Parker's Big Weekend

Miss Parker had a big weekend. On Saturday we ran lots of errands and then went to Ty and Steph's house for dinner, where she played with Tyler. Then Sunday (today) we went to Munchkin Playland to meet the Gateleys and the Wheelwrights, and then out to lunch with some of my grad school friends. She was wonderful through all of it. I tried to put her down for a nap when we got home, but she wouldn't have it. Finally, around 5 pm, she started getting really fussy. Since this is usually her dinner time, she got into her high chair and started eating. She got through a whole bowl of cereal, a whole piece of cheese and half a thing of peach cobbler until she just couldn't take it anymore. She fell asleep in between bites of her baby food! Check out the Picasa video. She's amazing.

Back to School

Between being snowed in and having Winter Break, as of this morning, Parker had been to daycare for a total of 1 day out of the last 3 weeks. Since she's at that magical age where she sometimes cries when Mom leaves the room, I thought it was going to be a difficult drop-off to rival the very first day of school. Not so.

A couple of the other babies were having problems when we got there. Poor Ms. Erin was trying to soothe two screaming babies while Chase (his first day in the infant room) was just kickin' it on the floor with his pacifier, playing with some toys. I set Parker down in front of Chase and expected her to protest. Nope. It was more like... "Hey! Cool! Look at all of these toys!!" I walked into the kitchen to put away her food; she didn't even look up. I went to put the sheets on her crib; she didn't even know I was gone.

When I came back, she was climbing on poor Chase, trying to get his pacifier. What a bully! To fully understand the picture, you must know that Chase, while I don't know how old he is, is sitting up very steadily and is quite a bit bigger than Parker. Ah, Parker... already making the boys cry.