Busted!

Today while I was busy vacuuming, Connor found my spot where I stack all my maps, brochures, phone books, and other junk. He was pretty quiet so I peeked over the back of the couch with my camera and caught him in the act. As soon as he saw me looking he took off the other way as fast as he could crawl. The little stinker. Standing looking into his toy bin.

Playing with toys

Connor turns 11 months old

Connor turned 11 months old this past Saturday, the 22nd. We were up at at Grandpa Wicklund's, so instead of his usual monthly picture in our big blue recliner, we are trying out Grandpa's burgundy recliner. These 11 months sure seemed to fly by.

He discovered his tongue

This past week, Connor must have realized that he has a tongue. He crawls around now with his tongue out sometimes. He will poke at it, feel it, etc. Kinda funny.

Miscellaneous pics

Dave and Janelle's daughter, Megan, feeding Connor his milk

Connor with some of the "pretties" from his Grandma Wicklund's funeral

Wiped out. Mark with Connor after the funeral.
Connor with his cousin, Ethan. My sisters and my Mom all came for the funeral. Here we tried to get Connor to hold his new cousin, Ethan, who is around 2 1/2 months old.

Mark's birthday

We are back. Not sure where to start. We've been on the go a lot the last two weeks. Last week we spent most of the week staying up in Wadena. Mark's Mom's visitation and funeral was last Monday/Tuesday. We came home this past Saturday. I went thru some of my pictures from the past two weeks....so here we go.

Mark's birthday was on Friday, Nov. 14th....yes the same day that his Mom passed away. We were all down in St. Cloud at the hospital and had been staying at Mark's brother, Adam and wife Becky's in Sartell while we were there. On the way back to their house that night from the hospital, Becky and Ali stopped and picked Mark up a birthday cake. After all, it was still his birthday. So before we all went home we had birthday cake and ice cream.

Sad News

Sad news to post. Mark's Mom, Shirley, passed away today....well since I'm posting this at about 2:00AM on Saturday....it was actually Friday afternoon then. Shock to us all. She hadn't been sick. She did have some issues with her heart, but nothing lately. We went and stayed last weekend at Mark's parents house all weekend for deer hunting and she seemed to be her same self. This past Wednesday morning she collapsed at home. Mark's Dad was there and called 911 and the ambulance came and brought her to the Wadena hospital. She was only there a few minutes and they transferred her to the hospital in St Cloud. This is where we have been the past several days since Wednesday. She passed away on Friday about 5pm. We are home now, but will have lots going on in the next few days. I was going thru my photos quick yet tonight and putting some together on a CD to get printed. Here are a few recent (within the past year) ones that I found. She was loved dearly and will be greatly missed.

Shirley with Connor in the hospital Mark, his Mom, his Grandma, and Connor

Mark and I and Connor with Mark's parentsAt Connor's baptism Shirley's birthday

Connor and Grandma Connor and Grandma in their new house that was still being built

Connor and I went to the State Fair with Mark's folks in August.

We had a fun day.

Not a little baby anymore

Last week one day I had Connor try on his hat that he wore in the hospital when he was born. He's grown just a tad. :) Almost likes he saying, "Are you serious, Mom?" Check out the little video clip.

Riding 4-Wheeler

While Mark helped with the farming, Crystal and I took Connor to the park in Okabena and rode 4-wheeler. He liked riding and didn't want to get off when we were done.

Weekend Farmer

Mark helped my Dad and Uncle combine corn, hauling loads, etc. this past weekend. He even talked my Dad into letting him run the combine a few times. That doesn't happen very often. Connor and I rode a round with him and took a couple pictures.

Halloween

For Halloween, we went down to my parent's house by Okabena for the weekend. Connor and I went to a few houses in town and then to Crystal and Brent's. Crystal and I took him to the legion hall where they had a costume judging contest. Since they didn't have many kids in his age group, all the kids won first prize. He won $3! Then we went to Great Grandma's and to Marsha and Verl's (my aunt and uncle). His pumpkin was full by the end of the night.

Playing in the leaves

Last week on one of those nice weather days, we played outside in the leaves. Connor loves to be outside and this may be one of the last times to play in the leaves this year.