night night

i must say i have taught the little man

my mad skills for sleeping.

on average he sleeps 12 hrs a night.

the other day he slept 13.5!

new record.

and he's so beyond excited to see you in the morning.

yes i made him stand and hold on to his crib.

of course he can't do that on his own yet!

so ya,

i guess there's no real point to this post.

besides the fact that i'm bragging about how

awesome my kid sleeps.

this will now come and haunt me tonight.

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talented or weird?

i'm convinced sweet p is part monkey.

he uses his feet has a third and fourth hand.

everyday. all day.

he crawls between toys, picks what he wants

and immediately rolls to his back

holds it up with both hands and feet.

since we he doesn't believe in milestones

he still can't transition between crawling

and sitting

so once he's down, he's down til i sit him back up.

and many times he plays with one toy in his hands

and one toy in his feet.

even the doc noticed at his 9 mon apt.

park was sitting on my lap holding those connecty letters things

as he dropped them

he stuck out his foot trying to catch them.

i didn't even notice and his ped said,

"did you see him just try and catch that with his foot?!"

ya...he's special like that.

can't pull himself up,

or walk,

but he has ape-like appendages!

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baseball behind

cutest butt ever.

besides mine of course.

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brother cousins

i have to share these pictures

of our attempt to get a decent photo of all three pracht boys.

ages: 5, 21/2, and 7 months

i guess this one will have to do!!

 triple trouble we'll call them.

buddies for life.

 

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poor bunny

D's father has a garden that he chooses

to protect from wild bunnies that like to eat the plants.

on the evening of father's day

braden and gavin were begging to go play outside

in the approximately 115 degree weather.

so papa agreed to take them out and check on the veggies.

braden comes flying in the house demanding we come quick

to go see what gavin was doing.

and there he was

holding a dead rabbit upside down like it was no big deal!!

steph and i had a joint heart attack.

gavin was too young to have any sort of fear holding him.

but after braden saw our reaction he

of course wanted in on some of the attention too :)

and thus we have the fight over a dead bunny.

so proud

can't wait till next summer

when his bigger brother-cousins can teach him

how to carry around dead animals.

sweet.

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"you make my heart melt like a popsicle on the fourf of july"

parker's only other experience with fireworks

was at his first cardinals game

at about 6 months old.

pujols hit a home run,

the crowd cheered,

parker went into hysterics.

good times!

so i knew the fourf of july prolly wouldn't be his favorite holiday

at least not yet.

he couldn't stay awake long enough to watch the city fireworks at my aunts.

(i may or may not have made him go to sleep

before they went off because i knew he was going to flip out again)

we grilled and swam at my parents the next day

with their neighbors.

great weather. great food. all you need.

they live on a dead end street

so we hung out there all evening.

(no small children were hurt during our play with fire)

pop rocks are a must every year.

and parachutes 

looking slighly concerned 

in his jammies

sitting in the street.

not hoosier at all.

double fisting popsicles

 

maybe you'll be brave enough next year

sweet p.

it's ok though.

mommy used to cry at parades until she was

like 15 from the noise.

God bless america.

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9 months

kinda crazy to think parker has now

been outside of me for longer

than he was inside of me....

ponder that for a min.

so lately the tides have been turning.

everyone and i mean everyone

used to say P looked like his dad.

to. a. T.

but now he's starting to get the...

"awww, you are looking more like your mommy every day"

from random people.

which i think is so funny

bc D and i look nothing alike.

(he's just one of those kids that you can't tell which parent he looks like i suppose)

but besides the looks he is unfortunately taking

after me in his growth pattern as well.

as you know park had his well baby visit monday.

glad to report he has grown!

just not too much.

here's the stats:

                           height - 26 1/2 in  -- 5%

                           weight - 16lbs 12oz  -- not on the chart, below 5%

                           head - 18in  -- 30%

so from his 6month visit he has only gained

2.5lbs

and grown

1.5inches.

but the doc was pleased.

he said he is following his own growth curve.

he is very patient and said as long as P is progessing

at his own pace he is happy to go along with it.

as are we!

he is officially sitting on his own.

finally started around 8 months or so.

he was actually army crawling at about 7 months.

why do things in normal order?

his new thing he just started doing is waving.

like on purpose.

and just as the dr walked in parker started waving at him.

perfectly on cue!

he was quite impressed to say the least.

(said most 1yr olds haven't mastered waving)

very proud mom moment.

thats about his coolest trick right now.

he does say 'mama'

and started using it right.

he kinda yells it at me when he wants to be picked up

MAMAMAMAMA!

and stiffens his arms and legs and points his toes.

it's hilarious really.

but he also knows how to do (as we call it)

pat-pat.

when we pick him up he pats us on the back.

and we tell him to give the cats 'pat pat'

he will pat their back intead of grab a fist full of hair.

he is starting to understand what 'no' means.

he likes to crawl to the wii and dvd players to push buttons.

he understands it so much to turn around

and grin

and continue doing it.

his favorite activity at the moment is

definately chasing our cats.

he will army crawl in circles around our livingroom

as sanders slowly walks away just

before he gets to him.

p-man was actally panting the other night

he was so worn out from chasing them.

so i'm finally accepting

and embracing

the fact that he will do things at his own pace.

how he hasn't figured out how to transition from

crawling to sitting yet.

or how to cruise along the couch.

or how to walk holding our fingers.

but he will.

when he wants to.

and why would i want to rush it?

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big boy

parker is finally wearing

the size clothes of his age.

and actually some even bigger than that!

so i went and got him some 12 month

big boy jammies.

he looks so grown up it makes me wanna puke.

and the army crawling is getting faster by the day

still has a sweet triangle-shaped head

and amazing hair

that grows in all directions.

he's mine.

and he's awesome.

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