17.5 Months Old

Connor has changed so much since my last post, sorry its been so long. He has gotten really talkative in the past few weeks. He can now say dog, ball, balloon, mom, daddy, grandma, grandpa, up, more, milk, wuf wuf and banana. He understands what we are saying and is learning new words all of the time. He also does several signs for things like milk, more, hat, etc and knows where some of his body parts are like, head, belly button, toes, ears, nose, eyes and so on. He has gotten really good at mimicking everything that mom and dad do and its really cute to watch. He has also started getting much more independent and can play on his own for a while now and prefers to walk around on his own instead of being carried most of the time.

Yesterday was Christmas, we had 2 sets of grandparents with us to help celebrate. The Blacks came over for the day and the Whipples have been here visiting for a few weeks. We had a nice Christmas dinner and Connor received so many fun toys including, a toy guitar, mega blocks, a powerwheels quad, a vtech alphabet train, an aquadoodle, a remote control car, and see and say.

We just got back from a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. This was our first real vacation since having Connor. We went to the Dreams resort with Grandma and Grandpa Black and spent all of our time on the beach and eating. Connor did great, he stayed on his schedule, did wonderful at all of the restaurants and had a blast in the pool and on the beach. Grandpa kept digging holes for Connor to climb into in the sand.

For Halloween Connor dressed up like a Giraffe and we went to a party with all of our playgroup friends. A few days before Halloween we went to the Bates Nut Farm which has a hay ride, a straw maze and a HUGE pumpkin patch. Connor loved the pumpkins and could of spent all day playing on them.


Going through the straw maze, Bates Nut Farm


On the hay ride


Playing with the pumpkins


Halloween party with the playgroup, yes the kids did have fun they just didnt like having their picture taken




Swallowed by the shark at the aquarium


Decorating the tree


Playing in the water in Mexico







Present from the Whites


At the Wild Animal Park with the Whipples


Decorating cookies on Christmas Eve


Our Gingerbread house


Opening presents on Christmas Day

15 Months Old

My sister just reminded me that its been a LONG time since we have posted anything about Connor. Its been a busy couple of months here but I wanted to post an update with all that has been going on. Connor is getting really cute, he has learned how to crawl up onto the couch and back off. He has started to stand and spin around. He is learning new signs and wanting to climb on just about everything. He wants to mimic us and do everything that we are doing. He is very attached to silverware and likes to carry a spoon just about everywhere around the house. He has really grown quite a bit in the past few weeks and all of the sudden all of his pants are to short. Hes been sleeping pretty good lately, waking up only once or twice at night and sleeping in on the mornings. On October 12th he spent his first night at Grandma and Grandpa Blacks house. They said that he did really good. Enjoy the pictures below.

Pictures taken by my friend Jen of Connor at the park.

In pitching stance.

At Overlook Park with the playgroup

He was having fun, just caught in a serious moment

All of our playgroup friends, from L-R, Nanda, Jace, Liam, Boldyn and Connor

Connor dancing with one of his favorite toys, the pool noodle

Mom and Dad and Connor out to eat


Connor walking into the restaurant, hes such a big boy

Aunt Jen came to visit


More of Jens visit

We all went to Sea World, Connor really likes the fish

Connor is starting to want to mimic everything mom and dad do

He climbed into the drivers seat of the tugboat all on his own



All of the babies wanted to be on my lap, but Connor does NOT like sharing. Connor, Liam and Devin

13 months, Birthday Party Version 2

We finally had Connors 1st birthday party a few weeks ago. It turned out to be a great day, a lot of fun but pretty tiring. Thankfully Grandma and Grandpa White were visiting for a week around the party so we were able to have lots of help with the setup and watching Connor. We had beautiful weather for the entire week and spent quite a bit of time in the pool. Bob and I got some time out by ourselves and some good relaxation time while Grandma and Grandpa White got to spend quality time with Connor.

For the past few weeks Connor has really started doing more baby signing and its really cute and helpful. He knows the signs now for more, help, milk and all done and hes waving now to say goodbye. Unfortunately he doesnt always use the right sign at the right time. More is his favorite sign and he usually uses that for help and milk as well. We are working on it and hes definitely getting better and its cutting down quite a bit on his whining because he knows that we will help him once he does a sign and doesnt have to whine.

This last week its been really warm out and we have been spending alot of time in the big pool and little tuggy pool and Connor has been having fun running around naked outside at night. In fact he is having so much fun running around that he doesnt want to sit down and eat anymore, he only wants to eat on the go. His favorite food is grapes and he also loves peas, must be the round shape. He will sometimes try new foods but hes pretty picky for the most part.

Hes been sleeping in really good lately, till 8:30am pretty regularly. Mom and dad appreciate this alot and have been catching up on our sleep. Hes still waking up about twice a night but once he has a milk snack he falls right back to sleep without fuss.

Pictures below:

Connor at Hoyt Park

Connor and his friend Champ. They like all of the same toys.

Pictures from the first birthday cake. Thanks Jennifer for the awesome pics at the party. The cake was chocolate with raspberry filing and very yummy.

Dad serves up the cake to Connor

Mmm the frosting is the best part.

What a cute kid

With Grandma and Grandpa Black.

With mom and dad

And of course the cleanup afterwards

Picture with 2 sets of Grandparents, the Blacks and the Whites

Playing with friend Boldyn at the party

So far Connors favorite gift from the party. Still inflated almost 2 weeks later, pretty impressive for a balloon.

Playing with the grandparents in the pool.

Riding the new radio flyer trike from Grandpa

In the hot tub with Grandma and Grandpa White