Our visit to Bass Pro Shop

Not really my kind of store, but it was a reason to get Daddy to come to the outlet mall with us!  Connor and I have never been there, so I was interested to see what the fuss was all about.  You probably know I'm not into camping, hunting, fishing, etc, but I love shopping.  It was actually pretty adorable to see how Connor loved looking around at everything.

I've always said I wanted Connor & Daddy to have matching Carheart suits when they're out in the snow.  I found them!  It's not like I'm going to spend that much on a suit he'll outgrow in 2 months, but the hat was pretty cute.

We stopped by all the fish tanks to show Connor the giant fish.  He was actually kind of scared of this one because the fish were huge and right up in his face.  Someone brought their dog into the store (??) and he really enjoyed that.

So all in all, a very interesting place with lots to look at.  I told the boys I would support them going camping or fishing while I stayed at home in my comfy bed.

20 months!

The kid is growing up way too fast!

20 Month Stats:
Weight: ?  (approx. 23 pounds based on our scale at home)
Height: ?

20 Month Milestones:
• Added some new words to his vocabulary such as monkey and monkey sound (ee), basketball (ba-ball), stuck (guck), paci, I do, banana (nana)
• Learning to serve himself from the family style meals at daycare
• Loves going to the park on the warm spring days
• Still obsessed with basketball!  When the neighbors are playing basketball outside, he refuses to come in without a fight because he wants to watch.  His new foam basketball is a favorite inside the house. If he sees a basketball anywhere, he will point it out to you.
• Has 4 molars now
• Went to the shoe store for new shoes and found out he should be wearing a 5.5 and not 4.5 (Mommy fail!)
• Getting better at repeating words when we ask him to
• Still working on saying "please" and "thank you" and will sometimes use them on his own
• Says "apple" when he wants food (we're not sure where this came from, but we think it means food)
• Loves spaghetti and marinara sauce!
• Had his first ice cream from Dairy Queen
• Loves giving kisses and hugs to his friends and Miss Catherine when he leaves daycare every night
• Works so hard trying to get his socks on every morning, but he can't quite do it yet
• Still sleeping from 6:45/7 pm - 6 am on weekdays when I wake him up and 7 or 8 am on weekends with 2 hour naps at daycare
• Loves looking out the living room window at doggies
• A lot of interest in brooms and vacuums
• Had his first nosebleed when he fell at the furniture store over the weekend, but he was a champ and let me clean it for him. 
• Make friends wherever he goes with his big smiles and waving.  He always says "Bye-bye" when we're paying at stores. 

Photos from the week

Grocery shopping with Grandpa

Hanging out in front of our house on a nice evening

Sad that it was raining so he couldn't go outside to play basketball

Being silly in the bath

We keep catching him like this.  He wakes up and then just stands in his crib without making noise for awhile!