New Shoes . . .

Since Connor is walking fairly well and often and my mom read a friend's blog and discovered that her baby had new shoes . . . we went shoe shopping today. My mom picked us up this morning and we went to a great shoe store (one that I shopped in as a little girl). (NOTE: according to my mom when I shopped for shoes, it would take SO long for me to decide on a pair of shoes that the salesman would bribe me with belts and other accessories to make a decision). Since Connor can't speak entirely for himself yet, this trip was fairly quick. We had the whole store to ourselves and Connor got his first pair of real shoes. The shoe store takes a picture of each child in his first pair of shoes (HOW CUTE IS THAT??) - so I scanned in the photos they gave us today (for all of you to see) plus I took a quick pic of the shoes for a closer view.

13 Months, today

Connor is 13 months old today - it kinda snuck up on me since we have been so busy lately. Caitlin and Will were home for a few days (and then we convinced them to stay a little longer (all week!)) so we enjoyed seeing and playing with baby Will. We are sad that they have gone back to Baltimore - but we will see them really soon! Here is a picture of Connor in his new Connor chair - he loves it as you can see . . .


Connor is now walking about 1/2 the time - maybe a little more than half. It is pretty funny to watch him try to stay balanced. He walks and sometimes tries to wave at all his toys as he passes them by . . . really cute, I know. He is also talking up a storm. I swear (and so have a few other people) that he says "Mom, I want that" and points to what he wants. We are trying to teach him some other words. So far, he has mastered saying "moon" and "puff". Our house projects are nearly complete - can't wait to post pictures of the final product soon!

Beach Baby

Connor had his first real trip to the beach last week. We don't really count Key West since we didn't go to the beach on that trip. We knew Connor would enjoy the pool but it turns out he also loved the sand and ocean. I will admit the first day he didn't LOVE the sand. My fault. I took him to the sand with a blanket to play on and no toys! The next day I took the same blanket and toys. He was crawling around playing in the sand. He also loved the gulf water. It was almost bath water for most of the trip. Perfect for the Connor. Connor loves sunglasses (other peoples sunglasses) so although the grocery store sunglasses were too big for him - I thought he would love having his own glasses). Wrong. I was able to distract him a few times and he "forgot" the glasses were on so I got a few cute pics.

Crawling to the Water . . .
Crawling Back from the water. . . .



Connor and the Cooler

Connor just LOVED putting sand in the cooler and all over our canned drinks - YUMMO! So, we discovered aluminum bottled drinks. Ok ya'll DELICIOUS! I don't really think I am a beer snob (because I love Natural Light) but I just don't drink Miller Lite (ever). But Miller Lite is SUPER Delicious from these aluminum bottles. Seriously. And, the added benefit is that the sand doesn't get stuck in the crevices like with a regular can - Oh, and you can put the top back on so it stays cold. Colin of course was unimpressed and preferred the sandy Coors Light.


Blue Eyed Baby




Connor and his Great Grandmother


Connor and his Great Aunt E - who brought Connor his first bubbles and fun pool float!


Connor and Uncle West & Aunt Migi

The 3 C's



Sunsets at the beach - miss them already . . .