Dancing Machine

Connor has become quite the little dancer. Anytime he hears music he starts moving his body up and down. We have dance parties everyday and he just laughs and laughs. I have a cute kid's cd in the stereo and all I have to say is "Connor, you wanna dance?" and he crawls over to the stereo and starts dancing before I even turn the music on. I have a few videos of him dancing, but unfortunately, I'm only able to upload this one. If I can get the others to work, I'll post later.


We love it when our grandparents come to visit us, and thankfully they do so pretty often. MaMaw likes to cook, Mimi likes to clean and of course they both love to babysit. (Mommy likes it too, because she gets to catch up on sleep!)
Here are a couple of pictures of Connor with his two grandpas:

Papa Jud and Connor (both a little sleepy-eyed)

PawPaw and Connor


We are very proud of our Baylor Bears (both men and women) so here are some pictures of us cheering them on:



Hanging out with Uncle Jason


On a final note, I was really looking forward to the time change since Connor woke up every morning at 5:00am ready to play. I couldn't wait to sleep in until 6:00! WRONG! It's like his body knew the time changed b/c he still wakes up around 5:00 every morning, which of course is 4:00 our body time. The doctor told me to give him a bottle and put him back to bed, but that doesn't work; he just stands up and talks until I go get him. At least he takes good naps and is a happy little fellow! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......

The stats are in...

Today Connor celebrated his 9 month birthday -- and doesn't look a day over 8 months. Well, actually he does. We went to the doctor today for a check up and he seems to be doing very well.

Weight: 22.6lbs, 77%ile (he's slimmed down now that he's on the move!)
Head: 46 1/2cm, 80%ile
Height: 31in and yep off the charts

Every time the doctor sees him the first thing he says is "gosh he's really tall!" then proceeds to show me how Connor's always above the chart. He put on a show for the nurse and she commented that he was such a pleasant baby.

Here are some of his monthly pictures with the lion:

Enough already!
As I ran to get my shoes, I came back and found Connor had unrolled the toilet paper! But how can you get mad at a face like this??

He loves to swing and our park has one just his size!

Let's Go Fly a Kite

On Sunday we went down to Zilker Park to the Kite Festival. There were tons of kites (and dogs, which C loved!) and it was so much fun. Connor really had a good time, so we'll have to remember this again next year. We ran into Connor's Baylor girlfriend, Caroline, and as you can see from the last picture, he forgot all about the kites!!

Time for chores!

I admit--I wish I had someone to clean my house! But, part of the deal with me staying home is that I am the cleaning lady. So I figured it wasn't too early to teach Connor a thing or two about cleaning, right? Now that he is getting into everything, he likes to help me out around the house, which at times is a bit scary. So here are some pictures of him doing his chores:

How do I make this work? Ok, Mom, the clothes are ready Ready to unload the dishes! This one's a little scary! Only a male would laugh while weighing himself!! Next on the list...learning how to iron!
And I thought this one was too cute not to include:
Here is a video and Josh taking Connor sledding. (sorry I don't know how to change the angle. You've got to tilt your head to the side!)