moor, please: Did I Miss It?

Colin reminded me this past week that Connor was 25 months old. Did I make a post, like usual? Nope. Here's why: I am so excited to count by years, rather than months. Connor is talking up a storm. Nearly all of his conversations are 3 or 4 (sometimes 5) word sentences/ commands. He is fairly bossy - surprised? He loves music, dancing to music, carrying his ipod with speaker like Silver Streak (I really need to get a picture of this), and playing music (piano, drums, guitar). Jumping is what he does when he is excited . . . and he jumps, and jumps, and jumps. Connor also started taking naps by himself - I know - AWESOME! It took about 18 months but he did it. We are so proud of him - and he is proud of himself too! The trick (besides buying a nice queen size "naptress" (mattress for naps)) was this clock my friend Heather told me about. It is wonderful. You program it to turn on a yellow night light for bedtime and a wake-up time when the light will turn green. So, Connor knows that if he wakes up and the light is still yellow - he needs to go back to sleep, or play quietly until it turns green. It took about 3 tries to get it - but he got it.

Speaking of Heather - Heather and Matt welcomed baby Ella Marie last week. She is such a beautiful baby. My cousin Matt and his wife Rachel also welcomed baby Charlotte Elizabeth - I haven't seen her in person since they live out of state, but the pictures are so sweet and darling. Congrats to the new parents!

I have been slacking on the blog a bit - mainly because I have been working on the napping and travelling. We were at the beach last weekend and the lake/ Auburn game this weekend. Next we head up to Baltimore to visit baby Daniel for his 1st birthday (guess he isn't such a baby anymore)! I haven't been to a BIG Auburn game in quite awhile. Our Auburn Tigers took on the Clemson Tigers - Auburn looked awful - other than a few plays. The game went to a slow nail-biting overtime. Clemson missed a Field Goal (barely) and Auburn stole a "W". It was 1000 degrees all day and night - seriously, I haven't been that hot in forever. Luckily we won because it made the nearly 4 hour game worth sweating through. It is going to be a long season if Auburn doesn't come up with some new plays or defense - LONG.

We went to the game (my Mom was so sweet to keep Connor) with our friends Kelly and Will and my Dad and brother. Here are a few pictures from the weekend at the lake: