Crazy Kid

Conner has a crazy little personality that we just love. Yesterday when I was feeding him prunes (he had a bunch up in his nose) when he scrunched up his nose and started sucking the prunes in and out of his nostrils... gross I know...it was so funny because he would do it and then laugh. It is now his favorite thing to do! He did it all day yesterday and today. I tried taking a picture of him making the "piggy face" but he just looks like a devil child so I posted a video as well.

Conner also loves to make a noise that is a mixture of squealing and grunting. It isn't always cute (like when we are pushing him through the mall in his stroller, at church, or on long car drives...) but we think he is so funny.

Despite his craziness, whenever he is around unfamiliar people or places he is a shy baby. If he is anything like his father then he will be sure to grow out of that! I hear stories of him being a hyper active child and I'm a little scared... :)

Lake Tahoe and a 6 Month Old

Conner is 6 months old today...I can't believe how fast he is growing up! His little personality is really starting to come out and he is definately our main source of entertainment. He is such a happy little boy who is full of laughs, giggles, and high pitch squeals. He is constantly making us laugh.

We were able to go to Lake Tahoe with Nathan's family last weekend and we had a really good time. The lake was sooo beautiful!

Even though it was a warm day, the water was freezing cold! Here is Nathan helping Conner cool off in the water.

We went boating the next day and decided to face the freezing cold water and went tubing.

Here is Nathan and his brother Kevin trying to be the one to stay on the tube the longest.
And here is me and Shelby on the tube. (going much slower.):)
We also went on a little "nature hike" to see more of beautiful Tahoe.

We had lots of fun and hope to be able to do it again!

Here, There, and Everywhere!

The past few weeks we have been traveling a TON! Although I have had lots of fun, I am tired of long car rides! Last Monday Conner and I traveled to Sun Valley to spend the day with my old roomate Mandy and her cute little boy Austin. We had lots of fun swimming and hanging out. It was great to see them because they moved to Texas and it has been forever! Here are our cute kids:

We got home that same night and early the next morning Conner and I took off to Idaho Falls to spend a few days with my family because Nathan abandoned us to go to Washington for training. I love hanging out with my family because they are so much fun. I love this picture of Conner and my niece Kynzee. (We are forcing them to be friends...) :)

Three days later we had a family reunion in Park City so we traveled with my family to Utah for the weekend and back agin to I.F. Up through this point Conner had done amazing with all of the driving. (Because he is a t.v. junkie, I strapped the portable dvd player to the back of the seat and played him his baby einstein dvd.) But I guess watching the same dvd over and over again got old because on the way back to Twin he screamed over half of the way. I think that he had had it with his car seat. It was hard driving without someone back there to help entertain him.

I got home on Monday and then turned around and went back to I.F on Thursday for a little family vacation. I would have just stayed in I.F. but Nathan couldn't stand being away from his little boy for so long. (and we both missed him too.) :) We all drove down to Yellowstone and went to the Playmill Theatre. Then we went into Yellowstone Park and drove through the ENTIRE thing. It was really fun but it was a full day of driving. Here are a few pictures of our Yellowstone adventure:

And yes we did get up close to the elk to take this picture even though they always tell you NOT to! (There was a whole crowd of people around it so I figured that if it decided to attack someone what are the chances that it would be me?) :)

You would think that after all of our traveling I would refuse to go anywhere anytime soon but next week we will be off to another family gathering in Lake Tahoe. Even though it is a seven hour drive I am still suprisingly very excited! (Not so much the swimsuit wearing part...)