Brace yourself, This is going to be a long one!

This summer my family went on a family vacation. This isn't something we get to do often, so we took the opportunity to take Connor to the beach! He had a blast and we learned a lot of new things about him!

He really likes animals...especially river otters!

My favorite!

He enjoys household chores like sweeping!

He is just cute!

He's not really good at balancing a broom.

He loves his Uncle.

He looks like a little stud in a swimming trucks

He hates sand (can you blame him?)

He wakes up REALLY EARLY at the beach...

and i mean 5:13 in the morning!!!

He is very curious

He is going to be my next Top Chef

This was just perfect. He really did find this fun all week!

He breaks the rules

He loves chocolate cookies

He concentrates heavily on Choo Choo Soul

He would rather sit on the side of the pool then be in the water

He has sweet hands.

He loves Jackson.

And thinks its funny his friend was in PCB the same week!

He thinks corn on the cob is juicy and good....yuuuum!

Thanksgiving 2008 (albeit a bit late)

yes, ladies & gents, this is the Thanksgiving post...only a month late (or more).  Here are the pictures of the day.  We had a lot of fun with the close family.  They were thrilled to share in Connor's first Thanksgiving!  This was also the first day Connor ate "big boy" food from the table, but i still fed him.  I like feeding him - that means he's still my baby :)

There's also a few fun things that i think are worth sharing since i think Connor is so darn cute!

 

Thanksgiving morning - playing in the saucer

Nunna coming in with the Dressing - YUM!!

morning snack: Cheerio's!!

talking (probably to himself)

Laughing at Mimi (our wonderful photographer at the time)

waiting on the real food, not just the bread

Connor's middle name should be MISCHEVIOUS...that's what he is!!

Here begins the pictures that are not necessarily from Thanksgiving, but are still cute!

Might be Thanksgiving even...can't remember.

getting so big!!!

Wondering why the drum is making noise...even though he just pitched it on the floor...wonder why??

Hanging out on the shoulders of Uncle Tyler. so fun!

Does this remind anyone else of Yogi Bear?  because it does me!

Halloween - a full day!

Connor & I had a VERY full Halloween (hence the title).  The day started off with Connor's 9 month check up with Dr. Collins and Nurse Keesha.  I've been looking forward to the 9 mo ckup because there are NO SHOTS!!!  only a quick, simple finger prick!   

Mommy and Connor in front of MMC

Did i mention that Peds dresses up for Halloween?

Keesha is a tin woman! 

One of my favorites.  He was so well behaved on the scale

19 lb, 11 oz.

"helping" Dr. Collins with the stethoscope

Meet Jerry Collins: the Wizard

Connor & Dr. Jerry - one of the best smiling pics of the day!

the finger prick.  he liked eating the band aid

Then, we went home so that Connor could take a much-needed nap.  Being that i work at the clinic, appointments always take a while because we have to visit.  and we LOVE to visit all of our friends, but by the time we left, Connor was ready to go to sleep!!!  We changed him from his Charlie Brown outfit and put him in his "baby's first halloween" outfit.  he was very cute, i must say.  

Connor right after waking up. Can't you tell?

Looking at his Halloween basket like it's insane.

eating his Halloween rubber duck.  i love rubber ducks, therefore, Connor has one for nearly every holiday!

Connor & Mimi

Connor and Mommy

Then, we changed back to the Halloween outfit!  Charlie Brown, here we come!

love this!  he's BOUNCING!

First we made a stop at MidSouth Bank.  

Mimi's boss, Jennifer is holding Connor's back while he was typing

Connor likes to hang out w/ Snoopy.  They are friends

Next we went to visit Connor's (Great)Aunt Clara.

She was so nice to get him a special treat!

Thanks for the puffs Aunt Clara!

Needless to say, that's all the Halloween i have right now.  My camera went dead in the middle of trick-or-treating and the rest is on Pops's Computer.  We'll update soon!

Walden Farms

i read on Alison's blog about Walden Farms in Smyrna, so on Saturday, mom and i met jeff, amanda and owen and made the trip to smyrna to see some pumpkins (and take a lot of pictures).  Best of all - its free!!!  

connor was definitely a trooper considering that going to the pumpkin patch meant little to no morning nap.  that is why he isn't smiling in many of the pictures!  and owen did great even though he's been fighting a nasty nasty ear infection!  we had a blast and hope to go again next year when the are both walking and can enjoy more of the activities.  

Connor's custom pumpkin shirt

Our sweet matching boys!  

Owen still needs some help sitting up, but will be taking lessons from Connor soon

Old Man Face

Looking at the animals

He loved playing with the pumpkins.  Even tried to eat a few!

Connor and Mimi

One of the highlights of the day - John Deere 

(this makes me wonder if he is my child)

They loved sitting in this chair together

Me, Connor, Owen & Amanda

They quickly fell asleep as soon as the pictures were over.