Forward Motion

Last Friday Conner decided that he was sick of just rolling in circles, so he started army crawling.

Friday he decided to put his knees into it.  He has not figured out the right, left part of crawling, but he is pretty good and lunging forward!

Here he is today.  I should probably not be so happy about his new ability.  No doubt this will mean more work for mom, but it is so fun to see him learn!

Yes, we bribe him with our phones.  He has this thing for electronics (well, pretty much everything that he should NOT play with.  Sharp objects, electronics, heaters, wrappers on the floor...).

Last weekend we went to my parents for conference weekend.  Most of my siblings were home.  It was great to spend a little time with everyone.  We visited the local pumpkin patch that is run by our good friend Dan the pumpkin man.

Shaleece took some fun picture of our family that I will post later.  We weighed Conner on the pumpkin scale.  He is 20 pounds.  He would cost $9 if he was a squash!

Dad's Hat

I was pleasantly surprised to find these adorable pictures on our camera.  Daniel was trying to get a picture of Conner with his hat on, but Conner was too quick for dad.  He thought it was a fun game to get the hat off before dad could take a picture. 

Really, you want me to do this again?

Isn't he adorable?

We Are Loved & Remembered

Saturday was the General Relief Society Broadcast.  I loved President Uchtdorf's Message.  It was incredible.  A great reminder of what is really important and our individual worth.

Here is a preview in case you missed it!  You can watch the entire talk at LDS.org in the conference archives. ( I watched it again today with Daniel).

I am so excited for the rest of General Conference next weekend!

Blocks

I pulled out some blocks that I had left over from a craft project for Conner to play with.  They were a hit. 

Mom builds towers, Conner destroys towers.

They make noise when you hit them together.

And, of course, they taste great!  :-)

Give Me 10

Up...

Down...

Up...

Down...

Up...

Down.

Learning to crawl is a difficult thing, and Conner is not quiet grasping the forward motion part.  :-)  

He holds himself up on his hands and toes (he has not figured out how to use his knees), and he sticks his little bum in the air, but the only way he ever moves is backwards.  

One day soon he will get the hang of it.  For now I will enjoy watching him work out his little muscles.

Peaches & Pie

Guess what?  I am 24!  I always figured that by the time I was this OLD I would feel like a responsible adult... maybe next year.  :-)  

It is kind of nice that Daniel is 4 years older than me.  No matter how old we get, I will always feel young when I compare our ages.  

Since Daniel has work and school all day, my wonderful mother came to hang out with me for my birthday.  We drove down in the canyon and bought peaches.  We were able to get some for $.34/lb! 

They were pretty ripe, so we came back to the apartment and spent the rest of the day canning peaches. Yum!  We gave some to Conner, and he loves them.  It is a good thing, because we have 21 quarts.  He will be eating a lot of peaches this next year.  :-)

My mother also bought the foods to make my birthday cake.  I did not want a traditional cake this year (with 2 of us we would never eat the whole thing). I saw a delicious ice cream pie on pinterest that I wanted to make my own version.

Here is a break down: Oreo crust, vanilla ice cream, sliced bananas, chocolate fudge sauce, cookies & cream ice cream, cookie dough ice cream, whipped cream.  Yup - it was delicious.

I have a wall that I am going to dedicate to this poster (it is my next craft project... when I have time for it).  I normally would say that money can't buy happiness, but I had to agree with this poster:

photo credit

Teeth!!

It is official, Conner has teeth!  Last week his bottom two popped through.  At first I was sad to loose the gummy smile, but I have decided that his two front teeth are adorable. (If you look very close you can see them in this picture.)

Mr. droolly-face in his cameo diaper in honor of the beginning of hunting season.  :-)

He is getting really good and sitting by himself.  He has had a cold this week (sad!) which messed with his balance a bit, but for the most part he can stay up without falling backwards.

For the most part he is a very cute, very happy camper.  :-)  One of his favorite things to do is play with his dad.  Between school and work, Daniel is gone most days from 6:15 a.m. until 6:15 p.m. or later, so Conner does not get to see him very much.  They try to maximize the time they do spend together.