Summer Has Come and Gone!

Hey Everyone-

We have been busy so I haven't been able to blog like I would have liked. We have had a fun summer and it seems like it has gone by sooo fast!

We went to Oak City Days, but Connor had so much fun in the morning, that he was exhausted by the time they had the Trout Catch. We even tried to wake him up, but there was no hope, so maybe next year!

We went to Lagoon where Connor got to ride the Carousel, the train, and we got our pictures taken in Pioneer Village! We had a blast! Patrick got his nerve up to ride the new ride Wicked! It looked pretty scary to me, so I stayed off. But apparantley he made everyone around them laugh by using a choice number of cuss words! Grandma Lovell, Aunt Keri, and me all went on the Space Scrambler, and as always, we laughed the entire time! We all came away with sunburns, but had such a fun time!

In other news, Connor has turned the big one year! We can't believe it has been a year! We had his Veggietales party over at our clubhouse! It was great! I've never had so much fun watching someone eat cake and then spend the next 10 hours on a sugar high! We ate and played Rock Band and Singstar on the big screen! Connor made out like a bandit! Thank you to all of you who were there or sent your well wishes! We are so blessed we can't even believe it! We have a great entertainer who makes life so interesting, but so worth it! These are some great pictures by the way! Oh yeah, and Dad made us all laugh by sucking the helium out of Connor's balloons and singing the Veggietales theme song! It sounded almost exactly like Bob the tomatoe! It was a great time with the people we love!

Well, for the update, Connor went to his pediatrician appointment on Monday the 29th. He is 17 lbs. 4 oz., 28 1/2 in. long, and his head was 18 in. That puts him in the 1 % for length (yet again), the 13% for length, and the 25% for head. Yes, he is still the shrimp of the babies! The pediatrician wants us to go get labs drawn to check for anything we haven't been aware of so far. So we are planning on Wednesday, going to get those done! Maybe there is something we could do to help our little buddy, and maybe not, but we will sure do everything we can! We will keep everyone posted on what the results are, but we will not know for a while. He is walking with the help of furniture or people's fingers! He says "BABABABABABA" over and over, but oddly it never gets annoying! He still has his 8 teeth and some horrible morning breath to boot! He can crawl on his hands and knees, but prefers to go faster with his perfected army crawl! He can now push buttons on the remote and DVD player. It's lovely to be watching something, and then it's gone! He is also learning how to shake his booty! It's pretty cute! He is drinking whole milk and we are on 4 meals a day! And yes, he can eat 4 meals a day! Not picky at all, this one! Well, for those of you still reading, I believe that is all I can tell you for now. It's been such a wonderful year and we look forward to all the years to come! Love you all!