The Stecher's

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Results are in...

Parker slept in his room all night! Horray! He did wake up at 1:30am to eat. He took a bottle in his room and went right back to sleep in his room! He didn't wake up again until 6:15AM.

Mom, however, did not sleep! I had nightmares all night long! At one point Travis had to get up, check on Parker, check to make sure there weren't any scary people hiding in our shower, and check to make sure the doors were locked. So even though Parker slept well, his parent's did not!

Tonight we'll try for more cereal to curve that middle of the night appetite, and hopefully mom and dad will sleep better too!

Monday, January 18, 2010

Letting Go

Today was a great day off! Parker had a great doctor appointment for his 4 month check up. He's doing great! We got the OK to start cereal and that was fun to try. We also went shopping and bought several new toys for Parker!

Today also brings our first experience at "Letting Go". Tonight Parker is sleeping in his nursery alone.

Most people have told me that Parker should have been doing this long ago, however, I loved having him right next to us in the bedroom. It made it convient to check on him or to listen to him breathe or watch his little chest rise up and down so peacefully. I know he is growing up and I'm thankful to have such a healthy baby who is able to sleep in his own room. I am also thankful to be able to give him his own bedroom. However, I also know that all too soon Paker will really be a "big boy" and I want to cherish each minute we have with him as a baby.

Parker is big enough now that when he moves in his sleep he rocks the pack and play and I think it's waking him up so he's not getting as restful of sleep as he should. This was the biggest determining factor in moving him to his own room. I was tempted to sleep in his room tonight, but I am going to refrain. If he wakes up too many times, he might just have to return to our room for the night :) So tonight Travis and I are letting go. Probably the first of many times we have to let go to help make him a fine big boy!

Parker's empty Pack and Play and the monitor is on and turned WAY up!

Parker in his crib at 9:45PM....we'll see if he's still there in the morning!

Rice Cereal

Tonight we got to give Parker cereal for the first time...

Hmmmm... I don't what I think about that guys!

I fit great in my high chair! Thanks Cathy and Jane!

More went on Parker's shirt than in his mouth. He wasn't quite sure what to think. But we'll try again tomorrow night. YUMMY!

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Earliest Stranger Danger

Today we went to Hy-Vee for a great Stock Up sale! Parker had been asleep the whole time we shopped and woke up as we got in line for the check out. Travis took Parker out to the car and I asked for drive up grocery loading.

Travis got to the loading dock before the man was ready to help us load so Travis and I went to work adding things to the back of the RAV. Parker was quite intriqued by this as usually there is nothing to "look" at in the back of the RAV.

Suddenly the man from Hy-Vee (who was taller and bigger than Travis) came out and zipped in to the back of the RAV with bags of our groceries, saw Parker and said "Hi Little Buddy" Parker's eyes got really big, his bottom lip came out, and the wailing started.
I could almost hear him say: "Who are you and why are you in my 'safe' space?"

Once we got moving...mom sat in the back and Parker saw that the scary Hy-Vee man was not hiding in the back of the Rav waiting to jump up and scare him again, it was all good.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Taste Test

I need a pacifier! I'm chewing on my bottom lip all the time now! My chin is getting chapped and raw!

Let's have a taste test....

The old stand by...not so much any more...next!

New version of old soothie....nope too hard....next!

hmmmm....this one makes me look happy...it might work...what else do you got?

ummmm...this is the winner! I'll take this one..Red, White, and Blue! Go America!

This is my new favorite.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Sorry

To those of you who get email notification when I post a new post...SORRY! You probably received more than 10 emails from us tonight!
I wanted to post some video of Parker, but the "New" Blogger won't let me post videos, after going to the "Help" section I found that Blogger is doing away with this option and now you have to go through You Tube. Well, I wasn't real kean on this idea, but the desire to share the videos over came my displeasure. So when I went to You-Tube (a process on it's own) I tried to set the account to private so only you could see. But when the post was finished you couldn't see the video unless I emailed each one of you and gave permission...urgh! Since I don't have every person's email address I went back and edited the You-Tube account. I think I now have it so you can see the two videos below, with some additional secure measures on the You-Tube sight.
Man! I'm glad Parker went to bed early and Travis was watching the Bulls....this was an all night adventure...

Again, sorry for those of you who have now received 11 emails from me! I think I know how to do it now so that shouldn't keep happening. However, if you'd rather not receive email notification of new posts, email me and let me know. I'll take you off no hard feelings! :)

Have a great Friday!

Music Toy

Parker is getting to be a big boy! He can now touch the tabs to change the music on his toy all by himself! We used to have to do that for him! He is changing all the time!

Playing with Rattles

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Play Time

Everyday after school we pick Parker up from Kim's house, where he's had a full day of playing, watching the other kids, and being cuddled and we come home to this....