I can't believe that it is only 4 days away from Christmas. I am sad that I won't be able to see my family in Houston, but I do promise to upload pictures and video of the festivities here for everyone to enjoy. In the meantime, here is our second family photo. The only other one we have was taken minutes after Connor was born, and I certainly will NOT be posting that on the internet! Merry Christmas!
I am trying to show you how fabulous our little man did in his Halloween costume, but my connection right now is less than great, and it won't let me upload the pictures. I will try again tomorrow because you definitely want to see it!
This has been the gift that keeps on giving. Aunt Colette got an alphabet train for Connor's birthday. She said it was a good one because it is "educational." I don't think she ever intended for him to learn how to do this...
The weekend of Connor's birthday was jampacked. We had a lot of family come into town, and I still don't think we have recovered. We started things off with Connor's first haircut. He wasn't too sure in the beginning...
A little entertainment from Dad always gets a smile...
On Friday, we took all of the kids to the Fourth on Broadway Parade. It sounds a lot fancier than it actually is, but the kids looked great in their matching shirts.
Connor's party was a blast (and thank goodness it's over). Let's just say we will be having small gatherings at our house for the next several years! Connor took a little time to get into the cake, but you can see here that it was a success. That is him saying, "touchdown!" (There is some good video coming soon.)
After everything was said and done, his favorite present was a kiss from his first girlfriend...
Connor and I went to vacation bible school a couple weeks ago, and it was a blast. Connor loved going in for praise and worship every morning. He got to do his 2 favorite activities...sing and be cute for all of the women volunteering. I learned a valuable lesson...I will never be in Connor's class again. He was not interested in me paying attention to his friends. What can I say, he loves his mommy! We tried to take pictures of them for a craft project, and this is what we got...
It's hard to see that cute little smile when the ball is as big as him!
I can just hear what he is thinking, "Really, Mom? Get this thing off of me!"
Finally a smile. I know, it's a cornball smile, but I love it all the same.
Connor is changing and growing so fast. I can't believe that his first birthday is less than a month away. He loves to read, and he will sit for minutes looking at book after book. I use the term read very loosely. He really just turns the pages over and over.
Baby Einstein videos are his favorite thing to watch, but we can't get him to sit down. He wants to try to touch all the animals as they move across the screen!
We went to Joyland (Lubbock's extremely small amusement park) with our church last week. Connor is still too small for most of the rides, but he did go on the carousel. As you can see from his red cheeks, it was about 100 degrees outside. This did not help the fact that I was breaking out in a major heat rash and had radishes for cheeks and whelps all over my body. Unfortunately for you (Colette) I did not take any pictures of that for your entertainment!
Connor is 11 months old. I can hardly believe it. Here are a few pics from his 11 month birthday...
I keep telling him that maracas are for making music, but he would much rather try to eat them!
He is certainly a blanket baby...I can't imagine where he got that from!
I realize that Connor is only a little over 2 weeks away from 11 months...But you can enjoy his 9 month picture now. He is so busy and into everything. He pulls op on anything and everything. Our entertainment center is now a junglejim..of course, that has meant a lot of little bruises on his face. Unfortunately, he has a bit of a temper. He has started throwing fits when he doesn't get his way. D.K. and I can't imagine which one of us he got that from!
