First Little Shiner

Connor was playing over at his Nana's house the other day and Chrissy and I had ran to Costco. This is what I returned to. His first little black eye. Connor and his cousins were playing outside and he got hit in the right spot. Nat and Tasha said that it instantly started to get black and blue. I am sure that there will be many more wounds to come:(





Here are a couple recent pictures of Lucas. He is 5 months old today. He has been teething for a while now and I am pretty sure that the two bottom teeth will pop through any day.



He is still a pretty mellow baby but he has had his bad days thats for sure. I know that some people that read my blog think that I make up how good Lucas has been as a baby. So I feel that when he does have a bad moment I need to share it with the world. So here goes, for the past couple of days he has been waking up around 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning, I usually let him whine for up to 30 minutes or so. If he doesn't go back to sleep with in that time period, I put him in his basket and get him to go back to sleep till 7 ish then I offer him his first feeding for the day.



So yes my child DOES cry, he sometimes doesn't sleep his usual 11 hours every night. I DO apologize if at any time people think that I am not telling the truth on this thing. I am sorry if some things may seem hard for you to believe, but I don't know what to tell you. I guess my thing is that I would rather dwell on the good things in life than the bad.

Love Hate Relationship

Carly and Connor have a special relationship, they remind me a lot of Danielle and I growing up. I can remember Danielle begging me to let her kiss me. I hated it! She thought I was her little toy that she could hug and kiss all the time. Carly is exactly the same way with Connor. She loves him so much, I don't think that Connor realizes that all she just wants is for him to kiss her back. It is funny because he always talks about her when she isn't around. But the minute that he sees her coming he usually runs away, I think that he just expects her to smother him. She is very protective and doesn't let anyone mess with him. Last week we attended a Chamber mixer and Carly and Connor were jumping in the bounce house. I overheard her telling everyone "stop jumping!" She proceeded to tell them that "they need to be careful around Connor because he is still a baby and she doesn't want him to get hurt!" I know that I will never have to worry about him getting pushed around when he is older as long as Carly has anything to say about it:)

Look-A-Like

I wasn't exactly sure who Lucas looked like until I took these pictures last night.

I just bought a mobile for Lucas' crib and Connor loves laying in their with him watching it go around and around. It is really sweet to see them interact with each other. When Connor talks to Lucas he lights up and is easily entertained.

Redding

This past weekend we took a trip over to Redding. Whitney, Mikey and I took the kids over on Friday afternoon. Nat, Casey, Jared, and Teegs came over later that night. On Saturday the boys took their bikes to ride on a track near Sacramento and then they went to a motorcross race later that day. The girls stayed in Redding and took the kids to the waterslides. The weather was perfect and the waterslides were fun. Everytime I leave Redding I am convinced I need to there move. I love the weather, the people, and all of the activities that the city has to offer. I think that it would be nice place to live since it isn't too far from home and it seems like there is always someone going over there for something. Maybe some day... After I finish school?

Pool Party

Connor turned 2 this past weekend and we had his birthday party up at my parents house in Salyer. The weather was perfect and the party was pretty mellow and laid back.

I know that everyone always says that time flies by, and that they can't believe that their children are as old as they are. But for me it seems like I have had Connor my whole life. I know that the two years have gone by extremely fast, but looking back we have done so much and our lives have changed in so many ways since we had him 2 years ago.

Pretty much the only kid's activity that we had at the birthday other than swimming and the slip n slide was the pinata. The older kids were definitely more successful at it than the little ones.

Cole taking a swing at it. He was the one that finally broke all the candy out.

Skinny Minny

Landen

Brooklynne

Mikey helping Connor swing at it.


Before the pinata


And after


This is the motorcycle cake that Vickie made for Connor. I attempted to make it and then she had to step in a fix most of it, This is the finished product, much better than I could have ever done!


"Tay Tay" is every kid's favorite person. She is always such a great help and truly loves most if not all children. I know that I speak for a lot of people when I say that she is the best babysitter and I don't think she should ever move away, at least not too far:)


Brooklynne and Carly are two pea's in a pod.




I also wanted to thank Monica for all of the pictures. I designated her to be the photo gal. I know that she could live up to the job since all of us like that call her the paparazzi at any and every event. I love you Monica:)

Play Time

I can't express how much I appreciate living next to family. When I was growning up we always lived next to all our cousins, and when I think back to my childhood some of my most favorite memories come from all the time that we were able to spend together on a regular basis. I know that we are so fortunate to all be really close to each other and I hope that we can all continue to live in the same area to watch all of our children grow up together.

Sugar cookies

These are my new favorite cookies. When Danielle and Monica went to Washington D.C. they went to a cookie shop called Bundles on Cookies. It turns out that you can order them online. This the arrangement that I ordered. I bought it for my mom as a belated birthday present. They have some really cute designs for all kinds of parties. Their website is Bundlesofcookies.com. The only bad thing about ordering something like this is the shipping, it is outrageously high!