Mmmm, Corn

This summer Connor discovered corn. It took a little bit for Connor to really figure out how to eat it, but as soon as that hurdle was crossed, all he wanted to do was eat corn. Thanks to my parents who gave us some of their corn and also helped teach him how to eat it.

Entertainment Tonight

Zach and I had the opportunity to take Connor to participate in the filming of a new little kids movie for a company called Little Play Dates. Entertainment Tonight came out to film some of what was going on to do a special on it in a month or so. We thought that this was Connor's chance to be a star. We got up to the ranch in Heber where the filming was going to take place and met with all of the parents and kids. They split us up into a few groups and then sent us out to play. This was Connor most of the time:
I didn't know that he was so antisocial. All of the kids were playing great and looking great for the camera. Connor enjoyed pushing his stroller around about as far away as he could get from everyone else. We did finally get him into playing on the hay with some of the other kids. Once he got there he really enjoyed dancing to the music and looking into the camera.

Overall I think that it turned out well. I don't think that it is quite the occupation that Connor would choose. But it was fun to take him and watch him play.

Owie

Two days after Connor's 2nd birthday, we were out for a walk and Connor was running down a path and fell. I think that all that hit the ground was his stomach and his forehead. He didn't have any scratches anywhere else.
Connor could not stop scratching it. He would do it at night and so every morning it looked a little bit worse. Two days after he did it we had his 2 year doctor's appointment. When the doctor came in to see him I quickly explained what had happened. The doctor just laughed. Connor then proceeded to fall down exactly like he had when he had done it. I am just thankful that it wasn't any worse.

Terrific Twos

Connor turned two a couple of weeks ago, I know I am slow in getting this up. This picture is him saying how old he is. He had a great birthday with lots of family coming over. Thanks for everyone that took time to call or come by to see him. I can't believe that he is actually two. It seems just like yesterday we were heading to the hospital to have him. He certainly has grown.
For his birthday I decided to make a monkey cake. I looked in many places and finally found a pattern that I thought that I could make. This is what it turned out to be:
I hope that Connor liked it. I think that his favorite part was the eyes. They were Jr. Mints and as soon as we finished singing "Happy Birthday" he grabbed the eyes and ate those. He wasn't such a fan of the cake, but he really isn't much of a dessert kid.
We are so lucky to have such a great kid.

Connor Update

Connor is growing like crazy. He is talking more and making more talking sounds. He will be two in a few weeks and I can't believe it. Here are a few pictures of some things that he does now:

Connor use to be really scared of the lawn mower. He didn't even like to be outside when anyone in our neighborhood was mowing their lawn. One day he saw Zach out mowing the lawn and decided that he wanted to go out and help. He now is a great helper with mowing the lawn.

Connor's hair is growing like crazy too. It seems like we give him a hair cut about every other week. These were taken when he has gone a little longer than that. We tried to keep it really short for the summer because he gets so hot. He actually kind of likes to get his hair cut now. Well I am sure that I will have much more to post about his birthday in a few weeks. I wonder what new thing he will be doing then.

A Camping We Will Go!!

My family has a tradition of going camping every year in July. I think that this tradition started with my grandparents. We would always go camping with them. It was always a highlight of summer. Zach wasn't able to come up this year, so it was Connor and I. This was Connor's first year to be walking when we went camping. He did very well. One of the nights I put Connor down for bed in his Port-a-crib. My dad walked past our tent on the way to his and when we came back he was laughing. I asked him what was so funny. He said that when he walked past our tent he could see Connor smiling at him and waving at him. He was standing up in his crib and just smiling away. I was pretty sure that I had closed all of the windows. I had my Dad walked back with me to show me where he had seen Connor. When we got to our tent, the window was shut and we couldn't see Connor anywhere. Well, while we were standing there talking about that we saw a little tug on the tent and heard a "zziiippp" The window zipper slowly started to unzip. When Connor saw that we were standing there he tried to close the window as fast as possible. He got it closed by the time I got the door zipper open. When I looked in on him, he was laying very still in his crib with a very big smile on his face. I had to move him away from the window, and he soon fell asleep.
It was a great camping trip and I can't wait until next year when we can go again. Thanks to my family that was there and all of the help that they were.

This picture was taken at Provo River Falls. I think that I have a picture at these falls with me and my family for about every year that I have been alive.

Las Vegas

For our 5 year anniversary, Zach and I went to Las Vegas and stayed a few days. It was a great trip and we had lots of fun.

We went to the Blue Man Group one night and I would highly recommend it to anyone and all ages. It was very funny and pretty amazing the illusions that they created.
We also took some time to walk around and see all of the many one-of-a-kind-things that there are in Las Vegas.
I think that the gardens at the Belagio was one of my favorite things to see. The way that they used plant and water was amazing.


This is the highest chocolate fountain in the world. It has white, dark, and milk chocolate that runs from the ceiling to the floor. It was amazing to just sit there and watch. It was a really great vacation. Thanks so my parents and Zach's mom. They watched Connor for us.