Parley is 9 Months

Parely is 9 months old. This is a little delayed but I have come to decide that is my life now, and it doesn't mean I don't love him and enjoy each step of his development. It just means that now I have 3 kids, a house, dog, chickens, business, paperwork, callings and life that comes before my blogging time. So Parley just know I love you more than life itself. Just have a harder time sitting down to the computer.


Rare to get a smile without a scrunched nose

Parley at 9 months is. . . . . .
*A crawler. It happened quickly when he finally figured it out. He is oh so fast. He will search the house for mommy. One day I was in helping Brooklyn change her clothes and he was calling for me and crying. He crawled from the living room to my room, into my bathroom, out back through the kitchen living room into the play room and finally into Brooklyns room. I was impressed. That is true dedication for a 9 month old!!!
*He is a human vacuum cleaner. I have never, ever ever had a child of mine or in daycare as bad as him at picking things up off the ground and eating them. He picks at the carpet so long he will pull up the fibers of the carpet to eat. I feed him I swear, but this kid. argh is drives me bananas. All the kids (daycare and siblings) are all eyes peeled to see if Parely is picking something up to put in his mouth.
*He has dairy issues like his big brother. Mom hates this. He throws up milk. He throws up yogurt. He can almost handle cheese in tiny amounts. Im hoping it will improve with time.

*He says mom and dad correctly (our pediatrician was super impressed, especially when I told her he has for a couple months.) He is a vocal boy and jibber jabbers all day. The other day I swear he said bear....I swear to it. He reminds me a lot of Kyler and his language development.
*He is finally sleep trained. He had a rough start having to share a room with mom and dad for 6 months and then sharing a room with his brother for 3, but just recently we moved Ky out and it took like 3 nights of not too much drama and he was trained. He is a  great sleeper. He goes down at night about 7-7:30 and sleeps till 830-9 and then goes down for a nap around 11-12 and sleeps till 3. I have never had a baby this young create such a schedule. He sleeps as much as them just goes down tons earlier and takes a longer nap. Weird to have a baby only taking one nap a day, but hey who can complain. I am not a "wake a sleeping baby type person" I think its mean. They are little and need their sleep when they need it. You cant control that. So I've just let them all create their schedules until they are 2 and then I fix them into my daycare schedule....Parely has just don't that naturally which is fabulous.

*He loves his brother and sister. So much. He giggles giggles with them. He loves to be wrestled with, which scares me, but he loves. They roll around with him. Tickle him. Torture him and he loves it all.
*Brooklyn calls him Boo Boo. I love it. Its just her little name for him and she doesn't even realize she does it. Ill ask her what his name is and she will say Parley. I ask her what she calls him and she says Parley. But she only ever calls him Boo Boo when she is playing with him. Adorable. It might stick, for a long long time.
*ParJay loves his daddy. As soon as daddy walks in he is leaping out of my arms at him. He crawls after him and calls his name till he picks him up. Daddy doesn't seem to mind one bit that he is the favorite. :)
*Par eats about anything we give him. He prefers to feed himself, and so that is how we feed him most the time. Just gets hard to think of things to give him that he can finger and still not have to chew much.

He does get mad, and its still cute as ever!!

*He loves to clap. He claps at dinner, when we sing songs, when he is just happy on the floor. I love those chubby clapping hands.
*He loves Kylers trucks and especially his police truck and its loud sirens. He already makes the burrrburr sound when driving the trucks and cars around. This gives me butterflies it makes me so happy to see. I adore him.
*He is an absolute joy. Such a happy happy baby. I have lots of visitors with daycare licensors and educators that come to do trainings. Other daycare parents and they all alike say they just love that baby. So happy, not fussy and that scrunchy smile of his melts about anyone down to a giggle and smile of their own.

His stats at his appointment were:
weight: 18.5 pounds which lands him in the 25%tile
Length: 27.75iches which lands him in the 20%tile
Head Circ. 17.75ish which lands him in the 50%tile

We love you ParJay. So very much. Thank you for blessing our family with your happy easy going personality.

 This is a common occurrence at the house...Brooklyn under him making him giggle when she pushes the jumper up

 Seriously in love with this truck

 He wants to be right there with big brother and his awesome toys...Too bad big brother doesn't always like sharing with a 9 month old destroyer....

When he is out, he is out.

He is pulling himself up to just his knees, so cute. He gets so excited.

"ohhh who is that hansome baby in that reflection!!"

Love my sweet kids

He loves oranges, especially mandrian oranges he doesn't have to work at.

Brooklyn is a great big sister. She pulled the little table over to him the the highchair and brought him endless supply of cheerios.

My favorite picture of all time. Ever. Forever.

love.

wrestling.