He's 2!!!

Parker's Birthday is today, but we celebrated last night with all our friends after our Thanksgiving dinner! He Has been singing "Happy Birthday to you" all week. 

Parker getting a little shy when we sang to him

Remi comforting him and explaining about blowing out candles

Blowing out the candle

Yay! I did it.

Proud Parker and proud Remi

Parker enjoying his bowl of ice cream with Alissa and Livi watching every bite

Parker sharing his ice cream with Alissa and Livi

Parker opening presents while Aver, Remi, Drew, Alissa and Broden watch!

Parker loved the ball and hat from Grandma and Grandpa DD. He liked the shirts too, but the ball and hat entertained him for hours last night and still loving them today. The rest of his presents are still in the mail. I ordered his present over a month ago, so hopefully it will be here today.

Parker is such a fun little boy! he is so happy and loves to listen to mom and dad and do what we say. He is usually the first child with shoes and coat, ready to go. He is good at saying please and thank you and if he hurts someone he will say sorry and give them a hug. He loves to play soccer and ride Alissa's scooter. In the summer I would take him to play tennis every few days and one day I said Parker we are going to go now and his reply was"Tennis?" He loves his sports! 

This morning when Parker woke up he layed in bed for about half an hour singing Happy Birthday to Parker, It was so cute. Then when he came into the bathroom to find me(he can climb out of his crib) he was singing happy birthday to Grandma and has been asking for grandma all day. 

Parker loves to eat fruit! He loves blueberries, raspberries, oranges, strawberries melon, kiwi and pretty much any other fruit. I can't think of any main dishes he always loves. It is hit and miss. He used to eat spaghetti every time, but now he says "yuck"(thanks to older Brother and Sister) and won't eat it. When I bake cookies I have to hide them or he won't eat anything or do anything but try to get to the cookies and cry for cookies. I think its funny for a little while. Then I just hide them and he's ok. 

Parker loves his brother and sisters. He always wants to do what they are doing, playing soccer, swinging, playing games, coloring, singing and riding scooters. 

Parker is growing up so fast and I am thinking about potty training him in the next few weeks. He had been telling me potty and poopy for a while and likes to sit on the toilet and try. Usually I would just wait until he was really, really ready, but he has never liked getting his diaper changed. He screams and kicks the whole time if I am trying to wipe off his poop, and he poops like 4 times a day. In the winter it is ever worse, because for some reason he gets really bad diaper rashes. His love of fruit doesn't help:) So I think potty training will solve those problems.

Parker loves to count. His 2 favorite numbers are 4 and six. When we are playing counting games in the car with Remi and Broden, Parker will just sit there saying, "4, 6, 4, 6," over and over again. We try to get him to say 1, 2, 3, but we just say 1, 2, 3, and he goes 4,6. Pretty funny. 

We love our Parker and what a fun, loving boy he is!