Parley Jake is 18 Months

The two on the left:its annoying when mom wants to take pictures. He had such attitude this time when i took pictures. It was entertaining.

My little curly top boy turned 18 months. We enjoy this happy little critter. He is a complete joy to have around. Putting all his health concerns aside. You could never find such a funny happy little dude.
He loves to tease. He gets the most adorable wrinkled nose when he thinks he is funny. Its the cutest.
He loves to love. He is the best kisser and snuggler out there. He loves to hold his little brother and loves to be snuggled by his big brother.
He wants to do everything his older siblings do.
He is finally growing, we think :) He did up up on the growth charts this time, instead of down, so thats a positive we will take.
 He throws the best temper tantrums of all the kids. He will hit and punch furniture scream at the top of his lungs and run around till he falls and then roll around. Its horrible and hilarious at the same time.
He still doesn't talk too much. His vocabulary consists still of mom, dad, Ky, Sadie, Nana (which is a sippy and his blanket and a banana) "wassat" whats that, NO, Mine, and that about does it. The rest is communicated with a high shrill scream that I could probably do without. I pray he catches up with his language development now he can hear better. I pray. Everyday. 
He is a horrible eater. Thanks to a constant sore throut for months and month until he got his tonsils out and then a sore throut from that. He chews up his food, sucks off the juices, and then spits it out. Its disgusting and frustrating. Some days he does better than others. He gets most of his calories from Pediasure and whole milk. He favorite food is fried eggs, yogurt, apple sauce, and any fruit. He like crackers too.
We still spoil him rotten and rock him to bed most nights. Ok most nights he is still pretty awake when he goes down, but i never just set him in bed and let him put himself to bed like i did the older two. He gets his rockin time wheather by mommy or daddy (nap or bedtime) it happens 2 times a day.
He ADORES his daddy. Love his Great Grandpa Burton, whom he bonded with while he stayed with Grandma Nancy when Blake was born. Now if he hears his voice on facetime calls to Grandma he comes a running to see his Great Grandpa. Its heart warming. He loves his Papa Childs lately too. I think he loves men in general.
His dark eyes, curley hair, adorable face have many wrapped around his little finger.
We adore this kid. He is our Boo, Pars, Parley Jake, and ParJay. We'd be lost and bored without his sparkling personality!!
His stats:
Weight 21.8 LB 14%
Height: 31.6 " 21st
Head Circ 18.5" 38%

 The sweetest ever. Parley wanted to hold Blake I went to had him to him and he layed down so i put Blakey next to him. He reached over and grabbed his hand and they both layed still for 5 minutes this way. Precious. I often think they were buddies in heaven and Blakey couldn't wait any longer to be with his brother, so he took matters into his own hands and got himself down to earth the be with his brother.

 Parley and Parley having a jolly good time in a big ol box

 Dead out cold with his mouth open and all.

 The other day he pulled out the chair gathered his cup and a book and sat himself down for a good book and snack. It was adorable.

This is where and how he hangs out while i do my makeup and hair.

15 Months Old

Technically Parley will be 16 months old in 4 days, but hey for now i kinda look like im on track. So we are claiming 15 months!
This baby is a joy. He is so fun. He has us all wrapped around that adorable little body. He is a daddy's boy through and through. He is boy through and through. He has a captivating grin and undeniably darling curls. He is oooed and ahhhhed over where ever he goes for those locks of dark golden ringlets. He might be tiny, but he has a big heart and a bigger scream. He is spoiled rotten and all of us know it and do nothing to remedy it. We adore our Par Par, ParJay, Boo, and/or Parley Jake.

Right now he is. . .

*Finally, after a long awaiting starting to learn words. He can say Dada, Mama (on rare occasions) Tickles, Da (Dog), "adie" (Sadie our dog), Wa-tat (whats that), Na na (which is his blanket, sippy, banana or any of his favorite toys)
*He makes a fishy sound...this is my newest favorite trick of his. I need to record it and post it.
*He has just started loving to read books. Finally!
*He has a big love hate relationship with his siblings. They torture him and make him scream almost all day. Not their fault though....he just has a short fuse with them and starts screaming at them when he is done. They are slow to catch the clue.

