Happy Thanksmas!

Typical, mostly interested in the box

Connor got the cutest Pooh airplane walker thing from Grandma and Grandpa Waite-he loves it

Opening a gift from Gigi -babies first Christmas stocking and Santa hat- so darling.

Needless to say Connor loved all the presents under the tree especially the bows.

I love thanksgiving such good food and catching up with family and friends.

The girls and Wyatt were sure cute passing out the presents.

So we had a fun time in Star Idaho a few weeks ago for Thanksmas, as I call it. We spent thanksgiving in Star with Kevin's family and Connor got to meet Gigi and Uncle George for the first time so that was a lot of fun. He had a great time with all his cousins and Aunts and Uncles and of course with Grandma and Grandpa. We also had a good time and we were very spoiled for Christmas, so thanks again everyone you were all too generous as usual but Connor is having so much fun playing with all his toys. Thanks again we had a bunch of fun.

Catch Up

Here are some pictures of things we have been doing but I haven't posted about. These first ones are this awesome secretary desk, that was Kevin's Grandma's that we restored.
The finished product!

These are the be fores

Kevin and Connor walking the dog- Connor is holding the leash what a cutie!

I love this picture! Look at that face with the puff stuck to his chin how adorable.

Um Gross!

These are from when Connor first started crawling and the only toy he really wants to go after is the dog's bone which is totally disgusting but I thought I should get a picture or two because it was pretty cute.

These are from Lacey's birthday dinner at Fong's in Draper. The food was awesome and it was a ton of fun hanging out with everyone-Happy Birthday Sister!

These are from a while ago when Connor took his first bath in the big tub.

Happy 30th Birthday Kevin!

Thanks for all the cool gifts!

We celebrated by going out to dinner yesterday and opening presents. Debbi was nice enough to watch Connor for us and she did a great job he had so much fun and so did Cooper, thanks again Debbi we really appreciate it!

Kevin you are an amazing husband, father and friend. Thank you so much for everything you do for our family. I love you so much!

Happy Halloween

Yes Connor was trying to put all the gunk in his mouth and it was quite the battle.

My little monkey!

My darling blue eyed boys, I love both of their faces in this one so excited!

Here are some pictures of Connor in his darling little monkey costume, or at least we think it was a monkey. This was us carving our pumpkin that Kevin's parents gave Connor from their garden, it turned out pretty cute and Connor had fun helping!

RE: Picture Tag

So this is the tenth picture in my first photo folder. This is actually from our honeymoon three years ago. We went to the Oregon coast and this was a beautiful dam on the way that I thought was so pretty we needed to take a picture and to say the least it was windy.

I am Thankful for...

Happy Halloween!

Connor trying to kiss Cooper they are such stinkers I always catch them trying to kiss...yikes

Eating some dinner what a cutie pie

He loved that Pumpkin

I felt bad about whining the other day about being sick so I thought I would talk about all the good things that have happened recently.

My sister-in-law is moving to Utah, so she and her parent's came to stay with us for a few days while they looked for a place to live. It was a lot of fun having then here for a few days and Connor had so much fun playing with them, Cooper also was devastated when they left. Connor loved the pumpkin they brought him from their Garden it was so cute. Anyway I am so thankful to have a wonderful family who cares and loves us.

I started feeling better and my sore throat went away and let me tell you what a blessing that was. It was also amazing because somehow through this Connor started taking a Binky again which has made life that much easier, he is so much less fussy and he is so much better at nursing it is amazing. I am not sure why he started taking one again but I think he might be teething and that helps soothe him. I am so thankful for that it has made life easier he doesn't cry nearly as often and a burden has been lifted because he is so much better at nursing and that has made me a lot more happy. Connor is also taking at least two naps a day usually for an hour and sometimes even two that it makes up for his recent behavior of getting up at 6:30 every morning.

