Look What I Can Do!

This type of skill mastery takes total concentration

TADA!

This evening I wowed my mommy and daddy with my amazing moves.

Look I know how to use a fork now!

I also like to mimic people. Here's something I picked up from my daddy.

Photo shoot bust!

We took Connor in today for his one year old photos. We loved his 6 month photos, so we were excited to get more done today. Well we arrived 10 minutes early for our 3:00 appointment. Then we waited until after 3:20 for them to even talk to us. Then they got the room ready and finally called us in. Connor who is normally really easy to please and make smile, wanted nothing to do with having his picture taken. The photographer couldn't get him to smile for the life of her. He kept running around and looking down. We changed his clothes and put him in a super cute suit. He broke a smile at one point and we got a couple good shots in before he completely melted down and threw a fit. We called it a day quite early.

We listened to the girl give her speech trying to get us to spend $220 for a package deal. I tried hard not to laugh when I said no. We ordered three photo sheets (two were the same pose) and that was it. I'll post them on the 24th after I pick them up. We were terribly disappointed. We liked the photos we got taken at Christmas time much better and the ones that Amy took while we were in Florida.

15 months old

Connor went in on Tuesday for his 15 month appointment and shots. He was a brave boy and didn't cry for the first shot, which surprised daddy (though he gave the nurse "the look" to let her know he wasn't happy). Then he screamed and wailed when the next few shots were given. He quickly calmed down when it was over as he happily drank some milk. His growth stats are: weight-23 pounds (28%), length-31.5 inches (65%), and head-18.75 inches (64%).

Connor is a great eater. He'll try just about anything you put in front of him. He LOVES fruit-cuties, bananas, all berries, melons, basically you name it, he loves it. Except grapefruit, he'll pull a super sour face and spit it out and refuse to take more. He also likes tortellini, ravioli, avocado, meatloaf etc. If we're eating it, he'll want it too.
He has also taken to wanting to feed himself. He's been doing this for quite some time now, but we've always fed him the messy stuff like yogurt. Well today I let him feed himself the yogurt and it went a little as follows. Spoon goes in mouth, spoon goes on tray. Hand goes in yogurt bowl, one finger goes in mouth and suck yogurt off, then hand goes back in yogurt bowl and repeat sucking same finger each time though all are totally messy.
Spoon eventually goes back into bowl and then into mouth, then promptly thrown on floor.
Bowl is picked up and then shaken to get leftover yogurt onto tray and then yogurt bowl gets tossed onto floor. Yogurt on tray makes great finger paint. Connor finishes his snack with some "ooo's" and then blows raspberries.

Living Legends

On Saturday we went and saw BYU's Living Legends. A little blurb from the program: "Brigham Young University's Living Legends captures the essence of ancient and modern culture in a celebration of Latin American, Native American and Polynesian song and dance. Traditions come to life as talented descendents of these cultures blend authentic choreography, intricate costumes, and heart-pounding music into one captivating show."

It was awesome! The costumes were amazing and the dancers were extremely skilled. We really enjoyed the show.

Here's a you tube of a devotional held at BYU. The dance was very similar to one of the ones we saw.