*He loves animals
*He LOVES outside and it kills him when the kids go out and he has to stay in with mom. He stands at the door and crys. Its hard to be only 15 months old.
*He is still rocked to sleep. Yup. Spoiled. That ended for the other two when they were tops 9 to 10 months old and sleep trained. He can be layed down. I think..... :) But i enjoy that time with my baby and feel like i need to keep filling that love tank of his until baby brother comes in a few short weeks.
*He loves Teddy grahams, pretzels, rice, avocados, any fruit, snap peas, cucumbers, pickles, tomatoes, corn on the cob, scrambled eggs, oatmeal, and really he will eat anything we give him. Maybe that's cause he is starving to death......

*His ears are pure evil. We have to see the ENT almost every other week for the last 2 months. They are thinking they will take his adenoids out and put bigger tubes in to allow drainage in September. He has thick drainage so it clogs the tubes, making them useless. He has gotten so used to having drops in his ears (we call them tickles and we do them 3 times a day, that is why he knows the word tickles) that you just have to say time for tickles and he lays his sweet little head down on the floor and waits for them. Or when i am rocking him he turns his head both ways after he gets the tickles in and wiggled down into his ear drum. They (the tickles) are even a source of comfort. When he has been so past tired and wont let me rock him or put him down without his horrible heartbreaking cry. I just tell him ill do tickles, and i put 2 drops in his ear and he closes his eyes and just lets that trickle down his ear and he falls right to sleep. And i mean he will fall right to sleep. Weird, sad, and helpful.

*We found out at his 15 month well child check he isn't growing right. He dropped way off the normal curve he has been on. This stresses his emotional mommy out. We are working with dr Bean (whom we adore) to figure out whats wrong and why he isn't growing. She said he is malnourished, therefore not absorbing much of his food. We will have blood tests drawn in the next week or so to figure this all out. He is my tiny little man.

Weight: 20.6 LB which lands him in the 3% percentile!!!
Length: 29.75 Which lands him in the 9%
Head:18.4 which lands him in the 34%

Kids Who Play Together

 I pray will always stay together.... Here is a random bunch of pictures of the family, kids together, or with their friends over the last 6 months or so.

Watching the rain with Kelsen

Movie Time

I woke up to them all dressed and packed for a day of fun....at 7AM sharp. They were told they got to go to Grandmas that day to play...they just couldn't wait. They got themselves up, dressed and ate before coming in to find us. 

At their 5 year and 3 year well child check

Icecream After Kylers Kindergarten Shots

Worlds best travelers

again, im blessed with great travelers

They were making cupcakes...good thing i checked in the oven before turning it on!!!

 Best buds

 Playing Candyland with daddy

 Snuggles, and Ky taking a nap.

 Cooking dinner on the couch with all of moms pans

Can Am rides as a family are our favorite...especially when daddy goes fast!!

 Another Can Am ride this summer....To Towns Reservoir to fish

 And yet another ride...this time it was cold over the top of the mountain. It was beautiful!

 We love our friends. We took a bike ride to see the Sanpitch Dragon and then ended with ICEE's

 Best Big Brother helping Boo walk

 We are blessed with some of the greatest friends

 And another Can Am day....they were tired after this long ride.

Aquarium Visit

 Ive been wanting to take the kids to the aquarium for over a year. We finally were able to get away for a day and see all these amazing fish. Their most favorite were the penguins by far. There is a book we have read that talks about how much a cat loves penguins. And he finally gets to go to the zoo to see them and he shouts "ITS PENGUIN DAY!!" So appropriately when they walked up the ramp and saw the penguins that is exactly what the two yelled about. They had a great time. Parley liked it, he wasn't fond of being in a stroller. Poor dude with a large pregnant mommy who refused to pack him around.

 The adventure knocked the poor baby out!! He slept in my arms in the noisy play place in Arctic Circle while the kids ate and played some more.