Visit with the Brunsmans

On Saturday we went to visit the Brunsmans for dinner. Andrea's cousin Jessica recently had a baby boy named Langston. Jessica's husband Brandon cooked us lasagna and for dessert we had fancy cupcakes. Connor usually is a little picky, but he was super hungry and we decided that we wouldn't take anything different for him to eat. He really liked the lasagna and unsurprisingly he loved the cupcakes too.

Brandon's a soccer player and Connor loved kicking around a beach ball with "Mr. Brandon".



We didn't stay too late since we all like to try and get as much sleep as possible on the weekends, but it was a nice visit and fun to share baby stories.

4th of July

For the 4th of July we went to Odessa to eat some BBQ and shoot some fireworks. Drew, Allison, Connor, Grandpa and Daddy went to the fireworks store in town and picked out some fireworks. Drew and Allison really tried to get Connor involved in picking them out but Connor didn't really understand what the fireworks were. He picked out one aircraft carrier and was excited about his new "toy". We were expecting he'd be pretty heartbroken when it exploded.

Two month checkup

Poor Paige had her painful 2 month checkup today. Her checkup went very well, she was almost perfectly average. Not too big, not too small, just right! It must be due to the superior parenting skills of Andrea and Shawn, we will humbly take full credit.

Paige's stats:
22 1/2" 50th percentile for length
10 lbs 11 oz 55th percentile for weight
15" head circumference 50th percentile

She got a little delicious vaccine orally that was sweet and tasty, and then she got three shots. The first was in her left leg and the moment the needle went in she startled and then screamed. She was pretty unhappy about it but didn't cry for very long. When the second one went in she flinched hard and let out a little squeal that broke our hearts before she started screaming so hard her voice cut out. By the time the third shot went in, she was inconsolable. It took her a long time to settle down. Very traumatizing for our little girl.

Bumbo time!

Paige has a super strong neck for an infant. She's always been able to haul that heavy noggin around pretty easily and we decided to try her in the bumbo chair this last week. She did a great job with it and seemed to really like sitting up straight like a real human does.

Connor couldn't help but get in on the fun... You're a little too big for the bumbo chair big boy!

Odessa Fun

After Allison's recital, Ga and Grandpa Garry took Connor and Drew to Odessa for some fun with the Grandparents for two nights. They went fishing, swimming, and went to McDonalds. They were spoiled rotten and played until they were exhausted. It was nice to do fun guy stuff with the two grandsons.

Allison's dance recital

Allison had her first dance recital last weekend with her new dance group. We were very impressed with how well all the girls did and the improvement over the last studio. Allison was in five dances and did an amazing job.

As always, Connor LOVED to watch the whole show. He sat quietly and watched every single dance.





All the cousins got together for a quick picture afterwards.

Connor and Paige

Connor loves his little sister and was good about posing with her in this picture. He even let her lean right up on him! Watch out for cooties big boy!