Connor's Birthday!

I'm going out of order here, but I felt like blogging about this right now.  I can't believe how big Connor is.  It's like since he turned one a couple weeks ago, he is all of a sudden growing up in major ways.  His little personality is coming out so much more and he is exerting his will in ways he didn't before.  So fun! Right...but he is just a dollface and we love him to pieces.  

Jeremy took these pictures on his birthday morning.  

He is a little ham and I love it!  He is getting the best facial expressions and it's really adorable.  He nods and shakes his head at random times and I of course think it's the cutest think ever.  He is very vocal and in to sounds.  He loves music and loves to dance and I'm certain he'll be my singer.  Woohoo!  He just barely started saying "Uh-oh" which makes me die of cute overload everytime.  He won't say it on command, only when he drops something.  He knows what's up.

I made banana cupcakes for the little guy because he loves bananas above all other foods.  He will down an entire banana in about 90 seconds.  He looks like a monkey when he chews it and I always think he'll gag, but amazingly he manages to get it down.  (I try to break it into small pieces, but he'll just shove a ton of them in his mouth at once anyway, so either way it ends up all in there).

Here he is with his loot...none of which were from his parents.  Oops.  But grandparents are great! (and friends!) Thank you!

Unfortunately he was pretty pooped when it came time for cake.  Jeremy's bus was late so dinner was late and then presents and by the time we tried to give him his first bite of cake he was rubbing his eyes in exhaustion.  Poor little fella.

But Eli enjoyed the cupcakes!  Which is actually a first for him - he's weird about certain sweets.

So I tried again a few days later and he had a much better experience.

Oh, I should have moved these but here is a video of the boys dancing to the fun CD my mom got him.

We sure love our Connor!  This year has flown by and I have a strange inkling that the next will be even faster.  It's so fun to watch these little boys grow.  They are finally starting to play together in short bursts and it gives me hope for the future!  I know they'll be best buds.  Especially when Connor starts to understand a little more (and Eli stop being such a control freak...hehe). They really are wonderful though and I'm so grateful to have boys!