Parker at the Park!

Slide!

Stairs!

Swing!

See-Saw!

Sidewalk!

Slip!

Smiles!

Sonic Slushy & So Sleepy!!

Stayin' Cool...

in our backyard pool!

Slide!

Splash!

Fun!!

Parker's Big Boy Room

Andy and I have been working on Parker's big boy room for a long time and it's finished! As I mentioned in my last post, Parker loves it! We're so happy with the way it all turned out. Here are some pictures of all our hard work:

Parker's Bed:

Book shelf & toy area:

Some framed pieces of Parker's art work:

The entry wall: (P can't wait to hang his coats on the hooks this winter!)

A homemade baseball clock:

Cozy chair & dresser:

Pictures above his dresser:

Ta-Da! We're so happy to have finally finished this project.

Next stop, Bambino's nursery!!

Mommy, Wow! I'm a Big Kid Now!

That's right! For a few weeks now Parker has been sleeping upstairs in his big boy room!! I was so so worried about this transition. I didn't know how he would feel. I was worried our sound little sleeper would be up all night. I was afraid of him falling down the stairs. You name it, I'd worried about it!! But it turns out that was all for nothing.

Parker LOVES it up there!! He loves his big bed (he's in a full size now) and he has yet to wake up in the night. He doesn't even get out of his bed once we lay him down. He's still napping like a champ, anywhere from 2.5-4 hours! Whenever we have guests, he takes them on a tour of his big boy room. He's so proud and we can tell he appreicates all our hard work.

Here are a few pics from his first night upstairs:

Daddy & Story Time. We ALWAYS read 4 books before every nap or bedtime :)

Rocking, Prayers & Kisses with Mommy

All tucked in and ready for bed!!

Showing us how he was going to sleep in his "big boy bed."

Too cute!

This has been a really good experience for Parker. And for me! Parker has done so well with this change and I'm really proud of him. I'm starting to have (a little) less anxiety about other big huge transitions coming this fall...like the whole baby brother thing! And more importantly I've learned that there's no point in worrying about change until it happens.

We'll see how long it takes me to forget that lesson & get back to worrying...maybe a day or two!!