Easter/Mother's Day!!!

Our first Easter with our baby boy was perfect! Church was amazing and the family time was great!!! I had just gotten over some kind of sickness (I had never been this sick in my entire life) and was so glad to eat actual food by Sunday. My SIL came in town and P got to spend time with his sweet cousin! We sat them outside to open Easter baskets and got some cute pictures :)

Mother's day was super! Parker's got two gifts for me, a sweet book, 'Thank you God for Mommy', and he started CRAWLING!!! I was sooo excited!! We were at my parents house for the afternoon, and we were all sitting on the floor with him. I was telling them that he has been trying so hard, he would get on his hands and knees and just rock back and forth, and occasionally would scoot like a little inch worm....but out of no where he just did it :) I'm so proud of him!

                                             Family Easter Picture!

Apple's and Banana's

Yesterday (4-4-11) I started fruit with Parker. I thought I would try apple's first because it would be eaiser on the tummy. Oh but no....P hated the apples! I tried them cold and hot and he hated it both ways. He would gag and spit it out until he felt all of it was out of his mouth (it was quite funny actually). So I grabbed a banana and blended it real quick and tried that with him....and he loved it! He was so mad when it was all gone.
Anyways, later I thought I would try the apples again and just see if he didn't like it because it was something new. So when it was his time for dinner I thawed out an apple serving for him and again he did the same thing....yuk he hated it; he would push the spoon away with his tounge. Oh well.....I think I'll try pears next :)
                                               
                                            P enjoying some banana's!
                                               

One of few, and not one of many!

What a night we had Monday night (March 28th). We experienced the worst night by far with P. we put him to bed at 7:30pm like we usually do and at 9:30pm he woke up screaming. From that time on he screamed all night long. My heart just broke for him because I had no idea what was wrong....it seemed that we tried it all. Changed him, feed him, rocked him, walked around, Tylenol, everything.....he would fall asleep for maybe 30min on me, and then would be back up screaming, and that’s just not my kid, he doesn’t cry (like that anyways)! I felt so sorry for him...so by 6:00am, I woke up Ryan, who had been up with me most of the night, but maybe got 2 hours of sleep, and told him we have to call someone, something is wrong! I called the doc office and talked to the nurse on call and told her what was going on, and she said we need to call back at 8:30am to make an appointment to have his ears looked at. So we get an appointment at 9:30am and sure enough, double ear infection! The doc gave is antibiotics that he has to take 2x a day for 10days. This poor guy was miserable! So now it’s Tuesday, but for me it just feels like a continuation of Monday because I still have not slept any, and P can barley keep his eyes open. The screaming has finally stopped and all this guy wants to do is snuggle and sleep. Don’t get me wrong, I double hate it that he felt horrible, but I sure did love all the snuggle time. He would actually let me rock him to sleep....normally when he gets tired he just wants his bed, but this time he wanted momma! So Tuesday night I get him to sleep and put him in his bed, praying that this little boy gets some good rest tonight and we don’t have another Monday night! Praise God he slept all night and was almost back to himself Wednesday morning! I sure hope that this is one of few, and not one of many ear infections!

I don't like change

Wow....so much going on in my life right now.
To start, it was almost a week ago (March 23rd to be exact) we found out that P was getting his first tooth in!! In a way I was kind of sad about it, because that just means he is that much bigger and older (also I think my sensitive switch has been pushed to high, because since I have had him I get so emotional about everything....kind of gross) But, this whole tooth thing explained a lot of his grumpiness (normally this child is so chill and happy) The poor guy could not sleep....usually he takes two naps a day, and each nap will be for about two hours. Last week it was like three naps a day and each nap being 30 or 45 min. Then at night I think he just could not get comfortable because that dang tooth was bothering him.

Ok, so the next thing is I have been looking for a teaching job and I was offered a position at a school that I could really see myself teaching at!! I was super excited right....well then I go in and meet with the directors and find out that the position is not exactly what I was looking for. If I didn’t have P I would take it with no hesitation, but this little guy changes everything....Its all about him! That’s one of the main reasons I wanted to be a teacher is because I would get time off to be with my kids (yes there is only one right now,  but I'm also talking about my future babies too) and with the position I was offered I wouldn’t get that time off because its is year round. So after this meeting I had with the directors I was supper stressed because I didn’t know how my family was going to feel about me feeling so uncomfortable with this, when I know that they have been wanting me to get a job (and yes I want one too, but one that is not year-round!) So I had a breakdown with my husband about it on Sunday after church, because lets just say Saturday night I didn’t get any sleep....every time I would think about it I would just start crying; I couldn’t imagine being away from my baby that much!
Anyways, Saturday morning I wake up with P as I usually do, but I hear a little wheeze.....I try not to make it a big deal but I was a little concerned (ok not really a little). So after he eats breakfast and has his milk I call his ped's office and told them what was going on. They said I need to bring him in so they can take a listen to his breathing and check things over. Of course I go into "worried first time mom" mode and start scrabbling to get things together and get to the doc's office by 9:30am. So we get to the doc’s office and of course when the doctor finally comes in he isn’t wheezing….my luck. So while the doc is talking to us, telling us it was probable just a nasal whistle, I hear P start to wheeze again and I totally interrupt the doc and tell him “come listen now, he is doing it again” and sure enough I was right.  The doc said that since it is so mild to just keep our eye (ear) on it and if it gets worse than we would have to get an aspirator machine thing….so I'm praying it doesn’t get worse. As of know he is doing better; just a cough and yucky nose…but I'm thinking that’s because of the tooth.

Good news time……Sunday was P’s first time to eat in his highchair J I have been feeding him in his bumbo chair, but on Sunday I thought I would see if he could sit up in the high chair. Ok, it’s not really a highchair, but its one of those seats you can strap to your kitchen chair, and he did so well! He loves it!!!

Also, onto job stuff again….I have called several places to see about job opportunities, and found out that two of the places will for sure have openings in the fall and one of these places offers infant care, yay!!! Pray for me please of this journey for a job!   

                                             P in his big boy chair!

FOOD!

SO, I have been making Parker's baby food, and I love it! So far I have just done veggies and I have made carrots, peas, squash, sweet potatoes, and green beans. All I do is buy a bag of frozen veggies or the raw veggie itself, steam them, and then toss them in the blender. To the veggies that dont hold a lot of water, I have to add a little bit, but thats it...its so easy, and he loves them!

I think this child has a big passion for food, because when he is eating, he is so dramatic about it....he has to moan or make some kind of noise at every bite. If I don't give the next spoonful fast enough he just gets mad. Like this morning, I guess he woke up starving, but if there was even a little time lapsed between bites he broke out the tears, but stopped immediately after he took the spoonful of cereal. Also, when we are at the dinner table eating he wants what we have; he reaches out with his mouth open waiting for you to give him some of your food. Crazy boy, crazy for food!

Parker enjoying his cereal! Yum!

And so we begin...

So, I decided to start a blog to keep a journal of our lives with Parker. This will be something we can all look back on and laugh at all the funny, messy, crazy, little things that happened. Ever since I had Parker I feel like I am trying to save every memory possible. I feel like the "who, what, where, when" woman, and recording every little thing that happens. I just want to be able to remember it all and savor every little moment. He is 6 1/2 months old (already), and I know the time is just going to keep going by way to fast. I never imagined I would be in love with someone so much, and enjoy being a mommy as much as I do. Anyways, our sweet baby boy, Parker Ewing Davis, was born on September 1, 2010 and he is our whole world. This is for you Park-man!