County Fair

Well, another week has passed. Connor will be 8 weeks old tomorrow. This past week was relatively uneventful. It was highlighted by our trip to the Lycoming County Fair in Hughesville on Tuesday, which also happened to be the hottest day of the week. No better way to cool yourself down than by taking laps around a huge race track, intermingling with various farm animals, and eating no less than three items of deep fried gloriousness.

The nice thing about the fair is that you pay a $5.00 admission price and you get unlimited use of the rides. We were unable to take advantage of it this year, however, because we couldn't find a carny who looked respectable enough for us to temporarily leave our baby with while we rode the sweet pirate ship type ride that actually went all the way upside down. Oh well. On to more important topics - the food. After taking the obligatory lap around to (1) check out our options and (2) hopefully run into all the people we knew before we ate so we didn't have to bother talking while shoveling food in our mouths, we settled on: french fries, hot sausage sandwiches, and soft serve cones. Oh, and I also had a cake on a stick dipped in chocolate with peanut butter icing that I was tricked into thinking was actually a frozen banana with those toppings. If we had the energy to walk another lap, I most definitely would have gotten a funnel cake, but it was too hot and Baby Linn was tuckered out. We opted to head home before the night's headliner, Aaron Kelly - fifth place finisher on American Idol season 243 - took the stage (that's as good as it gets for Lycoming County, people)!

He's either bored out of his mind or pouting because I said "no" when he asked if he could ride the camel in the petting zoo (he didn't meet the minimum height requirement).

Two other exciting developments over the past week or so: the nighttime sleeping is getting oh-so-slightly better. Connor usually goes to bed between 9-10. His first stretch of sleep is the longest and lasts between 3-4 hours. He'll usually wake up between 1-2am to eat, and luckily he goes right back to sleep. He'll start to stir around 4am, but if I ignore him, he'll eventually fall back to sleep until between 5-530am. At that point I'll feed him and he'll usually fall back to sleep on my chest for another hour or so (my favorite part of the day)! I've found that he generally sleeps better if he gets a bath before bed. He really enjoys bathtime and it seems to relax him.

Embarrassing pictures #2,323 and #2,324, but he's so adorable I couldn't help myself!

Finally, we're starting to see some smiles out of Connor. They are starting to become more frequent, and unsolicited, and they melt my heart!