Sep 03
Giant Bubbles!
Posted by Todd on Friday Sep 3, 2010 Under MiscellaneousI keep going back to this video over the last few days. Beautiful.
Aug 28
As we packed up our belongings, we bid a fond farewell to “Bruce’s Place” (which we re-dubbed Brucekies Place after finding a substantial stash of Soviet Life magazines from 1978-1981 and various Russian travel guides and literature). We posed on the deck for a final shot with our matching shirts. You know how much I love matching people, so that was totally my idea. Right, Liz?
Anyway, it was a great week. We had a great time at Chincoteague, and really enjoyed our time with the Machins. It was a fantastic way to spend a week, and truly was a week without any concerns. We thoroughly enjoyed relaxing and conversing with Mr. Sun way more than we normally would. But, alas, we are home now. In more comfortable beds, true, but we will still miss Brucekies Place.
Aug 28
We biked to the beach today. Not a bike, mind you. No, a much more efficient vehicle. A surry. *cue Oklahoma Surry music now* It was quite the ordeal to pedal that much weight around on one single low gear. It felt as though we were pedaling up an incline both ways. Connor loved it. He slept most of the time there and back. Richard helped push the surry while on his bike. We could definitely feel the difference. It is very safe to say Liz and I are somewhat out of shape. Just a bit.
We went to the bike beach, and it was very much deserted. It was quiet and beautiful. Great waves provided a lot of entertainment. It seems as though most of the big, cool shells were deposited here as well.
The ride back was full of swarms of mosquitos. All in all, though, it was a lot of fun. It has been a relaxing week with a lot of beach exposure.
More pics after the jump:
Aug 28
Sunday became a day to recoup. Connor did not cooperate with the whole sleeping at night thing. He thought he should wake up every 45 minutes to an hour to remind us we were all sharing one room. At 5:30 am, I laid him on the couch, lay down next to him and we both went to sleep. Later that morning, Liz and Jeanne went for food at Wal-Mart, Richard and his boys biked to the beach, and I stayed home sleeping and watching movies (Advent Children and Centurion).
While watching the movies, a severe thunderstorm rolled in. Richard and the boys were stranded on the beach. Jeanne and Liz missed the whole thing while at Wal-Mart. At the home base, a lightning bolt and subsequent thunder clap struck so hard, a picture was knocked off the wall. Connor slept through that whole thing. Why couldn’t he have done that at night?
More pics after the jump:
Aug 28
Driving down from Pittsburgh to Chincoteague Island, VA went a lot smoother than anticipated. Connor entertained himself in his car seat and we only needed to stop for major meals and diaper changes. We were prepared ourselves for wailing and gnashing of gums as we drove the eight hours down.
Once we crossed the bay bridge from Maryland to Virginia, we started to look out for a place to eat lunch. We only saw things like Bob Evans, Applebees and Panera Bread. As we passed one more (and seemingly the final) batch of restaurants, The Machins, who we were traveling with, made a u-turn. We thought that meant we were headed to Panera. But we were wrong. They found a Sonic! What a perfect place to eat for a family on a road trip! No need to leave the car. We let Connor play on the floor, and the dogs (did I mention Little Bit and Wesley came along?) played on their leashes.
On arriving at our bungalow in Chincoteague, we immediately unloaded, dropped the dogs off and headed off to the beach. During the trip, we caught a glimpse of the wild horses Assateague (the national park where the beach is) is famous for. We lit a fire and enjoyed the company of friends, fire and mosquitos.
More pics after the jump:
Jun 23
After his sixth-month check-up, we have some stats about the little kid:
Length: 28.5 inches
Weight: 19 lbs 11 oz
Head Circumference: 46 cm (18.1 inches)
IQ: 193 (He’s a Mensa Baby!)
It’s so much fun to see him grow up, and it is crazy how fast it goes. Six moths ago he barely fit in the little blue tub, and now we’re thinking he’s too big for it. I think my favorite thing about him is when he giggles.
You might as well compare him to his first bath time picture from six months ago after the jump here.
Jun 14
I’m really not going to waste much more space on this post other than to say, the kid is a whopping six months old! To celebrate, we went to the mall. He seemed to cooperate well with the photographer. It was fun to bring some stuff in from the house and see him respond and interact with everything around him. We noticed he is somewhat narcissistic because if he sees a picture of himself he fixates on it. He will stare, smile, and pant. Strange, but true.
We snapped a few pics. Nabbed the ones we could and get to enjoy the rest online. We hope you like staring at him as much as us. Point of pride: We had to sign a release so they can use his pictures in the store. *Can’t stop my head from inflating!* The kid keeps me humble, though. He is sitting in my lap while I type this. Taking a dump.
Enjoy the results:
Apr 02
Breakthrough day for Connor. Everything is so new to us and exciting as we watch our baby boy slowly learn to do more things. We have loved the grins, laughs, giggles, singing, talking, splashing, and sitting up! He loves watching the dogs play together and growl, he can’t keep his eyes off them. I have turned my head for a few minutes and come to find him grunting with his head in the seat. I freak out, but I think he is pretty clueless, so he must be okay. He gives the dogs more interest then they do with him. They walk all over him when he is in his floor gym, but I just remind myself their day will come when Connor wants to pet/pull on their ears and tails. HaHa the thought of him doing that to Wesley makes me giggle! Oh how we love to document our baby’s every move. Enjoy!
Apr 02
Connor’s Best Bud
Posted by Liz on Friday Apr 2, 2010 Under Family
With all the babies being born in what we call the “baby boom” at our church, there is so far only one other boy. And he really wants to be Connor’s friend. Connor seems to like him as well. To protect his friend’s identity, we will call him Dahveed. These pictures are from his first play date, and then also the Sunday Dahveed was blessed in church. Dahveed’s dad served his mission in Liz’s home town for 10 months. 10 months is a long time to be in any area while on a mission, and spending it in Barstow made it even better. 
It’s cool being first-time parents at the same time as friends and have someone else to commiserate with. In the words of Dahveed’s dad, “It’s much easier when you see people being parents on TV.” Read More
Jan 10
We got Connor all ready for Church today. And, no, before you get all bent out of shape that we are going to post every outfit change or every bowl movement, we do not have plans to post every little thing that happens to him. Otherwise, I would be posting pictures of him crying right now. Not that he cries a lot. He just so happens to be crying right now.
Anyway, we put him in a striped button down shirt and no pants. Like Father like son. I also don’t like wearing pants. At Church, some people commented that “only Liz” would dress a newborn in a button down shirt. What?! I mean just cause we don’t dress our son in Poo(h), doesn’t mean it’s not cute. Right? More on my poohlosophy (Philosophy on Pooh) in some later post. It’s juicy. A juicy Pooh, perhaps… Anyway, check the pictures after the jump.
