magnets

magnets on the dishwasher - a popular before dinner activity for Connor. :)

3 months

I've made it to the end of the third month - 13 weeks,

which is also the end of the first trimester! :)

Baby Hoffman

profile of the head, little foot sticking up on the right

waving :)

close up profile of the head and body

Baby Hoffman at 12 weeks- 11.13.13

The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.
Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.

Today is actually week 13 - but we had the ultrasound last week, so I'll post a 3 month belly picture over the weekend. :)

morning cereal

apparently Kix must be a little tart.

or maybe that was the orange juice.

Connor's only child status is set to expire in May - when baby #2 is expected to arrive! :)

Halloween!

Halloween part one - visitors this past weekend for trick or treat in the park

magic foam animals from Uncle Paul and Aunt Sandy!

Roley, Cinderella, and Belle

Roley and Bob the Builder

The loot! :)

Halloween part two - carved his pumpkin tonight!

(yes, he has a huge bump/bruise/scrape on his head.  He will tell you it's because he bumped it.  On the concrete driveway, after he was running and tripped.  Boy oh Boy....)

October so far...

Mawna came to visit and brought a new flashlight!

our friends had their baby!  Welcome to the world Asher!

Connor had some playing in the leaves time on Friday

busy busy...

Been a little... a lot busy... I can't believe it's been so long since I posted pictures! 

I'll get on that soon... maybe tonight?

Scissoring

he opens and closes his mouth when the scissors open and close!

also, I love that the problem solving at the end resulted  in just ripping the paper...

*I know these are pointy scissors, we couldn't find the kid-friendly ones, but he wanted to cut...*

tomatoes... tomatoes... tomatoes

after Bill picked 40 pounds of tomatoes in one day...

we knew we needed to find some good uses for them.

loads of spaghetti sauce,

pizza sauce,

and some salsa

maybe more salsa in our future.

God has blessed us this year with a very abundant garden! :)

Chatty Connor

oh you know... just an afternoon chat with the cousins.

And I let him hold the phone!  This is big stuff!

This one with April talking cracks me up ...

She says something about "and we don't get a cookie" and I just laugh every time!

First day Pictures

This is Connor's second year going to school - and he loves it! :)

back to school

sunny days...

working on writing his name. :)

We went back to school last week - sweet summer time is gone and we're back into our school routine...

I'll post the first day picture soon. :)

look alikes

Bill's Montana trip

First day of the hike - after driving round the clock to Montana

views while hiking

"camp" for the night

hiking, hiking, hiking

wildlife wasn't too skiddish

baby bear print

Made it to the "Chinese wall" in the Bob Marshall wilderness

last day of the hike

swung by Glacier National Park

also stopped at Mt. Rushmore!

Bill enjoyed his time away!

We were happy to have him back! 
Connor was confused by the beard that had grown for two weeks!