Twenty Months

My bouncing baby boy Parker has turned into 100% pure toddler BOY. And it's happened way too fast. He's into everything, never stops moving until he's asleep, and is a very spirited little boy. That can be good and bad. Depends on which day you ask me! He's very independent these days, and wants to do everything by himself. Although when he's getting tired and sleepy, he might come sit with me and get all cuddly for a bit. Those times make the hard days so worth it! He throws a thousand fits a day, and all I want to do is laugh when he throws himself around so dramatically.

He LOVES it when I chase him. He loves to hide, and he loves to run.

And this is the result of his independence. He loves to make a mess, and then say "I make mess".

He loves his daddy and loves days where he can be outside with him.

He loves going to visit his grandparents. He loves all of his grandparents so much, and I am so thankful for that.

And he loves to swing and eat Bugles with Papa.

My favorites things right now are hearing him say "alright baby", "oh man", "oh my goodness", and "cock-a-doodle-do".

He LOVES to be outside. Doesn't matter what he's doing, as long as he's doing it outside.

I love to watch him. He's such a little busy body, and it's neat to see how he's learning and changing his ways.

I LOVE that he LOVES sleep! He usually goes down without a fuss, sleeps all night, and takes a nap sometime during the day. As long as he has Dog. He won't even think about laying down without Dog.

I just love the closeness I have with him. I love knowing that he wants me when he doesn't feel good, or when he's sleepy. I love it when he comes to me and wants to rock with me. I love it that he loves to go bye-bye with me. He's quite the little shopping companion when he's not throwing a fit or throwing random items into my buggy that I find when we check-out.

I love that he loves church. I pray that we can teach him how to always love it and know the importance of it. I pray we can show him how to love Jesus and how to serve Jesus.

He's growing so fast. I watched a couple of videos last night of him as a baby, and it was not that long ago that he was. And look at him now, doing everything on his own at 20 months.

We love you Parker and are so thrilled that you are ours!