Daycare Highlights

Matching flash cards

Master builder

Opening band-aids from the Walgreens store

Snow much fun!

Sand in the sensory table

Crafts

Counting and color activities

Looking out the window at the snow plow

Playing with slime

Painting and stamping

Bringing the snow inside!

Fine motor skills

This kid! Notice my child in the corner upside down while everyone else is patiently reading a book.

Sand, shells and shovels

Watching paint swirling

Glue crafts

Might be the cutest thing ever! He's never done this at home!

Painting hearts for Valentine's Day with Sienna

Pipe cleaner crafts

Our Week

On Wednesday, Connor had his first tumbling class!  I was so excited to see how he would do and I thought it was perfect for him because he's so active.  I'm so proud to say that he did awesome! He seemed to know a lot of the activities they did and he followed along very well.  Most of the kids seemed like they've gone before and they seemed a lot more distracted than him.  I wish it was a little longer than 30 minutes, but it's a nice way to get out and let him have some fun.

There's a little playground in the tumbling classroom that everyone got to play in at the end of class.  He liked the window so he could look at me!

Some painting while eating mashed potatoes at dinner

On Friday, we decided to try a new place for dinner.  It was a little bit of a fail because it turned out to be more of a bar than a restaurant, but he did well.  The Olympic hockey game was on about 40 tvs, but he watched Mickey on the phone to stay calm.

Little cutie!

On Saturday, we went to Emmett's 2nd birthday party.  I think he's starting to understand what birthday and party mean, so he was excited when I woke him up from his nap to go.

Connor and Phil making a birthday cake in Emmett's kitchen

The goodie bag had a kazoo in it and Connor quickly learned how to do it!

On Sunday, we went to Home Depot, the "tool store," where Connor got to ride on some lawn mowers while people laughed as they walked by.  We also picked up a sample paint color for the baby's room!

Carpooling

Connor and his new doggy from Build a Bear like to carpool on his bike...

22 weeks

A lot of my maternity clothes are annoying and they bug me, but I do love this leopard shirt!

I realized I needed some non-selfie photos for the baby book, so I made Hubby take one on Saturday.


Morning sickness was MUCH better this week compared to the last few, so that was a nice perk.  I got a cold at the end of the week, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought.

Still loving my cheese fries and I like to get my weekly (or bi-weekly) fix!

After way too much debate, we finally settled on baby girl bedding.  It took many hours of arguing and trying to compromise and both of us just ended up getting sick of it and were willing to give in.  Finally, Hubby just said to go with my paisley and I made him promise he wouldn't hold it against me for the next 4 years.  We picked up a paint sample at Home Depot this morning and I think he got pretty excited when he suggested wainscotting for the walls.  He's secretly getting excited to decorate for baby girl :)

"What this is?"

This is one of Connor's frequent questions.  

I love it!

Build a Bear

Another cold Saturday last weekend, so we decided to do something extra special with Connor.  He got a Build a Bear gift card for Christmas and it was the perfect day to use it.  I think he was a little overwhelmed when we first walked in, but he got excited when he saw all the stuffed animals.  He picked out a really soft doggy to build and we waited in line to get it stuffed.

A little hug for his new doggy before stuffing!

After he got stuffed, we gave him a bath and brushed his hair.

After much debate, he decided he wanted the dog to have a basketball more than he cared about any of the clothes.  We ended up going with a Bulls uniform that came with a basketball.  Connor probably loved making the birth certificate the most because we got to use a computer!

After bear making, we headed over to the play area and snacked on some Auntie Anne's pretzels.  Connor was awesome playing by himself without getting too clingy and scared!

Valentine's Day Outtakes

It took some hard work to get perfect photos for Daddy's Valentine's Day gift.  With the help of Grammy and Grandpa and some old toys in my childhood bedroom, we got some adorable poses!  But here are some of the funny ones we didn't use...

This was our favorite!  I was holding up the heart to my stomach so they could take a picture of my baby bump, so Connor grabbed his heart, pulled up his shirt, and did the same thing!