The Connorton Family

July 3, 2009

July 2, 2009

June 30, 2009

Video Chatting

Grandma and Lolly

We've been video chatting with the family lately, the funniest part is the faces that our loving relatives make at Garrett in an effort to get him to smile.

Ok, this was just me and Aunt Jenny making each other laugh.

Tia Heather and Gabriel.

Home again, home again jiggity jog...

G sleeping during our delay.

Back from New York and happy to be in the trees again! When I walked into the apartment after our five and a half hour delayed flight (yes it sucked) I commented on how big the place seemed. Matt reminded me that we'd been living in two rooms for the last two weeks, nice little bonus to feel like you're coming home to a palace!

Here are a few remaining shots from our trip:

Talking to Dad in the hotel.

Having lunch with mom and dad.

Kickin' it at the hotel.

At Lupa on our last night.

Saturday was a wash, I took the best power nap of my mommy career, we unpacked and hung out. Sunday morning we *tried* to go on a hike (Willie, Jen, Kyle and the Hunter Family) but once on the trail realized that it was far too hot for any of us. We ditched the trail and headed down to the Montclair Egg Shop for brunch and relief from the heat. We got brunch.

Gabby & Paolo popped over and let us test drive some of the baby gear that we have been resisting. When we were in NYC Matt happened upon this ultra-stylish baby bouncer and wanted to see if G would actually like it, nothing like spending a crapload of money on something that the kid hates. We thought that if we were going to have something laying around, it may as well be as inoffensive looking as possible...

They also showed us the miracle-of-all-miracle baby swings. Note: I was TOTALLY against the baby swing thing, I'd heard that not all kids like them and they take up a ton of space in your house (not to mention how ugly they all are!). Not this one, it's a small grey A-frame that holds the car seat. So when returning from grocery shopping you can pop the car seat in it and it keeps the kid moving. Basically it tricks them into thinking that they are still in the car and allows you to actually put the groceries away. Plus it doesn't take up much more room than the actual car seat and gives it a place to live in the house.

Oh, sweet, sweet gadget.

The next thing we tested was a Bumbo. This one we'll get eventually if for nothing more than the sheer fact of how cute G looks while sitting in it. He reminded us of these guys from Wall-E.

Turns out Garrett really liked all three things. Of course, I headed to Babies R Us the next day. It's not that I don't want to hold G all the time (I really do!) but a lady has got to shower and a bouncy seat lets me!

We got the swing frame and I opted for a $25 bouncer instead of the Bloom one, aesthetics be damed, the boy needs to go to college!

June 26, 2009

Daily Garrett | June 26

Garrett sleeps through another New York meal!
We fly home tomorrow morning, fingers crossed that the flight is as good as the way out!

June 25, 2009

Daily Garrett | June 25

We had a fun day, daddy was able to spend a long lunch with us.

June 23, 2009

Daily Garrett | June 23

Garrett has had a growing day, he's been sleeping almost all day! We are hoping the trend continues through the night...

June 22, 2009

Daily Garrett | June 22

My dad is HILARIOUS!

June 21, 2009

Daily Garrett | June 21

Wow, big day today! We celebrated Father's Day and my birthday by going to Brooklyn. This is Garrett at lunch with daddy before we headed over to the mob-run bakery for cannoli dessert. It was worth the risk to life and limb, by the way!

June 20, 2009

More Chatting

Garrett has gotten pretty good at the cooing and smiling thing...

I spend the majority of my time getting him to chat back to me, I think it's pretty cute but then again I'm biased. For some reason he loves his changing station (both here and at home) and gets really chatty when he's there. It's probably the proximity to our faces, or the cool breeze on his friends. Whatever. I just like to hear/see it when it happens.

June 19, 2009

Freshly Bathed

Cuban Food | MOMA

I was craving Cuban food so Matt and I headed to Cabana, the Ropa Vieja was bigger than Garrett, and just as delicious. G was mesmerized by the music and chilled on Matt's lap for most of dinner. He started to melt toward the end so we made a quick escape.

Friday G and I headed to the MOMA for a few hours. It was supposed to rain so we headed out early. The collection hasn't changed since the last time I was here, and they were installing 4 new exhibits so there wasn't much new stuff to see. It was nice to actually get out of the hotel room and get some *fresh* air. We managed to cover 3 floors before I decided that I had enough and headed home. We made a stop at Rockefeller Center on the way home for some shopping. It was incredibly crowded so that plan got ditched pretty quickly.

June 18, 2009

Daily Garrett | June 16 & 17

We've been in New York since Sunday afternoon and have had a great time so far.

Garrett slept for most of the flight, but ralphed as we were deplaning, and I don't mean spittle. We were the last ones off the plane and the folks were already cleaning as we walked off, they let out a collective sigh when G decided that he needed to empty the contents of his stomach. He didn't get a proper burp before I stuffed him in the Ergo - we were being rushed off the plane. Well, he got his vengeance. Serves em right...

This is Garrett hanging out in the baggage claim area of Newark Airport, no worse for the wear.

Garrett and I hang out during the day while Matt is in training a few blocks away. We haven't done much, the weather hasn't cooperated all that well since we've been here. We did walk 30 blocks to a mom and baby yoga class which was really nice, I needed almost an entire day to recover from the walk though! Shows how out of shape I am, but pushing the stroller for 4 hours took its toll. Garrett slept almost the entire time, and when he was awake during the class he flirted and smiled, such a happy baby!

Checking out his fist.