Loving the beach :)

So we are training Parker early to be a beach bum this being his 3rd trip at least (out of my belly) going to the beach he had such a good time today on his first trip to bass pro shops i dont know who was more excited parker or adam to show him all the outdoors equipment and live fish he loved loved the fish tanks and all the fish and enjoyed his first taste of Krispy Kreme hot now doughnuts!

Finally found a solution....

So I've had a hard time getting Parker through the night on one diaper, he seems to pee through it a lot! We've tried putting diaper on tighter, every different brand of diaper then every type of diaper with in the brands like swaddlers, cruisers, etc.. We just switched him from a size 3 to size 4. So i figured a size 4 should be plenty big for night time i didnt think a size 5 was the answer i figured that would be too big. So he's just starting to be in size 4 diapers and they fit good but for the last week he had peed through his diaper and we had to change his clothes, crib sheets and everything about 2-4 am every morning, after trying diff diapers every night. The cruiser diapers were the only ones we could use before that held him through so I finally decided to go buy size 5s and we've made it through the night for 2 nights straight now without over flowing the diaper so size 5 cruisers it will be at night lol.... So if you are having the same problem try pampers cruisers in a size bigger :)

7 months old

I can't believe our little man is SEVEN months old today.  The last 7 months have flown by and my baby isn't so little any more.  Here are a few photographs we took of him today....as you can see his new favorite thing to do is squeal so instead of smiling for photos today he decided to squeal for them haha, he is the light of our life and keeps us very entertained!

30 weeks old!

29 and 30 weeks :)

Parker's started holding his bottle, starting to try to crawl we are still a long ways from it he's a lot better at sitting up then trying to crawl but he does put one knee up now and get up on all fours, just not for long. He rode in a buggy for the first time like a big boy today! And he said "hey" to kale this week. This week he has finally been starting to say "ma", or mum or very rarely "mama" but I think we are starting to make some new sounds... He got to watch his first Daytona 500 this past sunday and enjoyed it :). We also went to lumberton for his cousin Engliss' baby shower and got to see great grandma and lots of other family! He is also starting to get very aware of mommy and daddy leaving and it breaks Mommy's heart <3 other than that he's doing awesome!

Eczema tips from Parker :)

So since Parker was a month or two old Parker has had horrible eczema! Just a few things that I have found that works for us if you have a baby with Eczema and are looking for some products to work. So as far as bathing goes Aveeno Baby fragrance free wash is what we use to give him baths, I didn't even know babies could be allergic to Johnson's baby wash but Parker was! As soon as we switched to Aveeno he seemed to do much better. We also use Aveeno sunscreen as well (and just from personal experience we learned the hard way) but you can use sunscreen on babies before 6 months Parker got sunburnt and ended up at unc burn center at about 1 month old and a skin doctor told us we could use Aveeno sunscreen just test it on a small patch of skin first and it worked fine. Cetaphil cream, not lotion, lotion wasn't strong enough but the cream really helped we put it all over him when he gets out of the bath at night and first thing in the morning and it keeps it under control. I don't recommend lubiderm lotion, doctor recommended it I bought fragrance free and it still broke him out all over. When it got really bad we had to get medicated steroid cream but we only have to use it if it gets bad. We use dreft baby detergent on his clothes and tide free and clear on our clothes we can't use any softener or anything with any type of fragrance at all! But I do use store brand free and clear dryer sheets and they work fine as well. Otherwise we try to keep the heat down in winter time and we've got him pretty under control with the Ezcema! Thank goodness it was a lot of trial and error so maybe this will help :)

Parker's favorite teeter.....

So of course like anyone else we have tried many different solutions to help Parker with teething the funny thing is we spend all this money on toys and other things and I freeze a wash cloth and it ends up being his favorite teething toy haha. Simple, I wet a wash cloth, put it in the freezer and then wet it a little before giving it to him so his tongue doesn't get stuck on it (not sure if it really would but just incase haha) but voila he loves it and I'm sure it feels good to him. But I make him sit in his high chair with it because it can be a bit messy :)

trying out my baking skills....

So I'm not the best at baking, I'm a little better cook then baker for sure.  But every now and then I try to make a dessert, simple ones are always the best.  So last night we had "reese cookie brownies"
they were pretty amazing if I don't say so myself.


here is the link that I used

It's pretty simple all you need is a box of brownie mix, cookie dough, and the mini reese cups and a cupcake baking pan.

Put one and a half break off cookie dough on the bottom, then put reese cup on top of the cookie dough and then make the brownie mix like the box calls for and then pour the brownie batter on top of the cookie dough and reese cup, fill then about 3/4 of the way full.  Then put them in the oven at 350 degrees for 18 minutes and viola that's it!  Personally I loved everything but the reese cup in them the reese cup seemed to be a little too much on top of all the other sweet so next time I think I will just make the cookie dough and brownie batter and leave the reese cup out but it's all up to your own taste!

Enjoy and happy Friday! :)