Crazy Monkey

My little Parker is nuts. He loves to climb EVERYTHING! I still treat him like such a baby. In my mind he isn't capable of doing anything yet (like crawling, talking, hand gestures, etc.). He turns one though on December 8th, so it's right around the corner! I need to face it that he's not my little baby anymore. Time for another one I guess. Weird to think that Amber was his EXACT age when I found out I was pregnant. It truthfully hasn't been as bad as I anticipated having two so close together. If Matt allowed 4 kids in the Deming clan I'd hold off a few years and have two close together again. Not to alarm anyone, a baby isn't in the plans any time soon. I think three under four would be a little hectic. I'd for sure be in the loony bin. So I took this picture because it's a stage Amber was in that I remember clear as day. My sister-in-law Julie has a chair similar to this one. We were visiting them (they live in Arizona) when Amber was 11 months old. Amber loved to climb in and out of it all day long. She'd laugh hysterically as she crashed to the floor (she didn't quite know how to get down without falling flat on her face). I bought this chair for Amber about a year ago. Parker discovered this past week how to climb in and out of it just like Amber. He too crashes flat on his face but just laughs. His facial expression shows he is so proud and it's like he knows he is such a big boy. When he sits in it he claps his hands or pats the side of the arm rest like "good job, I did it." It's so cute.