October 2011

October was a very busy month.  It started with Parker turning 9 months and taking his first airplane ride.  Aunt Allie came up for a visit and we went to the pumpkin patch.  Parker had his 9 month check-up where he was very squirmy and nervous about the nurse and doctor.  We could barely lay him down to get measured.  Needless to say, he's going through his clingy phase.  Later in the month we met some old LA friends for dinner in Carmel... well, we tried to have dinner.  We spent too much time getting drinks before dinner and it got too close to Parker's bedtime.  Oops.  The following weekends were spent with Jake's parents visiting (step-mom the first weekend and then mom and step-dad the second weekend).  We love the grandparents visiting because it means date night!  Aaah...  dinner at a nice restaurant where you don't have to worry about highchairs, food falling on the floor, bibs, keeping glasses and utensils out of reach, feeding someone else in between each bite you take...glorious.  Now it's November and my baby is ten months old.  Eek!  Where has the time gone?!?  We'll be yelling "Happy New Year/Birthday" to Parker in no time. 

Parker was a cow for Halloween.  No trick-or-treating this year, but there was a potluck celebration in our neighborhood.   Parker was a huge hit with the little girls.

 He loves the new blocks grandma got him.  His latest entertainment is taking everything out of toy basket and throwing it behind him.  I clean up during his nap so we can repeat later. 

Boring summary that is probably only interesting to me and the grandparents... 

At 10 months old Parker:  

- can crawl very fast!

- pulls up on anything

- climbs up on certain furniture

- loves Roxy's bed

- goes up the stairs, but not down

- will stand alone for seconds at a time

- still loves to push his walker around the house

- takes 2 naps a day (but never for consistent amounts of time)

- goes to sleep around 7:30 and wakes up between 5 or 6 (no more night feedings! woo hoo!)

- plays chase/hide and seek (and the most adorable thing is that he initiates the game) 

- can be impossible to change 

- now screams in protest (usually about being changed, but also if you take things away or won't let him play with the window blinds)

- will eat almost anything, but he loves shredded cheese, yogurt, and breads.  his favorite is anything i am eating and he loves being fed off of my spoon or fork.  he still eats jarred baby food with whatever finger foods i give him.

- we think he understands mama, dada, ball, roxy, up, no.... but who the heck knows.  he only babbles "mama" and "baba"

his 9 month appointment (he was 9.5 months) stats:

weight:  19 pounds 3 ounces (32nd percentile)

height: 29.5 inches (82nd percentile)

head circumference: 47 cm (90th percentile)

so, he's tall and skinny with a giant head.