Connor’s Thanksgiving…

…was filled with turkey and a lot of Nick and Sierra.  We visited Victoria’s cousin Sandy and her husband Phil (“Uncle Phil”) and their turn children (Nick and Sierra) for their first Thanksgiving in their new home.  We had a wonderful time!

Connor got to play with Nick and Sierra and Daddy got to see Uncle Phil’s (now Nick’s) GI Joe collection that included a jeep similar to this:

Daddy was impressed with Uncle Phil’s GI Joe collection.  Daddy had the original GI Joe dolls, but does not remember having a jeep (is that right Grandma?).  To put that jeep into perspective, Connor was able to sit on it and scoot it around.

Connor also attended his 1st Holiday parade in Reston, VA.  He got to see Mighty Mouse, a yellow dinosaur (or maybe that is a giraffe), Mr. and Mrs. Claus, police cars, and fire engines.  He had a blast and was a trooper through the cold, wind, and rain (at the end).

We got to watch Mommy ice skate with Aunt Sandy.  Boy, that was funny and scary.  So much so, that Connor slept right through it all.

Connor’s vocabulary has been increasing.  He was saying “Nick” before we even made it to Nick and Sierra’s house on Thursday.  By the time we left their house, he had said “RaRa” (short for Sierra — Nick used to call his sister Sierra this when he was Connor’s age).  He also was saying “Uncle Phil”.  Most of the time it sounded like “apple” but we knew what he was saying because he was pointing in Uncle Phil’s direction.  He is also saying “milk” which comes out like “mork” because he is trying to say “more milk”.

This evening, he surprised us by saying book all on his own.  It was bath time and we were getting ready to take him upstairs and he remembered he wanted his book…the next thing I notice is he is running to the table and says “book” (very clearly) and then picks it up.  That is not one of the words we have been stressing for him to say, so that just goes to show they definitely learn at their own pace.

Connor was sad to go, but one good thing about being home is now we have is undivided attention during meals and can get some food into him.  It seems like when we visit family, he is too distracted or wants to go play…so eating takes a backseat.  Well, when we got home he ate and ate and ate…you would have thought we didn’t feed him this weekend.

We also found out that Connor loves banana bread.  Aunt Sandy made a few loaves of this and Connor ate his fair share of it this weekend.

Happy Thanksgiving!