HodgePodgeBlog: March 2016

Well life definitely changed this month as Connor is a full fledged WALKER. It is my absolute favorite!!! It's so wobbly and unstable. He falls often and makes the best faces when he loses his balance. I just adore this stage he is in right now.

Connor has definitely taken on a LOVE for stuffed animals. He is obsessed with them and if he sees one, he has to have it near him. He will give them unprompted hugs and kisses which is super cute.

At Connor's school we get a paper every day saying when they ate, were changed, slept, etc. The first week of March Connor came home with this one.....

I lolled when I read it. I brought it home and showed Cecil at dinner. This is when I realized Cecil apparently had never even read one of his sheets, because I had to explain each section to him before he got to the bottom where a newish (to Connor) teacher had written "he said the word Lizard"

hahahhahhaha

We were both laughing so hard. I mean he can't even say Mama yet. Apparently his vocabulary progressed as follows:

Duck

Dada

Ball

Lizard.

;)

We do love Ms. Ashley and how sweet she is to read to Connor and write us notes letting us know how his day was. :)

Connor's bedtime routine has gone down....DRASTICALLY. All he really wants is a bottle and bed. Cecil typically brushes his teeth, changes him, puts on PJs and then they turn on the sound machine and turn off the lights together. Then Cecil gives him to me, says goodnight and leaves the room. I rock him while he holds his bottle and sometimes I sing a little. Then he will hand me his bottle when he is done. Sometimes I will try to get him to burp by patting his back, and he will snuggle into me a little, but he is ready for bed.

We still need to work on giving him his bottle before brushing his teeth and we just need to commit to making the change, but right now he is a little angel and as soon as he is done with his bottle he will go to his bed, curl up with his blanket and go to sleep. Never any fussing. I love him so much!

Friday Connor and I hung out at home.

He LOVES to 'steal' Cecil's seat and even made himself at home there when Cecil was gone. Look at that belly. heart eyes.

Connor went down for a nap and Cecil was able to come home early.

My favorite!

Cecil, Connor and I went to eat a late lunch at Uncle Julio's and visited the Container Store. I wanted to get a picture of Connor with the statues, but he was having NONE of it. He wasn't screaming, but he was definitely unsure. I mean, could he move his body any further away????

Cecil and I were dying laughing.

Then, Leslie called me (thank goodness) and reminded me that I was supposed to pick the boys up! We hurried over to Bedford and picked the boys up from school. Cecil might have gotten a red light ticket on our way. Ooops.

I was just glad it wasn't me for once!!

I convinced everyone that it was a good idea to go to Home Goods. I just knew we could find some cute baskets for our laundry room storage, but no such luck. We only left with a lamb for Connor's Easter basket and I purchased a gaudy(!!) elephant for Noah because he thought it was beautiful and I like annoying my sister. ;)

While we were at Home Goods, Cecil found a trike and Connor was a happy, happy boy! Then, of course Noah and Zay had to get in on it and I was terrified we were going to be buying lots of broken goods.

Zay wanted to make sure he could fit in each pot. Success. LOL

Noah's favorite animal is an elephant. First we found this and then later found his beloved golden one (picture further down).

After Home Goods we told the boys we could go to the park until the sun went down. The Boys Ranch in Bedford had built a new playground and they wanted to show us.

This was the first time that I think Connor actually knew what to do at a park. It was super cute and I think Cecil was really happy we ended up going.

He is the sweetest Dad. :)

Noah and Zay had fun climbing this new thing. Of course they had to race to the top and Noah won. It's hard being the little brother.

We went home, Leslie met us there where Leslie Zay and I played a REALLY slow game of Sorry while Noah snuggled with his elephant

Saturday morning Leslie offered to watch Connor so Cecil and I could get some stuff done around the house. #SweetAuntie

We met Leslie, Noah, and Zay for breakfast at Denny's and the boys were super sweet to walk Connor to the car afterwards. He walked the entire way (holding their hands) from inside the restaurant to the back of the restaurant. #babymarathon

I just love this pictures of my sweet boys.

We went home and got some things done while Leslie took all three boys to the Home Depot Kids Workshop.

Then the boys went home, had a pizza party, and played outside all day. We were fortunate to have some BEAUTIFUL weather this month and Noah and Zay were outside more than ever.

Cecil hung the mirror that I had painted for the front room in November. It is H.E.A.V.Y. It actually came with our dresser, but since our dresser is in front of a window we don't use it.

Cecil and I picked up some BBQ and headed to Leslie's to get Connor. We ate our lunch outside and watched the boys play.

Sunday, Cecil took this picture of Connor climbing in his truck. Our little daredevil. :)

I made another yummy Hello Fresh meal

And Connor really enjoyed the cous cous.

The second week of March was my Mom's spring break and she came into town and stayed with Leslie a couple nights. I had lunch with her two days in a row which was so nice. :)

Tuesday after school Connor and went to Leslie's and hung out with Mom and the boys outside before they had to go to scouts. Zay is seriously talented at fixing bikes. And he decided his bike needed a wash. Connor got in on the action.

Sweet cousins.

Thankfully, Connor wasn't walking too quickly at this point, because he wasn't running into the street, but times have already changed. He rode the skateboards and his little car in her driveway while Mom and I watched the boys ride around on their bikes and talked.

It was the perfect spring evening. :)

Wednesday I made a delicious Hello Fresh meal.....

.... and Cecil taught Connor how to use the Hulk! Smash! gloves.

Thursday I showed Connor the Russian nesting doll that I have and he played with it for a long time! Then he realized he is big enough to climb in the chairs in the front room and was extremely proud of himself! The first time it took him a couple minutes, but by the end of the night he was up in that chair in a matter of seconds.