100% BOY!

If Parker got to choose one thing he would like to do each day (besides watching "Fresh Beat Band" and "Elmo") it would be to play outside.  That boy LOVES to be outside so he can RUN free!  Matt was off work a few days this week so they had some time to...just be boys!

  Oh how I love that sweet face!!!

33 weeks and Announcing...

I am now 33 weeks as of today!  I can't believe we will meet our baby in just a short 5-6 weeks!  So far I have been feeling great with just a few discomforts.  The baby sits on my sciatic nerve at times and it takes my breath away it hurts so bad.  My hands are starting to go numb at the most inappropriate times and I am officially waddling!  This baby is VERY low therefore I get asked all the time..."are you sure you only have 5 weeks left?"!  My answer: "Yes, this baby has been low since day 1"

Heartbeat continues to be around 138-140.  My belly is measuring 2 weeks early so I looked back at my pregnancy with Parker and the same thing was happening with my first pregnancy.  If my calculations are correct I will have this baby around tax day or around my Aunt Teresa's birthday! 

We cannot WAIT to meet this sweet little face and to know if he/she is going to be........................

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Yes, we finally decided on names! Yahoo!!  My bags are semi packed with these little outfits all ready to go!  Anyone want to make a guess whether the baby is a Pierce or a Kendal?  I think God everyday for this little one in my belly and know that HE has the perfect plan for our family, whether it's a boy or a girl!  SO....let the countdown begin!!! :) 

Elmo Live!

About 5 months ago I saw on Facebook that Elmo Live was coming to the Metroplex!  I immediately got online and bought tickets!  I knew this would be a great event for us to take Parker too before the baby arrived.  I was right...he LOVED it!  Parker doesn't sit still and for 1 1/2 hours he didn't move!  He danced in his seat and kept pointing to the characters.  We were so glad he enjoyed it!  It was our first "big show" as a family and it was a blast!  We can't wait to do more things like this as a family of soon to be 4!! :)

Please excuse the quality of these pictures.  We weren't allowed to bring in our nice camera, so our cell phones had to do. :(

Waiting patiently for Elmo!

This is so cool Mom!

Enjoy this quick snap of the show!  We loved Elmo's World!

Parker at 22 months!

    Parker is now approaching 22 months!  I can't believe how much he changes daily.  I have been terrible about keeping up with my blog so it seems I have a lot to journal about so I don't forget!  I am not sure how much he actually weighs because we don't go to the doctor until May.  I am assuming he is right at or a little under 30lbs.  He loves his big boy bed and is doing MUCH better about staying in it all night and at naptime.  I am so thankful we moved him early so that he knows his room and not the nursery as his room. 

Excuse the mess on his shirt he has been learning how to use a spoon and fork without help so there have been some messy mealtimes! :)  He is doing much better with them and actually would prefer to use utensils instead of his hands.  As you can see in this picture he loves trying on our shoes!

Parker is a VERY busy little boy!  I don't think he stops for one second of the day unless he is eating or sleeping.  He absolutley loves to be outside!  His favorite show right now is the Fresh Beat Band because he loves to dance!  It's the cutest thing when he wants to watch it, he will come up and say "please" while doing please in sign language and then he start dancing.  It's funny how you learn to understand what your toddler is saying by just motions!  

Words he says:  Elmo (it was "mamo" until this week, now it's "elmo"), please, no (to almost every question you ask him), all done (when he is done with his food or he wants me to be done doing something he doesn't like i.e. vaccuming).  He says "meow" when you ask him what sound a cat makes.  He says "more", "there it is", "Rolo", "Mom", "Da", "Night Night", "Bath", "boat", and "Hi".  He knows where all his body parts are and can say "eyes, nose, mouth, and teeth".  He has learned the letters "A and B" to where he can recognize them and say them out loud. 

In this picture he was pretending this toy was a train so he was saying "cho choo".  Parker loves to color and play match up the colors game.  For example he will put yellow legos in a yellow bowl, red legos in a red bowl, so on and so forth.  We are so proud of him with how much he is learning!!  Now if we could just teach him how to be gentle before the baby gets here we will be in good shape! :)