Parker's First Birthday

I can't believe this littly guys is actually ONE! I was pretty much sad all day long because by baby is soo old! For his special day we had a big party and he was totally clueless as to why all of the celebrating was going on, but Taggart and Maddie sure were excited for it all. We got a big bounce house for our back yard and the kids had so much fun playing in it. Even Parks thought it was cool to sit and bounce in it.

Here are the kids at the bottom of the slide showing how old he is. Maddie was having a meltdown, so excuse the puffy, crying face/ forced smile.

We had dinner and cupcakes. Here he is, but hasn't quite noticed the cupcakes yet.

Now he noticed them and is going for my favorite, the coconut one.

I know it is weird, but he still doesn't put food in his mouth, he usually just throws it around, which is what he did with the cupcake. So I decided to show him what he was missing out on and put some into his mouth. He loved it and kept wanting more!

Me with my sweet boy! One year later and I still can't get enough of him!

He got some fun new clothes and toys for his birthday. Taggart was more excited about his gifts than he was, and T opened them all up for him. It was a great night and we all had fun celebrating Parks' first birthday.
Here are a few things about him at age 1:
* He weighs 24.1 lbs (69%) and is 30.25 inches long (64%). He still has plenty of rolls and we love them!
* He is still not crawling on all fours, but gets around quite well bu scooting on his bum and army crawling. He rocks back and forth on all fours, so it won't be long before he figures this out. I am not too excited for him to be fast at getting around.. it was much easier when I just sat him down and he stayed there. I guess those days are gone!
* He has 5 teeth and they are pretty big chompers! He got 5 teeth from 10 to 12 months and now he looks soo different with them. He was hardly fussy while he got these teeth and it was so nice.
* He is still such a sweet content boy. Every time we are with new people they comment on just how good he is. We are soo happy and lucky to have him!
* He still wants me to feed him. He doesn't want to pick up food and do it himself, but I know that he knows how because he seems to do it when I give him a rice krispie treat! He is allergic to cow's milk and eggs and had pretty bad allergic reactions to both of them so far. We hope he grows out of both of them sooner than later.
* He loves to clap, wave (although not very good on command), play peek a boo, and give loves and kisses. He can say mama and dada and babbles a lot of baby talk. It is so fun to hear his little voice.
* He loves balls and dogs or animals. Everytime he sees a ball/dog/animal he just oohs and ahhs and gets soo excited! Balls are his favorite toy.
We sure love our Parker and are soo happy that he came to us a year ago! Happy first Birthday Parks!!