We baptized Parker on October 11th (in my great-grandfather's gown that he wore in 1882) and were so blessed to have many family members in town to celebrate. The Rapier family flew up from New Orleans and Jason's brother and sister and their families drove up from Charlottesville and Lynchburg. My brother, Jim, and Jason's sister, Amy, are the godparents. We kicked off the weekend with a casual dinner at our house on Saturday night. The kids played, the parents relaxed, and Parker...well he just slept thru it all.
Sunday morning was the baptism. With a couple of meltdowns during the service, Parker was baptized and he cried during the majority of it. Then the minute he was baptized, he stopped crying. My mom likes to think that they got the bad out of him:)!
We had a brunch at our house after with our families and close friends. It was a beautiful day and once again, Parker slept during the whole brunch. That's okay, at least he was content.
On Tuesday, October 13th, my mom flew to New Orleans with me and the boys for my 15th high school reunion. Thank God she was with me...I don't know how I thought I was going to be able to fly with a 3 year old and a 3 month old by myself. Phew! We made it in one piece with no major meltdowns. We enjoyed a week in New Orleans and Jason came down on Friday for the reunion festivities. Shortly after Jason arrived, we ventured to my brother and sister-in-law's house for a sip n see for Parker. It was such a fun party with all of my New Orleans friends and relatives. Campbell played with Ana while everyone passed Parker around.
On Sunday, we boarded our plane to head back up to VA to get ready for Campbell's 3rd birthday party. Since last Halloween, Campbell has been talking about being a firefighter. So, we bought him the best costume we could find and decided to invite everyone to wear their costumes and celebrate C's birthday!
Not one family rsvp'd "no" to the party, so we had about 30 children and their parents here for snacks and cake. The weather was not great at all...but the kids played outside and enjoyed seeing everyone's costumes. Right after we cut the cake, it started to rain again, so we headed inside, ate cake, and everyone went on their way to trick-or-treating in their neighborhoods. Campbell had the best time and loved trick-or-treating after his party with his two friends Keating and Sophia.
So now we're up to November. The day after Campbell's birthday, I noticed that Parker felt a little warm. Something made me look at his gums and well, he was getting his first tooth! He wasn't even 4 months yet! Campbell didn't get his first tooth until 8 months. Poor little guy just can't catch a break. In the past 3 weeks, he has been on breathing treatments along with his normal daily regimen of caro syrup and prune juice, and now to top it off, is getting a tooth. Once it came up, he was fine. Now, 2 weeks later, he's getting his 2nd tooth. At least he's done with the breathing treatments.
Yesterday, was another big day for Parker. He had his first taste of rice cereal. I still have to upload the pictures. He didn't dislike it, but he certainly didn't LOVE it. He did better with it today and hopefully will continue to like it more. It's so hard to believe that Parker is now getting teeth and eating baby food. What's next? I guess rolling over. We'll see when that happens. The little (really I should say big) guy is huge! 19 pounds and 29 inches long. 95% for both height and weight. So, don't know when he'll roll over...that's a lot of weight to handle.
Well folks...I'm off to bed. We have a birthday party tomorrow at a bowling alley and Campbell is super excited. Have a great weekend and GO SAINTS!!!
