Thanksgiving 2008 (albeit a bit late)

yes, ladies & gents, this is the Thanksgiving post...only a month late (or more).  Here are the pictures of the day.  We had a lot of fun with the close family.  They were thrilled to share in Connor's first Thanksgiving!  This was also the first day Connor ate "big boy" food from the table, but i still fed him.  I like feeding him - that means he's still my baby :)

There's also a few fun things that i think are worth sharing since i think Connor is so darn cute!

 

Thanksgiving morning - playing in the saucer

Nunna coming in with the Dressing - YUM!!

morning snack: Cheerio's!!

talking (probably to himself)

Laughing at Mimi (our wonderful photographer at the time)

waiting on the real food, not just the bread

Connor's middle name should be MISCHEVIOUS...that's what he is!!

Here begins the pictures that are not necessarily from Thanksgiving, but are still cute!

Might be Thanksgiving even...can't remember.

getting so big!!!

Wondering why the drum is making noise...even though he just pitched it on the floor...wonder why??

Hanging out on the shoulders of Uncle Tyler. so fun!

Does this remind anyone else of Yogi Bear?  because it does me!

Halloween - a full day!

Connor & I had a VERY full Halloween (hence the title).  The day started off with Connor's 9 month check up with Dr. Collins and Nurse Keesha.  I've been looking forward to the 9 mo ckup because there are NO SHOTS!!!  only a quick, simple finger prick!   

Mommy and Connor in front of MMC

Did i mention that Peds dresses up for Halloween?

Keesha is a tin woman! 

One of my favorites.  He was so well behaved on the scale

19 lb, 11 oz.

"helping" Dr. Collins with the stethoscope

Meet Jerry Collins: the Wizard

Connor & Dr. Jerry - one of the best smiling pics of the day!

the finger prick.  he liked eating the band aid

Then, we went home so that Connor could take a much-needed nap.  Being that i work at the clinic, appointments always take a while because we have to visit.  and we LOVE to visit all of our friends, but by the time we left, Connor was ready to go to sleep!!!  We changed him from his Charlie Brown outfit and put him in his "baby's first halloween" outfit.  he was very cute, i must say.  

Connor right after waking up. Can't you tell?

Looking at his Halloween basket like it's insane.

eating his Halloween rubber duck.  i love rubber ducks, therefore, Connor has one for nearly every holiday!

Connor & Mimi

Connor and Mommy

Then, we changed back to the Halloween outfit!  Charlie Brown, here we come!

love this!  he's BOUNCING!

First we made a stop at MidSouth Bank.  

Mimi's boss, Jennifer is holding Connor's back while he was typing

Connor likes to hang out w/ Snoopy.  They are friends

Next we went to visit Connor's (Great)Aunt Clara.

She was so nice to get him a special treat!

Thanks for the puffs Aunt Clara!

Needless to say, that's all the Halloween i have right now.  My camera went dead in the middle of trick-or-treating and the rest is on Pops's Computer.  We'll update soon!

long-overdue photos (happy birthday to the uncle)

My brother's birthday was on Aug. 17th.  and while i did blog on his birthday, i somehow forgot to wish him happy birthday!  well, here are all those fun fun pictures from the day!  my brother is pretty cool & definitely loves Connor.  i can (usually) count on him to watch Connor during a nap so i can make a run to the grocery.  and while he's only changed one diaper (i've got a picture of that too) i'm sure he'll change more (eventually :)

Family photo at the Chop House

Hanging out with the Uncle

Ticklish

Playing with money...probably not a good thing

Connor admiring what he got his Uncle - a tie clip!

Connor was the official tissue paper keeper.

Hanging out with the boys: Blake, Uncle Tyler & Will

This picture has nothing to do with Tyler's birthday, but we sure do love our Aunt Morgan and all she does for us, so we thought we would include this!!!

umm...yes, connor is chewing on a cell phone...

he needs a toy one, but i have a feeling the real thing will still be more appealing

j u l y 4 t h

oh wow!  this has been a crazy month and we are only a few weeks in!  i started my new (full-time) job on July 1st.  i'm only full time in july & i'm looking forward to august when i get a day or two off each week.  i never knew how hard it would be to leave connor every day.  i may act like it doesn't make me sad, but it does.  :(

on another note, a great big THANK YOU to alison from connor & i.  we can't wait to order our maggie moos mom appliqued shirt!  ...now, just to decide what to get...

finally, our 4th of july festivites.  they actually began on july 3rd where we went to our friends the castle's.  wade does a HUGE fireworks show near barfield park & it was awesome!  we were so close, and it was so bright, i debated going to the car to get my sunglasses.  but, i didn't want to miss one second.  sadly, connor misses these - he was inside asleep (slept right through them!!)

on july 4th we were lazy!  it was a-mazing!  my mom was wonderful & took care of connor so i could sleep in :) and we literally did nothing all day.  i know that doesn't sound productive, but it was much needed in this household.  i was getting used to waking up before dawn.  and connor has been getting used to nap times that arent in his bed.  its an experience for all...

i may have forgotten my camera on the 3rd, but i grabbed it for the 4th!  our family stopped by my grandmother's work to visit our nunna (and all the sweet old people) and then we headed to MTSU for connor's first fireworks!

visiting our nunna!

the fam (minus mom)

connor & mimi at MTSU

Connor playing on the blanket - he was everywhere!

i just love this

he was trying to grab the camera

(typical connor)

not really sure what happened to this - but i still love it

aunt morgan came to hang out while nick hung out with his friends!

we love her!

when the fireworks started (very intrigued)

after the fireworks - 

actually, about half way through.

Connor may be a stubborn nap taker, but when he is sleepy he will sleep through ANYTHING!!!

We hope you enjoyed your holiday!  More updates soon!

r&c m

family time

This past weekend, our cousin Johnnie came into town from Fort Worth.  She was here Friday, Saturday & Sunday.  We went to Miller's Grocery, Bell Buckle Cafe & visited my brother at Demos'.  and while all it felt like we did was drive & eat, it was really fun.  it was so great to see someone we only get to see about once a year!  here are some pictures from the weekend :)

Connor was so excited!

He was NOT the model child at restaurants, so 

we gave him lemon water (which he loved)

Johnnie & Connor

playing with Freddy the Firefly

singing at Miller's Grocery

While Connor enjoyed his dinner, we had a small mishap.