I am also so thankful for my husband who is truly amazing and my best friend. We don't go out that much and our weekends are usually devoted to a nice quiet movie at home and this last weekend I don't know what it was but I just had so much fun and I was laughing all weekend. We usually try out new movies that are free with our cable and we both hadn't seen "New World" which is about Pocahontas-I don't know how to spell it- but oh my gosh if you are thinking of watching that movie don't! It is seriously the most slow, boring, and just strangest movies I have ever attempted to watch. Now I love Native Americans and nature and all that good stuff but oh my gosh this was just super weird and there was no real story being told oh my gosh what a waste of time. Anyway I am so thankful for Kevin and his abilities to provide for our family and to make my life great. I really missed him when he was gone for a day when he went to interview with the FBI in Phoenix. Kevin I hope you get in but either way you are amazing and I am so thankful for you and all you do for me, Connor has a great father and I know one day he will have a great friend in you. I love you with all my heart.

What am I five?

So I have been sick for a little over a week and I am so done. I remember not liking being sick but being sick as a mom is easily the worst experience ever. First of all fearing that you are going to give it to your baby is heartbreaking and secondly not being able to take anything because you are nursing even worse. When I am sick I take NyQuil and ride out the storm in a nice hazy sleep for a few days until it is over. Now it's like here don't get a good nights sleep take care of your baby without getting him sick too. So needless to say I am done being sick, so I went to the doctor because I woke up with my eyes glued shut from goo and puss and let me tell you I haven't had that experience since I was like five and it's even grosser now than it was then. So the "helpful" doctor told me it was probably viral and that I had to basically wait it out but if it got worse I could go get some Rx eye drops. Oh well great that is exactly what I wanted to hear and here it is two days later still with red gooey eyes and a sore throat that is so painful I try not to swallow and I am pretty sure there is something growing in my throat at least there is a little white dot at the back of my throat where it is most painful. Anyway needless to say I am done being sick. I did think that the worst was going to be giving birth with a cough still that scared me but coughing after a c-section sounds OK now because at least then I was on some pretty good pain killers. Anyway I just felt like ranting and complaining a little to make myself feel better thanks for listening.

A whole half a year old!?

I can't believe my darling is already six months old that is half a year! He is so much fun and truly the cutest thing ever. I just get so excited to go get him up from his naps just to see that bright smile on his face that makes my day and melts my heart. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful blessing in my life. He has changed so much since he was born and it will be amazing to see how much he will have changed in another six months.

We just got back from his six month check-up and he is up to speed developmental wise but he is still really small in the 10Th percentile for height and weight, the doctor thinks he may be taking after me, the poor thing. I hope he has a growth spurt planned soon but either way he is still the sweetest thing and we are so blessed to have him in our lives. We love you Connor!

Happy Three Year Anniversary!

These are some awesome pictures my little sister Lindsey took of Connor for me the other day when we went to visit her at her house. Thanks again Lindsey they are amazing!

You all can see why I love this little angel so much I mean just look, oh man he melts my heart! I am so glad he got his father's beautiful eyes, wow!

Kevin I just have to say how much I love you! I really appreciate you and everything you do for our family and especially me. You are an amazing father and Connor is so lucky to have you to look to for anything. I can't believe it has only been three years but what an amazing three years and they are truly the best of my life thanks again for the gum, I love you more than anything!

Connor's First Vacation

Look at that Smile while he was getting tickled, so cute!

All clean after his bath!

Oh weird Connor is crying? it's a pretty cute picture though

Playing the piano with Grandma so much fun!

The attempt at a photo session, this was one of the good ones.

Swinging with daddy, we spent a lot of time in the beautiful backyard!

Pretending to be gardeners in their luscious Garden.

Kevin and Connor with the girls. They loved to hold Connor it was really cute.

Well we survived Connor's first real vacation. We have been to my cabin a few times and slept over for a night or two but this was big. We drove for 6 hours roughly and thankfully because we decided to leave at around 7 at night Connor slept for most of the driving trip. We had a lot of fun at Grandma and Grandpa Waite's Connor had so much fun he never wanted to nap so thanks again for letting us come and invade your house and disrupt your lives for a few days we really enjoyed seeing you and Connor just loved playing the piano with Grandma and swinging on the swing with Grandpa. I also want to thank my parent's for dog sitting for us while we were in Star. We really appreciate being able to travel without him it was that much easier not having to deal with Cooper as well so thanks for putting up with him and his neediness. Here are some pictures from the trip and I had my first experience being away from Connor for more than an hour or so when Kevin and I went to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, which rocked, and it was a little nerve racking at first to leave him for that long but I hope he wasn't too big of a pain and it was nice to get away from the crying for a little bit so thanks for that one Linda and Steve.