Connor's First Hair Cut

Well professional anyways.... Standing on the bathroom counter eating as many animal crackers as possible wasn't cutting it anymore. So we went to Great Clips...

Before..... what crazy hair!
After....
He actually did a pretty good job at staying still, he cried a little bit when she was trimming the edges:( But we all know cutting hair doesn't actually hurt and she did it really quick... maybe next time I'll take him to a place that has all the cool kid stuff instead of after running a quick arrand and being like oh you need a hair cut lets go in slippers and all:)

He loved his balloon very much and held on to it for the next day or so.... except for right when we got home...

uh oh

Up to the sky it went:( I tried distracting him knowing it would come down in the morning, but he just kept running back and standing there looking at his balloon and saying "bawon" "please please". So being the super Mom that I am, I got out the ladder and a reacher thingy I'm sure no one has used before and I got it down for him. When I first couldn't reach it and I got down from the ladder I think Connor thought he needed to try because he tried to climb up the ladder, so I said no Mommy needs to try again:) He loved watching me do it and it only went up there 1 more time....

Trip to see Santa

What a fun day! Stephanie and Danny joined Connor and I for an early trip for some Santa pictures... we both knew that being a year 1/2 our little ones might not love Santa as much as a 5 year old but we knew that waiting in line for hours wouldn't help this at all. We got there right when the mall opened and we were first in line:)

As I passed Connor to Santa he death gripped me and started freaking out so Santa suggested we sit together....
Aren't we cute??? Connor looks so much like Gary!!

Danny got a great picture! She was fully screaming this Santa was super awesome and held her very well:) After torturing our children we let them play for a while... I love sitting and talking with Steph and watching our children play!

Excited to see what next year looks like!

Christmas list

So I just mentioned Christmas... I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet but as a planner it's been on my mind for the last 3 months at least (yes even his 2nd birthday is already planned out...)

Santa will definitely be bringing Connor a....

Ball Pit!!! Gary and I have been wanting to get him one because he loves balls so much and he loves the one Henry has but we know how excited he will be Christmas morning when he sees it!

So Gary and I have talked about different things of how to keep holidays from killing our budget and we decided Connor would get 3 gifts from us (like Jesus did from the 3 wise men) one Santa gift and some small stocking stuffers.... So from us we were thinking a box of new clothes

Gotta love Old Navy.... 30% off everything this week

Some books....

And some puzzles....

He's getting really good at putting the ones he has together....

And Grandma can cover anything else he could possibly need....

So Connor is pretty easy it's just a matter of finding some good deals, it's Gary that I have a hard time with he wants something with his car that helps it run better or something which he is getting but I want him to be able to open something.... Last year he got a few small things and he seemed kinda disappointed even though he told me he didn't want anything and I know he will be happy with this car thing but I think he likes having stuff to open too??? I was thinking the general boxers t-shirts deodorant all little stocking stuffer stuff but I can't think of anything else! At least I have time....

Happy Holidays!

Almost 18 months....

Can't even begin to believe my little baby boy is almost a year and a half.... Sooner than I know it we will be putting him on the bus and sending him to school :( Here he is coloring with markers! A new exciting thing for him!

I've really been looking forward to this 18 month marker, I mean he's supposed to be out of the whinny I can't communicate phase and onto the talking and telling you what he wants right?? Well were getting there....

Or maybe going backwards.... he has recently rediscovered his bumbo.... oh and look at his cute slippers I got him:) I want a pair! Poor guy was slipping and slidding with just socks on so I had to get him some slippers to keep his little toeseys warm:)

Here he is with Daddy. He loves to wear Gary's sunglasses, or take them off....

Just before I get the picture....

So in other news he has compltely changed his schedule.... he went from a morning nap 10-12 and afternoon lay down sometimes nap 3-4 to just one nap 1-3:30. So I have been showering at night so I don't have to wait till 1 to get ready especially if we have stuff to do.... I'm excited for this change though at his school they have an after play time from 10:30- 12:30 that we can go to now, maybe this is why he shifted?? He heard me saying oh no we have to get home for nap so he doesn't sleep in the car... he really wanted to stay last week, well we can this week!

Ever since last art class he has been coloring like crazy!!! Maybe art supplies will be on his list for christmas this year....

Hope everyone has a great week! I know I have!

Yay for fall!

Ok, so I don't love how cold it is all the time and I hate the way the rain makes my hair look, but it's so beautiful outside! And it means all the exciting holidays are here!

Halloween:)

Look at my little lion

He was so cute! He loved going to the houses (we only did 5) but he thought it was pretty fun! It's crazy how just a year ago Gary was front packing him and this year he was running from door to door. Next year he will be saying Trick o Treat!

Hailey was a dead ballerina this year! She made her own costume:) Her and Connor are always so cute together:) Hannah was Lady Gaga! She looked awesome:)

I can't believe in a few weeks we will be heading to the beach for Thanksgiving! I can hardly wait to eat all the yummy food! I am so thankful for my family, my in-laws, and of coarse Gary and Connor they really make my world.

So currently I am working on a collection of favorite recipes, I can't stand looking through thousands of cookbooks to find what I'm looking for so I've been working on putting together just our favorites and things we eat often... I will probably be asking for suggestions from friends to add to my collection of recipes. YUM

Today was our first day of Play Boutique we took a creative art class!!! Hopefully the teachers will stay healthy and the business will stay running... It's out in Lake Oswego which is a little bit of a drive but Connor seemed to love it! We glued tissue paper to make a flower, and did some Picasso drawings (well I did at least, but Connor helped!) He wanted all of the tissue paper on top of his flower! It was really fun to be able to do this type of stuff with Connor I would never do it on my own and he gets to interact with other kids:)

Isn't he cute?!?

Happy Fall Everyone!