type of sassy they gave him, and it seems to be the only type he will take.


I thought this picture was hilarious with his arm flying up. He still flails his arms randomly, but is getting more control. Both his arms, neck and legs are getting much stronger. His favorite thing right now is to bounce with his legs and then lock them so he is standing when we hold him. He also likes to kick off with his legs if he is laying against one of us, which sometimes hurts.

I'm 5 Weeks Old!

Parker today (6/9/09)

Parker is five weeks old today. Like I said last week, I can't believe he is this old already. He continues to be a lot of fun and challenging all at the same time. We have still been making our daily walks, one of his favorite activities to do, although the rain and thunder and lightening have helped us decide when during the day we actually get to go. Parker's neck has gotten much stronger this week and he likes to look around a lot more. Unless he is really tired, he likes to be held facing forward, not against us. My favorite thing he does that melts my heart is when I pick him up and he is tired and he just lays his little head on my shoulder. So sweet! His baby acne has also started to look better as of yesterday. It continues to look better today, so will hopefully be gone soon!

Naked baby! We had to strip him down to his diaper halfway through our walk on Sunday because it was getting to hot. Tim and I looked pretty goofy on the sidewalk stripping down our child.

1 Month Well Baby Visit

Parker had is one month well baby visit to the pediatrician today. He is growing as he should be and Dr. Shuie said that he is growing and developing right on track. His weight is much better than last visit, and he has jumped way up in the chart here. Here are his stats he had today.

• Weight: 10 pounds 4 ounces (65 percentile)
• Length: 21.5 inches (56 percentile)
• Head circumference: 37.3 centimerters (32 percentile)
  

I'm 4 weeks old today!

Parker is now four weeks old! I can't believe he is already that old. Doesn't seem like we have even been home from the hospital for very long. He has started sleeping better finally. The last two nights we have gotten some longer stretches at a time, with the most being a five hour stretch. Poor little guy broke out with baby acne two days ago. We are hoping that goes away soon. We took all these pictures tonight when Tim got home to document his four week old self.

Weekend Update...

We are still chugging along and adjusting to having the little guy with us. My mom left on Saturday, so Tim and I are officially on our own doing this parenting thing. Luckily, Parker is starting to get his night routine down a little better. Day time we are still working on, but I think it is a lost cause at the moment. We are more concerned with getting the nighttime figured out first. :) He is sleeping pretty well most nights, we usually get three to four hour stretches in with feedings in between. Today was the first day I had to get creative to take my shower since Tim was out mowing the lawn, so I put him in the baby swing and the above picture was the result. Isn't he so cute all tuckered out there? He continues to grow (has very long legs, and is outgrowing his three month sleepers, luckily, the onesies still fit fairly well), still loves his car seat and walks with mom, and loves to fall asleep on daddy's chest. One last funny bit of information is that today, daddy was holding Parker when he decided to let his butt explode. Tim had never heard Parker take care of business so loudly that he jumped. He just happened to be reaching for his coffee mug and almost dropped it. I sat there and just laughed. Parker has his one month check-up at the pediatrician on Thursday, so we'll update more then.

Parker is Three Weeks!

Parker is three weeks today! The picture above and directly below were taken today. He continues to grow like a weed and is starting to outgrow some of his three month clothes. Mostly sleepers. He has pretty long legs. Poor little guy is still struggling with gas. Gripe water works some of the time on him, but for some reason the gas always seems to strike in the middle of the night. Today mommy and daddy are walking zombies...other days when he sleeps well, we are what I like to call functionally tired.

Auntie Shelley came to visit this weekend. The big joke was that Shelley scared the poop out of Parker. Each time she held him, within seconds he was pooping quit loudly in his drawers. Hmm, where is Shelley when Parker is having his major gas issues???

Parker is starting to freak out less when it is bath time. His little belly aka pansa is getting big!

Yummy! Mommy's ice cream sandwich is good!

The Many Faces of Parker...

We have noticed over the past two and a half weeks that Parker likes to make all sorts of faces. He wrinkles his forehead (something he got from mommy) a lot, and moves his lips into all sorts of different poses. He likes to open his eyes with some of his faces and then other times keeps them snapped shut. Tim imitated one of Parker's faces the other day, and he looked just like Parker did. You can definitely tell the two of them are father and son. :)