I am SOO behind on Connors monthly pictures...partly just me being lazy, and partly that my flash broke and I am waiting for my new studio equiptment to get here.... So for now I at least want to get the few good ones from his 10 (and a half) month shoot up-(now that they are a month old)... and we know how fast babies change.. but better late than never!
He's starting to do the "corney.. fake" smile when I bring out the camera.. :-) cute, but makes getting a natural smil a little harder!
He's pointing at everything now.. especially when he wants something, to go somewhere or to know what something is.. :-) The minute I pick him up from his crib after naps or in the morning, he points at the door, like "get me outta here!" :-)
He loves his baths... this is in the new antique baby tub I bought for my studio props...
So serious :-)
Another bath one.. all smiles and still some rolly polly chubbiness :-) He's starting to thin out a bit now that he's mobile, but still a "solid" kid!
Heres a few of Connors favorite things now that he can get around ;-)
LOVES the dishwasher.. I've learned to keep any of the sharp and unsafe objects in the sink until last then I load them and close the door.... He likes to roll the lower shelf back adn forth, and stand up holding onto it as well as empty the silverware out....
I have rearranged the kitchen so that all of the lower cabinets have things in them that are ok for Connor to play with, was making dinner one night and he discovered the baking cabinet, he surprisingly was able to get this heavy rolling pin out... new favorite toy for about a day :-)
Look mom.. I found a cool new thing that rolls like a wheel!
Connor also enjoys making music.. so he's temporarily adopted the metal bowl, measuring cups and spoons to his toy box.... he uses them more than me :-)
Mom and Connor being goofy with our metal hats...
We babysat Lizzy the other night so Casey and Lisa could have one more date before baby #2 comes along (any day now) Here are a few fun photos of her and Connor from the evening:
riding on the train together (it didn't last very long)
Bath Time! (Connor is going to have so many pictures of bathing with girls.... not sure if that'ss a good thing... hmmmmm... It's cute for now I guess :-)
Lizzy.. 1 1/2 yrs old
Connor 11 mo old (amazing how much his teeth are showing now!)
We decided to keep Valentines Day low key this year, Connor and I decided to make Dad a giant heart cookie and some strawberrys dipped in chocolate. Connor enjoyed getting to help:
I didn't exactly think this one through. I spread the flour out all nice and even, walked away to get the cookie dough and found this when I got back.. He's fast... he immediately saw the flour and thought "I wonder what that feels like and what it would do if I push it around?"
I hoped he would be into helping roll the cookie dough out, but he was more interested in tasting it.. and wouldn't you know it, he was so fast and my hands were occupied holding the rolling pin, he even got a taste (which freaked me out becasue it had egg in it.... but luckily he only got a small bite..)
Notice the flour is everywhere~ including on Daisy's head... She was under the tble hoping for scraps, just as Connor was making snow angels.... :-) it was a mess but he had so much fun.. and the end result was great :-)
Sugar cookie with cream cheese frosting, strawberries in dark chocolate and the roses were from Jeremy (I found them on the seat of my car with a card that afternoon when I went to town..he'd put them there before he went to work.so clever that one :-)
Connor and Mom with the rose from Dad...
Our first Valentines Day as a family :-)
Connor is getting stronger every day! He pulls up to virtually anything, can walk around things and transfer from the couch to the "coffee table" etc like it's nothing. So even though he isn't "walking" he's able to get around. He even is starting to experinemtn with climbing...... (uh oh.. my doctor was right. She joked during delivery that he'd be a dare devil (his heart rate would go up (instead of the normal down) when i'd have a contraction .. as if he was enjoing them) Iguess we'll see. Here is the series of him climbing onto the seat of his train to get to the ottoman of the rocking chair...
standing up holding onto it
figuring out how to get his knee up
ta da!! both knees on the train.... he of course got freaked out after because he didn't know how to get down... I think it's cool to watch him develop, but at the same time scares me that we have ER visits awaiting us in the near future :-/ We'll hope not
Jeremy is still working crazy hours.. It's been hard not having him around, we enjoy Sundays even more than ever beacuse it's the only day we have to really spend quality time together and for him to relax a little. This weekend my good friend from Seattle is coming to visit, then in 2 weeks all the family will be here to celebrate Connors 1st Birthday... I am loving that it is snowing out, I was getting tired of the ugly muddy backyard, it'll be nice to hve a beautiful white sheet over top everything again!
