The New One

Sweet Parker...Mommy's little chub! 20lbs of four month old all smiles and rolls. This guy's pretty copacetic, he even came late. I think he's going to favour Corey in personality as much as in looks. He has an infectious laugh and smiles at the drop of a hat. He absolutely adores Cole, thinks he hung the moon! All he needs to do is look his way and Parker beams. And, like all my spawn, the minute Daddy comes home, Mommy is chopped liver. It's so sweet to watch Parker's face light up as Corey walks in the door. At four months old even!

His current trick is to heft his chubby self over in a roll from his back on to his tummy...then get mad about being on his tummy, since he hates it there. But, since he hasn't figured out how to roll from tummy to back yet, he lays there with his head on the ground, arms at his sides or trapped under him, yelling until someone rescues him. He'll figure it out eventually, his brother did the same thing.

So far he has blue eyes, which will be neat if he keeps them, being the only one in our little family here to have them. Soft fluffy down like hair...I can't tell yet if it's going to be curly like Cole's or not. I know I shouldn't compare, but I do.

I can't wait to watch him grow and build his relationship with his brother. I was sad to take away the "only" status from Cole, wondered if I was doing him a disservice, but now I am realizing that by bringing Parker into the world, I gave him the gift of Cole before he was even born! I think that raising brothers two years apart is going to be a wild and fulfilling ride!

Mommy loves you, sweet Pudge!