Reached 100,000 Hits Friday Night

Yes, it finally happened. At 11:35pm, on Friday night someone hit our site for our 100,000 recorded hit. It is definitely something I am excited about. I remember when I first started keeping track and we got so few hits each day but we were so excited every time we saw that someone had come to visit Parker on the web. Thank- you everyone for visiting and allowing us to share our story with you.

Today is New Year's Eve and with it comes the start of a new year. A lot has happened this past year and although some of it has been difficult all of it has been worth while. I know that this year is going to be a very exciting one for us and our family. It is going to contain some uncertainty as well as its own difficulties but I know that when I sit down at the computer next year to write the article summarising 2007 I will be a very thankful person.

Parker is currently taking a nap. He has had quite the morning, playing with all of his toys. We noticed a few days ago that Parker had started grinding his teeth. This could just be a new thing he has learned, but also could be do to stress. So, the past couple of days, we have placed him in front of the television with all of his toys while the Backyardigans played. Yes, he loves that show, but it he spent most of the time playing with his toys and climbing all over the furniture. Every once in a while he will stop during one of their songs, start rocking back and forth while he shakes his head from side to side. He is quite the little dancer. We got our first DVD of the Backyardigans as a gift back in May and started playing them while we were in the hospital for Parker. He has always loved them. We are pretty sure that we are going to paint his room a Backyardigans theme for when we return from Italy as our gift to him for all that he has endured. By then, we will have him move from the baby room to the room attached to it via a bathroom. I know he will love it.

I recently purchased a gate for the top of the stairs to keep Parker from accidentally going down them. Parker has now been given free range of the upstairs (minus the bathrooms) to crawl around on. He has a couple of places that he enjoys the most, like his play room and our room. But with his speed we figured that we better house proof the upstairs.

Speaking of the stairs, we thought it would be funny if we placed Parker at the bottom of the stairs and his Winnie the Pooh mobile at the top of the stairs. We were curious how fast he would get from the bottom to the top. I could not believe how fast he went. He did not stop once. Of course, we had to take him on an extended ride of the upstairs once he showed us how fast he was.

As for his riding truck on the main floor, Parker could not surpass a tortoise and may even overtake a slow moving beetle if we allowed pets in out home. He loves riding the truck over to the stairs so that he can get off the truck, by himself and begin crawling up the stairs. I wonder how fast he would go on his truck if we used the Pooh-mobile as a carrot? Maybe we will try that later.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful New Year. I know I plan on it.