parks james | four months

clothing size | some 3-6 months but mainly 6-9 month clothing {and some 12 month}

diaper size | we use grovia hybrids and it’s going well so far! cloth diapering has been so much easier than i had pictured! {so far} we also use the honest company {size two} diapers every now and then. 

nicknames | parksie and boo bear

health | no issues again this month- so grateful. 

sleep | parks transitioned to his crib when we returned from ohio on april 19. he had outgrown the bassinet in our room and although it was easy for him, not so much for me. i came downstairs and told myself i was going to keep it together. i walked into our pantry and lost it… mr. monaco looked up and rushed over and said, ‘wait, what’s wrong!?! what happened?’ i replied, ‘he’s in his big boy crib.’ he smiled and kind of laughed- which made me laugh. {he thought something serious had happened.} but you know what, i was sad. parks now sleeps around 9-11 hours a night and loves his bed. he still uses the baby merlin’s magic sleepsuit but i think we might transition him into a sleep sack for the summer {due to overheating}. we are going to see how it goes but he definitely loves his sleepsuit and i highly recommend it; it’s been so good to us. 

loves |

his hands 

natursutten binky 

car rides 

books

music 

his animal play mat
bath time 

rocking
blowing bubbles

being worn
sophie the giraffe

playing in the exersaucer

mimi’s voice when she calls 

ikea play mat and toys

walks in his stroller
making noises that sound like we have a mini dinosaur living with us
teething rings and keys 

… and still loves his mom! <3 

dislikes |

+ teething!! we started using hyland’s baby teething tablets for natural relief and i think they are working.
+ being overly tired
+ tummy time 

+ don’t let big boy go hungry or pull out his bottle before he’s done… 

milestones |
+ you discovered your feet and held your bottle on may 12- big day for you! happy baby pose is now your favorite position 

+ your neck strength was good enough to go into the exersaucer and you love it!! we have this one and it’s awesome!! it even has a train that makes noise and goes around… so fun! 

+ you can roll from front to back and are starting to move around a lot more 

+ sleeping through the night!! yay 

things i want to remember | 

+ your first kentucky derby party… you were so loved. you enjoyed being loved on by all of mom and dad’s greenville friends
+ my first mother’s day; we explored downtown greenville and you were amazing 

+ how you smile every time i come in to get you from your crib 

+ rocking you in our glider 

+ reading you books and dancing to baby einstein on pandora 

+ bath time – it’s peaceful and your expressions are the best. you love, love bath time {and so does your momma!}

 stats:

if you follow me on instagram, you saw that yesterday was an exciting day

we found out on tuesday that parks was chosen to be a ‘baby model rep’ for a photography company. they have close to 200 stores around the country and wanted to use him to kick-off a new program for their company. {i was in a few of the photos, too} this baby boy smiled and posed for about six hours. he was so, so good. he napped on me half way through and was just the sweetest. i was so proud of him. i can’t wait to get the photos. we met some very nice of people and had a lot of fun. 

so excited to see what month five brings

these have been the best four months of my life 

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parks james | one month 

parks james | two months

parks james | three months 

on a completely separate note, we ordered japanese food last night and i fell in love with the special shrimp sauce all over again. so good. right?!

have a wonderful weekend!
any exciting plans?