The Seminaras: Parker 22 Weeks

Riding the weather roller coaster into fall, we took advantage of an off Friday and visited the Texas state fair and hopefully our last week of 90+ deg. The boys enjoyed all the activity and the animals at the fair. Brady had fun feeding the camel, the four horned goats, the strange Texas longhorn, and all the other baby barnyard animals. And what would be a fair without rides? Brady (and Daddy) had a lot of fun on the kiddie rides. That was about all the action Brady could take before zonking out in his stroller. Mommy and Parker tried to dodge the sun checking out some of the prize winning animals and the automobiles. And of course all of us had to sample the fried food including fried thanksgiving dinner, millionaire pie (super yum), PB&J, and mini corny dogs. By the time we made it to the booth with funnel cake ale and fried TX bluebonnet we were all fried out.

What a difference a day makes, with a cold front coming through putting the highs in 50s warranting breaking out the long sleeves. We took advantage of the cooler weather to pick up a couple pumpkins with the boys. As usual Parker had a lot of fun watching big brother, and big brother had a lot of fun climbing the pumpkins. Instead of carving them, this year we tried something a little more kid friendly - stickers. Although it required some pre-assembly, we did let Brady poke the holes in the pumpkin for the pipe cleaners and let him stick on the stickers. Good thing the dinosaur didn't need to use his legs (which ended up on the stem).

Developmentally both boys are doing great. Parker is chewing on everything so we know teeth will be here soon. One night he was a little fussy because of his teeth, Mommy put her hand on his head to help him hold still and he melted like butter - who knew! Of course this made sense given he sleeps best in his little nook. His vision is getting better as he likes to look at lights, shadows, and window blinds (Brady liked that too). He's starting to inch himself along or roll to an object so he's getting the hang of how to get from here to there. We also started him on rice cereal this week, and he did outstanding sucking it right down. Will definitely have to make it part of his daycare routine. His personality really shines through as he's happy, mellow, and now responds to his name. He had some eye junk this week so did make it in for a 5 month doctor appointment weighing in at 12 lb 8.5 oz (that's 13 oz less than big brother at this age!), but nothing serious just a little congestion and yay no meds.

Brady continues to amaze us with how much he can say or understand. Instead of bottom or butt he says booty, which is cute, until you're in a grocery store and he sees a lady with a large booty - "Mommy I want to touch the booty!" Sigh. The why phase seems to have passed for now, but he does say "No, I do it" - little Mr Independent. He has always really liked music, signing songs to himself or dancing to music. He also likes music videos on YouTube including "Happy", "Shake It Off", "Life is a Highway", "We Are Family", and "Johnny Be Good" to name a few. He always carries a blankie with him, and now he carries matchbox cars too. Our little big guy.