Hood Rat

Yes, we call him Hood Rat.
(Hood rat, hood rat, hoochie mama...)

Anyway, love me a baby hooded towel! I thought these photos would be for me only, but he posed in a way that made it perfectly fine for me to post them on my blog. Thanks, son.

A trip to the mall & a new friend

Saturday, Connor and I met up with my old friend from college and her new baby. We try to get together a few times every year since we live pretty far apart, but this time was extra special because the boys got to meet for the first time!

Connor is 7 months older than his friend, Lincoln, but they look almost the same size here. They were so cute posed on the chair together!

Then Connor decided to pull on Lincoln's ear and clothes...

What a cutie! He loved snuggling with his blanket...

And Connor played wit his frog...

We had a really fun time at lunch, shopping together, and letting the boys get to see each other. The women's lounge at Von Maur was so nice and comfortable so we ended up nursing the boys and hanging out in there for awhile too. Good to know for future shopping trips, also!

Connor also got to enjoy his first mall playground! At first, he was scared, but I got down on my hands and knees to play with him.

He crawled to me through the tunnel...

...and then he played with some of the little activities on the side.

It was funny how none of the kids were interested in this wall maze thing, but then when we sat down to play, a bunch of older kids came over to see it. It was so cute how they were all very polite and avoided running into "the baby," but they all fought with each other about who got to play first!

A fun day at the mall for Mommy & Connor :)

Mommy & Me Dates

Connor and I have been spending a lot of time together lately and he's turning into quite the Mommy's boy. A part of me really love that he's just so loving towards me and needs me all the time, but I also want him to continue to be happy around others too. He's starting to follow me around and reach out for me when he's around other people. (Swoon!) He loves his Mommy!

I didn't even plan it, but his onesie says I <3 Mommy. I loved this photo from the neighborhood picnic in the park last Sunday. I haven't gone since I was a kid, so we walked over to check it out. Most of the kids were a little older, but we had fun playing on the grass and watching the older kids play games and jump in the bounce house.

This is my favorite from our Friday night date. We went to one of the "special" grocery stores that's a little farther away. We ordered his birthday cake and then shopped for some unusual foods that we can't get at the grocery store by our house. Connor played with the box of Teddy Graham cookies (pretty good, BTW) and made some friends in the store aisles when he smiled at the people walking by.