I'm still alive!

I know I haven't posted in forever!! Sorry to my few followers. ;) We having been in the process of moving and things have been crazy. We spent all last week in the new house with no internet and this week I am staying at my moms. I promise as soon as we get internet set up at the new house next week I will have a catch up blog and fill everyone in on everything.

A few super quick Connor updates...

He says "Yeah" and "Whoa" now. He has been saying "whoa" for awhile but I didn't know if I should count it as a word. Now when you ask him if he wants something, he'll say "yeah" and nod his head. He also has 2 molars which makes 10 teeth. The other 2 molars are there and making him cranky. He is running these days, especially when you let go of his hand outside. He takes off and tries to get away, lol! He loves the new house! He has so much room to run around and play. I'm so happy he finally has the space to run around and be silly. Oh and he puts his hands on his head when he dances now. It is hilarious. I will try and get a picture and post soon.

Anyway, that was a rambling paragraph of Connor updates. Connor/house pictures will be posted next week. :)

HOT Days!

It has been HOT the last few days! In the mid-90s which is nice, but miserable at the same time. We actually didn't do much this holiday weekend. Pat was out of town all last week for work so we just enjoyed some family time. Saturday we were supposed to go to a BBQ but decided to stay home and swim instead. ;) Then we came back and sat on the porch while Connor played with toys and wondered around shirtless. He has definitely chubbed up!




This one is straight out of camera. I was too lazy to fix the exposure.

Then Sunday we went to Pat's parents' house for a little while and then we went to my mom and dad's house. My sister was in town with her kids and Connor loves to play with them. Well, I guess I should say he loves to play with Lydia. Tommy is kind of a bully! LOL, poor Connor doesn't understand pushing and toy stealing! Towards the end of the night Tommy got up in my dad's chair, so then Connor wanted up. Once Connor was up, Lydia wanted up...typical. They all sat there so content for the longest time though, just rocking. It was absolutely adorable! My sister and I both had to run to grab out cameras. I didn't have my external flash with me and it was late so there was no natural light so I had to resort to my little pop-up flash. Ugh! But the moment was just too cute to pass up ;)



And finally, Connor got a big boy toothbrush!! Ha, I may be behind the ball with this one but we were both excited (Connor and I)! Until now, I have just used one of those rubber baby toothbrushes you put on your finger. He loves this one! He puts it in his mouth and moves it around like he's brushing. So cute!

OUCH!!

Connor got his first real booboo today :( He was walking into his closet and tripped and smacked his head on the vacuum. I didn't even realize he hit his head until he turned around. His head instantly turned blue and swelled up. The swelling went down but the bruise is still there. I took him in to the doctor (it's literally 5 min away and I didn't want to sit in the ER for 3 hour) right away and they came out to see him (they were "closed" for lunch so I didn't have to wait) and said he was fine. They told me I could put and ice pack on it if he'd let me but of course he didn't. Pretty much what they said was "He's fine, he's a boy, and this will be the first on many booboos!" I'm glad he's ok but I feel awful everytime I see that bruise on my poor baby's face!





He got a new Toy Story chair that he loves! I had another little lawn chair that I had gotten for outside (but have kept inside for some reason) and lately he has tried to climb in it but can't quite figure it out. I'm afraid to break it to Pat but I just don't think the kid is very coordinated. LOL, just kidding ;)


Trying to climb on it.


Not sure what he's doing here but he looks adorable.




Here is the little bucket he randomly found and likes to collect his cars in. I think I mentioned it a few posts ago. He puts all of his little cars in here, then tips the bucket up to his face like he's taking a drink and all of the cars fall on his head/face! Then he gets up and walks around talking with the bucket up to his mouth. He is so silly...and I love it :)

These are from the other night (prior to his head injury). He splashed around in the tub forever and his little feets were got all wrinkled.





And I PROMISE I will post party pictures tomorrow. There are just so many to choose from. I posted them on my facebook, I don't know why I keep stalling when it comes to posting them here.

But I'm off to have a movie night by myself. Pat is out of town tonight for work so I rented Twilight and New Moon. I haven't seen either and I swore I never would (not really sure why) but I'm curious what all the fuss is about. I'll report back whether it was worth the 5 hours I am about to invest!

Giggles

I know I still haven't posted birthday party pictures yet. I'm being lazy! I don't know why... But this video should make up for it ;)

Singing "Happy Birthday"

He was so cute! As soon as we started singing to him, he turned around and wanted a kiss. Melted my heart :)

PS. The reason I was messing with Pat is because he had yellow frosting on one of his front teeth ;)

WE GOT IT!!

No pictures to share today but WE GOT THE HOUSE!!! They accepted our offer "as is" which is awesome! We didn't have to mess with any counter offers! Our inspection is Thursday and as long as everything goes as planned, we should close towards the end of next month. YAY!!! No more stupid apartment living!

Here is the picture off of the realtor website. I can't figure out how to make it bigger. It is adorable though :) 1550 sq. ft. 2 car garage, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, cathedral ceilings, dining room and eat in kitchen, deck in the backyard, corner lot....ahh, I could go on forever! It is the perfect starter (lol, 2nd starter) home!!

PS. Connor's birthday party pictures will be posted soon. My sister took them while we were opening presents and stuff (I was too busy all day) and I have to weed out all of the ones where I look like a beast ;)

Birthday Boy! (lots of pictures)

WOW am I late to blog about his birthday! Sorry! Well his birthday was great. While he was sleeping the night before, we filled his room with about 50 balloons. He loved them when he woke up in the morning. They actually started to fall extremely fast which at first really bugged me, but then he was able to play with them all on the floor so it actually worked out.

Later, we went to Red Lobster for lunch. I know it's not kid oriented, but nothing around here really is. He actually loved their chicken tenders though! Then we went on a little shopping spree at Toys R Us to pick out a few birthday presents. I think we're going to make this a tradition. We'll go out for a special lunch (eventually we'll go to kid themed places or he can pick a restaurant) and then we'll go to the toy store where he can pick out a few presents. I only wrapped one when we got home just to see how he would react to opening presents now that he's older. Lol, he still wasn't that into it. He got a few hot wheel cars which he loves. He carried them around all the time and then collects them in a little bucket he found in a closet. He also got a Toy Story power wheel that he absolutely LOVES. He would stay in it al day if we let him. It's a nice one for little kids because it has a long pole that attaches to it from behind so we can push/steer him. He hasn't quite figured out that he needs to push the button for it to move so right now we use the pole.

He also went for his 12 month visit to the doctor this week. He is 22lbs, 6 oz and 29.5 inches long. He's in the 50% percentile for both. He is still in between 6-9 month clothes and 12 months (although he can wear 18 month 2 piece fitted pjs) but we are going to be moving up to the next size for diapers as soon as we finish this box. The little booger butt leaks through his diaper almost every night so we are starting 4s at night and using 3s during the day until they are gone.



In un-Connor related news....WE PUT AN OFFER IN ON A HOUSE!!! We should hear back by tomorrow. It is perfect and the only thing it will possibly need is new carpet. They have a cat who isn't very well trained if you catch my drift. If you get it, we'll try and have someone come out to clean them. If that doesn't work, we'll replace it. I can hardly wait until tomorrow! At least Connor's birthday party (FYI - it's at a park and weather.com says its going to be NINETY out tomorrow...is tomorrow though so that should help distract me :)