Almost 19 Months!

My little buddy is such a sweet, easy going, messy, active boy. I could go on and on! He is my cuddle bug! He loves his mommy so much these days & for that I am so thankful. If i'm ever standing up around where he is, he will run up behind me and grab both legs and stick his face between them and just love on me! 

 It sure is hard to believe that we've already passed the year and a half mark; although, I can't remember life without him there beside me. We are inseparable! Parker goes everywhere with me and I love it! I will sob the day we put him in school!

 I can make him laugh so easily! His laughing is so intense that he often gets hiccups.

 Parker is extremely easy. He entertains himself fully. I'm talking all day. I am so not used to that! Some hectic days where I've gotten carried away cleaning or working on a project, I have to remind myself to go interact and play with him because he is just totally content playing by himself!

 Mr. Man LOVES the TV. He would watch it all day long if I let him!

 He adores his monkey these days and that is an understatement. I washed him yesterday and showed him as I put him in the wash, explaining fully that he was taking a bath and would be out in just a second. Parker cried the.entire.time! Needless to say, he never made it to the dryer.

 This is one example of how he entertains himself. Here we have light reflecting on the floor. This entertained our buddy for about an hour.

  He still doesn't talk. He has said Momma, Zizi and a few others in the past, but on a day to day basis all I hear is jibber jabber!

 He communicates in other fashions, like here is a very common sight to see here at the Lyles. He will beat on the fridge until you open it and hand him his milk.

 Parker loves to color and LOVES crayons.

 This is not a staged photo. This was approximately 4:15am. Clint was out of town and a girl does what she has to survive... At 18 months, I would have hoped to be past seeing this time of day, but Parker man loves the wee hours in the morning!

 and yes, our 80 pound Vizsla sleeps in our queen sized bed Every.Single.Night!

 He's such a fun shopping buddy!

 This is Parker's second time seeing the huge Chick-fil-a Cow...He just isn't quite sure what he's up to...

Well, that's it for today! 

15 Months

This big boy is 15 months already! No walking yet...

 But standing on his own!!!

 He fully entertains himself most of the time. I am so thankful for that quality in him!

 He loves his sister so so much! He wants to be wherever she is.

 I have caught them many times being sweet like this.

 and he ALWAYS gets this close to the TV if it is ever on...which it is more than I would like to admit! I move him and put barricades up to keep him away but he always finds a way around them.

 He wakes up looking like this every single day.

 Still tired.

 Happy happy kid-another thing I am SO very thankful for!

 Parker is 30 pounds
Loves his giraffe Lovie and monkey stuffed animal
drinking around 30 oz whole milk
crawling, pulling up, cruising around, walking with walkers all over, standing up by himself for minutes, LOVES being held
2 molars grew in this month
eating every single thing we are these days! GREAT eater compared to Blakely (not compared to other children unfortunately)
Still no words.....any day now buddy!

1 Year Photos

I tried to wait for Parker to start feeling better to get his 1 year pictures, but when I realized that this long, never ending sickness was in fact allergies, I gave up and decided to take him feeling yucky and all. We went about 2 weeks ago to the botanical gardens and despite his feeling so crummy, ended up with quite a few keepers! Blakely was my photographers assistant and tried her best to make him laugh. I don't think I got one the entire day of him actually looking at the camera-his eyes were either looking down or at her. =)

13 Months

Parker,

You have been quite the sickling lately! These allergies are really hitting you hard and seeming to give you little relief. I don't love pumping you with Zyrtec, but it seems to give you a break from feeling so crummy. Your eyes are typically glued shut whenever you wake from napping. 

Even with all the yuckiness, you are quite happy most of the time. You do love to cuddle especially when you aren't feeling your best. You love the TV...I let you watch Curious George most mornings while I'm trying to get everyone ready and you are so fascinated with it!

 You are full of personality. You love when we laugh at you! You will just laugh right back.

 You are getting in to EVERYTHING! and I mean everything. You love Zizi's water bowl, wall outlets, sister's teeny tiny toys, cabinets, doors, windows with blinds, oh and especially the potty. You make me tired these days.

 You love your bottle, but it better be hot! You are not giving in to my weening attempts at taking it room temperature & you can forget about my feeble attempts at serving it cold.

 You are very hard to hold. You make absolutely no effort to hold on, in fact you actually tilt your body back in almost a horizontal position. With this in mind, you want to be held 100% of every day. Nothing makes you madder than when I walk past you. You will crawl like a mad man after me and if (Heaven forbid) I walk past you a second time-my ears will ring for days!

 I would say you are most content when someone is holding you while standing up and walking around. I don't think I've ever heard you cry in that position.

 You love the park, outside, being read to, anything in your sister's room, baths, Blakely giving you attention. You absolutely do not love when Blakely tells you 'no'. It seriously hurts your feelings....I on the other hand tell you no and it doesn't phase you-go figure.

 You love your giraffe lovie and always prefer it to anything else. You snuggle it up to your face while sucking your thumb often. Most days that I get you up from sleeping you have one hand wrapped around this monkey's leg or tail and the other hand tightly gripping your giraffe lovie. Not sure what your 'Raffe' will be but my money is on this giraffe!

 I am sad to announce that you are starting to be a terrible eater! You love applesauce and yogurt but that is about it. It makes me want to cry because at your age Blakely would eat so much more than that. I am trying very hard to nip this behavior in the bud but you just refuse everything! oh no...

 You are still wearing a size 4 diaper, eating 3, 8 oz bottles of milk and 2, 6 oz sippys a day with meals and snacks between (when you will actually eat that is), You just started standing up for about 20 seconds at a time yesterday actually. I'm guessing walking is in your near future?? You bring us so much happiness!

I love you so much sweet man. You are the light of my life & I am so lucky to have you! Hopefully this summer weather will hit soon and all your yuckiness will fade!