HodgePodgeBlog: May 2016

I have been T.I.R.E.D. lately and looking back on the month of May I can kind of see why.

We were busy!!

I'm going to have to break the month into a couple parts, but I wanted to note that Connor has become very into TV and tablets. If I need to keep him occupied for 10 minutes while I get dressed in the morning....YouTube Kids to the rescue!! Its my new favorite thing ever.

I used to use regular YouTube but the ads were annoying and often inappropriate for Connor

(like a violent video game when we were going to bed).

Recently I downloaded YouTube Kids.

There seem to be less adds AND they are all very kid friendly.

I also figured out how to set 'Guided Access' on my phone and its a game changer. I can just hit the home button three times and it prevents him from leaving the current App without entering a password. I just love technology!

We started out the month with some spins.

Connor must have partied too hard on the Sit & Spin because the next morning I had to wake him up.

Look at that sweet sleeping baby.

And those nugget feet.

I took Noah to the doctor to look at some poison ivy he had on his face/arm.
Leslie thought it was fine, but I insisted. Well turns out she was right!
There was nothing we could do but just wait it out.
I still enjoyed my morning with my first baby boy. :)

I ordered a couple placemats from Shutterfly and I loved watching him look at the pictures.

It's no secret I love personalized things and I'm hoping these will help him learn our family member's names at dinner time. :)

First, we started with this one and we work on pointing to Mommy, Daddy and Connor.

He usually plays along.

(Noah said it was inappropriate because it says 'Play with your food')

hahahaha

I think soon he will be ready to move to onto the placemat with his extended family.

That evening I snuck in and got a picture of Connor before I went to bed.

I just loving seeing how sweet and peaceful he is while he sleeps. :)

On Thursday, I picked Connor up from school and they told me he had just been bitten again :(

This was the worst one yet and now over a month later I can still see the mark on his back.

But at dinner time he was happy as can be to be eating some black beans and didn't seem

to be in any pain. After dinner at home (that Cecil had ready and waiting on us - sweet man)

we headed to watch our old neighbor play soccer.

Loo at the damage! Poor baby!

Thursday evening Noah and Zay stayed the night

and Friday morning Noah wanted to get in Connor's crib with him.

Connor was super excited by the surprise. :)

Zay showed me that he lost another tooth!!

After dropping all three boys off at school, I headed to Waco to meet by

Bestie, Michelle, for a girls day!!

We had fun checking out Magnolia Market and having some fun together. :)

It really was one of my favorite days of the year!!

When I came home Friday late afternoon I saw that my navy map print had arrived!

I ordered this print with some of my bday money from my parents and I put it in

this frame that I bought on super clearance from Hobby Lobby months ago.

Only the frame didn't come with backing or glass - my poor husband.

The print is still not hanging - weekend goals?

But it is up - just leaning against the wall (haha) and I love love love it. :)

Leslie, Noah and Zay were going to go to Austin's school play with us, but

Zay got in trouble at school so only Noah came.

He was the scarecrow in Wizard of Oz.

In my unbiased opinion - he was the star of the show. ;)

Connor really surprised us by watching the show the whole time!! :)

After the show we played on the playground for awhile.

Noah is a monkey bar STAR.

Connor loved the slide.

After that Connor chassed the geese in the parking lot and then it was off to dinner.

We took Nana out to dinner to celebrate Mother's Day and gave her our pictures that we had made of the boys for her.

Both these boys SERIOUSLY love their Nana.

Since it was a little late, Noah just stayed the night with us.

Connor was super happy to see his cousin Saturday morning.

Saturday afternoon we all went camping.

And Sunday we came home, did laundry and rested.

I know Connor is super duper sleepy when he holds his chin up like this to watch TV.

And the next time I looked over - he was out at 4pm on the sofa.

We decided that he felt a little warm and was probably sick.

Womp. Womp.

Monday Cecil stayed home with him.

Tuesday I thought he was feeling better so I took him to school.

Almost immediately I got this dreaded text from Connor's teacher.

We headed to the doctor and they said he had a sinus infection.

Connor fell asleep on the way home so I went to the bank and got money for my Mexico trip.

I sent my girlfriends this picture showing what a tipping baller I was. LOL

We got home and Connor slowly stuffed his face full of popcorn for lunch.

I really love the snuggles, but I hate how exhausted and wiped out he seems when he is sick.

Look at this sweet face. He just wanted to lay on me all day. :(

Well, Tuesday night our power went out and I had to pack for M-E-X-I-C-O in the dark and pray my phone wouldn't die and my alarm would go off.

My girlfriends picked me up at 4:45 for our 7am flight. :)

I felt like I was leaving Cecil at the worst time -

Connor was sick and we had no power

Oh well!!! I was headed to Mexico! :)

They decided to spend Wednesday night at Leslie's since power was still off and they didn't have an update. Leslie sent me this picture of Connor with Snapchat filters.