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...
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.

Burnell Christmas Eve

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

On Christmas Eve, Bevan, Parker, and I stayed home for the first part of the evening to do our stockings. I wanted to start a tradition for our little family, so I had us open the stockings. I did this because I had bought us all Christmas pajamas- and didn't want to wrap them, so I stuffed them in our stockings. :) When Parker gets a little older, I'm sure we'll go back to opening our stockings on Christmas Day- but I figured she's only 6 months old, and doesn't know the difference yet.


Parker with her Christmas PJs and new Baby Einstein "Christmas from Around the World" DVD and CD. I was at a loss for what to put in a 6 month old's stocking!

Bevan got the ORIGINAL first season of the GI JOE cartoon on DVD. You know, the cartoon from like the 1980's? Needless to say, he was thrilled. I've been hearing "Yo' JOE!" a lot lately...







I love this picture. I realize it's not flattering for neither my husband or my daughter- but this picture completely symbolizes the love and tight bond they have for one another. She completely lights up when he enters the room, and he will scoop her up and play with her for hours on end.

Up next is our Christmas Eve at the Anderson house, and then Christmas Day...

Do other moms...

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

stay up much later than you should just because your child is finally in bed, and you finally get some alone time?

I've been doing this a lot lately, and losing a little bit of sleep- but I really like the me time.

Food blog

Monday, December 14, 2009

Check out my food blog at
www.messyeats.blogspot.com
I've gotten pretty good at posting regularly!

Addy

Sunday, December 13, 2009

My neice Addison moved back from Hawaii a couple months ago. Last week, we finally got to see her, and baby Parker met her cousin for only the second time. Addison had a lot of fun playing with Parker's baby toys, and Parker had a lot of fun watching Addy run around( and I mean RUN AROUND. That girl has more energy than anyone I've ever met.)

Merry Christmas

Monday, December 7, 2009

Parkers first christmas tree.


This weekend we decided to drag out the Christmas decor.
We have a 9ft and this little 3 ft tree- and I was being lazy and decided to only put up the 3 ft. Shes still too young to really know what it is- so...once she has a better understanding of what Christmas is- we'll go all out with the big tree. I thought she'd be extremely fascinated with the lights- but so far, she's not that impressed. Apparently, she's seen better.

Speaking of Christmas...I opened one of Parker's "big" presents for her today. Keeping with the theme of "she doesn't know what Christmas is" led me to open it. Who am I kidding? I was just too excited and HAD to open it.
Its a little kitchen set for a 6-36 month old baby.



Look how scrumptious those thunder thighs are...




This toy counts, does the ABC's, has a switch which tells her when the light is on/off, sings songs, has a shape sorter, has a little stove, which sizzles when she "cooks". It also does too many things to keep naming...it is afterall, a little baby's toy. :) Why am I so excited?


My favorite picture...she was spitting at me. This is her new desired form of communication.

Merry Christmas everyone!!