Blue!

No one could be more proud than Mommy that Connor is learning his colors.  If you know me, you know this is VERY important to me!  So maybe he only knows one color so far, but I'm pretty excited!

Another Purpose for a Basketball

This is what happens when I am not home for a few hours...

My son learns how to put his basketball under his shirt!

Good job, Connor...I guess!

I still fit!

 a conversation with some friends over the weekend, I had to confirm that my 17 month old son still fits in his Bumbo chair.  Yep, he still fits!

Boon!

Connor's favorite part about going to the grocery store is the checkout lane where he will find one of his favorite things.  He gets really excited, points to them, and says, "Boon!"

First Big Boy Burger

This week, Connor had his first slider.  When we were at the grocery store, I ordered a couple adult-sized burgers for us and a mini cheddar burger for him.  Daddy cut up a piece of bread so it would fit the burger and Connor had his own little burger to try.

He loved it!  He ate the majority of it before it completely fell apart!

Dressing up at Target

Maybe Daddy would prefer we not call it "dress up," but it sure was fun to put Connor in different hates and glasses while we were shopping!  It keeps him entertained and I can look around a little longer!

My faves are the sunglasses because he looks like a little pimp!  He kept playing peek-a-boo with them :)

Hey ladies!  Check out my heart sunnies!

First time at the childrens' museum

On Saturday, Aunt Julie and I took Connor to the Kohl Childrens' Museum.  It was very special for us because we used to LOVE going there when we were younger.  Although the location is different now, some of the exhibits are similar to ones we remember, so it was a lot of fun to see them again as adults.

We started out at the car exhibit where Connor got to drive Mommy in a big blue car!

He also loved the little track where he could watch cars drive down the spiral.  He was too scared to go through the kid car wash, so we'll save that for next time!

Aunt Julie and I were especially excited for the mini Dominicks to go grocery shopping because we remember this one from when we were little.  Connor got his little shopping cart and went shopping for his favorite foods (or whatever looked appealing to him).

We took some special photos with the soft pretzels for Daddy since they're a fave of his.  We also took photos next to the meat grinder for Uncle Sam.

The exhibit I was most excited for was the mini Potbelly's restaurant!  It looked exactly like the real thing with all the same signs and decor except much smaller.  Connor played on the cash register with Aunt Julie...

He made sandwiches using the play food...

And his absolute favorite part of the entire museum was the broom!  He was dragging it around the restaurant and didn't want to let go!

Another one of his favorite activities was watching the balls float as the air pushed them.

He drove a train! 
"All aboard!"

In the music area, he enjoyed playing the drums and watching the confetti bounce around inside.

There was a baby nursery where he was able to feed the baby a bottle.  He also rocked the babies and put them to bed.  This was adorable!

In the nature area, he walked around the dock and stones...

And he drove the boat with Aunt Julie!  Row, row, Connor!

He had so much fun (and so did we!) and he was such a curious little guy!

When we got into the car, he passed out right away and I transferred him to his bed without a peep.  Such a tiring, but fun, day!

Might be the luckiest mom ever...

And I probably take it for granted because I'm so used to it!

SLEEP.

It just dawned on me the other day how absolutely lucky we are.  I realized he's been going to bed at 7 pm since he was 3 months old last November and the time hasn't changed since then.  He couldn't even stay up longer if we wanted him to!

He always, always sleeps through the night.  [Runs and hides while the other moms try to stab me!]  We don't know any different in our house.  We honestly would not even know what to do if he woke up in the middle of the night.  He usually sleeps between 11-13 hours depending on if it's a workday when I have to wake him up in the morning or a weekend when he can sleep until he wakes up on his own. 

He almost always naps for about 2 hours every afternoon ever since he got on the one nap schedule over the summer.  It's an amazing thing and I love having some down time to catch a nap of my own [rarely] or get some stuff done.

Besides him being the cutest kid ever, this is why I'm a really lucky mom. :)

17 months!

17 Month Stats:
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17 Month Milestones:

• Still using the infant tub in the bath.  Why change something if it works?

• Understands so much that we say to him.  It's pretty amazing!

• Will answer "What does a cow/sheep say?"  We've been working on the horse, cat, tiger and lion.

• Will point to his head, nose, tummy, eye and ear when asked

• Understands "put away" so he can help clean up

• Still obsessed with shoes - wearing them, carrying Mommy's around, pointing at them when we're at the store

• Starting to be more interested in Sesame Street and Mickey Mouse. He will watch small segments and he recognizes the familiar faces of the characters

• has a new fascination with balloons and calls them "boon"

• when reading Goodnight Moon, he will point out the balloon and kitties when asked.  We also point out the socks, mittens and cow to get more familiar with those words.

• No significant injuries this month!

• Ongoing ear infections with drops and oral meds

• Scared of rapping Mickey toy and giant sock monkey, but has warmed up to love the talking and rolling kitty toy

• Can stack all the cups and star toys in order all by himself

• Much more skilled at using a spoon on his own

• Loves cottage cheese or anything that resembles the cottage cheese container (same for grapes)

• Wearing mostly 12 month clothes, size 3 diapers for days and size 4 for nights

• Still sleeping perfectly! 11 hours during the week and 12+ on weekends

• shakes his head for "no" and nods for "yes"

Some faves from the past month...

Yo yo?

I made Connor blueberry wheat waffles for breakfast on Sunday.  He took a few bites and then did the sign for "more."  (He's been doing "more" a lot lately and I think he thinks it means "something else.")  I asked him what he wanted and he said something that sounded like "yo yo."  I didn't know what he was talking about, so I opened the fridge to look for something.  Yogurt!

Such a big boy!