23 Months

Hello from MB!  Connor in all his glory with Alexy's pink flip flops!  More, soon.

Green Dip

Gross, right?  What is green dip?  Connor's newest "coined phrase" and most requested dip in the house.  Green Dip a/k/a Parmesan Cheese.  Connor really loves eating anything that he is allowed to dip - so instead of his usual salsa or applesauce - both of which are fairly messy - I decided to give him Parmesan cheese and call it dip.  It worked.  And, better still, he will eat almost ANYTHING on his plate if he can also have green dip.  He is a really good eater anyway . . . but for fussy days - green dip is a must.

The Cutest Thing

Ok, I am sure that there will be cuter episodes in Connor's life but definitely one of the top five so far in his 22 months occurred last weekend at the lake.  My mom had the table decorated for the 4th of July - including an Uncle Sam candle holder I bought years and years ago at a candle party.  Actually it was Colin's candle party which is funny in and of itself.  But, I digress.  She had 2 candles in the holder that were red, white and blue.  Connor was insistent that we "turn on" on the candles.  I explained that we were waiting for the actual 4th of July to light them.  He said "oh" like he understood every word and then started talking fairly incessantly about eating cake.  Cake?  We weren't having cake, hadn't discussed cake, period.  It was Colin's birthday but he wasn't with us so why did he think there would be cake?  It finally occurred to me.  Candles = Cake to Connor.  We finally lit turned on the candles on the 4th.  Connor had pretty much finished his dinner (1/2 a catfish) and veggies when my mom heard him singing under his breath.  He was singing "Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you"!  What??? First of all, where did he learn that song?  We did go to 2 birthday parties in 1 day several weeks ago but who knew he was paying attention.  He certainly didn't look like he was paying attention to the singing.  We don't sing that song at home, or have any records that play that song.  We do have a Christmas book about Jesus' birthday that he is slightly obsessed with and knows nearly every word in the book, but Wow! Singing Happy Birthday because Uncle Sam is holding 2 candles!  Pretty amazing and certainly super cute!  I would have taken a quick video but Connor was SOO shy when we "caught"/ noticed him singing that it would have ruined the moment to attempt to video it.  Anyway, just wanted to share.  More cuteness coming later this week. 

Overhand Bowling

Colin was a trophy-winning duckpin bowler at age 5.  So, I naturally expected Connor to be a wiz at 20 months.  Well, he still has a few years before any trophies are headed his way - maybe longer.  But, Connor tested a new technique. . . overhand bowling.  It probably won't catch on but the pictures are hilarious.  At least my grandmother thought about giving him a soft ball to play with instead of a real bowling ball.

Connor adores his Nina

Tailgater in Training

Happy 4th of July (a little late) - and a belated Happy Birthday to Colin.  Colin spent his birthday in Baltimore for our friend's bachelor party and we spent the 4th of July at the lake.

It was HOT and Beautiful all weekend.  We ate delicious food (and too much of it), went on boat rides, played in the pool and outside.  And, Connor got some tailgate training for this fall.

                                                   Connor and his JoJo

Connor and his Great Aunt Cathy and Uncle Chuck

CT Coast

Colin and I left Birmingham last Thursday night and headed up to CT for a wedding.  Connor stayed with his JoJo and Big Daddy (and had a great time)!  We enjoyed a few nights away hanging out with Colin's college friends.  All the pictures I took are pretty bad . . . but the wedding was really fun!  Congrats Ali and David!  Good Food - Great Band . . .

And then the after party . . .

Tater TOTS!!

Happy Father's Day!

ALL OUR LOVE TO DADS!