The other night I sang into Mommy’s tummy (to Jacob) like I used to sing to Connor.  “Daddy loves Jacob, yes I do.  Daddy loves Jacob, yes I do.”  On the 2nd iteration of the this, I felt something hit me on my face as my face and hands were buried and cupped on Mommy’s tummy.

Wow, that was a powerful kick or “right hook”!

Connor, Mommy, and Daddy can’t wait until you arrive Baby Jacob!

We love you!

I am not sure where he learned this (I think from Grandma) but the other day Connor started saying, “I’m so EXCITED! I’m so EXCITED!”  It’s so cute because it is letting us know how he is truly feeling.  He says it with such enthusiasm!

I’ve heard Grandma say this to him in the past (months ago), so that is where I think he learned it.  It is amazing to watch him learn and say new things.  He says things that he has heard in the past…for example yesterday, he started to sing the song I used to sing to him when he was in Mommy and when he was a baby.  “Daddy loves Connor, yes I do.  Daddy loves Connor, yes I do.”

We met with the doctor who performed Connor’s two surgeries yesterday and have great news!  She says everything is looking great and would like to see him next summer for a follow up.  Connor was a little nervous around her, so I had to help her examine him.  Once it was all done and we put his diaper and shorts back on him, he then gave that “patented Connor smile” as if to say thank you to her.

She smiled and told him that Mommy and Daddy will tell him the story when he is much older.  She also said that “he caused a lot of stress on the three of us”.  (No kidding!)  Anyways, hopefully he has recovered from the surgeries and things will continue as they are.

Connor woke up tugging at his ear today and crying.  After going to the doctor, the sore throat and cold he had last week has settled in his ears (both of them).  He and Mommy are at Target picking up his prescription and should be home soon.

Hope you feel better soon!

Connor and I had a blast at Yorktown Beach last night. We sat on the dock and just looked at the big ships together. We were standing and he turned to me and said, “Sit down.” Then he sat down and we just stared at the “big boat”.

I would run in front of him and snap pictures of him. He posed on a light pole for me as well. All the people sitting and out walking were say how cute he was. We walked by two women in their late 40’s that were watching us and they said he was “so cute”. I said thank you, and then he turned to them and gave them a big smile as if to say, “that’s right!” They started laughing and “oohing and ahhing” over him.

He met a girl there that was 3 yrs old. She was there hanging out with her father (we don’t know them). They ran around for about 5 minutes and then she wanted me to snap a picture of her with Connor, so I did. It was cute to see him interact with her.

We got ice cream. I bought him a childrens small berry sorbet and a adult small cherry Garcia for me (cherries, vanilla ice cream, and chocolate shavings). He quickly realized he liked mine more (had more ice cream and tasted better) and was switched the ice cream with me. “No Daddy. Daddy ice cream.” (then he switched with me).

On the ride home I asked, “Did you have a good time?” He said, “Yes” and then kept repeating something. I didn’t understand what he was saying and then finally realized what he was saying, “Daddy, high five.” So I reached in the back and he gave me a BIG high five as if to say, “Thanks for the great time, Dad!” I love him! Nice to have some “free time” with him.

Here are some pics (click on the one below) from our time at Yorktown beach:

We finished getting Connor’s new room together and last night was the big night.

Here is how it went…

We read a book to Connor and put him to bed.  He says, “Don’t put up the gate.”

Daddy bites and says, “Ok, will you be a big boy and stay in your bed?”

Connor responds, “Yes.”

So, Mommy and I head down to our room and here come the pitter-patter of little feet.

Connor says, “I want a kiss.”

So, we kiss him in the middle of the hallway and send him back to bed.  I hear him walking back to his bed and he gets almost all the way there and I hear him talking to himself and he says, “I want ‘nother kiss.”  Pitter-patter of feet and then we give him a kiss.

We done this before and lost the battle, so I pulled the gate out and put it up in his door frame.  He was not at all happy, so then I climbed over and laid in his bed with him.  I put my arm around him and held him tight.  He then put his arm around me to hold me tight and to make sure I wasn’t going anywhere.  After about 10 minutes, he was nearly asleep.  I started to make my exit by taking his arm off of me…

He turns to me and says (in the cutest and most innocent questioning voice you can imagine), “Where you going?”

Daddy responds, “No where.”

Two minutes later, I try the exit again, this time I slowly slide off the bed.  Again, “Where you going?”

“No where.”

After laying on the floor for about 2 or 3 more minutes I finally leave.  Again, “Where you going?”

“To bed.”

Silence.

He did wake around 2:30am and I settled him down in about a couple of minutes.  Mommy said he slept in his bed until 6:40am today and surprisingly was asking for Daddy when he woke up this morning (he usually asks for Mommy on the weekends).

He now calls his room, “Connor’s room” and calls Jacob’s room (his old room), “Baby Jacob’s room”.

Can it be this easy????

I love you, Connor!

P.S. — Please don’t grow any older!!!!!

I snapped a picture of “the three of them” napping over the weekend.  (Connor was sick at the time with a sore throat.)

We took Connor to Sport Clips in Newport News (where I get my haircut) for his 1st official haircut by a professional. Mommy and Daddy have cut his hair a few times over the past 12 months, so we were looking forward to see what a professional could do.

Unfortunately they were real busy and we had to wait nearly 30 minutes to be seen. Connor was being good but I could see he was getting a little anxious. It was finally his turn, I scooped him up and carried him to the back. On the way back, I grab a lollipop that they have in the basket at the cash register (the key to it all — at least I hoped so). I told the woman that this was the first time someone other than Mommy and Daddy was going to cut his hair. I think she was a little nervous…I am not sure why — he is “perfect”, remember. Maybe she had heard the horror stories on “Hurricane Connor” rumbling through the grandparents’ houses when he was 6-9 months old and didn’t want to be out of eye sight of his parents. Or maybe she just knows how it usually goes for kids…

Anyways…she put a cape on me then Connor sat on my lap and she put a cape on him. Daddy and his boy were going to get a haircut (I actually had mine yesterday). Mommy sat in the chair beside us and watched. The lady asked how we wanted it cut and said, “We want a little boy cut. Just don’t take off too much.”

Connor was now holding his lollipop and try to unwrap it. She began cutting and Connor paid in no mind. She continued to cut and Connor was sucking on his lollipop. She was nearly done and decided to take out the electric clippers…I was a little hesitant about this but didn’t say or show it. She told Connor, “It is going to tickle.” He watched her closely as she moved the weird, mechanical noise closer to his ear. He didn’t move a bit and then started to smile as electric clippers “tickled” him behind his ear. She finished things up and he got down. He gave Daddy a high five and wanted another lollipop (as Daddy had promised).

What a big boy! He was SO GOOD! So, “PERFECT” (just like his Daddy). 😉

Check out the gallery of him getting his haircut.