Da da da da

I hope everyone can see this video I posted. My mom took it of Parker over this past weekend. He is now saying Dadadadadadada. I wish it were Mamamamamam but I see how the "D" might be easier to pronounce ;) Parker is now in size 12 month!!! He is such a big boy. I don't know where the past 7 months have gone but I can't even remember him being in size 3 months. It went by WAY too fast and makes me sad :(

We were supposed to take Rylee camping this past weekend with the Rentfro's and the Knott's but rain and 36 degree weather just didn't sound like it would be much fun! We ended up having a camp out at my house and put a tent up in the playroom with their sleeping bags. I think they still had a great time and of course the adults did as well! I love that our kids are growing up together as friends. They have literally know eachother since birth! They will have memories of our get togethers the rest of their life. I think that is so cool :)

We are looking forward to Parker's first Easter and Rylee's 4th birthday. She is requesting a Hannah Montana (go figure) birthday party this year so that is what she will have. The good news is that I will not have a problem finding decor. There is Hannah Montana stuff EVERYWHERE.

My camera is broken so please forgive the lack of pictures. I will try to figure something out until we are able to buy a new one.

Funny things...Adam was getting Rylee a snack in a bowl before getting in the car to go somewhere and she goes "NO dad, that needs to go in a zip lock". Ha. Our car was at BMW getting fixed and Rylee goes "Mom, lets go get dad and pick up the white car at the dealership". How does she even know what a dealership is??? She has been watching the Little Mermaid alot and before bed the other night tried to kiss me like Ariel kisses Prince Eric.... as you can imagine it was a little akwardly long and a bit open mouthed!!! lol I was like "um honey, you only do quick kisses with mommy and daddy and only long kisses when you are married". geez.

Evaluation

We had Rylee's first parent/teacher meeting this week at her day school. I love the fact that they do this! It makes me feel like they really care about the kids education and development and are not just "watching" them like some child care facilities. Basically Rylee's teacher went over tests that they did at the beginning of the year and compared them to the same tests done recently. Overall she did fantastic. She counts to 18 on her own without any mistakes, can recognize all but about 6 letters of the alphabet. When the teacher showed Rylee the letter "T" she couldn't say that it was a "T" but she told her it was what "Tucker" started with. That made me laugh. I was like "yea, um that would be our dog". ha ha She knew all colors and shapes and was satisfactory in all coordination, language, social, emotional, physical, auditory and visual categories! Her teacher said under comments " Rylee has shown vast improvement academically & socially. I am very proud of her. She listens in class and follows instructions well. She is ready for Pre-K". :)

Parker is getting 2 bottom teeth now. He doesn't seem too phased by it but he knows they are there. I notice him doing different things with his tongue as if he realizes something is there that wasn't there before. He is not overly consistent with his night sleeping patterns. It is either up at 2:30, 3, 5:30 or 6:30. UG I am SO READY for him to just sleep through the night on a normal basis. The problem is he gets tired around 6:30 and if I put him down for a cat nap he just sleeps through until 2am or so. He will have a bottle and go back down until 7am. This isn't that big of a deal but I need to figure out how to have him nap from like 3 to 5pm so he can go to bed closer to 8:30. It is very hard to "plan" his naps when 3 days out of the week we have to leave the house twice to go drop off/pick up Rylee from school, not to mention I HAVE to run errands while she is there. This is not something I can just not do just so we can be home and he can sleep at the same exact time everyday in his crib. The books say to do it but it is very UNREALISTIC! SO my point is that when I am in the car I can not control him falling asleep so when we get home he is already napped and up ready to play. The timing is all OFF. Sounds silly but it makes or breaks the day and it is much more challenging than it appears! Anyway Parker is all over the place via army crawl or his walker. He LOVES his walker and follows me all over the house. It is so dang cute!!! I can just hear the rollers on the tile while he explores the house. I can't believe he is so good at it.

I was vacuuming the other day and he was actually chasing the vacuum cleaner. VERY different from his big sis who still runs and hides when I turn it on.