Happy Birthday Papa!

Papa (my dad) turned 57 today!  Evan was visibly upset when he found out we weren't going to spend the day with him.  He was working most of the day today (since he is a church pastor and a hospice chaplain).  We went up to see him (and Mimi) on Thanksgiving Day though.  He got to take Evan to his first Komet hockey game on Thanksgiving night.  Evan (so I hear) was tickled.  He just loves his Papa.  We watch Berenstain Bears cartoon on Sprout.  There's one episode where one of Brother's friends says, "Your papa is the best."  Evan looked at me and said, "No.  MY papa is the best!"  It was so cute.  My dad has the love as big as two papas for Evan and Reid.  I've never seen him happier than when he's with them.  Happy birthday to the best papa in the world!

Six Months!

Reid turned six months old last Sunday.  We had a temporary loss of our camera-to-computer cord (it got mixed up with our video camera), so these pictures are a little delayed. 

At his six month check up last week, Reid weighed in at 27-3/4 inches and 18 pounds, 9 ounces.  Both are above average for babies his age. 

Reid loves cereal, pureed fruits and vegetables, remote controls, cell phones, anything he can chew on, and his big brother.  He has no interest in sitting up, but he can army crawl to anywhere he wants to go (typically he heads for Evan's Cars [think Lightening McQueen] or railroad tracks).

He jabbers and slobbers like it's going out of style.  He's a happy baby that sleeps most nights all the way through.  We haven't (knock on wood) had any "Evan-style" nights where he wakes up and is ready to play.

Man Time

"Mom, I will have man time with Dad and Reid because we're mans."  Evan Connors

A Chicago Bear and a Football

Evan and Reid were excited about Halloween on Monday.  Evan was Brian Urlacher from the Chicago Bears, and Reid was a football.  Reid went around in the stroller for about an hour, and Evan lasted 90 minutes.  Not bad. 

Evan Trick or Treating!

http://youtu.be/tvlyJcBF0KI