Parker: Month One!

Well, Parker is already one month old...and a couple days! He is just over 10 pounds and just under 22 inches. A few things he started doing in his first month:

- he generally wakes once in the night
- is on a pretty regular awake and sleep schedule
- when he is awake, he is very alert...we call him big eyes, since they are always watching something
- he almost has mastered smiling
- he holds his head up really well...but still is jerky with the arms!
- he is discovering his hand and can sometimes get them in his mouth when he wants to
- he does not like to take a bath
- he loves to be outside
- he has started "chatting' with you when you talk to him

There are the big eyes!

Busy watching his toys.

Cuddling in the swing.

Starting with the tummy time!

Distracted by a blanket!

Valentine's Day!

Hope you had a wonderful and loving Valentine's Day! Hayden had a fun party at school, made homemade cards for his teachers and family, went gift shopping with Greg, and read many holiday books.

Valentine outfits.

Happy 1st for Parker!




That's a good card!!

Sweet treats and treasures for Hayden...

and Parker, too :-)

Reading Parker his new book!


Last but not least...sweet Valentine's treats!!

Happenings with Hayden

With Parker's arrival there hasn't been as much talk about Hayden, so here is what he spends his time doing these days!

Perfecting recipes in his kitchen.

Making things at school...happy late groundhog's day.

Helping with the ironing.

Mac truck time.

Playing outside.

Bringing the Cat in the Hat home from school for the weekend...he has his own cat as well.

Playing with his electronic games.

Taking care of his baby.

Coming up with great imaginative stories when he plays trains.

Of course loves the baby play mat.

Jumping!

Being a great big brother...he has done so great.

Snow, Ice, Snow, and More Snow

A little late in posting all of these but better now than never! January and the beginning of February was very wintry!! We had 5 days off from school...a record of some sort I believe.

Our first round of snow was the second week of January..just and inch or two but still something for Hayden!

The first snow was just enough for making a snowball!

The first five days of February it did not get above freezing here in Texas! In fact, the wind chill the first couple days was at or BELOW 0 degrees...it was VERY cold. The first day was actually ice, not snow and that all turned into sheets of ice everywhere for days!

Parker's first snow :-)

It is a -1 wind chill at the moment....even that bundled we only made it about 8 minutes before we were just too cold!

Walking in ice...literally! We didn't have any injuries until later in the week when he slipped on a patch on our front walk.

It is very hard to make a snowball when it is actually pieces of ice and sleet!

Day 4 of the winter storm brought us several inches of actual snow, on top of all the ice. Much better for playing, especially since it was in the 20's not the single digits!

Hayden loves to make footprints!

Trudging through the snow :-)


Last, but not least, some icicles!

Our final snow, so far, was the following week but it wasn't enough to photograph or play in!