Road Trip!!!

Mom, Dad & Connor as we prepare to leave for our first road trip.

Mom did most of the driving . . .

Dad rode shotgun part of the time . . .

Krissy & Wes - our gracious hosts

Kevin & I at the Farmer's Market in Charleston, SC

Buddy & Chloe went to stay with Monica's Grandma.

Connor just chillin' before we leave for the trip.

Are we there yet??

Aunt Krissy & Connor - he loves to check out your hands!

Aunt Krissy, Uncle Wes & Connor had a great time together.

Uncle Wes and Connor having fun.

Cousin Calvin got a pony ride while Dad, Brian, walked with him.

Cousin Kayliegh also had a pony ride. Doesn't it look like fun???

Aunt Krissy, Cousin Calvin and his Mom, Karen (Kevin's cousin).

Kayleigh taking care of Connor - she has great maternal instincts!!

Aunt Krissy and Connor, hanging out.

Blitzen - Aunt Krissy and Uncle Wes's dog.

LENNY!! Krissy & Wes were dogsitting him for some friends.

On the left is Sandy and the right is Cubby - Karen, Brian, Kayleigh & Calvin's dogs.

Connor loves to play with this apple (and put it in his mouth of course) while in the Bumbo.

Cousin Kayleigh hanging out with Connor in the bumbo chair.

Kevin with Kayleigh - isn't she just so sweet??

Me & Calvin and Kayleigh & Connor watching TV.

Well, we took our very first road trip with Connor. We went down to Charleston, SC to visit Kevin's sister Krissy and her husband Wes for the weekend. It could not have gone better! Connor was great on the car ride there and back (about a four hour drive). We did have to stop to feed him once on the way there and once on the way back, but he happily got back into his car seat and on we went. We had a great time visiting with Krissy and Wes and also with Kevin's cousin Karen and her family - Brian (husband), Kayleigh (their 4 year old daughter) and Calvin (their 2 year old son). They are so adorable - as you can see from the pictures!

Thanks to Krissy and Wes for inviting us and to Karen and Brian for having us over for a cookout. We had a great time and can't wait to see all of you again soon!

Other than our road trip, not much else going on here. We're just enjoying watching Connor grow. It is so exciting to see him develop! The other night we heard him on the baby monitor in the middle of the night and Kevin went to check on him & he was trying his best to roll from his back to his tummy and was trying to grab onto the bumper of the crib to help him roll over. We're not ready for that quite yet! He sleeps in a sleep positioner which is supposed to help keep him from rolling over, but this little guy uses his feet to scoot himself further up in the crib towards the uppermost corner - and out of that positioner! He can roll from his tummy to his back pretty easily (when he wants to) but not yet from his back to his tummy.

He has also really taken to holding his toys or if you lay him on his tummy, he now reaches out with his hands to grab something in front of him. He holds on to everything now - your shirt, hair, ear - whatever he can find. We went to AC Moore yesterday to pick up some stuff and he was in the Baby Bjorn - facing outwards and when I went to pay you use those little pens at the credit card machine to enter your PIN number and he grabbed the pen! That caused me to enter too many numbers for the PIN and we had to try again. He's so much fun!!

He is also babbling away. I think he likes to hear the sound of his own voice! He just goes ahhhhhh ahhhhhh ahhhhhh ahhhhhh A WHOLE LOT now. He wasn't much of a coo-er so we are surprised he is doing all this noise making. :)

The therapist said that from about 4 to 8 months it is like something new happens every week and I think she is right. We'll get some more pics and videos up soon to show any other new developments he has made. Hope everyone has a great week!