Welcome Home Mallory!

Connor is very happy to have Auntie Mallory home! After Mallory being in England for over a month, Connor walked as quickly as he could to greet Mallory at the door. He was so excited to see her! He enjoyed playing with her, looking at her pictures from her travels and showing off his new walking skills! We love you Mal!

Connor playing "baseball" for the first time. He's going to be a champ!

After Mommy and Me swim lessons... he had such a great time!
Waking up from a 2 hour nap! He was exhausted from all the fun swimming!

Swimming with Auntie Mandy at her pool.

Playing with Auntie Mandy in the water. So much fun!

Connor's 1st Haircut!

Michael and I took Connor for his first haircut today. We videotaped part of it, but it's too long to post on the blog, so I'll describe it for you. Connor got to sit in a cool yellow car and had a personal television playing an Elmo video. One beautician blew bubbles and tried to entertain Connor while the other tried to cut his hair. Of course, Michael and I were there smiliing at him and taking pictures... with all the attention, one would think Connor would enjoy the haircut... not so much! Connor screamed the whole time! Oh well! His hair looks nice, he survived, and we have lots of pictures to document another first... oh yeah, and we have a little sample of his precious baby locks. The pictures are in reversed order... sorry!

Final Picture... Connor was very upset, but doesn't his new do look adorable?

Daddy was there for moral support... who knew a haricut could be so traumatic?
And then he saw the scissors....

Happy boy... before the haircut began.

Playdate with Beautiful Lilianna

We went to visit my friend Kirsten and her gorgeous daughter, Lilianna, who is 5 months old. Kirsten and I had a lovely time catching up, and Connor seemed to really enjoy being around Lilianna. We're so blessed to have such great friends!

Bath Time!

Here is a video of Connor showing off how he can brush his hair all by himself. I think we're entering the stage of him being able to do everything on his own... this should be fun!

Here is a video of Connor showing his new skill of shaking his head. Daddy is such a comedian too!

Just for fun...

This is the way Connor woke up from his nap... bad hair day I guess!

Just having some fun... Connor greeted Daddy after work with these glasses on.

Connor's 1st Boating Trip on Folsom Lake

We took Connor boating yesterday afternoon on Folsom Lake. We had a blast cooling down in the water on such a hot day. Connor seemed to have fun and was very relaxed while floating in the lake. He had a lifevest on and his floaty and one of us was holding on to him at all times so I think he felt very secure. He even dozed off a few times while bobbing in the water. On our way into the launch area, Connor took a nap on Auntie Mandy. It was a very enjoyable day. Thanks Mom and Dad for bringing up the boat and planning such fun outing! Mal- we missed you!

Our morning walk to the park... before it hits 105 today!

Waving and saying "Bu Bu' to Buddy

Again- waving to Buddy... too bad Buddy doesn't know how to wave back!

Here are some pictures from the last few days...

We sure are missing Auntie Mallory and can't wait for her to come home. Less than 2 weeks left... yay!

On our way in from harvesting some tomatoes, Connor grabbed one out the bucket and started eating it as if it was an apple. He's just like his Grammy Gerri!
This picture is blurry, but I thought I'd still post it because it's just so darn cute! Love that boy!

Connor loves "his cupboard." He empties it anywhere from 3-6 times a day! We're trying to teach him to put things back but he's having none of that nonsense! ;-)

Here are some pictures from today... Connor helped me in the garden and seemed to enjoy picking tomatoes- although he often picked green ones instead of the ripe, red ones! He also ate a few mint leaves, but wasn't fond of the basil leaves. He got pretty dirty and wet, so I stripped him down and he splashed in his pool for a little while. Connor seems to love the water!

Happy Independence Day and 11 Month Birthday to Connor!