i hate you food

i know that's what parker says in his head

everytime i strap him in his highchair.

yes we are still struggling to get

the dang kid to eat.

anything!

he now hates baby food and people food.

he picks and pokes

and refuses to let us put anything in his mouth.

and would rather eat a spoon.

very healthy plastic that is.

whatever dude.

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lazy

it's monday.

i'm feeling lazy.

wish i was chillaxin' at home

with this cool dude

 

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worst mother of the year award goes to...

me!

how do i win such an award

you ask?

oh just letting my little man army crawl on our

need to be power washed and stained deck.

i mean i put a couple blankets down.

but he instantly went to the edge

to pick at the nails.

and in the process

managed to fill his tiny little forearm

with like 1000 mini-splinters!

i may or may not have had a

tiny panic attack.

i emailed our doc

(bc he's cool and does that)

who then told me not to worry

and they would work themselves out.

whew!

thank you baby jesus.

p.s. can you see my boobies?

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embrace the camera

books.

parker's favorite.

now it's your turn to

embrace the camera.

get out from behind the lense and get in the picture.

hard to do with little ones,

but they'll appreciate all the pics

WITH you in them.

atleast i tell myself he will :)

go check out her amazing blog

Anderson Family Crew

and everyone else that embraced today!

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good-bye mullet

on park's 9 month birthday

if that even exists

he got to go get shots at the doc

and get his hair did!

fun filled day.

you see i tried to cut off his mullet myself.

with scissors.

mistake.

i was too afraid of poking his eye out

since he doesn't hold still.

needless to say i called my bff hairdresser to fix it :)

here's a before pic

it was much worse than the pic shows.

he did way better than i anticipated.

no snacks, toys, or drugs needed.

totally kidding.

codie is that amazing and quick.

ever since his hair cut,

his hair has grown out of control.

so i did it again.

but this time with d's clippers.

in the sink.

much better results.

so handsome.

 



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a blur

so many of my pictures are

starting to turn out like this.

does he not understand

i need him to hold still

while i take his picture?!

and this whole crawling thing...

ya, it doesn't just happen in the livingroom anymore.

he's discovered it takes him places.

and now i have a shadow wherever i go :)

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the bottle

i'm getting nervous about breaking

parker from the bottle.

bc he's in love.

maybe he'll surprise me and transition really well.

who knows!

but we are having a struggle in the eating department.

struggle = he doesn't eat food.

only drinks a minimal amount of

water or applejuice out of a sippie.

which makes me wonder what he will

survive on after the ba-ba goes bye-bye.

we offer him multiple kinds of fruit and veggies

two or three times a day.

most of which ends up on the floor

or thrown away.

he only holds his ba-ba

for about 10 seconds into the feeding

because he's so into playing with his hair

his eyelashes

(he's pulls them just like his daddy)

my hair

daddy's facial hair.

or both at the same time.

it's quite frustrating and times

when all he does is fuss

and shove the spoon or food away.

drives me nutso!

but this too shall pass.



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child labor

is it bad i can't wait til parker-man

can start helping out around here?!

fold that clothes boy!

and look cute while you're doin it 

it's about time he starts

helping out around here!

sheesh!

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Houston we have a tooth!

two actually!

my lack of posting is to blame

for the annoucement delay.

his left front tooth arrived

july 17.

and righty came a week later on

july 28.

control your excitment.

getting a pic of this bad boy

has been pretty tricky. 

it's super private, ya know.

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makeover

so i got a wild hair today

and gave my bloggie a makeover!

hope you like it

because i do.

pennant banners are soooo 2011!

maybe this will give me motivation to make one

for pj's birthday.

i'm so not creative and having

a tough time deciding what to do

for the big 1st birthday

which is only 65 days away.

OH-EM-GEE!

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sharing

we're working on it.

give mommy a drink.

let daddy have a bite.

not shove all your snacks off your tray

to share with sanders

our gi-normous puff eating cat.

who needs dogs anyways...

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walker

we have a walker!

oh no, not a human walker

but one of those walkers you're not supposed to put your baby in.

ya, one of those.

p's borrowing it from cousin reid.

he's only figured out how to go backwards in it.

this could be due to the fact that

his feet barely reach the floor?

or that he hasn't figured out how to put

one foot in front of the other yet?

whatev.

his attention span lasts about 5 min in it

and then we get this face:

it's much  more fun to climb under it

wonder who taught him that.

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cat whisperer

p has a way with animals.

or so he thinks.

he's still beyond obsessed with our cats.

and we discovered last weekend

his love for dogs too.

our cousin's dog bella

decided park's blanket looks oh so comfy.

maybe he'll become a vet someday.

now i just need someone in my family to be

a professional photographer

and a hair stylist and i'm set!

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