Pool Time

 

We had beautiful weather this weekend and spent as much time as we could outdoors. Connor's favorite? The kiddie pool! He had the best time. He must have gone down the slide 100 times, over and over and over....enjoy a short video clip!

2 Year Checkup

Connor had his 2 year checkup last week. He has officially upgraded to the 'big boy' scale and now gets measured standing up. Which comes as a huge relief to us as Connor hated stripping down to sit on the scale and getting stretched out on the table to get measured. His new stats are as follows:

Height:  33 inches (25th percentile)
Weight:  27 lbs (50th percentile)

They also started taking his blood pressure (102/57) and calculating his BMI. He's doing great, the doctor was pleased with his development thus far. Considering the amount of words he knows and strings together he is doing very well in the language department. He is growing right along the curve so he is not worried about his growth. The doctor also indicated his height (or lack thereof :p) is no indicator to how tall he will be when he grows up. He says it all depends on when he hits his growth spurt, and apparently the later the better...or taller I should say. We can move off of whole milk now and he can drink whatever we drink (1%).

Every stage becomes our new favorite, and turning 2 is no different! Connor's personality is really starting to blossom and he seems to take less time to 'warm up' to people now. The only downfall would be his occasional tantrum but they never last long as he is easily distracted. We've decided to wait on toilet training until after Addison arrives and we've all had time to acclimate to life as a family of 4. That said...she could be here any day now! Connor picked out a present to give her when she arrives. He seems to be excited about his sister coming. We got out all the baby gear (swing, bouncer, etc) so that he could play with it all and get it out of his system before she needs them. To our surprise, he has had no interest in any of it. Perhaps this will go smoother than I think? I'm sure Connor is going to be a great big brother :)

St. Patty's Day Parade

 

On Sunday Winter Park had their 32nd Annual St. Patrick's Day parade down Park Ave. It is the only St. Patty's parade in Central Florida. It's a fun excuse to wear green and get your friends together for some fun Irish festivities. St. Timothy (aka Tim) had his 2nd Annual Leprechaun Gathering. Tim really knows how to put together a fun Irish party and makes the best Irish fixins – Corned Beef and Cabbage! We had the best time.

After our Irish lunch we headed to Park Ave to watch the parade. Connor managed to stay awake this year (yep, no nap). You may or may not remember but last year he slept through the first half of the parade, through the sirens and all! After the parade we stayed on Park Ave to enjoy some ice cream and the run around the park a little while. This sounds bad but Connor had so much fun playing on the rail road tracks! The weather couldn't have been better either. It was forecasted to rain all day but we never saw a drop.

Here are more pictures from the parade!

Wedding

Last Saturday we made a day trip to Tampa for a wedding. We've been looking forward to this for awhile now, not just to see (and meet) a lot of family, but we also couldn't wait to see Connor in his cute little wedding outfit! Because I am getting close to my due date, we didn't know for sure if we could even go until a couple of days before hand. I had my doctor's visit, everything looked good, so we got the go ahead to make the trip. 

Some of my closest friends that live in Tampa, and a couple from Orlando, got together and threw me a little shower/luncheon earlier in the day. We met at Wine Exchange, a cute restaurant in Hyde Park. I had the best salmon entree! Thanks to all my friends for putting that together. Not only were they super generous but it was so good to see everyone again. 

After lunch we headed to the wedding. Connor looked so darn cute I just wanted to eat him up. Not sure what it was about the wedding but he was completely out of his element. He was Mr. Outgoing and had so much fun running around, jumping all over the place. He had a blast! The wedding was beautiful, held at the Davis Island Garden Club. After the ceremony when they announced the wedding party, Connor joined in on queue and clapped each time a couple was announced. Cutest thing ever. 

Connor also got a few more birthday presents, from his Aunt Nancy, Dzaidzia and Busia. He is officially a pro at opening gifts and ripped into those first thing Sunday morning. I think this is the end of it though, which he might not like as he's been celebrating his 2nd birthday for about a month now!

Here is a link to some additonal wedding pictures.