Halloween Weekend

during our search for the perfect pumpkin at the pumpkin patch

very cute Lion :)  Aunt Alison and Aunt Michelle picked a good costume!

doesn't look very scary to me! :)

going places, the costume didn't stop him!

trick-or-treating with his cousins at Great Grandma Ritter's house

celebrating Michael Hoffman's eleventh birthday!

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Ligato

Men in Plaid.

We spent this past weekend in Pittsburgh visiting with family and celebrating Brian and Alyssa's wedding.  We had lots of fun and Connor did a great job traveling!

Connor boy went to the doctor's this morning - he weighed in at 18 pounds, and is 28.25 inches long.  That makes him in the 10th percentile for weight, and the 45 percentile for height. :)

Nine Months

So the last week of being eight months was one big party! 

It started with a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Hoffman who stayed for the weekend.

eating cereal with Grandpa

playing with Grandma and Daisy at the birthday party

Daisy turned one! :)  See her as a newborn here

family photo!

Connor also got to visit with Great-Grandma Barton and Great-Aunt Nancy on Thursday night.  They were traveling home from VA and swung by on the way! :)

more family photos!

Connor is now nine months old.  We go to the doctor's on Halloween... so we'll see how big he is then!  

For now, enjoy these hilarious photos...

here, let me help you with that Mom...

Can I get any closer!?!

this cracks me up!

SOOOOOO BIG!

Mohawk in the bathtub :)

Connor William ~ We Love You!!

Go, Go, Go

My life will never be the same.

I thought it had changed enough already...  but now he moves.  

Hold on folks... it's going to be a wild ride!!!

"Snuggle Buggle"

so... what seems like a long time ago (but really, it isn't) Connor was swaddled in a blanket to sleep.  He loved it - especially rubbing his face on the softness of the blanket, he would turn his face so that he could feel it on his nose. :)

February

February

He has long outgrown the swaddle for sleeping.

Recently, with the cold weather arriving, I have put a blanket down on the changing table.  

(because I guess I feel like that makes it warmer???) 

Connor has rediscovered his love of soft blankets on his face... 

I happily 'swaddle' him on the changing table and refer to him as my Snuggle Buggle.  

I know they aren't real words.  

But he loves it anyway!

Treasure

Hmmm... what is this?.

What do you think Mom?  Pretty cool huh?

It opens and closes!  Watch!

And like everything else... I'm going to taste it.  Just to be sure I like it!

Photo "dump" ~ leaves and Mr. Cool

Bill raked the leaves from our front tree into a pile so we could take some pictures!  

Here are the results of "playing" in the leaves...

The sunglasses from Aunt Michelle fit much better these days - and Connor actually leaves them on his face!  Yippee! :)

I see you...

"Who you looking at?"

Cold Snap

what do you do when it gets cold outside?  

Here at the Hoffman house, we've been hanging out in the basement... with the space heater on in the background  reading books and playing with toys.

Cinnamon has started sporting her sweater.  She snuggled up with Connor and I on the couch for some extra warmth - she even let Connor play with her ear...

In a last minute photo shoot with Daisy - we remembered the warm summer days... turns out that Connor and Daisy have 'matching' outfits!  The Patterson's were up to our house for dinner on Sunday so we took the opportunity to get a picture of the kiddos ~ because next time it's warm out, these outfits might not fit!! ;)