Outside

With the change in the weather, Connor and I have been spending more time outside. A couple weeks ago I discovered Connor is perfectly content to sit by himself for up to half an hour in the backyard just taking it all in.

 The buttprint he left in the grass

 My view as I watched him

 Reacting to a bird

All geared up to go out on a chilly day.

With Connor teething, there are some days he wants me to hold him all the time, and I don't get him to sit out alone, but I know that a lot of days it's his favorite time (besides when Dad plays with him which will always be number 1!)



Giddy Up!

I got home from work one day (a couple of weeks ago) and was surprised to find a package for Connor. Connor's first package! It turned out to be from Connor's Aunt Jenny! It had a really nice card and a few gifts in it, chief among them: Rody!

The Red Racing Rody sits off to the right because he is the leader.

My next-door neighbor has an air compressor, so it only took a few seconds to inflate the Rody so that we could let Connor try it out (fun fact about the Rody: it supports up to 400 pounds!). Connor loves it!

Connor likes to chew on Rody's ears and pat his head. Whenever Connor is fussy, Rody usually calms him down!

Thanks Aunt Jenny!

I just went Boom!

This just in: Connor fell over (no biggie), and Becca, doing Connor's voice for him, said, "I just went boom, Mommy!" Connor found it hysterical, so she repeated it as long as he found it funny, and we did have the sense to pick up the video camera before the opportunity ran out.

Thanks for the laughs, little guy!

So we do have stories to tell and pictures and videos to post, but we've been a little slack lately. I've been sick since Wednesday-ish, but I'm getting better. Hopefully Becca isn't catching it.

So... more posts soon!

5 Months!

My little boy is 5 months old!  He sits up by himself all the time and gets better at it every day.  At this point the only reason he falls over his because he reaches too far for something or he gets bored and lays back or forward.

I love taking pictures, especially of children, and of course Connor is my favorite subject!  There's not really anyone to take pictures of us together, but I found a place in my house I can take timer pictures of us.  They're fun because they're always ALMOST great.  But that's just pictures of babies, right?