So many things to be thankful for...

I remember last year at this time, I had a one-month old baby whose idea of a Thanksgiving dinner was a bottle full of formula. How things have changed! This year we hosted turkey day and Mimi, Papa, and Great-Grandma came down from Tewksbury to join us. Mimi was a HUGE help entertaining Connor while Mommy cooked dinner. She played with him all over the house, but he was especially interested in his toy magnets on the fridge. We also had a video conference with Grammy and Grampy in Vermont, and they got to see a small glimpse of him walking.

Connor was so patient to wait and wait and wait for his dinner to be ready. He played with minimal whining, and he was extremely patient. When dinner was finally ready, we put him in his high chair and gave him lots of yummy food. The poor guy got through five minutes of eating before his turkey coma set in and he was falling asleep as he was eating. It was too cute! All that waiting, and he fell asleep before he could even enjoy it. He took a very long nap, though, and when he woke up, was able to have some pumpkin pie. YUM!

We had a nice day with everyone, and we are so thankful for our family, friends, health, and happiness.




Mmmm.... Pumpkin pie!

Turkey really makes a guy hungry!

Mmmm... turkey dinner!

My First Ear Infection

Connor has been a little under the weather lately with a bad cold, and we had a scheduled appointment with the doctor to get his second round flu shot yesterday. Well, instead of a flu shot, he was diagnosed with his first ear infection! They thought it was good that he made it through his first year without any ear infections, so I guess that's a plus. Besides a runny nose, Connor gave us no indications that he had an ear infection. No pulling, no real crankiness. I guess I truly am a lucky mom - even when sick, he's a good baby! We stayed home today so he could have a lot of down time and not cough all over the new babies at daycare. He also gets to be on his first antibiotics...yay for bubble gum flavor!

"It's Getting Hot in Here..."

...so take off all your clothes? Connor must have been listening to that song, because he frequently takes off his pants, and today he started to take off his onesie. I am fascinated with his obsession with taking off his clothes, and I laugh every time. I hope, though, that he doesn't ever do this in public when he's older. I don't think I'd find it as funny then!

Connor's Walking!

Connor has slowly been taking a few steps here and there, but Sunday was really the turning point when he took six steps at a time. Tonight, he was ALL about walking! He was so into it that he didn't even mind that I took out my phone to take a video. The quality isn't great, but if you click on the link you can see him walking.

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Bathtime Warrior

The other day I bought Connor some bath paints, so we tried them out! He looked so cute with paint all over and his hair a mess. I wasn't surprised that he loved it, since he loves the bath to begin with, and this was just another excuse to stay in the tub a bit longer!

Backtracking

A while back I indicated that my friend, Sarah, had taken a bunch of pictures when she babysat Connor on his birthday. Below are the pictures of Connor's adventure with Sarah. They went all over my hometown of Bristol, Vermont, and had a great time. Sarah was such a saint to be seen in public wearing a Miss Spider party hat! Some of the hot spots they went to were the Lawrence Memorial Library, the Fire Department (had to visit since Grampy just retired as chief!), the post office, and the church where Joey and I got married, Saint Ambrose. For those of you thinking "hmm... those don't sound like such hot spots..." then you haven't been to Bristol. It's a VERY small town, and those ARE the hot spots. Check out any of the links above and you'll see (in two words: "one stoplight"). BUT, Connor loves visiting his Vermont family and it's a great spot for walking around with your favorite babysitter! Thanks to Sarah for the pics!



The only reason Connor is upset in this picture is because he had to wear a hat. What can I say, the kid hates hats!


This is the new Veteran's Memorial, where Connor's Grampy, and three Great-Grandfather's have brick's honoring their service.



All this walking makes a guy hungry... a stop at the bakery should solve that!


Connor just had to stop at the fire department!


"Where's my birthday cake?"



A little light reading at the library is a great way to wind down.


This is the church where Mommy and Daddy got married!

Happy Halloween!

For Connor's second Halloween, we headed up to Tewksbury to go trick-or-treating with Paige, Heather, and Mark. Connor spent the day as Tigger at daycare, but we changed his outfit for Halloween night. Mommy and Grammy made Connor a costume based on his favorite TV show, "Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends". He was Bounce, the little blue bed bug. He looked awfully cute when we stuffed it full of newspaper, but he was extremely unhappy about it since he could barely crawl. For actual trick-or-treating we took the newspaper out and he just enjoyed the ride in the stroller. We didn't get him any candy (much to Daddy's dismay), but I figured he has a whole lifetime of candy eating ahead of him!

We went trick-or-treating in a little neighborhood near Heather and Mark's house, where we met their friends Michelle and Chris who have two kids, Madison and Logan. I think Paige and Madison hit every house with a light on! Connor and Logan just chilled out in their strollers and watched all that was going on around them. They were so good! Afterwards, we headed back to Mimi and Papa's for a yummy pasta dinner. We had a great time!

Because Mommy forgot her camera at school, all of these pictures are courtesy of my fabulous sister-in-law, Heather. We never could get Connor to stay still long enough to get a good shot of his full costume, but you'll get the idea.