Our Journey: Some of my Favorite Things

So I wrote this post two months ago but then it never got posted so... here ya go. Two months late :)

Parker is now almost 12 weeks and it basically feels impossible to keep up with the blog on top of everything else... I am still adjusting to being an attentive mom to Parker while simultaneously getting dinner made every day, doing the laundry every week and keeping the house clean. Not to mention grocery shopping is now the hardest thing ever haha. Luckily for me, Ki is always willing to stop at the store on his way home to grab some groceries for me :) It is a good thing that in my case kids come one at a time! I don't even know how I'd keep up with more than one haha. But even though I don't think I could handle more than one yet, after having Parker I think I want more kids than I originally thought :) He just is so fun and smart and cuddly and the way he makes me feel makes me think I want more kids than I used to think I wanted if that makes sense.

So instead of trying to share every single detail of our lives since Parker's birth, I will post some of my favorite pictures since he was born and some of my favorite things that Parker does that I really don't want to forget!

We will start with the details :)

Parker ever since he was really little LOVES to stare at the bear on the wall next to his changing table. Before he could smile you would see his eyes light up when he saw the bear. His first smile was at the bear. And now that he babbles his cute little baby talk he always talks to his bear :) It is so cute. He could be crying when I pick him up out of his crib, but the second I put him on his changing table and he sees his bear he is all smiles and coos! It is so funny.
His second smile was at his Dad and his first coo. I was sorta jealous! haha. I was like geez I am with him way more then you, and he smiled at you first! But I was also glad, because that was when Ki started to really bond with Parker.
Parker has a little play mat with animals that hang above him and at first he totally showed favoritism to certain animals at first! Haha he would talk and smile at the giraffe, but if you hung the parrot above him he would look away and refuse to look at it. I think he was afraid of it or something lol. Now he talks to all of his animals, but it was so funny to Ki and I that at first he was afraid of the parrot for some reason.
Parker is super cuddly. Maybe all babies are? I don't know since he is my first, but I LOVE that he loves to cuddle with me. When he is tired he rubs his face into your shoulders or chest, and he loves to cuddle his soft blankies. I am not kidding. Whenever he is crying because he is tired or upset and you give him his blanket to hug in his arms he calms right down. He loves to feel his blankies with his hands and rub his face into them. It is pretty much the cutest thing ever.
One of Ki's favorite things to do with Parker is fly him around the house like superman. It is so cute and I love that Ki likes to be involved with Parker. Whenever Ki is home he likes to change Parker's diapers and help out just to spend time with him :) I wonder how long the diaper changes will last haha.
Parker loves to be outside. Whenever he is being fussy and we go sit outside on the grass or go for a walk he calms down. He just looks all around and for some reason it calms him. It is strange but helpful. He doesn't like the wind though so if it is really windy he doesn't enjoy it as much.
For some reason when I take naps with Parker in my bed (don't worry I don't sleep close enough to squish him and he sleeps on top of the blankets so he doesn't get smothered) he will sleep like 2.5 hours! Which is longer than he usually naps. I haven't figured out yet if it is because of our mattress that he sleeps better or if it is because he wakes up and sees that my eyes are closed still and goes back to sleep or what haha. It is kind of nice though. I love taking naps with him and wish I could feel good about taking one every day :) Unfortunately there is too much other stuff I feel like I need to do to take naps everyday (emphasis on the FEEL- Ki tells me I always find things to do that aren't really necessary but they always feel necessary to me haha)
Parker rolled over at 3 weeks old twice... but clearly it was a fluke since he hasn't done it since then. Not to mention you would think he would grow accustomed to tummy time the older he gets, but it seems like he hates it worse the older he gets.
Ki has this tendency to think that our child is a super baby and that he will do things faster then all the other babies. Lately he has been practicing "sitting" with Parker even though I don't think you could consider it sitting since obviously Parker can't hold his body weight yet haha.

Now for the pictures :)