Parker's Tummy Time!

Parker had his 2 week check up with Dr. Furr today! He has gained NINE AND A HALF OUNCES in the past 7 days! The doctor was extremely happy with his weight gain and told me to keep up whatever I'm doing :) FINALLY - I am doing something right with this precious child! His weight is up to 7 lbs, 1.5 oz.

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The doctor also told us we need to start tummy time with the little man! So, Parker had his very first tummy time today! He wasn't too sure about it - but he managed to stay on his tummy for about 15-20 minutes! He consistently lifted his head, feet, and half way rolled over his bottom half of his body :) I was so proud of my sweet, smart boy! Jack had to make sure Parker was OK on the floor as this was Park's first time on the floor - ever! He did a great job making sure Parker didn't run off! :)

Parker's First Out To Dinner!

Last night, Mimi took us all out to dinner! It was our first excursion out of the house for dinner and Parker was SO wonderful. Our one lesson we are still getting used to: When you have a baby - you have to plan to leave the house about 30 minutes before you ever used to! Of course he peed on his first outfit he had on, then he needed a diaper change, then he spit up just a little bit, then mommy realized she hadn't even put on deodorant that day, nor had she had time to run a comb through her hair in the past 8 hours... And mommy had spit up on her shirt and some spilled breast milk on her shorts. Lovely.

While we were waiting for our table at our favorite new restaurant in Cumming, CINCO, Parker was chill-axin on the sidewalk, being his precious cute self and along comes this lady who had probably had 10 drinks over her limit and stopped and ooohed and awwwed over him. This was of course OK with me because... come on now... he is the most handsome baby in the world - who could resist staring at him :) Anyway - when the conversation led to how absolutely beautiful his lips are and she then asked me if she could KISS my child on the lips... our lively conversation quickly turned into me glaring at her and almost too quickly shot back at her "NO!" What kind of lunatic would think they could kiss a 2 week old baby on the lips? After I calmed down, the thought came over me that this is probably what Parker's life will be like in his teen years. If he looks anything like his daddy did in high school, I am in for some fun parenting years full of late night phone calls from an endless list of girls that I am SURE I will never EVER think are good enough for my sweet son.

Parker with his only girl cousin on the Hull side, Campbell - waiting outside Cinco.

Hull's Quick Trip!

The Whole Hull Family came into town on Saturday to meet baby Parker and to see our new home! It was so wonderful to have our entire home filled with family, crying babies, a toddler and lots of laughs!

The entire Hull family! Jeff, Leigh Ann, Griffin, MiMi, Papa, Chris, me, Parker, Campbell, Uncle Scott, Amy and Jeffrey.


All the Hull's grand kids - Me with Parker (2 weeks), Amy with Campbell (just over 1 year) and Leigh Ann with Griffin (6 weeks).

This morning, Papa was holding Parker and Jack immediately went up to the landing on the stair way to keep an eye on Papa and Parker - such a protective big brother!

Jack at his "post".

Parker and his cousin, Griffin, met for the first time this weekend! Griffin was born 4 weeks before Parker! It's so fun that they will be able to grow up so close in age!

6 days at home - and still getting the hang of it!

Here are a few pix I took of Parker last night while we were waiting for daddy to get home :) How precious?!?

Parker, my mom, Buddie, Jack and I went for a nice LONG and HOT walk today around our neighborhood. We had so much fun and Parker slept through the whole thing :)

Here are some pictures!

No, I did not walk both dogs and Park at the same time! Mom walked Jack and I pushed Parker and held onto Buddie's leash :)

Me and Park in front of our perfect for our family home :) We still have a blue bow on our mail box from Park's welcoming home day!

It was hard keeping the sun off his precious skin! He also refuses to keep his mittens on! He has super long and sharp nails and is forever scratching himself - so we try to keep them on all the time - but I am going to give up here pretty soon. He is way too smart!

After our walk - we were all so hot so we laid Park in his pack and play changing table turned the den fan on! He loved it!

Because of daddy's work/school schedule - right now - until next week - he only gets about 30 minutes of Parker time every day - which is REALLY hard on him and I just feel terribly about it. Last night when daddy came home, he gave mommy a kiss and immediately scooped up his precious son and cuddled him until he went to bed. Here are a few pictures of it - I love it :)

Also - yesterday - Kaci - who just happens to live out in the boonies like we do - was in our part of the neighborhood yesterday and stopped by to introduce Parker to Emma Grace - who was born just 4 weeks before Parker! It was great to chat with another new mommy and talk about all the crazy things we have been going through - I won't scare any of you with all the gory details, but it was great to have you over Kaci! I'm so glad I have you living near me up here in NO MAN'S LAND! :)

Our other sweet friend - Kim - had her baby girl, Aislynn, exactly one week before Parker was born so she and Emma Grace are going to be fighting over Parker one day for sure :) Hopefully we'll all still live around here so they can grow up together! It's been so fun going through my pregnancy with 2 sweet friends and talking and comparing stories. Don't know what I'd do without these ladies! Here are some pictures of Parker and Emma Grace! Emma Grace got ALL dolled up to meet Parker - but he was just chill-axin in his diaper and tee shirt :) Sorry Emma!

