Bones

Notice the bear and the bone. We're getting so many comfort objects that you're running out of hands! This is when we were leaving the dentist. "CHEESE!"

Dear Connor,
You are obsessed with bones. Specifically Spike's Bone. It has become your new comfort object. You take that bone with you everywhere. You even took it into the bath last night. Every now and then Hunter gets his hands on it and you panic. We have to let him play with it too, so Grammy went on Amazon and bought a spare Spike bone so that you could each have your own. It should be here any day. It can't get here soon enough. You won't go to bed without your bone, you won't get in the car without your bone, you won't even eat dinner without your bone. When we go to Grammy's house you get the bones out of the dog bag. Those bones smell like dog treats so as soon as you fall asleep I steal it and give it to Missy.
When you were about six months old I wanted you to carry a little green bear around with you. Hunter had a matching blue one. I thought it would be the perfect comfort object instead of the random toys that you were trying to haul around with us. You never would take the bear. NOW you take the bear everywhere we go along with Spike's bone. You even chose the green one. It's so stinkin' cute to see you carrying your bear around. The bone confuses people, the bear is cute! =0)
You are the sweetest child. You always give Mommy and Kaylee random kisses. You'll just walk over and kiss me or when we're snuggling in bed you'll sit up really quick to kiss my cheek. I love it.
You love your Daddy a lot right now. Every Monday morning when Daddy goes back to work I hear, "Daddy at? Daddy at?" all day long. The minute he comes home you want him to play with you. The other night you didn't get to play with Daddy much and so you woke up at 5am to play with him while he was getting ready for work! Mommy was not thrilled, but what can I do?
Your starting to learn more words than I can count and do a pretty good job of using sentences. We have you repeat after us a lot to help you out, but you've made so much progress lately!
You still love Buzz. If I put on your Buzz pajama's you won't take them off until bath time. That has made going to the store very interesting lately!
We went to the dentist the other day. You are cavity free! You cried the whole time, but as we were leaving I asked you to take a picture. With tears still drying on your face you turned to the camera and said, "CHEESE!"
I love you so much! Thank you for the random kisses and for being so sweet.
Mommy

I just keep finding funny pictures tonight!

It takes a long time to figure out that not everything goes in your mouth!

Random Pictures I wanted to Share!

 Kaylee talking to her "friends"

I haven't been down a slide in a LONG time.

Connor showing off his new "BUZZ" pajamas, Hunter stripping in the background to put on his new pajamas. They never made it on... he was too excited that he was naked.

 Connor and Hunter helping Mommy make "dirt". You'll notice Spike's bone on the counter. That's Connor's new comfort object (read tomorrow's letter!) and one of Kaylee's headbands around Connor's neck.

I know...Mean Mommy. She's so stinkin' cute when she cries though. Besides.... she was overreacting- it had only been an hour since her last meal!

I run so fast!

 Watching Buzz Lightyear!

 "I RUN SO FAST!"

You love your Uncle!

Dear Hunter,
The words that come out of your mouth crack me up! You've been talking so much. Daddy has taught you how to say I don't like that and you say it all the time. Except you say, " I no like, I no like!"
Whenever you get hurt I always ask you if you're ok. Lately whenever you run into something or fall down you say, "K?" and you repeat it until I ask you if you're ok. I was so annoyed the other day during your nap time because I was trying to snuggle you to sleep and you were trying to stall. You kept kicking the wall and then saying, "K?"
You love Uncle Wade. The way you say his name is so cute. Uncle Wade always says," Bye Dude." You always say it back to him and that's adorable too!
You barely eat enough to keep a bird alive. You like hot dogs lately and you love to eat "bars" which are cereal bars. You also love cheese. We go through cheese sticks and bars like crazy around here!
Today we went to the dentist. You were very brave. You only cried when the dentist was actually looking at your teeth. You were very excited to pick a toy and you insisted that you carry your toy and your bag of dental care supplies yourself to the car.
I took you to the park yesterday. Uncle Wade came with us. We were watching you run in circles and every time you ran by me you would yell, " I RUN SO FAST!" I laughed so hard. I guess you get that from me because whenever you run around the house I tell you how fast you run. You bring me so much joy and happiness. I love you sweet boy.
Mommy

You're so pretty!

