Seven Months

Wednesday, January 27, 2010



*sigh*
Our little parker mae mae is seven and a half months old now. I can't believe how big she is, but at the same time- I love this stage. I love that we can take her out to eat, and she sits in a highchair and joins in our conversation. I love that she has a regular schedule, and follows it almost to a tee. I love her ever growing personality and silly sense of humor ( she thinks its hilarious when I pretend to do karate.) I love that she's mobile now, and wears herself out, thus sleeping REALLY good. :)

Yes, she is a full blown crawler now...and stander. She crawls to anything or anyone that enables her to stand. She also crawls to anything on the floor she's not supposed to have, and her favorite thing to do is chase the cat.


She is also a BIG time mama's girl right now. It really hurts Bevan's feelings, which just kills me- but anytime she see's me- she only wants to be held by me. If Bevan is holding her, she cries when she see's me, and immediately wants me to come get her. I hope this phase ends soon, and as I told Bevan- here soon she'll be daddy's girl, and want nothing to do with me.

A FIRST for this month- is her first set of pigtails. She has so much hair that it's really starting to look like a helmet, so we tried out the pigtails- and let me tell you- these pictures don't do it justice. She's just so freaking cute.



A funny story from this month
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While giving her a bath the other night, she pulled herself over to the side of the tub, stood up, and proceeded to empty her bladder. That's right folks, she stood up and peed like a boy right into her fresh bath water.
I'm not going to lie- I didn't know what to do besides laugh.

We love her so much, and she makes our day brighter.

Cutest little feet...

Sunday, January 24, 2010

I took these pictures of Parkers feet for a scrapbook project I was doing- and I just had to post them. I'll post the project I was doing as soon as it's done, and the person's birthday is over who I'm making it for!
These pictures crack me up...


What you don't see

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

So as I was blog surfing the other day, I came across a blog from a girl I went to High school with who was a few years older. One of the posts she did was about "what you don't see on blogs"...and it's about how most people only write about their awesome, never mis-behave children who always have clean faces and booger-less noses. Or couples who never argue and take awesome exotic vacations.
So she posted a couple not-so-proud facts about herself...and I found it kind of inspiring.
SO here you go...here are my not so proud facts:

* I am a HORRIBLE housekeeper. When I know someone is coming over, I hurry and try and clean the whole house so it looks decent. But if you were to stop over at my house un-announced, you would find dishes in the sink and toys EVERYWHERE. I'm trying to be a consistent cleaner, but so far- no luck.

*On the mornings I work, I find myself hoping and praying that Parker will sit through her entire Baby Einstein DVD just so I can get ready for work, and not have to entertain her while doing my make up.

* My car is a wreck, or as I like to call it- a treasure chest of goodies. You could find anything from an entire outfit to mail to dvd's in there.

* Earlier this month I thought Parker may have a sibling on the way...and when it turned out to not be true- I was SO relieved. Its not that we don't want another baby...just not now.

There you have it- my not so proud moments. I encourage any of you to post yours! It's actually very liberating.

Christmas Eve at the Anderson house

Monday, January 4, 2010

After opening our stockings at home, we went over to Bevan's moms house for a family gathering. We opened our secret santa presents, and ate good food.








Six months


Our little Parker Mae Mae turned SIX months old on December 8th. I know every parent says it- and I always thought it was lame when I heard it- but I can't believe how big she's gotten. Time really has flown by.
At her 6 month check up she...
*weighs 17.5 lbs ( 67%)
*is 30" tall (97%)


She now lurches forward when she's trying to grab something (while sitting down)...which means she can only crawl a few steps before falling on her face. (She gets kinda angry when she tries to crawl.) She can pull herself up to her knees with ease, but getting up all the way to her feet is a bit harder. She is still our sweet, giggling, feisty little girl.

Her new favorite thing is to have Bevan pat her back until she falls asleep. He's the only one who has the magic touch-and it's a tender moment to see them sitting on the couch- her snoozing away, and Bevan enjoying the (now very rare) cuddle time.