Fun-filled Weekend

4 Weeks, 1 Day Old

What a great weekend. It started out on Friday night when a bunch of my college girl friends all got together and called me so I got to talk to each one of them! It would have been more fun if I'd gotten to be there in person, but a phone call is the next best thing!

Megan, Jenn & Lara

Saturday morning we made our first family venture up to Avon Lake, where Brian grew up. The primary reason was for me to attend a bridal shower for Lara Toscani (soon to be Lara Weems) that was co-hosted by Megan (Weems) Bondi and her mom. I was so excited to see all these girls and especially glad that one of my Georgia girls was finally going to get to meet Connor! Brian came to the shower with Connor for a few minutes and then whisked him away so we could enjoy our high tea. The shower was absolutely wonderful and Lara even had to pass some Aaron Athletic Trivia before she could marry into the Weems clan. She did an amazing job, only missing 2 (maybe 3 depending on who you ask) questions and got the rest correct! Great job! Of course she had to wear Aaron's #45 Villanova football jersey during the game as well. As I mentioned, the shower was a high tea and we were treated to absolutely wonderful desserts and at least 4 different kinds of amazing teas. I am not a huge tea drinker, but these might have converted me! Anyway, fun times....and this is the longest I've been away from Connor since he's been alive. I think we both did great. I had a wonderful time and Brian and Grandpa Nealon were wonderful babysitters. :)
We headed back to the Nealon's after the shower just in time to relieve Brian and Pat and so they could head to Berea to watch the Baldwin Wallace football game with Jill, Chris and Ed. Scott is now punting for the Yellow Jackets thanks to being "discovered" by one of the coaches when he was just messing around kicking a nerf football last spring! He did really well and the jackets won!

Leslie and I stayed with the tiny one and visited Great Grandma Kronz so she could meet Connor as well as Great Aunt Kathy, Great Uncle John and cousin Becky Nealon. I must say that I am SO PROUD of Connor for being such an angel all day! The only little hiccup that he had was peeing on Kathy (though his outfit), but it gave us an excuse to change his clothes....check out those awesome plaid pants! (thanks Bleve, Jacqueline & Thompson) Connor was very captivated by John. I think it was a combination of him looking similar to Brian as well as his mustache...aka "cookie duster". I took a little video of him smiling at John, but I apologize for how dark it is. The other camera is much better at videos in low light.

John, Kathy & Becky

Erin was out of town on a fun birthday trip...we'll catch her next time!

We got back to the house with about an hour to spare before we got to watch the Dawgs beat Arizona State! I'm glad the game wasn't too too close because we left during the 4th quarter to head back home (about 50 minutes). Connor slept in the car the whole way there and home and was just an absolute trooper the entire day!

Sunday was a good day for cleaning. Yes, we cleaned up the chipmunk crap, Brian did lots of vacuuming and caught up on laundry and Connor's room is clean again. Brian also took Connor all morning and let me sleep....until NOON! (yay) Connor has gotten a lot better in the past few days about being awake, alert, and in one place without getting upset. He still likes to walk, but I think he is starting to be able to soothe himself a little better. I took this little video on Sunday evening after he'd alrealdy been on the mat for a few minutes. He still isn't old enough to really enjoy it, but it was fun to watch him get a little baby workout regardless. Oh, and we think he cooed for the first time on Saturday morning. It has only happened a few times, but it was so cool!

Oh yeah, I took this picture on Friday afternoon while we were walking around in the yard....this is how he sucks his thumb!