parker the porker

we finally got some kind of insurance arranged with parker here in colorado and were able to take him in today for his first appointment. he has gained 2 pounds and grown 3 inches since his last appointment at 3 days old. he now weighs in at 8lbs 1oz and is 21 inches long. everyone told me they grow fast, but holy hannah i cant believe how big he is getting.

jared started calling him parker the porker when he was first born because when he gets hungry he makes this cute piggy noise. but now that he has gained 2 pounds in 4 weeks, he really is a porker! he eats like his daddy, and sleeps like his mommy. we have been really lucky with his night time sleeping. we usually put him down between 10:30pm and 11:00pm and he will sleep until 4:30am or 5:00am and has even gone until 6:00am. then he will eat and go right back to sleep until 8:30am.

we took parker to church for the first time last sunday but we only went for sacrament meeting and he stayed in his car seat the whole time so he wouldnt be passed around and be exposed to too many germs. he looked too cute in his mr. rogers sweater, which was huge on him.

last week he had started to become VERY fussy EVERY time he was awake. it has been so frustrating having this new baby cry for hours and they cant tell you whats wrong. we finally discovered he had a very bad diaper rash and after putting some aquaphor on him, it cleared it right up, and he has been a happy camper ever since.... and so have i!

we are still in love with this little dude, and love his sweet little spirit.

growing and changing

when parker was just 11 days old, we set him in his car seat and took off for colorado. he has been to idaho, utah, wyoming, and colorado in the first 2 weeks of his life. he was an awesome traveler and slept the whole way, besides waking up twice to eat.

its still so surreal to me that i now have this cute boy here in my arms. i thought for sure i was going to be pregnant forever. its amazing to me how much he has grown and changed in just 2 short weeks. he really is a good baby and only cries when he is hungry, or has an air bubble in his tummy that wont come out. he usually sleeps 5 hours at night before he wakes up and realizes he is hungry again. when he gets really hungry and mad, he makes this cute little piggy noise. he loves to cuddle and have anyone hold him. but he does not love the sponge baths we have to give him. and he is very good and eating, sleeping, and pooping :)he loves to sleep with his hands up by his facedriving across country. (dont worry, we were stopped to feed him)our party animal on new years eve. looking spiffy in his tux.these jeans my mom wore when she was a baby, then i wore them when i was a baby, and now parker gets to wear them.we think he is one cute little guy!