Dinner and a Movie

Cuddling with Langley watching Elmo

Sharing Corn

Connor's friend Langley came over for dinner and a movie last night :D After Connor hit Langley quite a few times, I guess he found out he likes her. They were too cute hugging on the couch while watching Elmo. Then they discovered Mommies corn and were sharing corn on the cob. :D

Visit to Jules Stein Eye Institute

  Yesterday was our first appointment at UCLA with Dr. Joseph Demer. It was an exhausting 4 hours in his office, however, for the majority of the appointment Connor did very well, with just a few tantrums and cries, as well as laughs. They put a picture up the computer screen and were asking Connor what the picture was of. He named almost all of them (impressing the doc because he is not even two yet), but our favorite was the picture of a hand and Connor yells out "hi - five". We did really good when the screen was close to him, but as soon as it was far away he had a hard time seeing them (which led to tears in my eyes).
  After all the testing, Dr. Demer took his time to tell us what he knows about Connor's eyes. Connor's eyes are very straight, confirming his Strabisimus surgery was successful. It was also confirmed that Connor's eye sight has gotten much worse. He was given a new prescription of -17.5 in his right eye and -19 in his left eye. This concerns us a bit, as this change is not normal. There are many reasons why his eye could be developing this way. Currently we have been left in the dark, as Dr. Demer does not want was to worry over possibilities and his statement to us was, "I would rather say nothing, than guess." He wants to make a diagnosis and then educate us. He mentioned it could be due to a disease in his lens, the actual shape of his eye, or the eye developing too quickly. In order to find out what could be going on, Connor will have to go under Anesthesia at the end of April to look at his complete eye anatomy. Another doctor will also attend who works with children in contacts. Dr. Demer thinks it would be a smart move to switch Connor into contacts because of his strong prescription. We will keep you posted on the date of his Anesthesia, as we should know by the middle of next week.
   Last Sunday, our friends suprised us with a fund for Connor's eyes. It was an amazing evening full or emotion, love and support. Mike and I were speechless and in much shock to see that there are so many people who love our little boy as much as we do. I look forward to the day that Connor is old enough to understand, that through the help of so many we will be able to find out a proper diagnosis of what his has, and hopefully we will have prevented his eyes from getting any worse. Here is a link to the blog, if you have yet to see it Connor's Vision Blog
  Thank you family and friends for all your love and support. It has been so helpful during this time.

A Weekend with The Wilder's

The Wilder's came to visit us for the weekend! Connor is still talking about Sam and Ooocy (Lucy) :D. Our first friends to come visit in our new house :D We had a fun weekend...hanging out at the beach, bonfire in the backyard with the kids and of course every slumber party is not complete with jumping on the bed :D We also went to the zoo (sad I have no pictures to show you). Thanks Wilder's for coming to stay with us! Hope to see you again really soon - We love you guys!

1st Beach Day

1st Beach Day 

Connor and his buddies at the Beach

Lori & Me with our kiddos!

Our girls giving kisses

As you can see we are getting spoiled in SD with awesome weather and fun beach days! This was last week on St Patty's Day. My belly is continuing to grow :D I was 36 weeks a few days in these pics. I can't wait for Lori and I to have girls the same age growing up together!

Saturday Morning Playdate

Connor knows when he goes to bed at night on Friday's he gets to wake up to Saturday Donut Day :D However, this Saturday was a little different - We had coffee, donuts and a 2 hour trip to the laundry mat. Our dryer is currently out of order (in our new house :/ so sad) So Connor made his laundry mat experience a fun one by getting in and out of the dryers a million times :D

We Moved!!!

 Connor was helping pack his toys :D

Connor loved the Uhaul Truck! My boy and his trucks!

He was an awesome boy during the move, but a tired little guy :D

As family was helping us get settled, he watched his Twenty Truck video in his new wagon!

We are finally getting settled in our new house :D We have so much more space, it is really nice! We will post pictures soon for you all to see. If you need our new address, email us :D

Dump Trucks and Dirt

Connor loves playing in the dirt and filling up his dump trucks so he can "dump it out".

LIttle Fishy Out of Water

Every Friday Connor is in swim lessons and my mom was here to finally get pictures some pictures :D Connor loves the water...He is doing so good going under water, blowing bubbles, jumping in without holding my hands and swimming to his teacher under under using big kickers! I loo forward to our Friday mornings together as he is full of laughs and smiles when he is swimming. The pool is a bit on the colder side, that is why Connor is wearing a wetsuit, but he enjoys it and reminds me every week he is putting on his wetsuit "like Daddy does" :D. I am sad we have to take break soon, as you can see my belly is getting big, hopefully we will work something out that Mike will be able to do a class on the weekends or evenings with him!

My Favorite Thing Right Now

When Connor wakes up from his nap and sometimes in the morning, he has to give me tons of kisses through his crib bars. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! After he has decided he has had enough kisses, he stands up and says "hug", awwww....I love my little man. We are soon going to have a big boy bed for him, so I had to try and capture this on camera (i tried ;D!)

A Boy's Perfect Picnic

 

 

At the end of the street there is a ton of tractors doing construction on water pipes. Connor can hear them all day and if he got his way he would try to help and/or watch all day. Today I decided packing up a picnic and watching the tractors would be a lot of fun and YES, I WAS RIGHT :D! Connor did not move for an entire hour. He sat next to me eating a PB & J (perfect picnic food) watching the front front end loader, excavator, and dump trucks move "big loads" :D He clapped a lot and was trying to tell me everything the trucks did - He has learned a lot from his favorite video, Twenty Trucks :D

TRASH TRUCK!

 

Mondays are a favorite at our house! Connor knows when he goes to bed on Sunday night, he will see the trash truck in the morning. He will say, "Trash truck picks up everybody's trash, Mommies trash, Daddies trash, Connor's trash, Pheobe's trash, Grant's trash and Bebe's trash" (He is listing the neighbors names). I love watching him in his PJ's run to the gate and wave to the trash man, saying "Hi, trash truck" and then yell, "Ohhhhh....dump it out," as the trash dumps into the truck.

JST SRFN

 

  

 

I think Connor's love for the ocean and surfing grows more each day. Mike LOVES taking Connor to the ocean (almost daily) to check the waves and watch the surfers. Everytime I take Connor to the ocean, he thinks Daddy is the surfer in the water, because when Daddy is gone he is at work or surfing. It is pretty awesome! This past Sunday we went down into OB to watch a surf competition and the swell was insane...The waves were making their way over the wall! Connor got soaked, played in lots of puddles and loved watching the waves crash into the pier!

Big Brother Practice

 

 

 

Connor got his first baby just a few weeks ago!

I was given some advice from a friend of mine who is the greatest mom of two kids (I LOVE you Laurel!)...She said to get a baby and have Connor start practicing being a Big Bro. I was not too excited to run out and get one, but I did. Connor was the one who picked out his baby...At first he wanted a really girly one, but after about 40 minutes of walking Toys 'R' Us, we finally were able to choose this one, which is a bubble bath baby, that's why she has no clothes :D
He has had a lot of fun holding, feeding and rocking his baby, but I would say his favorite is changing baby's diaper :D! Only 5 1/2 more weeks til he will actually have his baby sister to hold!