Friday, May 21, 2010

Conner at 15 Months

Conner is getting so big and is such a fun little boy…here are some of the things that he is doing right now. It is going to be an EXTREMELY long list so feel free to just skim! I just wanted to write it all down here because I am horrible at writing in my journal. And it will be fun to remember the little things later. :)

  • He loves music and likes to sing (yes sing) and dance to it.
  • He is such a little climber. He likes to turn over the laundry basket, climb on top of it, and scream.
  • He makes “vroom vroom” noises as he plays with his toy trucks.
  • He loves going outside. We still have dirt for a yard and he likes to walk around on our concrete pad but refuses to step out into the dirt.
  • He loves slides. He dives down headfirst whether or not someone is there to catch him.
  • He has 12 teeth. (4 of them molars.)
  • He discovered that his finger fits nicely into his nostril and will walk around with his finger up his nose.
  • He loves his blankie and carries it everywhere.
  • If I ask him “where is my nose” or “eye” he can point to them.
  • He understands a lot of what we are saying. If I tell him “bring me your shoes” or “ball” or “blankie” he will bring them to me.
  • He thinks that if he finds his shoes and brings them to me that he automatically gets to go outside.
  • He loves to take baths. I can’t say the word “bath” unless I plan on giving him one within the next 5 seconds.
  • His favorite word is “on”. He knows all of the things in the house that turn on and thinks that they ALL need to be on.
  • He is such a little chatterbox. Mostly talking nonsense mingled with a few real words.
  • Whenever he spills something he will go get a dish towel, wipe up the spill with it, and then throw it away.
  • He loves us to read books to him. He will point to something on the page and want us to tell him about it.
  • For some reason he really likes boys that are a few years older than him. At church a little kid walked past us laughing. Conner got really excited, started laughing too, ran after him, and grabbed onto him trying to give him a hug. The little kid said “Mom! Why is he holding onto me!” haha
  • When he hears lots of people laughing on TV he will throw his head back and laughs too.
  • He is very ticklish and laughs hysterically whenever tickled.
  • Whenever he hears the back door open he yells “dada” and runs to the door.
  • Every time the cat meows he says “hi” and waves at her.
  • His eyes are still very blue and we hope that they stay that way.
  • His toes have not straightened out even though he has been walking on them for a while.
  • He loves to give hugs and kisses...which we love too!

Sorry if you lost interest partway through…I won’t be offended haha! We are very entertained by Conner and just love him so much! But how could you not love this face?

Monday, May 17, 2010

Two Cute Videos :)

Conner now has an "extensive vocabulary" of 9 words. :) He can mimick more than that but there are only 9 that he says on a regular basis and understands what they mean. (Unfortunately "Mama" is not included...he used to say it all the time but for the past few months he has been refusing to say it!) I have been trying to get a video of him saying all of them but that is near impossible...haha...so this was the best I could do!

This is Conner's new favorite activity...and Nathan's favorite workout. :)