All in a Day's Work

For those of you that know Connor, or even those who keep up with him on here, know that he is quite the active little man. I don't know if it's because he is a boy or we're at "that stage" but he is on the go 24/7. So Momma has to come up with various activities to do inside and outside the house daily.

This morning I was getting ready and he decided to go into my closet and dump out all of my dirty laundry. (and yes i am a bit behind.)

His vocabulary is expanding and it's really funny to listen to the words and sounds he's making (or trying to make.) Mimi put on a big cowboy hat and said "yee haw." Now he associates every hat with that sound, although his is a more high pitched "ah ha." We were in a restaurant yesterday and he saw a football helmet. He ran up the helmet and starting saying "ah ha." Here he is modeling his "ah ha."

He wants to know how everything works and is put together. Here he is trying to take apart the vacuum cleaner:


He is learning how to un-baby proof things in our house which is a bit scary. He can even take out some of the covers to the outlets. Yikes! As I was cooking breakfast, he figured out how to pull out a pan from the cabinet. He turned the skillet to the side and out it came.

Because he doesn't sit still for more than 5 seconds, he's never been one to watch TV. I USED to think that was great, now I am wishing otherwise. Lately though, if he's tired enough he will climb into the recliner and i'll turn on Barney or Wonder Pets (this is sewious!) and we use it as a wind down method. The past couple of times it's worked:



We've now started battling separation anxiety. Connor and I are literally together 24/7. Unfortunately we don't have free babysitting here so I take him with me everywhere we go. The only time we are apart is for 2 church meetings a month and worship on Sunday morning. He now associates the nursery at church with me leaving him and begins the crying. Apparently it doesn't stop b/c when we go to pick him up, he has cried so hard he can't catch his breath. SO...I'm sending him to Livingston for a couple of days this week to see how he does away from me.

Well there ya have it. All in a day's work at the Settlemeyer house. And this was all in a span of under one hour!