7 months

Parker turned 7 months old on Christmas day. I wonder if all babies get to celebrate their 7 months birthdays with so much flair!? Ha. Parker weighs a little over 21 pounds and is in 12 month clothes. He continues to grow like a weed. My baby boy is getting so big so fast! Where did my tiny 7 lb baby go? Lately he has decided not to sleep through the night. He is waking up about 3 hours after he goes to bed and thinks he is hungry. Our pediatrician says he does not need a middle of the night snack. Easy for her to say, she isn't the one up at 1:30am writing a blog post because there is nothing better to do with a baby in the next room mad at the world and won't go back to sleep. He is spoiled rotten! I pick him up, he closes his eyes. I lay him down he opens them and gets mad. Madison was about this old when we just had to break down and do the whole cry it out method. I hate it, I'm not a fan, but eventually it will work. (I keep repeating that to myself!) It did for Madison. I WILL WIN! I will, I will, I will!!!!! I am exhausted. Brian can't help much with this process because he has to get up and go to work and I can sleep in when Parker does. He is still rolling and scooting around on his belly to get where he wants to go. No luck on the crawling, not that I am really ready to have a crawler. He is sitting up pretty well on his own. Put a toy in front of him and he is good forever! Here are some pictures from a photo shoot my friend did for us. My brother in law is leaving for Marine Officer Candidate School the 1st of the year, so we had these taken with him before he leaves and to surprise my in laws with a family picture.

Halloween

Yes, I know my post are not in chronological order, but I am slightly ADD so I write them as I remember or as I find pictures as I am scrolling through them on my computer. So yes Thanksgiving before Halloween... It works for me...
We enjoyed Parker's 1st Halloween. Much easier than Madison's 1st Halloween. With Madison I picked out an over the top Halloween costume. We couldn't fit the poor child in the car seat with everything attached. We had to dress and then undress her every time we got of the car. She wasn't happy, we were exhausted... Lesson learned, buy an easy to deal with costume for baby #2 Therefore may I introduce my fairy princess and chunky monkey!