The Life of Connor James and Liam Andrew: September 2013

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Zoo-RIFFIC!!!

What says terrific more than a trip to the zoo?!?!?

Not much could top the fun and excitement these kiddos had seeing all the fantastic animals at the Louisville Zoo!!

Connor was soooooooooooo excited the whole way there!

He kept looking out the window asking for Gorilla.

His favorite book is 'Good Night Gorilla," by the way!

There was some serious focus and concentration going on in the front seat! Ha!

And some serious snoozin' in the back seat! LOL

Mamaw Benham took us all to the zoo - her treat! Big cousin Ryan put his youth and muscle to good use! ;) Cousin Tyler and Liam LOVED the wagon! Hauling two toddlers around is no easy task!

It was so sweet seeing Connor try to interact with and talk to all the animals!

This snake wasn't too excited, though! Ha!

Tyler had a blast, as well! He though the snakes were the coolest things EVER!

Um, LOVE this picture! How sweet is he trying to talk to the turtles????!!!!???

Ryan and Connor tried to get the macaw to talk to them! :)

What a sweet little moment between cousins!!! <3

The boys were mesmerized by the tiger!! I love how intently all 3 of them are watching him in the picture... even little Liam from the stroller!!!

Colby and Tyler got to get a super close view of the tiger!!

More tiger gawking :)

Colby makes friends easily. :)

Piggy back rides were necessary later in the day! :)

We LOVED the zoo!!! Thank you Mamaw!!

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Dear Liam Andrew,

Here we are again. Another month has FLOWN by! Can you believe that next month you will be a year and a half old?!? I sure can't. You are changing and growing so much each day that it is impossible to keep up with you! Here are some of the things we don't want to forget about you at this age:

You are saying names!! When I ask you what someone's name is (family members), you tell me! You always have this cute little grin on your face too, like you know you are the cutest thing ever! lol You are something, else!
You sure are a little problem solver! If you can't figure something out, or you need help with something, you come grab the closest adult by the hand and drag them to where you need them! lol
You LOVE being outside! You love sliding, playing in the sand box, and popping bubbles!
You have recently become more interested in books. You've always listened when we read to you, but now your fascination has clearly grown. You pull book after book off our shelves to look at, and when you are really interested, you come climb into our laps so we can read to you! :)
You are my awesome little eater! You will pretty much devour anything we put in front of you!
You have recently become obsessed with your play kitchen and food! You cook up all kinds of stuff and feed it to us. lol
You are all about feeding yourself! Mr. Independent, you have to use a fork or spoon and do it all by yourself! Sometimes you are a mess! lol
You have started answering yes or no questions! You LOVE to tell momma no! lol Especially when I ask you if you are ready to go night, night! Haha! Smart boy!
You are STILL our little climber! You are a daredevil too! In fact, you are such a daredevil that you ended up climbing on momma's bed and sitting too close to the edge. Momma and daddy scrambled to get you at the same time, running into each other on the way. So, you fell and landed on your shoulder!!! :( This resulted in a broken collar bone!!!!!! I was sooooooooooooooo sad! :( But guess what??? It didn't phase you at all! lol You are such a turkey!
You are a sweet momma's boy and I love every second of it! I like to rub it in to your daddy! lol He can tease me right back, though, since Connor is a daddy's boy!

Here's some of my favorite pics of you from this month!!

Well, my poor sweet boy was sick this month :(

You got a hold of the salt shaker!! LOL

My poor sweet, sick boy snoozin on momma!

Feeling better and having fun with big brother!!!

You LOVE wagon rides!! :)

Trying to figure out a spoon! Haha!

Yay!! You got it! Yummy applesauce!!

For some reason, you and Connor think Momma and Daddy's room is the coolest place ever and want to play in there constantly! You weren't too happy with up when we put something over the doorknob to keep Connor from opening the door for you! Haha! Silly boys!