Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

I was so jealous last week when all my Dallas friends got snow.  Well today was our turn!!  It's been snowing all day at times with really big flakes.  Of course Connor LOVED being outside and playing in it.  In fact we had to drag him in because he would have stayed all day, with wet pants, hands and all.  He is definitely his daddy's boy!!  The schools let out early so you could hear kids squealing all day and snowmen are everywhere!  Here are some of our fun in the snow pictures:

Connor helping Josh build a snowman

TADA!!

Josh often calls Connor "Buddy" and will yell "Bye Buddy" when he's leaving.  Well, now Connor does the same thing to Josh all the time.  In fact this morning when he woke up, he went up to Josh in bed, got in his face and very excitedly said, "Hi Buddy!"  He was so proud of the snowman, that he kept going up to the snowman yelling, "Hi Buddy!"

Ready to throw a snowball

Connor helped the neighbors build this fairy snowman in their yard.  And yes our neighbors are little girls!

He had a fun time sliding into a big pile of snow.  His pants were soaked, but he loved every minute of it.

I think he'll be ready for our next trip to Colorado

Also, I had a doctor's appointment today.  I start going every week at this point.  Surprisingly after the ultrasound and exam, the doctor thinks I'm going to once again go the full 40 week term.  We were also very surprised to hear that the baby is only about 6lb and will probably weigh less than 8 lb at birth!  Considering both my mom and Josh's mom averaged 9lb babies we just knew once again we'd have a big baby.  BUT, I am not at all complaining about this.  So our calendars are still marked for around March 23rd!

Connor's Baby Predictions

I asked Connor if he's having a little brother or sister and here's his vote.  Sorry if you get motion sickness; he never stops moving!!!

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Connor loves to put on our shoes and try to walk around the house.  This is what a 20 month old looks like in size 15 shoes.  I have a feeling in a few years he will actually be wearing a size 15!!

Like Father, Like Baby

Yesterday I had a quick ultrasound so the nurse could check the baby's measurements. He/she currently weighs 5 lb 9 oz and is a measuring above average. I am 34 weeks and here's how baby measures:
Head: 35 weeks
Stomach: 33 weeks
Thigh Bone: 36 1/2 weeks

The nurse asked how tall dad was and when I told her 6'4" she said that's why the measurements are off. Tall kid with a small stomach, definitely Josh's child!! The nurse just said the tummy hasn't had a growth spurt yet. My next appt is in 2 weeks and the doctor will begin checking me and do another ultrasound to see if baby is still growing healthy and strong!

And I'm lucky enough to have 2 Romeo's in my life.  Here's my lil' Romeo:

 

lil' Emeril

OK so maybe Emeril's specialty is not baking a cake from the box, but you've got to start somewhere, right?!?  We all love when MeMaw and Mimi come for a visit, especially when they cook and bake for us!  (which lucky for us, they usually do!) Connor really enjoys helping in the kitchen and the grandma's have a fun time involving him.  Connor helped MeMaw roll cookie dough into cinnamon & sugar to make snickerdoodles.  Yum!  And Mimi and Connor baked up a heart shaped Valentine's cake and cupcakes. 
As you can see, he had a great time taste-testing along the way!

Sleep is Overrated!!

Believe it or not, I thought that in college...but then I became a mom!!!  Lately Connor has decided that 6:00am is the new 7:00am.  For the past 3 or 4 weeks, he has not slept past 6:15, sometimes rising as early as 5:45!!  And on some days he has chosen to take very short naps, or none at all.  So that makes this 3rd trimester Mama a bit tired these days.  I guess God is just getting me ready!

This past weekend we went to San Antonio to help MeMaw after her surgery.  She took us to a place called Incredible Pizza, which is like a Dave & Busters for kids.  We bought a game card for Connor to ride a few rides in the "Tiny Tots" area, but they scared him so that didn't last long.  Since we still had a couple of dollars left on the card, we tried to find something to use it on.  Connor saw the big Wheel of Fortune game and wanted to check it out.   So I swiped the card, showed him how to pull the lever and hit the stop button.  Well as soon as he hit stop, all the lights and sounds on the game started going off.  Neither of us had any idea what was going on, but about a second later we had a crowd around us cheering because Connor hit the JACKPOT!!!  He won 250 tickets!!  He was clapping and saying "yea" just because everyone else was, but of course had no clue as to what just happened.  So what does 250 tickets get a 19  month old boy...

Three blow up balls, of course!

Showing off his tickets. People were high 5-ing him!

Holding onto the horse

On a different subject, my sweet little boy has definitely began showing serious signs of toddlerhood.  Don't get me wrong, for the most part he his still sweet but when he decides NO he does not want to do something, he'll let you know.  Check out the expression here as he stomps off:

Thankfully, though, we still see more of these: