Whitney Parker -- A Year in Pictures

October 2012

• First Birthday
• Walking 
• Princess Leia for Halloween
• Still nursing

November 2012

• Endured torture of 10 ... TEN teeth coming in during one month
• Nursing has slowed way down to occasional snacking
• No more baby food

December 2013

• Would live on scrambled eggs and milk
• Nursing has stopped
• Into EVERYTHING!
• Says "Mama" and "Dada"

January 2013

• Playing on your own
• Obsessed with your pacifier
• Stopped sleeping through the night

February 2013

• Taken on role as resident comedian
• Can sign "more" and "all done"
• Still not sleeping through the night - Air mattress has taken up permanent residency in your room for mom or dad

March 2013

• Exercises with Mommy
• Obsessed with shoes
• Still not sleeping through the night

April 2013

• Wearing a cape pretty much every day
• Obsessed with Eli (who also wears a cape)
• Met your cousin Livia for first time
• Still not sleeping through the night
• Love being outside

May 2013

• Love getting in the dirt
• Ate Vicks Vapo Rub (you were fine)
• First trip to Urgent Care for potential broken finger after getting it slammed in the door.
• Fell into a stagnant, gross pond at the park...mother's anxiety level reaching breaking points
• Hate being left in nursery at church
• Still not sleeping through the night

(yeah I added two...because you're adorable)

June 2013

• Love accessorizing 
• Love being in the water
• Starting to become sassy
• Talking a lot more
• Daddy took a new job, which means we get to see him more
• Still not sleeping through the night

July 2013

• Favorite word is "No"
• Fireworks -- nailed it...loved it!
• Love being outside to the point of annoyance
• Fell in love with Lucy (grandma and papa's dog) while she stayed with us
• Face painted with Jello and then dropped a deuce in after-jello tubby
• Still not...wait for it...sleeping through the night

August 2013

• Loves to dance -- often when there is no music
• Loves taking care of your "babies" doll; cannot go to sleep without your baby
• Becoming more defiant/temper tantrumy 
• Still not sleeping through the night

September 2013

• Two...TWO trips to Grandma and Papa Parkers' house
• First night away from mommy 
• Don't want anyone BUT mommy
• Hair's long enough to do pigtails!!!
• Still not sleeping through the night

October 2013