Big stuff...

Parker is big stuff now! He is exploring everything, and becoming so confident with pulling himself up on stuff and maneuvering around. I love playing with him so much, but it is almost equally as fun to just sit back and watch him learn new things on his own. He literally can play for almost an hour on his own. Most days he follows me around the house and then finds something to play with in whatever room I stop in. My baby is no longer a baby!

This month we bought a Train Table off of Craig's List for Parker...not necessarily to use for trains right now, but to have something for him to pull himself up on and walk along.  He loves standing up along side of it and pushing blocks around or playing with his barn.

Parker has always loved playing with household items...wooden spoons, recycling bin, shoes, etc.  He now has moved on to bigger and better household items...

Playing with the DVD player...

Crawling through the bars under the table...

Trying to figure out the cable box and how the wires work!  Do you see all of the toys around him that he passed up to get to the cable box?!?

As Parks approaches 11 months, we continue to love this new stage he is in.  Some of his new milestones...

It is now evident that he is understanding things we say to him.
He is much more aware of his surroundings.
He is now solely eating solid foods.
He has moved up to the next car seat and is almost ready to be front facing.
He babbles non-stop...many times we thought he was saying "daddy"!
His new favorite game is to put out his arms for one person to hold him, and once that person is holding him he leans back to go to the person who was just holding him!
He is becoming more aware of the TV and appears to like watching sports.  

The funny for the month was one time when Parker was leaning over to give me a kiss with his signature open mouth kiss, and then right before making contact he pulled back and started shaking his head "no"!  Joel and I had a good laugh over that!