Connor loves Elmo!  He was so cute sitting in his big chair with Elmo by his side watching clips of Sesame Street!  HAHA

I use my other little camera to take pictures at the beach so the quality isn't as good... but I don't want to ruin my nice camera with moisture and sand!

 He loves to play in the surf... though sometimes it's a little rough for him and he face-plants...

So the monkey's newest adventure is oven hang-gliding... not something we condone and he gets punished every time he does it.

He opens the warming drawer at the bottom of the oven to use as a step, gets up and grabs onto the handle and then flings himself backward to 'float' to the floor... not cool Connor, not cool.

Of course he has to try and turn a burner or two on before he makes his epic decent... sigh... gotta love boys!

He makes me laugh so much!

 

I love this picture of father and son.

Connor giving me a speech from Courtney Mahon on Vimeo.

Sorry this is sideways but I can't figure out how to turn it.

Not sure what he's talking about but he's sure animated! I think he's telling me how much better batman is than spiderman but then again he could be telling me my cooking stinks...   The growling with the head twitch is new... not sure why he does that but he only does it when he's 'yelling' at you... hahahaha

He's such a little personality!

Connor's new happenings

I am sorry it's been a while... :)

With the accident, Canada and traveling we've been pretty busy!

Connor is now sleeping in a big boy bed!!! :)  We had a bit of a meltdown every time we put him in the crib.  Not sure what brought it on but he was fine if we just put him in a bed... so well, it will be easier for us to give Vale the crib if Connor's in a big boy bed!

We dedicated Connor at church in June.  It was more of a charge to the parents and a promise that we will raise him in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Eph 6:4).  He is a sweet little boy and we just pray that the Lord will give us wisdom on how to raise him properly.

Our little peanut is still under 20lbs (19.8)!!!  He's 28" tall and running around like a crazy man!
He loves to climb on everything and finds new places to hide EVERYTHING!

He's communicating a lot more saying a whole bunch of words including: please, thank you, elmo, mama, dada, doggy, go, all done, no, uh huh, etc...
He's very expressive and communicates well even if he doesn't know how to verbalize what he wants.

Little man loved the beach and the water!!  He was tentative at first but now he just runs head first into the water, no fear!  AH!

He likes to pull everything out of the cupboards and make lots of noise!

He has no problem getting dirty.

He is such a sweet little boy.  He's going to love having a little bother to play with!

Photos of Vale!

We think this baby looks more like me!!! YEAH!!! :)

We had another ultra sound since this one and he is a little CHUB!!!

He has very chubby cheeks, fat little legs and in this ultra sound the tech said that his belly is in the 80th percentile!  AHHH  Not what a mother who has yet to give birth wants to hear! :)

I was in a car accident on July 14th where an 18 year old kid ran a red light and hit me going about 50mph.  I was ok, just bumps and bruises but I felt the baby hit by right side and then hit my left side.  Vale didn't move for about an hour and we were soooo excited when he started moving (which wasn't until he heard his daddy's voice).

We've had a stress test, been checked and had an ultra sound and from what we can see as of right now, the baby is ok.  We are praying that when he is born there are no residual effects from trauma in the womb.

I had labor contractions on Wednesday and Thursday of last week which ended up in a trip to Labor & Delivery.  They checked the baby and everything was ok.  They stopped on their own without them having to give me any medication which was wonderful.  Thank you for everyone who was praying!
God must have big plans for this kid, he's been through a lot.

I finally got my camera back!! YEAH!

Here is a spattering of pictures of the little one...

(it was really cute... after he 'killed' dad he needed to go hug him... :))


He's like 'Aww mom!!! Can't you see I'm in the tub!'

We were at a chicken and waffles night at my church and I look down and Connor is gnawing on the chicken bone from the leg!

My sweet water baby!  We've been to the pool and the ocean... he's gonna be used to water by the end of this summer for sure!

Jimmy put sunscreen in his hair and he looked like a rock star! :)  It cracks me up that all these bathing suits are too big!

Nona got Connor some bubbles and he was loving them!

He's so sweet.

He's turning into a blonde! :)

Cutest Kid Ever!

Connor Sword Fighting Dad from Courtney Mahon on Vimeo.


So Connor put his 'helmet' on himself, drew his sword and wanted to battle! :)  We did not initiate any of this.  In fact, in the past whenever we try to put a hat on him he takes it off!  He had this stick earlier in the day and was using it as a hockey stick to hit at the balls on the floor... then all of a sudden he wanted to duel with Jimmy! :)  Too funny and too cute! :)

PKD Walk in October!

Guys I'm really excited!!!  We are going to participate in the PKD walk October 22nd at the Rose Bowl in L.A.!  Ok, maybe I won't be able to walk the 3 miles because I'll be 13 days away from my due date but I will be there and I'm gonna try!!

Connor, Jimmy and I have already signed up and we have made our own team!!! :)  My parents are going to try to be there too!  We can make up fun t-shirts and have a good time!!! :)

     http://www.pkdcure.org/mahonbrood

The purpose of the walk is to raise money soooo I might be sending you guys an email to see if you can donate anything at all towards PKD research.  I would love to know more things that we can do for Connor and Jimmy to prolong the life of their kidneys and it would be WONDERFUL if they were to find a way that Connor is able to keep his kidneys when he is older.

I was doing research and I found this quote:

                "Polycystic kidney disease is one of the most common life-threatening genetic diseases, affecting more people than Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and sickle cell anemia - combined. Currently there is no treatment and no cure."

I was shocked!  You would think there would be more research and stuff done about it!  I guess people don't care about their medical issues until they start to bother them in their 40's and fail in their 50's.  I guess people just expect to have medical problems at that age but I don't.  I don't see any reason why we should not aggressively be trying to find a cure for this huge and looming problem.