Black Betty

Football season is upon us...wahoo!!  I love this time of year, but I can't lie, it is a reminder of how far we are from home.  I had only missed one football game in 10 years when we moved, and Brady's number was closer to 20...even Parker had been attending since he was two weeks old.  Needless to say, this time of year is a little bitter sweet.  Especially now, when P is so into football and I know he would love going to the games.   Despite the distance, we try to instill a love of all things K-State, but it's not too hard...Parker is pretty excited all on his own.  He is actually the one who has been showing us K-State football highlight videos on youtube.  No kidding...we love when he points out 'Coach Bill Snyder' and 'Collin Klein'...

Here's his favorite...I've tried to get him singing 'Black Betty' on video but he freezes every time I push record.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxR-mQFbpo4

Oh, and I take no responsibility if you have 'Black Betty' stuck in your head for days...:)

Here's what happened since you last saw me!

A lot has happened in the last couple of months! It is amazing how fast babies grow and change! Here are a few of Parker's latest changes:

(Parker eating chocolate for the first time--he grabbed my cake when I wasn't looking!)


Talking, talking, talking--Parker has always been a little talker (I wonder where he gets that from...) but now he is saying all sorts of words: ball (his first word), dog, car, bye bye, hi, momma, dadda, yellow, no no, and his latest...Piper (this sounds a lot more like bi ba, but we know what he means). He is saying a lot in between those words, but we are still getting lost in translation! (This is Parker and Piper waiting for Daddy to come home...Parker's favorite word is dog!)

• He's using a toothbrush!-We started brushing Parker's tooth right after it first came in around 8 months, but now he has five teeth and loves to brush them every night!



• Walking!--Parker is officially a walker (tear). My baby is growing up right before my eyes!! He took his first steps at 11 months and nows prefers walking over crawling.




• Lifting up the toilet seat--I can't believe I am including this one, but it kind of has a huge impact on the way we operate. Before, I could let him play on the bathroom floor while I showered and not worry. No longer, he can now lift it up-touch the water-and then drop it down, usually on his hand. He has also started flushing! (This picture is not of him lifting the toilet seat, but instead is probably why he has so much fun in the bathroom!)

• No more bottles--At around 10 months, he stopped using bottles and now only using sippy cups. He have been practicing with big-boy cups sans lid, but we still have mastered that yet.




• He has learned to love football--I am not kidding...my son jumps up and down yelling, "football, football," anytime football comes on tv. Needless to say, he has gone to all of the home K-State games and loves them!(This is a picture of Parker and Daddy concentrating on the action on the field at a home K-State game.)

• And the big one...He turned ONE!!!--I can't believe it! My babycenter.com e-mails now say, your toddler this week...I have a toddler, holy cow! It has gone by so fast! He now faces forward in his carseat, drinks whole milk, and tests limits:). He had a big birthday bash, but I will post all of those pictures on a different post!