A Happy Home is Filled with Love and Laughter

Connor is 10 months old

Beej & Chris

Connor is so much fun to have in our family. He is learning to say "all done" and "milk" in sign language. He loves to play with the lego's, cars, be tickled, read books, and anything with Kaylee. The other day Kaylee and Connor were in the bath together and as soon as we took Kaylee out- Connor started crying and wanted out. Kaylee is the same way. When she wakes up from her nap and Connor is still asleep- she says, "Where's Connor" "I want Connor right now" or "I miss him". I love how close they are. Kaylee still steals toys from him or "trades" him toys when I am watching lol so hopefully as he gets older- their relationship will stay as close. ;)

This is from Connor's 9 month Wellness check.
Here are his stats:
Ht: 28.8 inches.............................75%
Wt: 20 lbs 5 ounces......................50%
Head: 18.8 inches.........................95%

They also found that he had an ear infection. The pediatrician said as she does every appointment "He has such a beautiful perfectly round head" I am very grateful he doesn't have any problems with his head but I just think it is funny that she always makes a point to say that.

Connor is always smiling and has so much personality. He started cruising at 9 months and at 10 months was walking. He still only has the two teeth on the bottom but seems to be teething for awhile- so I am assume more will pop up here soon. He will wave every once in awhile but lately the cutest thing he has been doing is "tickling" he squeezes his hands and starts walking towards you when you say "tickle mommy or tickle Kaylee"...it is beyond cute! If I get a video of it I will post it.

Connor's loves to play with the plugs and stick things in them- so he has obtained the nickname "little munchkin".

We sure LOVE our little munchkin'!!

Reckseick Fun

Beej & Chris

The beautiful Reckseick girls (Millie & Emily) came to stay for a few nights while their parents went on a cruise! Amy reckseick is my aunt on my mom's side. She is only a few years older than me so her two youngest are similar in age to Kaylee and Connor- so it was a lot of fun to have them here. In fact Kaylee was in heaven. She followed Emily everywhere she went, and did everything Emily did- and Emily was soo good about it.

I let them go outside and play for a bit (while I watched through the window of course)

When I went to check on them this is what I found.....

Kaylee was still mastering potty training. lol As soon as she needed to go she would pull her pants down and start going to the bathroom- but usually as soon as her pants were down she would pee on the ground or on the carpet or on the floor. ;) Kaylee is still so young so getting to the potty can be a bit tricky sometimes.

Connor and Millie

Emily and Kaylee

Connor and Millie had such a fun time playing together. It was so fun to watch them play

I got on Pinterest and found this neat idea to help entertain the kids while we listened to Conference. I went and bought a few treats and toys from the dollar store and then printed pictures of all of the Apostles and Prophet Monson.

I LOVE love LOVE this picture

When either the Prophet or one of the Apostles came on- the girls would go to the pictures I had layed out and then match it to the speaker...then they would take that picture and match it with the prize that had the same picture.

The kids would then either play with their toy or eat their treat while we listened to that speaker talk. It actually worked our pretty good and afterwards Kaylee loved to match the pictures of the Apostles with the Ensign. Definitely going to do this next year!

Kaylee's Birthday Party

Beej & Chris

My baby girl is 2 years old!!! When did this happen?? Kaylee is my sweet, smart, and spunky little girl. She is so smart and talks like a little grown up. She still loves to read books, color, play lego's, watch shows, and of course play on the I-pod and I-pad.

We started out her birthday with her coming downstairs to balloons everywhere. She loved it!

And so did Connor lol

Love this cheesy smile!

Grandma Tenney of course spoiled Kaylee girl with a fun book that she recorded reading it. Kaylee LOVED it!

We then met some friends at the Kangaroo Zoo here in North Salt Lake

The kids had a blast. Grandma Tenney, Grandma Scott, Desiree, Gavin, Aiden, Amara, Alana all came!

Kaylee then went down for a nap while Grandma Tenney, Grandma Scott, and BJ & I got the house all ready for the party.

I didn't have time to make a cake so I took Kaylee to pick out an Elmo Cake. She loves Elmo.

We made homemade pizza to serve at Kaylee's party. It was fun because Kaylee got to help make it- and it was SOO good. I LOVE homemade pizza!

Grandma Tenney is so fun!

All the delicious pizza!!!

Kaylee got spoiled from all her friends and family and a little from mom and dad ;). It was so cute- when she opened the present that had her helmet in it- I wasn't sure if she understood what it was for. But she quickly put the helmet on and when JC brought the bike in from the garage she ran over to it ready to ride. It is a bigger bike so it will take some time for her to get it- but she is sure excited to learn.

Overall the day was a success. Kaylee talked about her birthday for weeks after. She would say "its my birthday!" over and over again. When BJ brought her the birthday cake to blow out the candles she sang LOUDER than anyone 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY'- it was SO Cute! She LOVED her birthday! Thanks everyone for coming.