The Flynn's: October 2012

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

It's GO TIME!

Wow, the past 39 weeks have gone by so fast! I have been so busy that I haven't even come to terms with the fact that tomorrow we will welcome our new baby girl into the family. It's bittersweet knowing that tonight will be our last night as a family of 3. I think the hardest thing for me to wrap my head around is that I will not be able to pick-up Connor for around 3-4 weeks. That is my only real concern right now. Connor knows what is happening tomorrow...we're going to the hospital and the doctor is going to take his baby sister out of my tummy. He knows that I will have a hurt tummy and won't be able to do all the things that I have been doing with him until it gets better. He acts like he completely understands it all and repeats it back to me, but I'm certain his idea of what is happening may be a bit different than reality (I neglected to mention to him that another baby means I will have to split my attention between the 2 of them).

So, here it is...my 23 lbs of belly gained this time around...

here's hoping that I lose it just as fast as I did with Connor!

And here it is...

Connor's 39 week picture (weighing in at just under 35 lbs)

Carving Pumpkins

This was Connor's first year carving a pumpkin. Daddy did all the dirty work and Mommy carved it (well, I cheated by using a pattern). Connor did occupy himself for a long time by thinking he was scraping it out and pretending to carve it...

And here are the final pumpkin submissions this year

(Daddy's on the left and Connor's on the right...Mommy's is still sitting here uncarved)

Monday, October 15, 2012

Connor's first trip to the pumpkin patch

We went to the pumpkin patch yesterday and had a great time! Connor surprised us by wanting to go on rides...by himself! Chad and I stood to the side and had a bittersweet moment of realizing how much he has grown.
Never did we think he would go on a ride that moves this fast, but he loved it and went on it 2 more times.

Big Boy Car

Auntie Tammie and Auntie Susie gave this 4 wheeler to Connor for Christmas (10 months ago). He has been scared of it and has cried anytime we merely point at it. On Friday, he decided that he will ride it and now he loves it. The max speed of 1 mph is perfect for me and this belly to keep up with!

Our smart 2 year old

Connor has really impressed us lately with his ability to use proper tenses in his sentences, his amazing memory for anything and everything that we may have mentioned in previous days, and with his ability to negotiate. He makes us laugh so much!

Here he is singing his ABC's...