10 Months!

10 months!!!  Parker is getting so close to one year!  Time, slow down!

He has had a very big month.  Accomplishments include:

• He is officially on the move!  Shortly after his 9 month b-day, he started crawling.  It's amazing how quickly that process is learned.  He went from rocking back and forth to taking a couple of crawls, to clumsily crawling, to crawling like a champ, all in a short time.  (and let me tell you- it is hard to babyproof and keep a 2 and a 4 year old's little toys off of the floor!)
• He has tried all kinds of new food, including different beans, ground beef, kiwi, avocado, spaghetti, pancakes, turkey, crackers, and more!
• He celebrated his first 4th of July!
• He pulls up and stands up on his own.
• He's just starting to walk around things, while holding on.
• It is virtually impossible to change this boy's diaper!  He moves every which way, turns his body the opposite direction, etc.  
• Finally got the hang of the sippy cup!
• One of his top teeth has popped through, and the other is about to.
• He's been doing this for a little while, but it's really become evident now- whenever he wants something (food, a person, etc), he opens and closes his hands over and over until he gets it.
• He will crawl over to the feet of someone he wants and puts his head down on their feet- like a little puppy!  (He does this when food is around, too!)
• He recognizes a lot of things- if I say "daddy" or "bottle", he'll turn to look at them.  If I ask for a kiss, he will lean into me. 
• This boy has to be going through a growth spurt... he is SO hungry all the time!!!!

Time to get that gate back out!

I like how he sleeps with his little bottom up in the air!

Summer Bucket List

I made a summer "bucket list" of 48 items I had wanted the girls (and specifically Sydney, since she's old enough to do a lot of fun things) to do.  I found this idea on Pinterest, and LOVED doing it.  It was a fun "goal" to have, to do all of these things.  It created some excitement about all the things we would get to do, and it was fun checking activities off the list.  It also helped me- when there was a lull in the day, I could pull out our list and find some activity to do.  We will definitely be doing this again next summer!  It's fun to look back at these activities and remember how much fun we had doing them. :)

As far as how we did- we did great!!  We were 46/48.  We were missing going to Bay Creek Park and going fishing.  I'm hoping to do these two things in the near future.  We did have to modify a couple of activities as well. 

Anywho, here is how our summer went: 

1.  Go to the library.

2.  Pick strawberries blueberries. (we missed the boat on strawberry season!)

3.  Do a treasure hunt.

4.  Chuck E. Cheese's

5.  Swim in the (backyard) pool.

6.  Make tye-dye t-shirts.

7.  Practice shoe-tying.

8.  Vacay at Lake Junaluska.

9.  Make homemade popsicles.

10.  Plant a garden.

11.  Go to the zoo.

12.  Play putt-putt golf.

13.  Vacation Bible School. Build-a-Bear. (We were on vacation during VBS!)

14.  Play at Meridian Park.

15.  Watch fireworks.

16.  Play on the slip n' slide.

17.  Build an indoor fort.

18.  Play at Destination Park.

19.  Play with sidewalk chalk.

20.  Have a picnic.

21.  Fly a kite.

22.  Make a pizza.

23.  Go to Stone Mountain.

24.  Play with bubbles.

25.  Do a puppet show.

26.  Play hopscotch.

27.  Make trail mix.

28.  Make 4th of July t-shirts.

29.  Finger paint.

30.  Have a movie/popcorn day on a rainy day.

31.  Feed the ducks at the pond.

32.  Swim lessons.

33.  Make cookies.

34.  Get a pedicure.

35.  Go see a movie in the theater.

36.  Loganville Toddler Park.

37.  Eat frozen yogurt.

38.  Ride bikes around the neighborhood.

39.  Go on a number scavenger hunt.

40.  Make beaded necklaces.

41.  Play in the sprinkler.

42.  Do a photograph nature scavenger hunt.

43.  Chick-fil-a playground.

44.  Go fishing.

45.  Go to Bay Creek Park.

46.  Paint with watercolors.

47.  Make paperbag puppets.

48.  Get a manicure.