April 2015

20.2 pounds

30 1/2 inches

This was the first year that Aurora really anticipated Easter so Easter baskets were extra fun. Both kids had a blast hunting for eggs in the yard. We were planning to dye eggs but they all cracked horribly when I boiled them which has never happened to me before. Next year I will plan ahead and boil them well before Easter.

We have started car shopping! With this new baby on the way Matt and I decided that we need a bigger car. I am pretty sure I can't get three car seats in my current car. Plus it would be so nice to be able to drive another kid with us if we needed to. Unfortunately my car got hit at a baby shower I went to. Perfect timing…

We had our anatomy ultrasound and everything looks great with the little one. As with Aurora and Connor we decided not to find out the sex, but I feel completely sure that we are having a boy… which means the baby is probably a girl ;)

Aurora started swim lessons and tennis lessons. She is taking private swim lessons and they are going great! She tends to get very distracted in group lessons (like tennis!) but with the undivided attention of her instructor she has made great progress.

Sadly we lost Miss Lauren. She decided to take a break from school and get a full time job so she won't  have time for us anymore. It's probably a blessing in disguise because her schedule really hasn't been working for us for some time but I've been holding on just to avoid the annoyance of finding someone new.

-- Connor at 16 months --

Connor is starting to talk quite a bit. Lots of his words sound the same so you have to use context but he can communicate a lot about what he wants. My favorite thing he is saying lately is when he asks about the red balloon in Goodnight Moon. The red balloon isn't in all the room pictures and it drives Connor crazy. He says "Where balloon? Where balloon?!"

This boy loves being outside! He will just stand at the sliding doors and say "side! side!" 

He is also starting to interact with the dogs more, and he is so much more gentle than Aurora was. She isn't much of a dog person even now but he loves them.

He is climbing on everything which usually leads to him falling off everything… I think in one day recently he fell out of the kitchen chairs four times. He has to learn sometime right??

We are in that place where two naps is starting to be too much but one nap is not enough. He is so tired by 9 or 10 that I may start trying to give him a really short morning nap and then an early afternoon one.

He is finally big enough to transition to 12-18 month shoes! We got him a pair that have lions on the toes and he loves them. He calls them "lalas" and wants to wear them all the time.

Connor has become interested in the potty all of the sudden. If anyone goes into the bathroom he follows and wants to get his pants taken off and sit on the potty. I am not quite ready to start potty training him yet but hopefully later this summer.