Parker Is Crawling

All at once you can do it all! Yesterday morning I was talking to your Grandma Teresa telling her that you were almost crawling, and then all of the sudden you did it, you crawled! It was just a creep and the rest of the day we were on the go and you never got a chance to practice anymore. So this morning you were ready to go and that you did. You will crawl a few feet at a time to get to toys or to Payton, then you sit up (also new) and clap for yourself with a BIG grin. This afternoon we went to Jim & Barb's and that's where this video was taken. You are trying to get to Payton. I think all of this crawling must be exhausting, because you've taken two naps, eaten a bunch and were ready for bed early! Night, night sweetheart.

After watching you move around for just the few hours today we're already scared, you are gonna be TROUBLE! You spent 5 minutes today trying you hardest to get your finger into an electric socket that you found after crawling around under the kitchen table. These are thing that Payton never bothered to do.

Parker Is Up To Lots

Oh my sweet baby Parker, what are you doing these days? Last week you shocked me by clapping, and I was so excited to report to your daddy that you clapped for me and then he burst my bubble by telling me that you had actually started the previous day and that Grandma Jackie had shown him when he got home that evening. I suppose that's what happens to mommies who go to work, we just miss some firsts. But, you know what, you've been doing it for a week now and every time I see you do it it makes me giggle, and you too. You think it's very fun to do, but seem to have your own schedule as to when it's appropriate, and it doesn't seem to include when I have the video camera going.

Let's see, what else. Well, you are REALLY REALLY close to sitting up on your own AND crawling. You keep getting up onto your knees, but then can't figure out where to go from there. I am certain that you'll figure it out any day now. While I know you're going to be so excited I am dreading it a bit because you are already into everything, so we're gonna be in big trouble once you can get up as well as around.

And then there's your conversations! For the last couple of weeks it's been dadadadada, which is cute, but give momma a little love. Lately there have been a few mu...mu's but I'm still waiting for the enthusiasm of the dadada's. I'm sure it's coming, you're just waiting for the right time.

Minnie Me

Payton has become a little mommy in her world. She has Baby and Dolly and Elmo, and she's obviously not got any more control over her children than I do, because I often hear her putting them in time out for terrible atrocities such as not sitting up or misbehaving or anything else or nothing at all! Sometimes she's living out the daily grind of being a mother, trying to take TWO children to the grocery store, as she is in this video. Ah, and I thought I'd have to wait 30 years for her to understand how difficult it can be! Of course there are also times that I'm so impressed with her, I'll see her with Baby over her shoulder, patting her back working a burp out and she's always adiment that we be careful when we hold Baby and do it just so. She'll work hard to get Dolly dressed with her silly socks and shoes that fall of the moment she gets them on, just like a real live baby I must say. Elmo is always in trouble because he just refuses to stand up, you know, she can't hold him ALL of the time I hear her telling him!

Other times she needs to capture the precious moments and breaks out her camera. I can not tell you how many times in the last few days she's insisted on posing her "children", her grandmother, Oliver, Parker, Jason and/or I. Then we HAVE to say cheeeeeeeese until she clicks the camera. She tells us how good each photo is and we're released. In these pics she's trying to get Elmo and Dolly to pose with Oliver who's trying desperately to hide under the dining room table.

Big Girls

Another milestone yesterday for Parker, she got to ride in the big girl seat at Costco instead of in her car seat. It had been a long morning of errands and car time and we were all at the end, so we stopped for a slice of pizza and hot dog before finishing up our shopping. I took Parker out of her car seat to offer her a bottle, which she refused, and could tell that there was NO way she was going to get back in her seat. Luckily Costco has the big carts with double seats so the girls had a ball. Payton spent the ride trying to protect her hot dog, while Parker switched between grinning at everyone passing and trying to thieve the very attractive hot dog.