Talking up a storm

Conner talks all day long! He's got a huge vocabulary. 4-6 word sentences. It's crazy. But so fun to hear his expressions.

I put a sticker on his belly this morning. He said " 'ont ike it on belwy"

He always needs to know "where Kywee go?" potty? Room? then "dare she is"

He knows how to tattle tale too. He will run & get me & lead me back to the offender! Its usually Kylie. He will tell if she's hitting, not sharing, playing with the blinds, etc. This past weekend he told on papa for eating a doughnut. Turned out that he really just wanted a couple bites!

His new words today are watermelon & cantaloupe. So adorable!

Kylie has recently started writing her name. Sometimes forwards, sometimes backwards. She can write Conner also. And other words.

Conner can almost spell Kylie because he's heard Kylie spell it as she writes it! He also says random letters when he's coloring!

Let me introduce Kylie & Conner's new cousin, Hunter

Hunter Scott Crawford was born October 6, 2011. He looks just like his mommy!




Conner & Kylie both can't wait to play with him & teach him all kinds of things!

Beautiful fall days

We are trying to enjoy the weather as much as possible before it gets too cold. We've been park hopping lately. Trying to find an easily accessible, awesome park for both kids & friends. Today we visited the Ellendale Park & loved it. It was gorgeous with all the trees & the fall leaves. Conner is obsessed with leaves. As soon as he finds a leaf outside, he has to carry it around. No matter what else he wants to hold or pick up, the leaf stays in his hand. Sometimes, rocks & sticks will do. But if he's fussy in the stroller, hand him a couple leaves!











We are finishing up our Kindermusik semester. Conner really enjoys this time each week. He's a dance-a-holic! I'm not sure that we will do it again because of the age difference. Kylie has a hard time paying attention with all the baby-focused activities & songs. But they both love to dance to the CD's at home.






Conner is a talker. Kylie was always trying to talk but Conner is right there with her if not a little ahead of her talking. He's put together his 1st 2 sentences. #1: poo poo shoo shoo (oh, this one makes a daddy proud!) #2: UHN, DADA (he got mad that Curtis thought teeth brushing time was over, yanked the toothbrush out of Curtis' hands & in doing so, stabbed Curtis in the face with it.) I love new baby's communicating. Conner is cutting a molar & woke up at 4am. I picked him up & was digging around for the orajel & he said "teef" (teeth). So smart :) Then while I was rocking him (which he NEVER lets me do) he sat up & said "baba" So I asked if he wanted milk or water & he signed "milk".

Kylie is full of questions. Usually ones I can't answer. Or my answer isn't good enough for her. For example, "why is she driving a red car?" "Why is it called Rafferty's?" "Did Santa or Jesus make Rafferty's?"

I'm sure I've mentioned this before but I absolutely love watching them play together. Kylie, of course, is the boss but Conner usually plays along great.

Birthday Party

So, it's only 6+ weeks late but here is the birthday party post! We had their party together. I guess we will do this for as long as they let us :) It's chaotic but doing 2 parties a week apart seems a little (or a lot) silly.

Kylie had a blast with her friends. They dressed up & played with all the new toys. Conner became obsessed with balloons.

Dauphin Island

We went to the beach last month. First time for both babies. They LOVED it. It was nice to relax & play with the kids. Conner still wasn't walking but he crawled around in the sand and did great with not putting things in his mouth. He loved finding shells and passing them out to people! Kylie loved building sand castles. Her absolute favorite was just lounging in her tube enjoying the waves.

Yikes, it's been a while!

Um, I'm a little behind! Whoops ;)

Conner started walking about 2 weeks before his birthday. He just kept practicing over & over! Then he practiced turning around. He pivots on one foot. It is adorable to watch. He's getting faster. Of course, now he's trying to gain speed.

He's also adding to his vocabulary. Let's see if I can list his words so far: ma ma, da da, "thithe" (sissy) (he used to try to call her 'yi ye' for Kylie), ball, car, turtle, duck, pup pup, night night, 'yack' for Jack, b nana, 'duece' for juice. He said wawa (water) & papaw this morning. He said good morn & zebra once!

Conner loves animals. His room is jungle themed & he loves pointing to all the animals & having us say what they are. He tries to repeat. It's cute. We were able to take a family trip to the zoo last week. Conner actually noticed the animals this time!

We started Kindermusik at the end of August. Conner LOVES it. I think Kylie is right on the edge of being too old for the class but she still enjoys it.

Kylie also started dance again a few weeks ago. Sometimes after dance we'll have a mommy/Kylie date at Lenny's or McDonald's. It seems so simple to grab dinner on the way home but Kylie thinks it's the most special thing in the world. My heart swells hearing her talk about it or telling Curtis about it when we get home.

We've been spending our days going to the Children's Museum, the zoo, Botanic Gardens Big Backyard, the park, the mall play area. Kylie would go to the Children's Museum everyday if I let her pick. Honestly, I'm totally bored with the place but now that Conner is walking I have a feeling we will be spending quite a bit of time there when it's too cold outside.

Staying busy!

We have been staying busy. The kids started Mother's Day Out 2 weeks ago. Kylie absolutely loves it. They do all kinds of fun stuff each week. This week is water week so they get to play in sprinklers & baby pools. Conner really seems to enjoy it also. He is always laughing & playing when I pick him up. He smiles & "talks" all the way down the hall!

Kylie's fever update: It's been over a month since her surgery. She's eating so much better. She had a low grade fever on the 4th. I gave her Motrin immediately because we were leaving for dance pictures. It never came back. The next week, she had all the other symptoms but no fever! She was complaining of headache, leg aches. She was fighting sleep & all around moody & cranky. But no fever.... Still crossing my fingers for no more fevers.

Dance recital!


Sandals!


Sprinkler Park






See my 2 teefies ?!




Backyard water fun