Connor makes a trip to NJ for “Uncle” Bucky’s surprise 40th birthday party

March 21st, 2010 by Donnie

Grandma, Uncle Danny, Daddy, and Connor all made the long ride up to New Jersey for Bucky’s (Daddy’s cousin) 40th birthday party. Mommy stayed home so she could rest, spend time with her Mom, and relax.

Connor was “attached” to Daddy’s hip all weekend. I couldn’t even go to the bathroom without Connor whining and crying for Daddy. All weekend it was “Hold Daddy”, “Daddy leg”, “Daddy”. Even “Grandma’s magic” didn’t work this weekend.

Here he is taking a nap with Daddy for 2 hours on Saturday…

Connor was so much out of his normal routine and didn’t recognize a lot of the faces around him that he wanted to be with Daddy the entire weekend. He had a great time with Jack and Callie. Jack (his 2nd cousin) is 5 years old and he and Jack had a blast. So much so that as Daddy, Connor, and Jack were walking to the beach Saturday night to look at the moon and the waves Jack asked, “Will Connor love me forever?” And I responded, “Of course so! Connor will love you FOREVER!” Jack was so good with him! Callie was great too. She played the big sister role and tried to hold and comfort Connor at times.

Connor hardly ate a thing all weekend and what he did eat was not nutritious at all. He did drink a lot of milk, so I was hoping that would keep his calorie intake high enough. Even on the ride home this afternoon, he didn’t want to eat much. We stopped at McDonald’s and got the old standby of French Fries, but he didn’t eat much of them.

Well after arriving home, he was still clinging to Daddy for the first couple of hours. Then it was dinner time and Mommy made us spaghetti. I didn’t expect him to eat and he was fussing as Mommy put dinner out. I told Mommy to leave him alone and not to worry about it. He asked, “Hold Daddy?” What he means is, “Daddy will you hold me?” I said no and then he went to his booster seat. We sat him at the table and the next 20 minutes made up for his “fasting” in NJ. Spaghetti, shredded cheese, and lots of pepperoni!

This picture says it all!!!