Colby's Dr Seuss room

Ever since we knew that there would be a Parker, we moved Colby out of the nursery into his bigger room. We wanted it to be a fun, kid-friendly room. The nursery is decorated sweet and nice, you'd never know a little boy lived and played in there. So we decided, after reading Cat in the Hat for the millionth time, to make Colby a Dr Seuss room! Bright colors, fun characters, just a fun place to be. Its been 'done' for awhile now, but then Grandma Pugh brought over the bedding she made for him. It really brightens the room up, making it more fun! (She also made the toy box, a wooden bin for toys, and a chalkboard table for him. )


His bed with his brand new quilt!

I love his name on the wall. For the stars, I just purchased cheap star cutouts from Michaels, painted them, and hot-glued them to thumbtacks. It also makes them stand out from the wall just a little bit!

Look, she even made cute buttons!

I made this for him. We scanned in some of his favorite pages from his favorite books. Printed them out, and then put them in cool frames from Michaels. More of the cool stars, too!

Close-up of the cat in the hat one.

This is Colby's 'memory' shelf. Mostly stuff we don't want him to touch and play with often. Grandma Pugh made the C. The crab is from our trip to California in 2010. Rubik's cube because he loves stealing daddy's. The trophy for playing baseball last year. And the penguin is from Papa Smith's mission. Grandma Pugh also made the cute shelf!

Here's the toy box Grandma Pugh made. Isn't she talented? You can see the edge of the wooden crate off to the left.

Colby's towel rack, with a cute Dr Seuss towel we got at the local Pottery Barn clearance center. We unpicked the embroidered name on it, you'd never know it said Gavin :) He has a bunch of random 'paint' splatters all over. Its vinyl that was on sale. :)

This is his art display. We got a metal curtain hanger from ikea, and we clip up his favorite art projects he makes. Ok, who am I kidding, I pick out my favorites and hang them up there!

He loves his room though, which is the point. Look at how happy he is!

15 Months

Parker is 15 months old today! What? I did not give him permission to grow that quickly. But Parker does lots of things that I didn't give him permission to do, so why would this be any different?

I am shocked how he is becoming more and more like a little boy, rather than just my little baby. This month he has finally decided to use walking as a mode of transportation. He's been walking between mom and dad for about a month, and one day he just decided to go with it. Its kind of hard, because he's always walking right behind you. We have to be super careful we don't trip over him or knock him down!

He hates socks. Any opportunity he has, he rips them off. When I get him out of his crib after naptime, he's usually barefoot, with little socks stuffed behind his crib or under his blankets.

He has once again found his love for food. He is eating meals again, after a food strike of about 5 months. Hopefully he'll eat enough to fatten him up a bit. He loves dips- ketchup especially. Most times he forgets the fry and just dips his finger instead.

He has 11 teeth now. Just one more molar! He's been so awful and cranky lately, I hate teething!

He LOVES bath time. This is bad news though, because he won't let anyone take a bath or shower without him trying to join them. He's also learned to crawl into the tub. You can see the problems that this presents!

He has recently discovered a love of books. Whenever its quiet, I know to peek into Colby's bedroom and he's sitting there flipping pages. Its just so sweet, I slowly back out so he doesn't even see me.

He is also such a talkative little boy. Well, comparatively, anyways. Colby never had much to say until he was about 2. Parker loves words. The words he knows- kitty, mama, daddy, ball, bear, bubble, more, bottle, yuck, yeah, Eh-bo (elmo), shoes, book, socks, jacket, up, and I'm sure others. He can also sign 'please'.

His other favorite mode of transportation is the butt-scoot. He wanders all around the house just scooting on his little bum.

He loves starfall, and when we're on our computers, he'll come and holler "ah" until we let him do the 'a' song.

He loves to climb. Onto and into everything. This is the part that really scares me. With his pacemaker, falling is a real danger. It could easily knock a lead loose. So of course, what does he do? Climb all day. Stairs used to be the scariest, because he doesn't know how to come back down. But now, everything is such a fun challenge for his small frame.

I think my favorite part about Parker, though, is his personality. He already has such a fun sense of humor. He loves to give kisses, and then wipe them off saying "yuck!" He loves to cuddle and hug, but he also loves to get on the ground and wrestle with Daddy. He is so happy, so head-strong, and so independent. And mostly, he's brave. There's not a lot that scares this little boy. He's courageous, and although it kills me sometimes, I really do love it. I pulled in Colby's old slide from the shed, and before I could shut the door behind me, this little boy had already climbed to the top, ready to go down.

I love this little boy, and I am so lucky to be his mama!

Doomed

My sons are dooooomed. They are both so short. Parker was getting so frustrated!