Happy Birthday Peanut!!!

I can't believe Parker is already 4 years old!!! The time has flown by so fast. It seems like he should be 2 years old at the most!

Parker has done so much this year and has grown into a big boy so quickly!! He has learned SO much the past year and I like to think he is VERY smart for his age! He can recognize all of his letters and numbers. He knows all the sounds of the letters and can tell you what letter a lot of words start with. He can write several letters on his own and can spell his name. I could go on and on about all the things he knows! Can you tell I am a proud mama?!?!

One of his favorite things to do is play learning games on the computer. He plays games that are for 4-6 year olds and has mastered them! I can't believe how computer literate he is at such a young age. He knows how to log on to his page on the computer, click on the blue "e", and select his games! I tell people all the time that I think he can use it better than his grandma's can!

Peanut is ALL boy!! Of course, he LOVES to play outside and likes every sport. His favorite thing to do outside though is help his Daddy! Any project that Adam is working on, Parker has to be right there helping. It is SO cute to watch! He is the tool handler, so he has learned the names of almost all the tools, and Adam has pretty much every tool imaginable!

Parker's birthday party is this Saturday. It is a circus/carnival theme and I think he is going to LOVE it!! I can't wait! I have made a 4 year old video of him, but I'm not going to post it on the blog until after everyone at the party has seen it. So, make sure you visit the blog on Sunday! I will put up pictures from the party and post the video. I am really happy with the way it turned out!

I hope you all are having a great week! We are!! Granna is on vacation this week, and is spending it with us, so we are staying pretty busy and having lots of fun! Hopefully I'll get some posts up before this weekend, but I'm not making any promises!

Parker Wayne -

I CANNOT believe you are already 4 years old! Just thinking about it makes me tear up. You are my little Peanut and are supposed to stay my baby forever. I forbid you from getting any older than 5!!

I thank God every day for you and I am so happy that He picked me and Daddy to be your parents. I could not have asked Him for a better son! Don't get me wrong, you have your "terrible 3's" moments, but I would not trade them for anything!! I am SO proud to be your Mommy!

You have grown into such a little man this year. You are so smart and loving!! I love that at any moment I can ask you for a hug or kiss and you will stop whatever you are doing to come and let me love on you. I am dreading the day when you think you are too old to do that anymore! You have also started calling me "Mom" this year instead of "Mama". I love it when I tell you I love you 85 times a day, and you respond with, "I love you too, Mom!" You sound so grown up!!

I am also amazed by how well your vocabulary has progressed in the last year! I can't believe I can have full, grown-up conversations with you. I also LOVE the stories you tell! You have the wildest imagination and come up with the most outlandish stories. Daddy and I don't comprehend half of your stories, but we still love to hear them! You crack us up!

You are a great big brother! Well, 85% of the time. You still fight with Peyton quite a bit, but you love her SO much! The main reason you fight with her is because she can't understand everything you try to tell her to do, but you really want her to, and get frustrated. She adores you though, and follows you around like a little puppy, wanting to do everything you do! Most of the time you let her and help her do the things she hasn't quite mastered. I love it that you can do whatever you want to her, but if anyone else disciplines her, or tells her no, you get very mad! You are a very protective big brother and I hope it stays that way forever!

I just love you SO much!! I could go on and on for days about all the things that I treasure about you! I love watching you grow into a little man and I am so proud to call you my son! Don't forget though - you can only grow for 1 more year!

Love,
Mom

***I have included some pictures from Parker in the hospital, through his 3rd birthday party***

Parker - day 2 in the hospitalThe day we got to take him home!
2 weeks old - lounging in his Boppy

1 month - he used to always suck in his bottom lip

2 1/2 months - he LOVED his swing!!

3 months - His first 4th of July

4 months - such a happy baby!

5 months

There were so many of my favs from 6 months I couldn't pick just one!

6 months - drooly!

6 months - so precious!

6 months - "Go Cowboys!!"

6 months - Little Punkin

almost 7 months - First Halloween

almost 8 months - First Thanksgiving

almost 9 months - First Christmas

Did he not look SO adorable?!?!

My Christmas present!

For some reason, all the pics from his first birthday are messed up. This is the only one I could get to be normal size, and it's all blurry. This is him eating his smash cake at his birthday party. He didn't like it very much!2nd Birthday Party - he LOVED his cake this time!

LOVE this picture! Also from his second birthday party.

3rd Birthday Party - he was so excited about all his presents, that I didn't get a single picture of him looking at the camera. He was too busy to look at me!

3rd Birthday again - he didn't get his own cake at this party. Instead, he had 3 or 4 cupcakes! Sugar overload!