Rub a Dub Dub Dub

Fun in the tub!

Caroline's Daddy is always hilarious, but there's nothing more fun than splish splashing in the bath!

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Caroline's Eighth Month

Caroline's 8th month brought her first St. Patrick's Day and first Easter, and tons of fun and learning (for all!).

Like many before us, mom and dad are learning that all the "brain developing", colorful, toys we have are no match for water bottles, remote controls, and cups!

In addition to the new teeth mentioned in a previous post, Caroline has added another one up top. For those of you keeping score at home, that makes 6 total chompers!

And though sitting, twisting, and pulling are old hat for this girl, no "official" crawling yet - but the lunge-across-the-floor method seems to be effective (even if it's painful for mommy and daddy to watch).
 

03-08-08 Big Girl Stroller


03-09-08 The Adventures of Cuphead

03-15-08 Woohoo! Safeway!

03-19-08 Olga and Christina come to play

03-21-08 Two of my most favorite toys

03-24-08 I'm 8 months old!

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The Easter Bunny Cometh

The Connors celebrated Caroline's first Easter with church, playtime, and a fun dinner with the Morrises and the Roeschleins.

Lucky girl (and lucky us!).

Treats for the big kids

Bob makes sure CEC gets some dinner too!

Happy Easter Everyone!

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Irish Eyes are Smiling

The smile is in the eyes - Really, it is!

It was a little harder to get an actual smile out of this Irish lass in the morning than hoped... But with some help from her grandma and her crazy mommy, she showed off her roots in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.

Erin Go Bragh!

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Blogtastic

In response to the requests of her fans crying for "more!", it is mommy's Quarter Year Resolution to update Caroline's blog more often (note: We know it is officially called "The Connors Family" blog, but who are we kidding?).

"How often?" you ask.

More. That's all I can promise :)

We'll definitely still have monthly recaps, but we'll also try to include some of the daily goings on in the Connors house. After all, there is really never a dull moment.

So, as is necessary with all resolutions, we are starting out strong. Read the below posts for some exciting CEC-related news.

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Chompers, Parts 3, 4, and 5

As regular readers have seen, Caroline's first two teeth popped out, suddenly and without much warning (thankfully), way back when she was a mere babe of 4 months. With teething starting that early, mommy thought she would be tearing into a steak with a mouthful by now.

But until a week ago, nothing. And then, all at once - 3 new chompers - just like that!

As much as I thought I'd miss that toothless grin, I've loved seeing every smiley change.

We are working on getting photographic evidence of the newest pearly whites. Coming soon to a blog (okay, this one) near you!

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We love, we love, we love, we love...

...our Calendar Girl...

Yep - we're singing Neil Sedaka!

Our cousin Becky's wonderful organization, the Brehon Institute, provides services for families that need help in many ways. To raise money and awareness, they held a Baby Calendar Contest - and thanks to her grandma's entry, our little girl is Miss October 2008!

For a preview of her sweet photo, check out their website (click through to October 2008 to see CEC and to get a peek at some other gorgeous faces).

You might recognize the winning picture from a previous post - she was only 2 1/2 months old when she got happily plopped in the pumpkins at the insistance of her mom and Uncle Neal (we knew what we were doing, didn't we Neal?).

She was also invited to be part of the Springtime Tallahassee parade, and mom and dad were invited to a Blue Ribbon Ball to celebrate - if only we could be there!

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