Parker's First Christmas

All Parker got for Christmas was his two bottom teeth! That's right...he officially has two pearly whites. He was also fighting some bad chest congestion over the holidays prompting an emergency trip to the doctor on Christmas Eve and a postponed trip to Mamaw's house. Poor baby was just not feeling all that great on his first Christmas. We hosted the Todds here at our house on Christmas Eve and ate brunch with Granmamma and Grandaddy on Christmas Day. Parker was feeling so rotten that we didn't go to Mamaw's Christmas afternoon as planned. We finally made it to the mountains on Saturday and stayed with Mamaw, Papaw and Uncle Kolby until New Years Eve. Below is a slideshow of Parker's First Christmas! We hope your holiday was filled with precious family time like ours was!

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A Family of Three

I am so thankful that this Christmas we are celebrating as a family of three. It is amazing to me that last year at this time Joshua and I were wondering just who was growing inside my slightly pudgy belly. We are looking forward to sharing all our family traditions with Parker this year.
Our great friend, and personal family photographer, Cindy Stansberry took some shots for our Christmas card. As always, they are beautiful!

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Rolling Over!

Parker can offically roll over. We are so proud. He is holding himself up a lot more and tries so hard to crawl!

Here is a quick video clip of Parker showing off his new skill!

One Year Ago Today

Dear Parker,

One year ago today, we found out about you. We took this picture just two days after to send out as our Christmas card to announce you to all our friends and family! I will never forget the look on your Daddy's face when I told him about you. We were both so excited. I can't describe the joy we shared when we heard your precious little heartbeat and felt you kick for the first time. You are almost 4 months old now and you are growing so fast. You seem to do something new every day. While it is exciting to see your personality develop, I want to press the pause button and just stop time for a little while. When I look at this picture, it is hard to remember life without you. You've made me a better person and being your mommy is the best thing I've ever done. I praise God for you Parker Emerson Todd. You are truly a miracle and your Daddy and I love you so much.

Love,

Mommy

O Christmas Tree!

We got our Christmas tree yesterday! Joshua and I have bought our tree each year from a small tree farm in Orchard Hill. So in honor of tradition, we loaded Parker up and set out to find the "perfect" tree. Parker didn't have much to say concerning our search due to the fact he slept the entire time. Nevertheless, we found a beauty and I've been busy decorating today.

Searching for the "perfect" one.

We found it!

Obviously, Parker is impressed with his first Christmas tree. **NEW POST BELOW**

Sweet Kisses

The video below is from right before bedtime one night. Daddy heard commotion coming from the nursery and came to see what was going on. Parker was giving Mommy sweet kisses. Of course when we turn on the camera, he decides to quit and fuss instead. It was bedtime after all! We did manage to get a cute clip though.