Thursday, April 14, 2011

To the swings!

Connor really likes it when we go to the swings






He also played in the grass for the first time, also very exciting


Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Happy Birthday Connor!!!

My little boy is one year old! Chad and Marci were nice enough to let us celebrate Connor's birthday at their house. It was pretty simple. We had some great dutch oven and then Connor enjoyed his cake and the rest of us had cupcakes. I've got Marci to thank for these fun photos!

He had quite the little fan club there
The eating of the cake...It wouldn't be our little boy if he didn't study it out first

but that didn't last long.

I think it's safe to say that he


really

really

liked it!


What else is Connor up to? He's definitely growing. He went from this



to this.

He babbles and growls a lot. He flips through books all day long. That's all we need to take to church to keep him happy all three hours. I'm not really sure I can say he has a favorite food. He eats everything we give him (except the spinach leaf with balsamic vinegar Jared gave him tonight). All fruit, bbq chicken, chili, salmon, cottage cheese, you name it he likes it. He's walking with us or behind things but not ready to go solo yet. Despite what my dad thinks he does smile and laugh a lot, although he still takes a while to warm up to stangers. He doesn't cry, he just stares them down. Peek-a-boo is his favorite game and he loves loves loves to be turned upside down.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Peach Juice

Connor figured out today that peach juice makes an excellent hair styling product.




Monday, March 7, 2011

Also of note...

Connor is 11 months old. Crazy, crazy crazy. We did an 11 month photo shoot today. Here are some of my favorites.






Saturday, March 5, 2011

Swimming!

Grandma and Grandpa Bench gave Connor swimming lessons for Christmas and they started today. He loved it! He wasn't scared at all, just ya know, nice and calm, how he always is.


he was pretty excited to get started


the first plunge


kick, kick, kick


catch the fish




all done!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

9 Months Has Come and Gone

Time for some pictures...

Connor is still very curious


still silly


and he's growing lots of hair.


He still has Grandpa Bench's big blue eyes


and loves his books.


He likes it when dad shares food


but also likes to feed himself.


Connor is always reaching for the camera


and he is still very very cute.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

It's funny...

It's funny the things you notice as a mom. For example, I had no idea the track for our sliding door was filled with dirt. That is, I didn't notice until I saw Connor sticking his fingers in them and pulling them out black. Guess what I did this afternoon...