August

Parker loves grabbing the spoon and making a mess!

So then we take a bath... Parker James loves his bath seat.

He has already mastered the "you're so annoying, mom" look.

Now a video of Parker's latest skill...

This kid is all over the place now. Before this video he crawled the entire way out of his bedroom (to follow his mama, of course!) then crawled to the gate, pulled himself up, and then started shaking it. That's his latest trick: shaking things. He likes to be pulled up to a standing and then he grabs hold of something and gives it a good shake.

The crawling and pulling up has been so exciting to watch. It all developed so suddenly. Once Parker figured out how to get on his hands and knees it was only a day or two before he started crawling. It's still not high speed crawling, but he can get where he wants to go. And I still won't let him crawl around downstairs (on our hardwood floors) because once in a while he still loses energy or his balance.

At first all the crawling was helping tremendously with Parker's naps and sleeping. He must have been exhausted because he was taking long and regular naps and waking up only once at night. Well, now he's figured out that he can crawl to the side of the crib and pull himself up on his knees like in the video. He would do this at the start of every nap instead of going to sleep. Aye aye aye.