Water Fun

Here are a few of my favorites from the photos my dad took. He handed me a flash drive yesterday containing 1437 pictures from 7/3/11. It took awhile to go through all of them, copy my favorites to my computer (I picked 83) and then pick just a handful of them to post here. His pictures outlined the highlights of the Sunday afternoon.

We arrived for dinner:

MMM the table tastes pretty good.
Grandma says I have to stop doing this when I get teeth, so I have to enjoy it while I can.

I'm ready!

Trying to feed myself cantaloupe...it's slimy and squishy and I'm not sure what to do with it

Then I enjoyed some tummy time with toys. I have a tendency to spit up a little of my meals after I eat, so it's a good thing my bib is still on.

Woah look at that tower! I think I need to go knock it down!

Then we went on a quick walk followed up with some splashing in the pool. Going for a walk is the best way to calm Connor down, and we enjoy getting in the exercise.
Hmm what is this cold stuff under my feet?
I'm not sure I like this.
This is much better. I can stand and jump up and down.
Hmm what's down there?

Okay I'm done now, can I get out?

Riding on Grandpa's shoulders is one of Connor's favorite activities. I wonder how much hair he has pulled out?

Giddy up Horsey

So much fun

What a perfect Sunday afternoon. Next post will include pictures of Mommy and me swimming on Tuesday. Daddy got a really good picture of me smiling and my mommy making a really funny face :)

By the way I'm 8 months old today!

The Perfect Photo Shot!

How far would you go to get the perfect picture? Would you go in a pool in your clothes? My dad sure would!

Connor and I were getting our feet wet in the pool today. Connor has been a bit apprehensive about the pool water, especially when someone jumps in the pool or makes a loud splashing noise. Today the pool was nice and calm, so we went and put our feet in the water. Grandpa loves taking pictures of Connor or really anything in particular. So when I saw him taking his wallet and stuff out of his pockets I figured he would be walking down a few steps in the pool. I was not anticipating this:
Connor ended up really liking the water. We went over to the steps and he jumped up and down on the top step. More water pictures to come...

Peek a Boo!

Connor is on the go...well sort of. He's in the midst of learning how to crawl, so far he goes backwards. He can get up on all four and rock back and forth too. We put him in front of our closet (mirrored doors) and he pushed himself backwards until we could just see his head sticking out of my closet.

Playing in Mommy's closet

Hello there

Peek a boo

For lunch today Peter thought Connor would like some pieces of cut up banana. He has had mashed bananas, but not cut up pieces. He had no clue that he was supposed to put them in his mouth. He had six pieces and four of them made their way to the floor while the remaining two pieces got mashed between his fingers and then put back on the tray.

Laughing at Daddy

We recently found a new way to entertain Connor. Here he is laughing at his Daddy. Daddy is jumping up and down in the background saying Boo.

Happy Father's Day

For Father's Day Peter, Connor and I made these super studly shirts. Peter had no idea that one of them was going to be his. I came up with this idea on my way to work...someone riding a bike had a shirt on that said "Best Dad in the world hands down" and had his kid's hand prints on it. Since my dad likes wearing t-shirts with paint on them (I've created a few for him, by his request-he was actually wearing one with lizards on it on Sunday when we showed up), I decided this was a great plan. So anyways I told Peter of my plan to make one for my dad and he thought it was a great idea. I told my mom I was going to do one for my dad and one for Peter and I would make the one for Peter at my parents' house. So I went about with my ingenious plan. Only problem was I bought the two shirts and then Peter saw them. So with some quick thinking, I told Peter I bought two shirts in case the first shirt didn't turn out well. He thought that was a good idea.
So we made two shirts and up until Saturday night Peter had no clue one was his. In fact, he came over to the table to see what I was doing and noticed that the yellow one was signed "love Connor and the blue one was not. He didn't notice that the blue one said daddy instead of grandpa. I pointed it out to him and he got really excited.

Here's the artist and his Father's Day creations

I also made some really cute Father's Day cards with my Cricut. All the daddy's were impressed with their cards. Peter took his to work.

What I have been up to

Look at me!

I got this cool new chair, and I usually like it

But sometimes I don't

My mommy and daddy think it's funny to take pictures of me when I'm mad...So I give them "the look" to let them know how I feel.

I like taking baths. I don't have much hair, so my mohawk is a little lacking.

I like it when my mommy is close by. I must make sure I can see her when daddy changes me.

I like flowers almost as much as my mommy and daddy

Today I was introduced to this fun little contraption. I can eat grapes and blueberries like a big boy. I wonder what else my mommy and daddy will give me.

In two days I will be 7 months old. I'm growing really fast.
(I have an outstanding vocabulary and typing skills too.)

A trip to the Zoo

Today we went to the Zoo. Almost all of the animals were awake and active. When we arrived, this guy was trying to impress the ladies. He was doing a mating dance which was quite entertaining.

Here are baby peacocks with their mommy, they kind of look like ducks, but they're peacocks.

Peter and Connor enjoyed looking at the fish and the hippo.
Next we went to see some monkeys and met up with Chris, Mary and the girls.

Connor decided the monkeys/gorillas were exhausting and took a nap.
We also saw some big cats on our way back towards the front.
Look what has traffic stopped!
From where we are standing, there's a third bus behind us and everyone is stuck because there's a duck crossing the street. The bus on the right had to do some pretty amazing maneuvering to avoid hitting the bus on the left as they wanted to trade places.
We stood where we were and watched the whole thing go down...and once the duck had crossed the road he walked right by us and then kept on going.
Next we went to the children's area and pet some goats. For some reason our picture came out really bright.
Camille really enjoyed helping Connor find some goats to pet.

We had a great time, then we all came home and took a much needed nap.

6 Month Photo Shoot

We took Connor in to get 6 month photos taken last weekend. They arrived just in time for Mother's Day. He's such a photogenic baby we had a hard time picking favorites as they were all our favorites...so we bought a lot! But really who could blame us?

We gave this one below to both grandmas

The grandmas got this one too. Peter and I learned for future photo shoots to wear clothing that matches in case they end up putting parts of us in the photos too.

Easter

So here's Connor's Easter basket. He loves the simple board books and the bunny finger puppet. Mommy is going to help out by eating the candy stick :)
Sunday was a busy day. We woke up, checked out what the Easter Bunny brought us and then got ready for church. After church, we came home briefly and then went to my parents' house for an early dinner. Afterward we had dinner at Peter's parents' house. We came home stuffed and exhausted. Perhaps next year Connor will get a thrill out of finding eggs and such.

Connor has been enjoying tummy time lately.

These last three pictures are from this past week.

You know the old saying "I can smell ____ a mile away." Well it's true for Peter. For Easter we brought potatoes and green beans to my parents' house and rolls and pie to his parents' house. When we got home from my parents' house we threw the rolls in the oven and cooked them. Peter put them in a basket and as we were heading out the door he says, "Do you want to take the rolls or the baby to the car?" I said, I'd rather take the rolls as they're not as heavy. So we get in the car and drive literally a mile or two and Peter says, "MMM the rolls smell good." My response- "Oh no! I left the rolls on the table!!!" This was followed with me busting into laughter. "Uh how do you smell the rolls, when I forgot to bring them?" Apparently Peter can smell rolls a mile away.