Dear Kaylee,
You're growing so fast! You are already in your six month clothes. Your rolls are beginning to have rolls! You are so stinkin' cute it isn't funny. You smile constantly now. You even try to stall bedtime by smiling and giggling at me. We'll be talking to each other and then you'll just pass out asleep. You still think you're starving all the time. Sometimes we tell you it's not time to eat and you have to wait, but you always win! You love your baths and love it even more when I rub lotion into your feet. You tolerate tummy time. Finally you've started swinging your arms intentionally at your toys! Daddy always tells you how pretty you are and you love it. You smile every time he says it! Daddy insisted we put you in the johnny jumper tonight even though Mommy said you were too little. You loved it. Daddy was right. You smile when the boys give you kisses now and you try your hardest to watch them run around the house. Sometimes you can't move your head fast enough though. You've been sleeping solid through the night this week. We've been giving you an 8 ounce bottle at 7:30 and you sleep until about 6 in the morning. I snuggle you as late into the evening as I can (you're laying on me right now), but I have to admit it feels good for Mommy to be able to lay in her bed for six hours at a time! I love you so much! You're so pretty!
Mommy

Look how high you can hold that head!

I still love that little butt!

Grammy woke you up, you were not happy!

Grandpa Steve loves you so much!

Obsessed with Food

Dear Hunter,
You've always been my one and only child that is not totally obsessed with food. Connor was born with a strong urgency to eat...constantly. Kaylee seemed to follow in Connor's footsteps, but you... you were different. When you were first born I had to wake you up every four hours and feed you. Sometimes you would wake up on your own, but you would never cry. You would just lay there awake until I came with the bottle. You've always eaten well, you just never seem to obsessed with it. Until yesterday.

We have pretty much the same routine every morning. We wake up. You both get a sippy cup of juice and a bowl of dry cereal. We put in a movie and Mommy takes care of Kaylee. Then when all has settled down I make you a real breakfast. Yesterday I made blueberry muffins. You also really like cereal bars so I split one between you and Connor. I told you it was time for breakfast and to come to the table to eat. You did. As you climbed into your chair and saw your muffin and cereal bar your eyes got big. Then you said it. The phrase that is etched into my mind and constantly making me giggle and roll my eyes at the same time.

Hunter: " OH Connor! Food!"

You said it so dramatically too! You said it like you've never had a meal in your life. It really makes me worried about taking you into public. If the wrong person heard one of your dramatic sayings... Although they would just need to take one look at you to know that you are loved and well fed!
I love you. I love you. I love you.
Mommy

Enjoying a bottle. You always tried to hold it on your own from a really young age.

You weren't sure if you like solid food!

I don't even know what you're eating right here...

Olive Garden... yummy!

All Done!

Jesus Loves Me

Dear Hunter,
You've been adorable lately. You like to sing. You like to sing very loud! You're favorite song is Jesus Loves Me. You know almost all the words already. You've also been very snuggly lately. You can say your "S" now so it's not longer "nuggle", but "snuggle". You really like to play with Play-Doh. You've been using all the cutting toys to cut the Play-Doh up into millions of little pieces for me to find all over the kitchen! You love Uncle Wade lately. Yesterday you asked me all day, "Uncle Wade here?" We finally called him and you quit asking me after you got to talk to him on the phone. You talk all day long. Some of it I understand, some of it I don't. I love it when you call for Connor.
Hunter: "Connow, come hewe! Connow!"
Connor: "Yeah"
Hunter: "Come hewe!"
You love your brother lots. You love your sister too. You try to play with her all day, but you are so rough I have to watch you close. You really want to show me that she has eyes which has led to some very close calls.
I love you buddy!
Mommy

You crack yourself up all the time. I love how you think you are so funny!