Parker is 14 months

Parker is 14 months on Saturday! There are a lot of updates since his 1st birthday.

• Parker started crawling backwards down the stairs at 13 months
• We went to the atlantis with the boys in mid-june, and parker enjoyed the pool and the beach a lot! i've never seen him so happy in the water before. he's not afraid of water splashing on his face and actually finds it thrilling. he is also kicking in the water and finds it ticklish to lay on his back and put his head in the water. this was a much different experience from when he was a few months old last summer and we went to the pool. 
• on june 19th, parker started his first day of daycare at Goddard. i went with jack to drop him off and of course he cried when we left. we were prepared the 2nd time around and made sure to bring a blanket from home for him to hold when he's in distress. apparently, that helped.
• parker unfortunately got sick on his second day and had to stay home for the rest of the week. poor guy got the hand, foot, mouth.
• 2nd week went by very smoothly for him, he cried a little during drop off but was fine a few minutes after jack leaves. jack told me how he'd bury his face in jack's shoulders and tried to avoid eye contact with the teachers when they walk into the room. aww i know he was hoping they don't see him and take him away from his daddy.
• during the 3rd week, it was the 4th of july holiday on a tuesday. when jack dropped them off on wednesday, parker did not cry at all! i think we made it! 
• parker is very happy, smiley, and fun when he's home after school. he gets very excited when we walk into preston classroom to pick him up. 
• this week, he learned to blow kisses. he blew kisses to my mom last night, to me this morning when i was leaving for work, and this afternoon to his teacher as we were leaving school. i asked during pick up if they teach them this and indeed they did. why is it they learn so much faster at daycare than at home? i've been trying to teach him at home to no avail! 
• i noticed tonight his bottom molars are coming out. so far, parker has 11 teeth, his other bottom molar will be out any day now. 
• parker is clapping his hands when he's happy or proud of himself
• he can wave bye bye
• he is truly saying "mama" when he's referring to me
• he's been practicing standing up on his own, but it's almost like a game to him because he'll fall over half way up and thinks its so funny