Pumpkin Picking at Lineberger Farm

While visiting family and celebrating Neil's birthday in Gastonia, Dee had the idea of heading out to Lineberger Farm to go pick pumpkins. It was such a beautiful day and we had the afternoon free, so we all packed up the kids and headed out. We rode a hayride and picked out our pumpkins. They also had a couple of play areas that we enjoyed. Connor had a lot of fun picking out pumpkins and roaming around outside. He and Max (his 4th-cousin, we think) had a lot of fun chasing each other around. Below are some pictures we took.

Max and Connor hugging... so sweet

Playing in a sandbox filled with corn... love his big blue eyes

Sliding down a tube slide

Going on a hayride

I don't think Maddie liked it interfering with her napping

Finding some good pumpkins to pick

Love my little family

Our beautiful pumpkins

Did you know that pumpkins can be baseball bats too? ;)

Well, at least Casey was ready for this picture

All of the White men at the patch

Connor is 18 months old

I cannot believe that my little boy is already 18 months old. He has become quite the little boy!! He is a whole 23lbs 15oz (47th percentile) and is 32 1/2 inches tall (53rd percentile). He has grown so much from 8lbs 2oz and 21 inches it's amazing.

He still wears size 4 diapers and I don't see that changing any time soon. He's still able to wear his 9 month shorts but I've been putting some 18 months on him for the length. He truly needs a belt with these shorts, so I've been on the hunt for one. He can still wear some 12 month shirts, but he's mostly wearing 18 month shirts. He will be wearing 18 month pants this fall and probably early winter. They're pretty long on him and they gap a bit in the waist, but 12 month pants are too short. He still wears his size 5 shoes, and I'm sure they won't last much longer.

Nothing has changed in the sleeping and eating departments. Still sleeps well and eats pretty well. He still loves his fruit snacks. He loves to feed himself yogurt and applesauce. It gets pretty messy, but he enjoys it and it's something to do while we finish up eating. He loves his milk and water, but does not like juice of any kind. He had the stomach bug a few weeks ago so I bought some pedialite for him, and he did not like it at all. I've also tried apple juice and even watered down lemonade. So, we are sticking to milk and water, which is not a bad thing.

He has picked it up with talking. He will try to say anything you tell him... except his name! He will not try to say Connor at all. Why did I have to pick such a hard name?!? He has a new favorite word and it is football. It sounds a lot like "butt-baa" but he knows what it is and asks to watch it constantly. He is beginning to string words together. Some phrases he says are "more milk please," "down please," and "thank you." He now says "I love you!" It is the sweetest thing in the entire world. One day in the car, he said "Mama, I-wuh-you" and fell asleep. I'll admit I teared up a bit because it was the sweetest thing out of his mouth. He doesn't say it often, but he has told Cameron, Mimi, and Abbey that he loves them, and he says it at the most needing times. I could listen to it all day long. After his appointment today, I was told that his verbal skills are that of a 2 1/2 year old. He knows well more than 20 words and can string up to 4 words together.

He has now discovered how to swing a baseball bat (that's another thing he says "bay-ba baa"). A baseball bat can be all sorts of things: dog toys, drinking straws, kitchen tongs, hangers, etc. He is his daddy's boy. He loves to throw balls, catch balls, and now hit balls. I also swear he hiked a ball like a football and ran with it into the other room, so maybe he's picking up on some football too. Connor also likes to wrestle with his dada. He cracks up when Cameron lies down on the floor so he can "get him." He's full of personality and we love him more and more each day.

Here are some pictures I've taken with my phone. They aren't the best quality but he isn't as cooperative these days with taking pictures.

He loves to play "hide and seek"

Loving his baby sister

Meal time is so much fun with this guy