New Connor Pics

Photos have been successfully uploaded. I'll start with a few new Connor shots of course!

He loves to go down the slide all by himself.

He's also mastered walking up and down stairs, quite a feat being that we don't have any at home! Here he is at the park. He really concentrates as he goes up and down.

I've mentioned that he helps me put away the stuff in the dishwasher each morning. He's obviously really observant because he puts everything in the correct drawers and cabinets, right down to the lids to our pots and pans that go in the drawer under the stove. The other morning he assembled the lid to our cocktail shaker on his sippy cup and walked around the house shaking it before retreating to his cabinet. Looks like he's seen Andrew and I make some margaritas!

Intently reading one of his favorite books "The Night Before Christmas" aka, Connor's birthday! My Dad caught this one.

My Dad also took this one during his visit. We were on our way back from the Childrens Museum and Connor used his awesome taxi-hailing skills to grab us a ride home. He's so serious!

He's pretty good about making sure that both Puppy and Elmo have something to drink everyday.

Connor eats pretty much exclusively using a regular sized fork and spoon. Of course I closely monitor this process but he uses them almost perfectly and will basically go on a hunger strike if I don't let him have them. He's an extremely independent little guy!

Still Here

Basically, since I suffer from an affliction of taking entirely way too many pictures of my son, there is no more room for new pictures on my computer so I've been unable to upload anything new for a few weeks now. Andrew has promised to help me with this issue so hopefully in another day or two I'll be able to post some new pics. I just think blog updates are nothing without pictures! But I'm still here, and have lots of updates to share including Cinco de Mayo festivities, a cherry blossom wedding at the Brooklyn Botanical garden, a visit from my Dad, Andrew's trip to Pebble Beach, bike riding in Central Park with Connor, a visit from Andrew's Mom and most recently, our trip to Vegas with the Jensens just this past weekend. The below picture is from Andrew's trip to Pebble Beach. That's Clint Eastwood standing next to him- who (in our opinion) is just about one of the greatest actors out there. Andrew said he's very friendly, very laid back, and very tall. Cool picture!

Random Connor photos of the week

Happy baby.

Sleepy baby.

I bought Connor this grocery cart along with a bunch of fake food. This has been a huge hit and has provided endless entertainment. He loves to push his cart around the apartment and pass out food to anyone who will take it (this includes Puppy and Elmo).


What? Is there something on my face?

Gotta keep Puppy healthy and strong.

Connor's newest kiss is to put his hands on either side of your face and plant one on you. Ahhhhh.

Connor's cabinet. An empty cabinet in the kitchen where he likes to sit and while I cook or do the dishes. Sometimes he'll bring books in here to read.

Happy Mother's Day!

A quick shout out to all of the Moms in my life- especially my Mom, my Grandma Alice and Andrew's Mom!

I had a really, really wonderful day with my boys. I was just about to put Connor to bed tonight when I realized we hadn't taken a single picture together on Mother's Day, so we took the above one quickly (Connor was already in his pj's).

I hope all of the Moms reading this had great days today as well!

First Haircut

On Saturday afternoon we took Connor to get his first haircut. I know how cheesy this sounds but I literally woke up Saturday morning with a heavy heart knowing his adorable curls that I loved so much were about to go. But it was time- for several reasons. First, the back had become a bit of a nest that was getting more and more difficult to comb out after a bath. I think there were some weeds growing back there. Second, we had a couple of really hot days last week and I thought it was time for Connor to get a summer 'do. And last but not least, three people in one week told me what a gorgeous daughter I had. That hair had to go!

We took Connor to a kids haircut place called Cozy's where he got to sit in a toy car. Marlene, his "stylist," was so much fun. To say he had a blast would be an unbelievable understatement- he was giggling and grinning ear to ear almost the entire time!
He loved steering the wheel, his cape flying!

"Hmmm Marlene, I'm not sure this style is going to go with the polo shirts my Mom puts me in."

Ok, sit up straight and hold still!



"Hold up Marlene, we talked about this. Not so much off the back please."

All done!

With our newly trimmed tot.

Later, talking to his Great Grandma Alice, "Gram I'm not kidding, they took ALL of my curls!!"


"At least I got a certificate!" Ha!

(Finally) Springtime in NYC

Everything is prettier on Park Avenue and the tulips are no exception! I had to stop to take a picture.


In front of my building. Connor always points them out when we walk by.

Picnic under a cherry tree in Central Park with some Mom friends and their babies.


Always the gracious host, here Connor is passing our drinks (sippy cups and juice boxes).


Another trip to the park for some kickball with Connor.



Connor finally noticing (and then staring) at some half naked old guy sunning himself. Only in NY!

Connor refueling. He loves to drink water right out of those sport water bottles.


I so hope this weather lasts!

Birthday Weekend

I had a wonderful birthday last weekend. Andrew and I went out to dinner on Saturday night for an early celebration. We tried a new Italian restaurant in our hood and it was yummy. On Sunday (actual birthday) Andrew made me a wonderful b-day breakfast (waffles and strawberries- my favorite!) out on the balcony. I snapped a few pictures but didn't realize the camera was set to black and white- oh well.

Afterwards Connor got to work on the clean up as usual- one of his new favorite activities is sweeping off the balcony!

In the afternoon we rented a car and drove out to NJ to have dinner at my Aunt and Uncle's. My Dad drove up from MD, as did my cousins Len and Susan and their little one Zach (who is only a few weeks older than Connor!). My Grandpa Don was there too (who was also celebrating a birthday). It was sooo great to see everyone!
With Susan, Len and Zach.

With Connor's Grandpa and Great-Grandpa!

Zach and Connor must be related- they both still totally dig the stacking cups!!

Zach at work.

Len and Susan gave Connor a toy laptop as a gift which Connor is totally obsessed with!


Zach was into it too!

It was super cute to watch them together since they're both such little men. They kept trying to give each other high 5 (at our urging) which was kind of funny because they would miss each other 9 out of 10 times- wish I had gotten a picture of that!

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes! And a special thank you to Uncle Mark and Aunt Becky for hosting the whole gang!!