My dad popped in for a visit last weekend - it's great that even though he's several states away he's been able to see baby parker start to turn into little boy parker...It does happen pretty quickly. Just this morning we asked him where his toes were and he bent down and pointed them out! Crazy!

It seems that more and more often I have to make the choice between stopping trouble that is in progress or enjoying the 5 minutes of quiet that it brings and then dealing with the aftermath.

Saying that park was not overly excited about his first haircut would be an understatement.

there is just something about raspberries that makes this little boy go wild.

juggling

So, Jeremy is leaving next Tuesday on his first week-long business trip since Parker was born. I have to admit that I'm getting a bit worried. We have our day-to-day routine all worked out. Up with Parker at 5:30ish...one of us stays with him while the other one showers...etc. Since the shower in our current house is within earshot to Park's crib (and he's not exactly the deepest sleeper), night showers are pretty much out of the question. I guess the solution is to plop him back into the crib after a bottle and let the screaming ensue while I rinse off...I don't know how you stay at home moms or single moms do it by yourself all of the time! It would take constant planning and shuffling (and this is just planning on how I'm going to wash my hair - forget cooking breakfast/lunch/dinner, laundry.....)!

what a face

believe it or not. this is a smile.

sorry parker, i think you got my hair.

I just can't bring myself to cut the "wings" yet.  at least park's hair doesn't grow much on top so we don't have a little mullet baby.