Homecoming!!

This past weekend was Baylor Homecoming, a weekend that has been a family tradition for years now. As a kid, my brother and I would get so excited the week leading up to homecoming. So it's fun to now introduce this tradition to Connor.
Sadly, Connor fell asleep before the pep rally and bonfire began, so Mimi and I sat this one out, and therefore have no pictures. We got up early the next morning to see the parade and Connor LOVED it! He got so excited to see the bears, the band and all the fun floats. It was fun watching him get so into it. Normally, we would have taken pictures of us on the floats after the parade but because the game was earlier this week, we unfortunately don't have pictures of that either.
Not that Con-man missed anything, but he slept during the 1st half of the game. Then, we just kept him in the Letterman's Lounge to run around and make new friends the 2nd half.
After the sad loss, we tailgated with Uncle Jason and friends, where Connor showed off his football skills.
Despite the lack of pictures this year, we had a great time and look forward to introducing the tradition to Settlemeyer #2 next year.

Pumpkin Patch Take 1

We visited our first pumpkin patch this year but have a few more fall festivals to go to which all will include more pumpkins, or as Connor now calls them "pah kas." We got up this morning and headed out to a nearby church and had the place all to ourselves. Connor enjoyed running through the pumpkins and trying to pick most of them up. But, as most of our outings end, he became more interested in finding sticks and "oks" aka rocks. Usually both hands, pockets and mouth are filled with rocks!

Which one should I pick??

Having so much fun

Soooo excited he found a stick!

The only way I can get him to smile on cue is to say "show me your teeth" and about 1 out of 10 times it usually works.

Of course he found a wheelbarrow and attempted to push it.

An expression we see quite a bit. He is so dramatic and has so many faces. Wonder where he gets that from?!?

He was telling me that a "pah ka" was on his shirt.

And I thought this one was too funny not to include. I went in to check on Connor before I went to bed and this was how he was sleeping. Life is good!
His vocabulary has really picked up. He says new words everyday and what's a bit scary is that he repeats A LOT of words and sounds that he hears. That song "Oh be careful little ears/mouth what you hear/say" is what I keep thinking about!

A Family Fun Weekend

Choo-Choo!! This is what Connor said all day. Friday morning we battled the rain and cold weather to go see Thomas the Train. Connor got antsy on the train, but enjoyed some of the other activities. Because of the rain, not all the events were set up. Overall, his favorite thing was petting the animals!!

On Saturday we decided to take a little trip down to New Braunfels and go to the SNAKE FARM!! We always laugh and sing the Snake Farm song when we pass it on I-35, but decided this would be a fun family outing. We met MaMaw for lunch then off to see the snakes. Aside from the reptiles, there were all kinds of animals to see. It was like a mini zoo. Every time an animal would make a sound, Connor would respond with a similar sound and a conversation would begin. Con-man's favorite part of this outing though was chasing the chickens and peacocks all around. The birds were running freely and Connor thought it was hilarious to run around chasing them. As we were leaving we randomly ran into Josh's good friend from high school who lives in San Antonio. He had never been to the snake farm either, so he, his girlfriend and gf's son decided to go on a whim. It was so funny to see them there.

Dressed like his Papa Jud!!

The snakes were huge!!! That's an albino snake on the limb.
Connor tried to ride this poor goat. When the goat ran away, Connor found a pig and tried to ride the pig. He is not at all scared of any animals!!
Go Connor Go!! Chase those chickens!


He had just chased the peacock and laughed the whole time!
Except for watching the Aggies and Bears go down, all in all, it was a great family fun weekend!

Doctor, Doctor

Yesterday I had my 16 week check-up and we got to see our little one on the ultrasound. When we first saw Connor on the ultrasound he was moving his hand up and down and we joked that he was doing Sic 'Em Bears. Well the first thing we saw with this baby was a thumb up in the air as to say Gig 'Em. (I guess I'll have to sing That Good Ol Baylor Line when rocking Connor to sleep so lil one can hear it!!) The doctor and nurse were able to tell the sex of the baby and told us that if we change our minds to let them know. The whole time we were watching baby, two little voices in my head were arguing. One was saying "look at the legs; figure out if it's a boy or girl," while the other voice was saying "shut up and focus on the face!" Afterwards I was convinced that I did not see any boy parts, but Josh pointed out what appears to be those little parts on our picture. So I guess time will just tell! All in all, they said the baby looks perfect, and that's all a mother can ask for!

Mimi is in town and babysat so that josh could go with me to the doctor. Thomas the Train is coming to the area this weekend so we have tickets for Friday. Stay tuned for pictures on that adventure!

Mimi and Connor riding the train while Mommy shopped
Mimi introduced him to pumpkins, but calls them "pawpaws"
Hugging the cow at Chick-fil-A

His first tattoo given to him by his mom. Parenting at its best!