Conner 18 months

                                       

May '10 - 8 months                      Sept '10 - 1 year                  March '11 - 18 months

    Hard to believe our little C is 18 months old already!  This age is so much fun!!!  We are constantly amazed at how much he is changing and learning on a daily basis.  He still loves to cuddle, which I love, since Kaylee was not much of a cuddler.  He is our little eater too.  One mention of some type of food and he is chasing down whoever said it or running to the little table and sitting down waiting for some. :)  He is, however, pickier than Kaylee was at this age.  He doesn't like any type of vegtable so much, but will chow down on any type of fruit or carb.  Where Kaylee prefers her noodles without sauce, Conner will not eat them unless they do have a sauce on them.  Some of his milestones are:

     * Can point to his eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hair, tummy, and fingers when asked.
     * Knows the animal sounds for a cow, monkey, horse, sheep, kitty, doggy, and       duck.
     * Is starting to do actions to some of the songs we sing, especially, "This Old Man" and "Peanut Butter and Jelly"
     * Loves to blow kisses
     * Says "thank you" after be given something he wanted.
     * Was a huge daddy's boy, but is turning into a mommy's boy.
     *  Says, daddy, mommy, kk, monkey, thank you, buh (bye), maddie, Sadie, Kenley, muh (more), peace (please), milk
     *  Tries to jump but doesn't quite get both feet off the ground, but so cute to watch.
     *  Loves to do stuff to get us to laugh at him or what he is doing.  And then he will do it over, and over, and over.
     *  Loves to wrestle and knock people down.  The little ones don't like it though! :)

Little C is such a huge joy to our family and we are loving every minute!  We love you Conner with our whole heart!

Valentine's Day

Could they get any cuter!  Love these kids!

Kaylee's heart she made at Sunday School.

Kaylee opening her gifts.

Conner not feeling good at all.

Her favorite gift - a light up toothbrush, since "Santa" didn't get her letter about wanting a new toothbrush. :)

Heart shaped cake, decorated with sprinkles by Kaylee, for dessert.

  

   

Her new skirtis a little too big.

She is showing us how when she jumps it just falls down. :)

Kaylee was sick the three days before Valentine's Day and Conner was sick the day of and two days after, and I was sick the day after.  Daycare was closed for two days so we had our daycare Valentine's Day party on the 16th.  We took the picture of the two of the together on Sunday when they were both feeling pretty good, otherwise we wouldn't of gotten one!

SDSU vs. KSU

After Thanksgiving we went to a K-State girls basketball game because they were playing SDSU.  Conner was the only one sporting the purple that night since he is the only Kansas native. :)  Kaylee had fun dancing to the band and watching for Willie.  Conner was a little tired since it was during his bedtime, but he hung on til we got home before he fell asleep.

K-State vs. SDSU

K dancing.

This is where Conner spent most of the game, in Daddy's arms.

Kaylee meeting Willie.

It was a pretty close game but K-State won!

Thanksgiving

Okay, so I realized that I haven't even done a post from Thanksgiving weekend.  So before I do a couple Christmas posts I wanted to post a couple pictures from our weekend in Fulda.  We haven't been home for Thanksgiving for a couple years now so I was very excited to be home.  We also celebrated my mom's 60th birthday that weekend with a cake and everything. :)

Kaylee is very much into fixing hair and had a great time doing Papa's hair, with a little egging on from her uncles.

Kaylee with Travis' girlfriend Steph.

Posing with her godfathers.

                                      

Waiting for the camera to stop taking pictures on timer mode.  The family was getting a little bored and Travis was blinded because he stood right in front of the flash and didn't think to move out of the way. :)

                                           

                                     

Travis cutting the ham one handed.

Planting Grammy's Christmas flower.

 Playing with the Little People stuff.

Kaylee putting her cold hands on daddy's back.

Playing catch with Miley.

Helping Papa set up the outside decorations.

Cuddling with Dad.

Her favorite kitty.

"Are you coming Papa?"

With "her" kitty again.

Coloring with daddy.

Visiting great aunt Mary.

Grammy opening her appropriate birthday presents from Dianne and DeWayne.

K-State Football Game

In early November we got to attend our first ever K-State football game.  Steve's parents, along with Shawn and Abby came down for the event since they were playing Texas.  Friday we went to Kites, a local resturant, where they have a game room for the kids and kids at heart. :)

For dessert they have something called the "Dump Truck."  We weren't sure what to expect but were pleasantly surprised by an actual dump truck filled with icecream, fruit, and brownies.  Kaylee loved it!

 Pre-Game family photo. 

Walking to the game.  Conner stayed with some good friends.  Kaylee went there at halft time and we picked them up after the game.

                                                            

Pictures before game start.

Saying, "Go K-State!"

Cheering!

Steve and I even got a good picture taken of us.

K-State won (by a lot)!  It was a fun time, but we didn't count on standing the whole game and being packed in there like sardines.  Hopefully we can go to another game next year.