Jack and Buddie are still trying to figure out what the heck to do with Parker. Sometimes when Buddie is just looking up at me begging me to play with him and his ball while I'm feeding Parker - I can tell he's just thinking - "When is that dumb baby that takes up all your time going to leave?!?" They are doing really well adjusting - and we are really trying to give them as much attention as possible. They still get to sleep in bed with mommy and daddy - so they aren't suffering terribly!

This was Jack and Buddie last night - I thought it was hilarious that Buddie's face was right in Jack's butt! They are REALLY bonding lately!

Parker's hiccups and cool sneaker shoes!

This video is mostly for daddy since he is away at work today - his first full day away from Parker and Mommy - so we figured we would post a video so daddy can see it whenever he is missing mommy and son :) And... mommy just thought it was really darn cute! Enjoy!

Our first pediatrician visit! And our first bath at home!

Our first pediatrician visit was today! We had never met our doctor before - it was on our "to-do" list that we were planning on doing some time this week or next! Whoops!

The visit went SO great. He had lost about 4 oz in the hospital and was down to 6 lbs 7 oz. Well - since we got back from the hospital (Saturday) he has gained an ounce! I guess this is very unheard of, but I tell ya what - it hasn't been easy. ALL I do is feed this kid - every 3 hours - and he has never woken me up because he's hungry. I have to wake him up every time. He is a little angel and is SUCH a great baby. I know it's still super early and he will go through a lot of changes here in the next few weeks, but for now - he is awesome and we couldn't ask for a sweet baby. She even told me I could cut back on feeding him through the night... I can go an entire 5 hours at night time to feed him. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I haven't even been a mommy for one week and I get FIVE WHOLE HOURS to sleep tonight... well, that is if he'll let me :)

The rest of the visit went great! He has very, very little jaundice - not enough to even worry about with any supplements. And he pretty much slept through the whole thing :)

Here are pictures from our visit today! Enjoy!

Nana holding Parker in the waiting room.

Parker and his amazing doctor, Dr. Furr

Mommy, Daddy and son

Daddy consoling Parker after he had his little prick for his jaundice test.

YAY! We gained a WHOLE OUNCE!

Nana holding Parker in the Infant's Waiting Room

Before our doctor visit, Parker spit up all over himself so we decided it would be a great time to give him a little sponge bath :) He smelled SO yummy after it. And he was much happier. Here are some pictures :)

Happy Birthday Chris!

Happy Birthday Chris! We had a great dinner tonight with Daddy, Mommy, baby Parker, Hoppy, Nana, Aunt Whitney, Uncle Doug, cousin Kayley, and Nicki! Nicki came by to see baby Parker and got to reap the benefits of it being Chris' 28th birthday :)

Jack has missed his daddy the past week! He had to help Chris open up his birthday cards.

Nicki came by to see baby Parker!

And she got to babysit baby Kayley while we all ate dinner!

Parker enjoyed his daddy's birthday celebration in his bouncy seat.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOOO YOUUUUUU!

Learning Life With Parker

It's definitely been a crazy week here in the Hull Family! We stayed in the hospital 5 and a half days and came home Saturday afternoon. Parker is 100% healthy according to all the doctor's at the hospital... we are so blessed to have such a healthy baby! Here are some of the pictures from the past few days!


OH - and today is Chris' 28th birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY! We love you!

Parker is SO good at posing for Mommy :)

Thinking really hard about what pose he is going to do next.

He got his first mohawk after his first sponge bath on Thursday.

I got to change my first diaper on Thursday! It was definitely a learning experience.

Nana loves baby Parker's little toes!

Parker and I taking our first walk on Thursday together! We walked the halls 4 times... it wasn't as easy as you may think...

Kristin came to visit Parker!

Daddy and Parker enjoying some kangaroo time ;) \

Jeffrey came to visit! Jeffrey married Chris and I exactly 2 years - to the hour - before Parker was born!

The first day I put on make up... and that was the last day I've done so since! Way too much work.

My 2nd family - the Testanis - came to visit!

Nana and Hoppy admiring Parker.

I LOVE THIS PICTURE! This is the face I get every time I feed him. I love it!

Daddy giving Park some bottle time so mommy could have a break.

Jen and Brian came to visit too!

And so did Aunt Amy, Uncle Jeffrey and cousin Campbell.

Parker getting all ready to go to home!

About to leave the hospital! Waiting for my wheelchair to take me to the car. Parker was SO excited :)

Getting in the car!

WELCOME HOME PARKER JAMES!

When we finally got home from the hospital, all the Hopkins girls kids gathering up on the couch! As you can see, it was not an easy feat!

Parker has HUGE feet. HUGE! We are comparing his feet and cousin Kayley's feet - who is more than 6 months older than Parker!

Nana holding up just ONE day of diapers from Parker... oh... my... gosh...

Buddie may be a little jealous!