Connor at 2 1/2 years old

My sweet boy, you are growing and changing by the month! You are looking and acting more and more like a little boy than ever before. You steal my heart with your cheeky (sometimes mischevious) grin and those sweet hugs and kisses. I love that you are still a momma's boy! Your daddy and I tell each other all the time how blessed we are to have a precious boy in our family. We love you so very much Connor James!

Here is what you have been up to lately:

*You are HUGE! You are in the 95% for height and weight and wear size 3t clothes and size 6 diaper (they don't make them any bigger so I guess potty training is in our near future :0 )

*You are very affectionate, especially with mommy, and always want to snuggle. Lately you have been telling me "hold you". I think the jealousy with your baby sister is finally starting to show.

*Your vocabulary has really taken off lately. You are starting to speak in sentences (a little choppy but oh so cute!). I love hearing you try to talk!

*You are ALL boy (ok, other than the fact that you occasionally wear your sister's dress up shoes and bracelets around the house!). You are the perfect blend of active and calm. You like to climb (and jump!) on the couch and be rough with your daddy and sister but you also LOVE to sit on the couch and just look at books. In fact that is one of your favorite activities and you must have a minimum of 20 books with you at all times, including in the car. We have multiple baskets of books in the living room because you insist on having them close by.

*You like to wear shorts with "pa pa" (pockets) and you stuff them full of little random objects (hair clips, legos, cars, cell phones, bracelets...and the list goes on)

*You are also obsessed with lawn mowers, construction equipment, and garbage trucks. Another favorite thing of yours is to help daddy mow. Be still my heart! You put your gloves on, put your hat on backwards, and grab your mower (all to be just like daddy) and you follow him around the entire yard as he mows. I can't help but stare out the window and watch you with a huge smile on my face. And as far as garbage trucks, you think they all have "poo poo" in them because you know that is where all your poopy diapers go. You can't say the word garbage truck without mentioning poo poo. ;)

*You love being with your daddy and try so hard to be just like him. (He eats it up too by the way!). You like wearing cargo shorts, polo shirts, and flip flops so that you look just like your daddy. More and more people are starting to say that they are beginning to see more of your daddy in you. " See bud, dreams come true", as your sister would say about that. ;)

*Sleeping in a toddler bed with free reign of the room didn't work out so well for you so you are back in your crib and you are still wearing your sleep sack. You haven't tried to escape, even though I know you can, so we are going to ride out this crib sleeping for as long as we can (especially since you are sharing a room with Ava). Your baby sister Kendall may never know what it is like to sleep in an actual crib. :0

*You take one 2 hour nap a day and go to bed around 7 and sleep till 7. You tend to wake up before your sister and growl at her to get her to wake up. This does not make anyone happy. We have been laying your sister down to sleep in Kendall's room and then moving her over once the two of you are asleep in seperate rooms so that yall dont play and keep each other up, which has happened too many times in the past.

*You are about to start going to preschool 2 days a week. We know you are ready and if your experience is anything like your sister's was we know you will thrive!

Little Guy, we just love you so much! xoxo