I can't believe it is October already, which means my baby is now 19 months old! He continues to learn and say new words on a daily basis. My good eater has turned into a picky eater though. I guess that is his way of expressing his own opinion which is a step in the right direction, but it can make meal times tough. He still LOVES bananas though! The other day we were driving home from daycare and he just kept saying nana (banana to Connor) over and over and over again. Today we got in the car and I asked him if he was hungry. He nodded his head yes, so I asked him what he wanted for dinner. He replied "nana!!" and put a huge grin on his face.
We are loving the weather October has brought us so far. This past weekend we spent almost the entire day on Sunday outdoors. We started our day at the Maitland Arts Festival where Connor got to enjoy the playground and watch trains go by. After that we stopped for a treat at Jeremiah's Italian Ice. It's safe to say Connor still likes ice cream...but then again, who could pass up a Gelato from Jeremiah's? :)
After ice cream we went home to eat lunch and John had a few things he needed to do around the house. One being put out the 12 bags of mulch he bought for the backyard. Connor is enthralled with any and everything daddy does so there was no exception here. He wanted to be outside watching. Daddy can't wait for Connor to get a little bigger where he can really start helping him out around the house!
Before dinner we took a little trip up to Red Bug Lake Park so Connor could 'practice' kicking a ball around. I think we're being a little ambitious with this one but I guess you can never start too young. While playing soccer with Daddy (Mommy broke her toe last weekend so I was sitting this one out) Connor noticed the playground so we checked that out next. It was a great playground for toddlers, he was able to do a lot of it on his own which he thoroughly enjoyed. I've included a link to many more pictures I took over the weekend (there are a lot) - enjoy!
Next weekend we're off to Gainesville to help Gram celebrate her birthday. We're also looking forward to all the Fall Festivities this season brings....stay tuned!
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Saturday we took Connor to the Central Florida Zoo to check out their Halloween festivities....Zoo Boo Bash! It was your typical zoo experience but with bonus treat stations, hay rides and face painting! We didn't participate in the later but Connor really enjoyed 'trick or treating' at the zoo! He was not that experienced but it didn't take long for him to catch on to the idea. We forgot to bring his bucket so we purchased a Halloween bag for him to use. You could say it as a little too big for Connor but he didn't seem to mind. He would throw the straps over his shoulder like a purse and take off with his ticket. Each booth had to punch your ticket when you got your treat (so you couldn't get more than one goody per station). Connor would drag his bag up to the booth and then throw his ticket at them to be punched, it was hilarious!
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Today we took Connor to a pumpkin patch to pick out our Halloween pumpkin. He had so much fun running around there! He tried to pick up as many pumpkins as he could...even the big ones! The smaller ones he would throw which we had to put a stop to. So we got our pumpkin but we haven't yet decided what we're going to carve it into. Last year's pumpkin was Elmo. We may have to go with that again as Elmo is Connor's latest obsession. To be continued...
Earlier this week we got a special visit from Uncle Andy! It isn't always easy to catch up with Andrew because he has such a busy work schedule. He really hadn't seen Connor in 'action' since he started walking so it was fun to see his reaction to Connor running around and jabbering away. We were even treated to homemade brownies! Thanks Andrew, stop by anytime! :)
The sonogram picture below was taken at 10 weeks when he/she was just a little peanut. I am now in the middle of 14 weeks and officially in the second trimester! The baby is due April 3rd, which will make the Big Brother and the little peanut 2 years apart. We are so excited for our new adventure!
