The Britt Family: October 2011

After a long hiatus from our blog, I thought I would post a few updates on everything Connor is doing and getting into! :)

- His word list consists of: hot, Ashley, MAMA (finally), Daddy, Meme, ball, shoes, cheese, outside, tree..I'm sure there are some I'm missing.
- He no longer listens to the word 'no'...which has given us a whole new set of challenges. It's hard to give an effective time out to a 1 year old. I don't feel like he comprehends why we are doing it. And, the only thing we can think to do for a time out is to make him sit on our laps. There is no way he's going to sit without us making him sit.
- He still eats any and everything! He eats a ton! He's doing great at communicating when he's hungry. He will go to the refrigerator or to his high chair if he wants a snack.
- I think he weighs around 23 1/2 lbs. He hasn't been at the doc since August, but when I step on the scale with him, he's coming in at around that weight.
- He's slowly but surely growing out of his 12 month pants. I thought he'd be in them forever. He has a tiny heiny (except when wearing a cloth diaper)!
- He wants to be outside and will throw fits if he wants to go out and we cannot take him out at that moment. He will even bring us his shoes, as well as our own! ha ha.
- That brings me to tantrums... he's starting to throw tantrums...ekk!
- He is starting to show some separation anxiety, even when we just walk out of the room in our own house. When Connor and I are alone throughout the week, he's attached to my hip, but on weekends he will not let Ryan out of his sight. I definitely take a backseat. Poor Ryan can barely get anything done on the weekends!
- We finally left Connor with one of our neighbors last week so we could grab dinner. It's always hard to leave him with someone new, but he had a blast. Colleen, our 10 year old neighbor, watched him along with her parents.

We got home from a visit to PA a little over a week ago and it was packed full with seeing friends & family. We had a surprise 60th birthday for my mom the first day we were home and were able to see a bunch of family at once at that get together. Connor got to visit with all of his grandparents; we spent time with my brother, sister, and nieces; we got to visit with two new babies and their parents: babies Hannah & Ella; we spent time with some of Ryan's extended family: Ed, Vickie, Jackie, Lyman, & Ann; and we also got some time in with my good friends Liz, Jenna, & Chrissy! I would say it was a pretty successful trip home!

Connor's Pappy Britt & Great Gram Britt are coming for a visit on Wednesday. We have plans to go to a Penn State game in Evanston, IL this weekend. I know Ryan is excited to take Connor to his first PSU game, but I'm a little nervous about the cooler weather.

Well, that's all for now!