Holmes' Sweet Home: March

March was a big month for Parker with a lot of important firsts. Of course, we are finding this to be true with every month. People are right when they say "babies grow up so fast"!

Parker absolutely loves standing. Of course, he can't do it on his own so Mom gets to hold him up a good portion of the day! He can do it if propped up against something for a few seconds...which has lead to a couple falls. Good thing he's tough!

Park is close to sitting on his own. He's a little wobbly, but if in the right position, he can sit for awhile before toppling over.

On the weekend of the 16th Justin flew to Las Vegas for March Madness with some friends. It was a well deserved time away since we works so incredibly hard to take care of his family.

Parker and I decided to stay with my parents. We got lots of quality time with some friends and members of the family. I celebrated Saint Patrick's day by going to the Sounders game with Allison and even got to see my good friend, Lynsey as well!

Parker enjoyed his first Saint Patrick's day by wearing a onesie that his Gramma Holmes got him. My mom and I called him Parker O'Thomas for the day....yes, ridiculous, but we enjoyed ourselves.
Of course while we were at my parents' Parker was an angel baby. He hardly fussed at all and slept like a champion. He slept through the night for the first time and I'm happy to say this has continued! Parker now consistently sleeps from 8:30ish pm to 8:00am. Hooray for sleeping!!

Our little guy has also seemed very interested in solid foods. For example, he was literally grunting at the mashed potatoes on my plate while we are at the Calmes' house for dinner. I gave him a tiny bit and he loved it! I looked at some ready signs on a form from the pediatrician and saw that Parker seems indeed ready to eat like a big boy. We started with rice cereal mixed with formula. Parker's face tells the story about what he thinks of this combo.

Not going to be a Gerber baby anytime soon

As you can see, he's not a fan of rice cereal, but he does enjoy being cheered on. This kid likes attention! Since then, we've added banana. That's a hit.

Another exciting milestone is rolling over. On the 27th, Parker decided he wanted to watch TV. I strategically lay him on his mat so his head is facing the other direction. Of course, he decided he had to look at the screen and reached his head and shoulders around enough that he flipped onto his belly. We finally got in on camera on the 28th when Uncle Ryan was over.

Since Parker is able to roll to his stomach, this means no more swaddling to sleep. Park loves being swaddled, so this has been a bit of a challenge. We've been working on having his arms out for a couple weeks and now he's at the point where he can sleep without waking himself up. The cutest thing is that this allows Parker to play with toys while he's falling asleep or waking up. He even can turn on the music in his crib light. So cute! He often will entertain himself for a few minutes in the morning when he wakes up.

Parker had several friends born this month. We are looking forward to the kids being old enough to play. Right now, the parents get to play.

Meeting Levi Snyder

Here are Parker's new friends:
Levi Snyder
Greyson Stockman
Lilli and Lukas Rimmele
Brody Mueller
Hailey Long
Hudson Rodriguez
Harrison Meixner

And now for some favorite shots this month...