Parker Update!

I know, I know, it's BEEN TOO LONG.  The "commitment to excellence" phase of blogging was fun and actually became a regular rhythm in my own bedtime routine - but it's not sustainable.  I mean, you all don't want to listen to my corny commentary on a daily basis and, frankly, Tiny Tots is tired of having every moment of his life captured via one of three digital cameras we have strategically placed around The 418.  With all that said, we'll get more frequent updates in play over the next few weeks - the kid is just too photogenic not to give his gift of good looks to those aforementioned lenses every once in a while...

Some quick updates:

• Parker is really, really alert these days - he looks around now, makes eye contact all the time, smiles and giggles.  In fact, last night when I went to put him to bed, he sat there staring at me goo-goo'ing and giggling at me, smiling at me, for ten minutes or something.  I actually had to call Treva in to witness it.  I haven't quite deciphered what he was talking about yet, but I'm pretty sure it had something to do with Washington State Initiative 1183.  It was amazing actually.  Not his argument on 1183 - just his smiling and talking to me.  Pretty neat. 
• Parker's still the best sleeper and eater we've ever had in a baby.  He still gets up once at 3:30-4am in the morning for a feeding, and Treva makes sure his day starts at 7-7:30am every day.  Last Friday night though, he went down at 11am and didnt' wake up until after 6am - that's pretty ridiculous.  We definitely consider that his first "through the night" experience!  It didn't stick of course, but one get-up during the night is not bad living!
• Treva's still very active with her Moms groups - she hosted this week, which both Parker and I were excited about.  Parker:  because he gets to show his friends all his stuff and then ALL the Queen Anne babies get to taunt the Beagle with him.  Me:  I will gladly clean the bathroom for promises of leftover pumpkin bread.  Deal!
• Parker's new favorite color:  Cyan. 
• We read a book every night when we go to sleep - He's not a very good reader yet.  But he's a really good listener (again, something else he got from his mother).

We've been working on tummy-time more and more these days.  I snapped a few pics tonight and we call this collection, "Take me now or lose me forever."

Title:  "He who flirts..."

Title:  "I Coulda Been a Contender"

Title:  "You Come Here Often?"

Title:  "The Audacity of Hope"

Title:  "Would I Lie to You?" 

Until next time, may your favorite pajamas have boats on them too.

dwt.