Connor's First Haircut

    My sweet baby boy doesn't look like such a baby anymore. We took him to get his first haircut today, and he looks like a little boy. We gave him a little trim back in September (I wrote about it here), but it wasn't anything like this!
    We were referred to a kids salon by a friend who has been taking her son there since he was little. When we got there, poor Connor had no idea what he was getting into. He played with all the toys until they called us back.

He loved opening the windows of this play house. 

Little Chef In Training

Connor likes sitting in the kitchen while I cook and likes just about everything I feed him. Today I gave him some mini spatulas to play with. He liked chewing on them :)

 

Sleep Deprived

    This morning Connor woke up at about 4:30 and wouldn't go back to sleep. I wasn't ready to get up after waking up with him several times throughout the night, so I put him in his jumper to play while I slept a little longer. When I got up, this is what I saw:

Our Week With Grandma Sunshine

      Aaron's grandma came and spent a week with us in NC before our big move to Italy. We call her Grandma Sunshine because she lives in Florida. We had not seen her since our wedding, almost 3 years ago and this was her first time meeting Connor.

   Grandmas bus wasn't due to arrive until 8:45 on Thursday night. Originally I was going to stay home with Connor, but at the last minute decided that we should surprise her with him when she got off the bus. Aaron and I stopped for ice cream and then waited for her at the bus stop. She took the bus from Tampa, FL and arrived 13 hours later! She had a long day, but had tons of interesting stories to tell us about the people she met.

 Waiting for his Great Grandma.

(It was way past his bedtime!)

The Last Few Days

    Since my last couple posts have been about cloth diapers, I wanted to share a couple pictures from the last few days.

    Monday we went to Target to get a few things. Aaron saw the big shopping carts with two seats and thought it would be fun to try and see if Connor would  stay in it. Well he thought he was so cool. He wouldn't stop smiling :)

Southern Pines and Necklaces

     Aaron and I woke up without any plans, but knew that we wanted to do something outside because it was going to get in the 70's. I brought up Southern Pines, and Aaron was sold... as long as Kylie could go with us. So we packed up all our stuff, and went to Southern Pines! 

     Once we got there, we walked around and went into a few shops. Every single one of them let us take Kylie inside, so we were pretty excited about that. 

He would not leave these on! 

He Has It All Figured Out!

Who knew there was more than one way to suck on a paci?

My son has figured it out!

Afternoon At The Park

     After Connor woke up from his morning nap, we met a couple friends at the park. We have gone three days in a row now, and will probably go again once Aaron gets home from work tonight! We are lucky to live near so many parks, two of which are walking distance.

 There are pine needles everywhere!

Back To Our After Dinner Walks

     Aaron and I have always loved going on walks after dinner, and now that the weather has been warmer we were able to do that tonight. My little man loves the outdoors and Kylie loved being able to run around. 

Connor: Eleven Months Old

This is how our photo shoot started!

Dear Connor,

     How have you already turned 11 months old?  People say that your babies grow up so fast, and they really aren't joking. You look like such a handsome little boy and not so much like a little baby. You are starting to become more independent and are all over the place! Some of your favorite things to do are bang on the front door while you are looking outside, take baths/showers, and try to get into Kylie's food and water bowl. As you can see in the pictures from this month, you have started to really show us when you are not happy... you throw tantrums and they are not very fun! We hope this is just a phase, but know it's only the beginning of many, many more ;) We are very excited to celebrate your first birthday next month, but will also be happy if this last month before you turn one goes by slowly. We love you more than you can ever imagine!
             

 XOXO,

Mommy and Daddy

My Little Cookie Monster

     Since I got pregnant with Connor, I have been obsessed with cookies. Any type of cookie will do, but sugar cookies are my favorite. Aaron has been on many trips to the store just for cookies, and now I know why. Connor had a baby cookie today and he absolutely loved it! He is my little Cookie Monster :)

"What's this? "

Birthday Party

    We had a birthday party to go to for one of our friends little boys. It was Connor's first birthday party, and he really liked it. His favorite part was playing pin the tail on the zebra. 

 On our way to the party!