19 months and counting...

Where is time going? Before I know it, I'm going to be saying goodbye to Connor as he leaves for his mission. It's just going by way too fast, and I can't catch up to it. Stinkin' time!

Connor's getting bigger and brighter every day. He's such a little busy ball of energy, who is ALWAYS on the move. He just goes from one thing to the next, all day long. The only break he takes is his nap... and that's only because I make him.

He is learning and growing and finding out lots of new things.

Connor knows the numbers 9 & 10. Not sure why he picked those numbers to learn first... but if you count 1-10, and pause for a moment at 8, he'll start giggling, and then yell out "NINE! TEN!"

His favorite song is "I Am a Child of God." Every night when he goes to bed, we brush his teeth, read a few books, say a prayer, and then I sing him a few songs while I rock him, and then lay him down in his bed. I always save that song for last, because I know he LOVES it. He giggles and tries to sing along (and he doesn't do that with the other songs). And speaking of going to bed... he's doing VERY good in that department. He usually is in bed by 8pm (after our nightly ritual) and falls asleep on his own. Sometimes he'll wake up 1-2 times at night (not every night)... but I usually just have to go in there and give him his softies and paci and lay him back down and he goes back to sleep within a few minutes.

Connor LOVES flags & balloons. When he sees them in books, he starts laughing and pointing them out and saying "flag" or "boom" (and a few times balloon has been "za-boom"). While we drive somewhere, he always finds and points out flags and balloons, way before I even see them. Sometimes I won't even see them at all, and he's screaming and laughing and then finally I see them. On the way to church, one of the streets has about 25 flags lined up (it's for a new housing development) and he gets SOOOOO excited as we pass by!!!

He LOVES to eat. Luckily he is such a busy body so he's just growing taller, and not chubbier. He's a skinny little thing, but he eats more than I do. Some of his favorite foods are yogurt, cheese, applesauce, meatloaf, peaches, peas, sweet potatoes, bananas, bread, butternut squash, pineapples, dehydrated fruits, tomatoes, salad (LOVES Ranch), fresh asparagus, broccoli, and he still eats any kind of babyfood fruit or veggie that I give him

So far, I only know that he does not like canned carrots & canned asparagus (but who would?!)

He loves music and dancing. Sometimes we just go into his room and have little dance parties :)

To add to the cow, duck, dog, & cat sounds that he already knows... he now does sheep & monkey

He's now a much better napper, as long as I wait past 1pm to put him down for a nap. I used to put him down between 11 and 12 because he would just be so tired... but he'd only sleep for 45 min. to an hour. But then one day for whatever reason, he didn't go down for a nap until 1pm and he slept 2 1/2 hours. So now I just put him down around 1 and he will always sleep between 2 to 3 hours.

He learned this week that he can plug his ears and that it sounds different when you do so. Now he's constantly plugging his ears (I'm assuming just to see what different sounds it makes).

He LOVES to ride on his popper car. He is on that thing 50% of the day. He LOVES to put things into the little compartment that he sits on (the yellow part... and if you can see in the left picture, his blue softies is stuffed inside of it).

Connor is basically "naked potty trained." If he's home and naked, he will pee and poop in the potty 95% of the day. But the moment I put underwear on him, he pees in them. So he basically wears a diaper while we're out and he's naked at home. I'm sure he'll eventually figure it out, but he's only 19 months... so he's got time and we're not rushing it :) Oh... and after he goes to the bathroom, he flushes it and puts the lid down. He started doing that without me even teaching him.

Connor LOVES to push cars/trucks/trains/buses around the house. And if he can, he will pack things inside of them... his softies, fridge magnets, small toys, small bouncy balls, etc.

(here's him and his bus)

If I don't keep the bathroom door closed, this is where Connor ends up (and don't worry, the crayons on the walls are washable bath crayons)...

He just absolutely LOVES the bath. He loves everything about it. And he doesn't care if there's water in there or not (of course he does prefer water in it). He's even fine getting his hair washed and water getting in his eyes.. and he only cries when I take him out.

Anyone who knows Connor knows that he LOVES his "softies" (little blankets) and he carries them EVERYWHERE. He can't go anywhere without them. Not sure why, but recently, he's been doing this with them (pictured below... his softies are over the handle bars of his car). He does it to shopping carts, ride on toys, the pews at church, etc.

He's been getting LOTS better with using a fork and spoon on his own. He LOVES to eat applesauce and yogurt all by himself. He's obsessed with yogurt. If I let him, he would eat it 5+ times a day. He'll go to the fridge and try to pull on the door, and when I open it, he goes straight to the yogurt and pulls one out and says "spoon??"

Connor is still obsessed with going outside (to play with the water hose). He will stand at the back door and scream and try to pry the door open (as pictured below). And if you will notice, when I don't come to the door and actually let him go out, he decided that picking the paint off the wall would be just as fun... (grrr!)

For a while, he would only wear this one particular winter hat (during the winter, not recently)... but he refused to wear anything else. Then he found this blue hat (the top picture), and decided he liked it and would wear it. But it's a size 6-9 months and he's in size 18-24 months... so it was majorly tight on his head. But I got another hat (the one in the bottom picture) and he'll wear it too. He just suddenly decided that hats are okay to have and he loves wearing them :)

He's getting much better at drinking out of a cup. He still thinks that he can walk around with it like a sippy cup and doesn't understand why it spills EVERY time... so I usually just have him sit at his desk and he does a little better then :)

New favorite food... blue berries. he's obsessed with them. I will give him a few and he'll inhale them and yell out "more... more... more... more..." until I give him more.



He LOVES his "bam bam stick" (aka a bat)... I am really trying to teach him that we can ONLY hit balls and pillows... of course he thinks it's funnier to hit people.




Little ball... big ball.... he LOVES anything having to do with balls. He will find them everywhere in the house and he always has one in his hand. He points them out in books and when he sees them while we're out... (he looks a little funny in the left picture because he was actually "saying ball" as I took it, lol)

Connor loves to "get dizzy." He laughs and laughs and thinks he's so funny when he does it. He also does "crazy legs" which I tried to get him to do in the video, but he wouldn't. He basically jumps around and wiggles his legs like crazy...

That's about all I've got...

Connor's a joy in our lives and we just love watching him learn and grow and change every day!