"What does the kitty say?"

Go ahead, ask Mary Catherine what the kitty says. She will be happy to tell you, "eeooww, eeooww".

I became aware of this new "trick" last night while we were reading the Dr. Seuss book Are You My Mother. I pointed to a kitten on the page and Mary Catherine looked right at me and said "eeooww, eeooww".

I am one proud momma.

Our little movie star...

Happy Fall

Today is the first full day of Autumn....YAY!

This is hands down my favorite season. I am fairly certain it is Chris's favorite too as Fall brings Football, Halloween candy and this year his 30th birthday!!!

I hope the weather turns chilly soon. I would love to bring Mary Catherine, Chris and my mom to an apple orchard to pick apples. In my book it isn't truly Fall until you have enjoyed an apple straight from the tree followed up by some warm spiced cider and some of Nana's apple pie.

Our little peanut has a rotten cold that kept her (and us) up last night. She is truly her mother's daughter as she would not think of suffering silently.

And were back...........

Chris, Mary Catherine and I have been busy little bees lately. Chris and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary earlier this month. It seems like just yesterday we were dancing the night away at the Beach Club.

Mary Catherine will be eleven months in a few days. She is pulling up on everything but has shown no signs of first steps. She is so thrilled to see the world from a new vantage point. One of her favorite things to do is to stand at the kitchen window and watch George (our pug) on the deck.

Nana has been in town for a few weeks and Mary Catherine has been having a BLAST! Today they went out to lunch in Annapolis with the our friend Stephanie and her daughter Kennedy. Just about every afternoon they feed the ducks in the pond behind our house and take a walk around the neighborhood. Chris, MC and I are truly blessed to have Nana share all of this time with us.

Here are some of the latest pictures of our Peanut....

Right on Track

Mary Catherine's check up went great. She now weighs 18 lbs and is 28.5 inches long. This puts her in the 50% percentile for both height and weight for baby girls her age.

We think she is 100% fabulous!

Her developmental skills appear to be right in line with that of a nine month old. She does wave hello and bye-bye and even tries to say bye-bye when you catch her in the right mood.

The doctor said her heart murmur is not audible. This is great news. Mary Catherine will have a follow up around her first birthday just to make sure the murmur is gone for good.

TGIF

Mary Catherine has here nine month well baby visit tomorrow at 8:30 am. We are looking forward to see how much our little peanut has grown. We will be sure to post her stats tomorrow.
Right now she is in 12-18 month clothing and probably will be through the fall. I have noticed since she has started crawling she is getting a little slimmer and her pants are more loose around the waist.
Speaking of clothes - oh my goodness what a chore it is to get her dressed these days! She manages to wiggle her way out of our clutches with the skill of an olympic gymnast. She thinks this is very funny.

Welcome

Welcome to the Parks' Family new and improved blog!

We hope to use the blog to keep in touch with all of our friends and family. Let's face it, this thing will mostly be used as a vehicle to show off cute pictures of Mary Catherine.

Like this one......