2012

So as you can tell, I haven't been posting to my blog as much as I had anticipated... maybe that should be my New Year's resolution... hhhmmmmmm??

Things have definitely been busy, but we've just been doing the say-to-day things and have sure been staying busy doing it. Richie and I have been doing the gym thing for a bit now, and I must say that it feels good to be working out and getting healthy again. Connor loves the daycare there too, and they love him too... who would have thought!?!? Lol. It is amazing how much personality he has now. Wow, almost 18 months old, where has the time gone? Besides walking around and being curious about EVERYTHING, he has quite the little vocabulary going! I always thought that if I was able to stay home, I would be really into teaching him baby sign language, but he says so many things and understands so much, I feel like for us it is kind of a waste of time. He is pretty good at telling me what he wants or responding to me. However, since one of his new favorite words is "NO", it makes for interestingly funny conversations. You can say anything to him or ask him anything, and "No" is typically the answer. My Mom has told me that this probably wont go away until he is 30... haha, thanks Mom.

Richie recently celebrated his 6-month anniversary with NSTec at the Nevada Test Site. Boy it is nice to have him back to work again, and I know he would agree. He works pretty long hours though, so we really don't see much of him during the week, but that's what makes his 4-day work weeks even better... a 3-day weekend!

I have been doing the "gym thing" now for about a month and a half... well, a little longer, but consistently for about 6 weeks. I have really enjoyed having some "me" time and trying to finally lose some of this baby weight that I have been holding onto for way too long now. We joined a new gym, "24 Hour Fitness", and I like it a lot better than our previous one. I have tried a few classes, Spin, Body Pump, and Zumba... but I have to say that Spin and Body Pump are my favorites... I feel like I actually make myself work out when I go to them.

Like I said, my resolution will be to write on my blog more... we all know I tend to have plenty to say! =)

Connor's Word List as of today:

Mama
Dada
Nana (banana)
Apple
Hi
Bye or Buh-Bye
Dog
Bubble
Boom
Boo
Book
Ball
Whoa
Cool
Oh
Uh-oh
No
Yeah
Shoe
Elmo
Blanky
Duck
Stinky
Poo-Poo
Nose
Eye
Toes
Juice

And his phrases so far:

"what's that?"
"Where did it go?"
"What did you do?"
"Thank you"
"Quack-quack"

And if you ask him what sound a wolf makes.... he'll tell you... "ooooowwwwwwwwww"... lol. He really is too cute. And is such a happy kid! Pictures from the last few months to follow in the next post.