The Words, They Are A Commin!

Well.....I left a couple words out of my last post, and since then, Connor has added several words to his vocabulary. I may be a total dork for writing them down and how he says them, but I never want to forget :)

• Mailbox- Connor has been obsessed with mailboxes since we started walking in the evenings. He points out each and every single one and tells me that it's a "meh-box" :)


• Abbey ("babby")- Poor Rosco doesn't get any Connor love. Connor LOVES Abbey and he is not ashamed to profess his love for her.


• Yo Gabba Gabba ("babba babba")- Connor's favorite show....EVER!


• Bath ("ba"), Key ("tseee"), Light ("ight")


• Toooooot and Poooooop- typical boy. Period.


• Elmo ("Muh-muh")- He loves that little furry red guy <3


• Moooooon- he knows exactly what it is and points right to it. I taught him "moon" on one of our walks, and I was VERY impressed when we went to the Christ the King Carnival 2 days later, and he pointed to the moon and said "moooooon." He is retaining so much right now! It's incredible to me!


• Bubble ("ba-boooo")- one of his newest words. He blew bubbles with Nana and Granddad last weekend when Justin and I went to the lake, and while he was there, he learned "bubble" :)


• Stinky ("tink"...and he scrunches his nose)- I taught him this one a while back, and it still cracks me up to hear him say it!


• Cookie (tuut-tee), Chicken ("tink-in")- Nana taught him these :)


• Drew ("Drooooo")- he LOVES looking at pictures of Drew on my mom's refridgerator


• "Me"- when you ask him who is in the mirror, or point out a picture of him, Connor says "me"...it's super cute


• "Buh-bye"- and he waves at himself most of the time.

Connor is our angel. We fall more and more in love with that child each and every single day. <3

Connor's Vocabulary

Well, at 14 months, Connor still isn't walking (not that he can't....he can stand alone and take steps if he WANTS to...he just doesn't want to lol) but my goodness the kid knows a LOT of words! His vocab includes:

Momma, Dada, Da-dee, Nana, Meh-muh (that's Gramma), Duck, Ball, Dog, Pig, Juice, Diper, Pretty (he says that when he touches one of my necklaces), Muh (thats Monkey....and if you ask him how the monkey goes, he will tell you "ah ah ah"), Moo......I think that's it. Here is a little video of him saying "Peeg"....he loves pig's. It's so funny! :)

Connor's First Bite :(

Well, it happened....as I knew someday it would.....a little girl at daycare hauled off and bit Connor while he was minding his own business, playing with his shoe. Hey, these things happen, so I certainly wasn't bent out of shape over the whole ordeal, I just felt bad for Connor. The ladies at the daycare felt awful about it, and were relieved when I didn't get mad.....but what is getting mad going to do? Absolutely nothing. I am surprised that they even have to worry about a parent getting bent out of shape if their child gets bit at school. Those women are incredible, they do the best they can keeping a handle on 6 or 7 toddlers.....I could never do their job, and never intend to try. :) Here is a picture of the official "Biting Report" and a little documentation of Connor's first bite mark.

Connor's 1 year pics!

Hey Everyone! Check out Connor's one-year photo shoot by Raye Law. She is the photographer who did his newborn pictures when he was just 10 days old.

Go to:
http://www.rayelawphotograpy.com/

• Click "Enter NEW Site" on the left


• Click "Clients" at the top of the page
  

• Type "Scarlet0410" in the password box

Enjoy :)

Below is a sneak preview from our fun-filled picture takin' evening :)

Here's Momma's Boy in a basket :)

The Loves of My Life
Nothin' like the love of a Family

He gets that open mouth thing from his Momma lol!

Sweetest little boy I've ever met :)

Connor is a Blog star :)

Check out our little ham! Raye Law posted a few of Connor's pics on her blog! I love them ALL :)

http://www.rayelawphotography.com/blog/?p=4229

Connor's SECOND Easter Weekend!

The weather was amazing all weekend, and we really enjoyed some good, quality family time. It was one of the best weekend's we've ever had! Saturday night we had dinner with my parents, since my dad was leaving for China on Easter Sunday. We had lamb, twice baked potatoes, delicious green beans (yes, that's the name of the casserole...but they WERE delicious), and rolls. I put a little of each of Mr. Picky's tray, but he only ate his roll. The kid LOVES bread. I tried to get him to eat some of the other things, but he refused. Oh well, as long as he is eating and growing, that's all that matters to me :)

Sunday morning we went to the church service at Grace Community Church. That's where Connor goes to daycare. It was one of those new-age contemporary services. There was an 8 piece band, lights, big screens, smoke...it was like being at a rock concert! And the message was just so-so. I am not 100% sure we will be going back. It was a little different. We would like to find a happy medium between the traditional church and the new-age churches. I like the upbeat music, but I am also a fan of stained glass.


Sunday after church, we had Subway for lunch, came home and......took a nice......long.....family.....nap. I can not TELL you the last time that took place. I put Connor down and he feel right to sleep. Then Justin and I were laying in bed talking and both of our eyes started getting heavy as the conversation slowed wayyyyyy down. Next thing ya' know, it had been almost 2 hours! It was so refreshing! We awoke to the doorbell....it was the Freeman's! We had a nice visit with Michael, Crystal, and little Miss Carley! She looked precious in her Easter dress :) After they left, we went and visited with the Hossley's, Kyle, and Pam. They had just polished off what looked like a fabulous Easter lunch! The boys played outside, the men worked on the John Deer, and Macon, Pam, and I just sat in our lawn chairs and relaxed. It was a beautiful day for friends, family, and fellowship. We are reminded all the time of our many blessings. Here are a few shots of Mr. Cool in his super suave Easter get-up, along with a couple pics of his super cool mom and dad ;)

Check out these pictures from last Easter...he was our tiny little baby boy :) All holiday's from here on out are going to be his second....no more "firsts". It's bittersweet, really :)

My oh my, how fast they change in a year!

We hope you and your family had as blessed of an Easter weekend as The Scarlet's did :)

Birthday Party # 2!

Despite his pink-eye and double ear infection, Connor partied it up with some friends (ok a LOT of friends...like 40 friends...whew) at the house on Saturday the 27th. We had food and drinks (adult beverages included), cake and ice cream, presents, streamers, balloons, and a super Sponge Bob bounce around to occupy the older kiddos (and help them burn off some of that sugar! lol!). Connor had a ball on the bounce around after several of his guests left. He was pretty overwhelmed with the number of people that were here to celebrate his big day (and the fact that mom and dad have managed to keep this little thing alive and growing for the last year....yay for us! lol) :)

I must say, as a mother, the worst part of the party was when I had to open ALL Connor's gifts in front of everyone. Connor really wasn't feelin' the whole present thing, so I was all, "ohhhhhhh", "yaaaaayyyyy", "coooooool." Im not gonna lie, I felt like a dumbass. Lol! But regardless, Connor got some super fun toys, cool clothes, a handmade toybox that his Papaw worked so hard on, and his nifty big boy wagon that Justin had been working on for months. I hope that someday Connor knows how much pride his daddy has in that wagon. :)

Here are a few pictures from the Big Bash!

The Birthday Boy enjoying the Bounce Around

Connor LOVES the wagon that his Dada built :)Check out that STASH!!

He didn't really tear up his cake, but that's ok, he didn't feel good

Oh how I loved this part...lol

Papaw made the King this nice throne...aka, new toy box!
Momma always puts on the spread :)

Connor's AWESOME cake by Sweet Boutique! It was DELICIOUS!