Connor's Due Date!

Today is the 2nd anniversary of the terrible tornados that hit the south.  It's also the anniversary of Connor's due date!  We're glad every day that we have him in our lives.  Patrick told me today that he didn't know how we would handle it if Eamon is as cute as Connor!

He's working very hard.

The weather has been pretty unpredictable, as spring usually is.  We've had to switch the thermostat from heat to AC and back at least two times.  Connor and I have been enjoying the weather when it's warm, or even hot!  We've been walking with some other women and their children a couple times a week and afterwards, Connor plays on the playground.  I would be happy to go back home when we're done walking but Connor has gotten better and better at knowing when we are getting close to the playground and will start begging to go "play!" and "slide!"  He loves going up and down the slide and I am trying to help him understand that he needs to take turns with the other kids.  Most of the time they are the same age as Connor and neither of them gets the concept of sharing or taking turns, so we parents just have to pick them up and force them :)

Connor has been really enjoying the PJs he gets to wear now that it's warmer.  He LOVES his airplane pajamas.  He always points out the many airplanes he sees in the sky, loud and emphatically.

The combination of this outfit cracks me up.

Rock!

Somehow, he lost a boot.

Connor loves how physical Patrick is with him.

Connor is hilarious.  I love to see him enjoy his toys and everything in our house.  He definitely has a zest for life!  Thanks for the sunglasses Jessica!  And for the hat Sani!

Occasionally, Connor and I will have movie mornings and I get him all ready with breakfast in front of the TV.  I thought he looked so cute with his bowls all tucked around him, still wearing his sleepsack (the news ones I've gotten him have feet holes!)

Last weekend we all went to my mom's and Patrick and I spent our first night away from Connor in honor of our anniversary.  Our anniversary is May 17th, but we will be on a Jemison family vacation that weekend, so this was the closest we could get.  My mom has a new puppy named Louie, and Louie thought Connor was the bee's knees.  Connor was more just tolerant of Louie, and tried to get away from him a lot of the time, but he was okay with him.

Our night away was great and now we're gearing up for Connor's birthday next weekend!  We're excited for our little man to turn 2!

Powerful Kicks

Eamon has been really active the past few weeks, kicking his mommy and letting her know he is doing well.  I love feeling his little kicks, and now I'm going to try to include him in our nightly prayer by speaking close to Becca's tummy (where Eamon can hear me).

At this point, Eamon is at 13.5", making him the size of this Green Lantern action figure (complete with zipper equipped removable boots).  Uncle Matt would approve.

We got some photos of Eamon's house the other day.  Connor didn't want to be left out.

Looking good, honey!

Hi Connor!  I think maybe you lost a boot.

A couple videos from my phone of Easter weekend

Connor hunting for eggs.

Out at dinner.  Connor thinks Lillian hung the moon,

so when she started singing, (as she often does) he joined in!

Since then we have have had many more songs out of him

and it is so wonderful.

Easter!

I'm not sure I will be able to think of Easter without hearing Connor say it in his sweet little voice.  We got him a book about Easter and it is one of his favorite books.  I think it's because it rhymes.

We got to spend Easter at my mom's house with Myers' family.  It was so great to see baby Arthur!  I had only seen him for an hour or so when he was brand new and Patrick hadn't been able to meet him yet.  This was the first trip that Myers and Laura had taken outside of town because Arthur is finally 6 months old and officially neutropenia free!

This picture makes Connor look really interested in Arthur.
Definitely not the case.

Feeding Daddy.

We did convince him to give Arthur a kiss though!

Lillian loved being able to order Connor around and jump on the trampoline with him.  Connor thought she was the best things ever.  We'll post some videos soon of them singing together!

Uncle Will was one of many adults coerced into jumping.

Granmar had fun watching the kids play.

Easter baskets for the littlies and Mom.  We got Henry to write
the cutest notes from the Easter bunny about how we were doing
the hunt a day early due to weather and that he had hidden
only yellow and orange eggs for Connor and purple
and pink for Lillian.

Uncle Will was Connor's basket holder.

Easter Sunday was a much nicer day than we anticipated.  Myers and Laura went with Patrick and me to Mass and Connor and Lillian got to participate in the hunt the church set up.  Connor got to eat his first piece of chocolate and LOVED it.

We had fun hanging out together on Easter Sunday.  There was some hanging out on devices, but not too much.

These Care Bears are a main attraction at Sani's house.

All babies love fire.

Arthur and Uncle Will.

Arthur and his cousin's Happah.

Poor buddy was teething and had a cold.

Lillian remembered that the last time she was with us at Sani's house, she took a bath with Connor.  So they took a bath together, and were total hams.  It was pretty goofy.

Somehow, we can't escape tragedy in our family.  While we were setting up the egg hunt, Oliver, my family's Westie, charged a car, as he often did.  Unfortunately, this time he was in a fatal accident.  We were all devastated, but poor Henry and my mom lived with him, and Henry slept with him.  We'll miss that sweet dog.

Alphabet Surprise!

Connor has never seemed interested in attempting the alphabet.  I've never been very successful getting him to repeat letters after me, and even less so ever stringing letters together (other than "AB," which he is very fond of).

So it came as a big surprise to Becca and me today when we were coloring with Connor, and he just started singing the whole alphabet, right up to "now I know my ABCs, next time won't you sing with me!"

Becca and I both exclaimed to one another, then clapped and cheered for Connor.  Becca said, "I kind of want to give him chocolate... does that make me a bad parent?"  I told her to go ahead - after all, Connor's not going to sing the alphabet for the first time ever again!

Turned out to be a mistake.  He ate it and loved it and started demanding more.  We told him it was "all gone for Connor," and he wigged out.  Poor guy.  I guess we'll stay away from food rewards in the future!

Also, random bonus pic: Connor got a rabbit tic-tac-toe game, and I really liked his idea of what to do with the pieces.

Growing Fast!

Two weeks ago, Eamon was 6.5".  Now, at 22 weeks, he is up to 11"!  That makes him as long as the Subway Footlong Sandwich.  :-)

Edit from Becca:
Today when Patrick was letting me rest in the morning, I took this picture of my belly, after getting kicked hard a number of times.  I apparently he was done kicking me in that direction and was ready to turn over.  I'm pretty sure this is his little bottom stuck up in the air.
Later I got to take a bath during Connor's nap and he was kicking me so hard I could see my stomach move.  This baby is FAR more active than Connor was!

Connor Cuteness

I wanted to share some sweet Connor stories. 

Whenever Connor sees a picture of me, he always exclaims, in his happiest voice, "Mama!" like I am the best thing he's ever seen. 

Today he saw a box I had left on the top of the trash can, and spent a good amount if time wrangling it into the trash can. He didn't even say anything about it. He just knew it belonged in the trash, so he put it there. 

He copies Patrick whenever he can. Tonight, Patrick cleared his throat and Connor immediately did too. He always has Patrick wear a cowboy hat at the same time as him. 

Lately, he's gotten very particular about his clothes. I have to make sure he's ready to change out of his pajamas and he has to pick his outfit or he cries and tells me, "no, no, no." 

 I'm going to write a blog post about our Easter weekend soon, but in the meantime, here are adorable pictures of my sweet little boy.  I wish I had pictures to share of my other sweet boy, but he's still tucked away, kicking me every chance he gets.

Bathtime cuteness.

One of our rare warm days this March.

Sweet Patrick's handiwork.

We spend a lot of our day at the table coloring.
Connor knows a lot of colors now!

He spends as much time as I let him on my phone.

Snacking boy!