Happy Valentines day!

I hope that everyone had a great valentines day!

Connor started our day at 7:00 this morning! :) He was very excited to get his valentines gift! We gave him one of those mixed chocolate boxes, he took a bite of each one and put it back! LOL (Tim and Amanda, apparently he hasn't learned the "when you bite it you have to finish it" rule!) After that we went to Connor's favorite place... Star Bucks for breakfast and had some very yummy coffee cake and coffee! The weather was nice for a change so we decided to hang out at the park for a while! Connor was very independent and showed his mom that he could climb the BIG ladder "by myself"!! As a parent watching your little boy climb to the top of a very big ladder to go down a very steep slide all alone- is terrifying! But he did it- then he looked at me very smug and ran off! (WOW I have a lot of nail biting adventures ahead- he is scared of NOTHING!) I would venture to say that Connor had a great day I know that Jared and I had a fabulous day hanging out with our little sweet heart! :)
Happy Valentines day <3 the O'Brien Family

a quick laugh

I know that it's been a while since I've blogged but life has been a bit crazy! I really don't have time to blog now so this will be short and sweet....
Last night around 4:00-5:00 A.M. Jared and I are sound asleep when.....
In a very playful voice from Connor's bed we hear....
"mommy.... mommy-daddy, mommy daddy where are you, mommy? Daddy? Mommy daddy?"
With in two minutes he was asleep again!
It seriously took everything Jared and I had to not just burst out laughing!

Life is so sweet with a cute little munchkin like mine! :)

A crazy day with mom!

Jared decided that our yard was over due for some much needed attention, so he spent ALL day working on it! So 8 hours, 20 trash bags of leaves, numerous blisters, and two splinters later.... our yard looked amazing!
However, during this time Connor only wanted to be outside with Jared, so to keep him busy we had "crazy day!" We painted (paper and our faces) It was funny, he loved painting my face but he didn't like it so much on his face... go figure! We played with play-dough, cooked with fake food (in real pots and pans), dressed up silly, played Thomas the train, played "tunnels" (hiding under blankets on a table), and of course played in the leaves that Jared had raked into a nice big pile! :) It was a lot of fun and it kept Connor occupied!
Connor was so cute after we painted our faces he told me "mommy take off" as he poked at my face.
I forgot how much fun pretend play and dressing up could be! I just love that little boy! :)
I thought that the pictures that we took were too cute not to share!

Thank you Pop and Gigi!

Pop and Gigi,
I really missed you at Christmas and wish so badly that I could have seen you! I really miss you and can't wait to see you soon! Thank you for the fun Christmas presents! I LOVE my sleeping bag and my monkey helmet VERY MUCH! Mom laughs at me when I want to wear my helmet around the house for fun, but I think it's cool! I made mommy plug my monkey light up right away, I use it every night! I also have a ton of fun with my ball (dad thinks it's his, he plays with it more than me... pop needs to tell him that the ball is mine!) I love you both very much and can't wait to see you soon! Mommy is going to post some pictures of me opening my gifts!

Love you and miss you bunches!

Connor

p.s.
I like mommy and daddy's gifts too, I played with them all the way to Denver! :)

Let it snow Let it snow Let it Snow!

We just got back from visiting our dearest friends Mike and Nicole in Denver, we had an absolute blast!
Denver is so amazing.... I hate to say it but I could see why someone would choose Denver over Texas (minus the cold weather!)
Connor had a great time on the airplane,
We really had a great time hanging out with our friends, it was very hard to come back home!
This was Connor's first time to see snow, he absolutely LOVED it! We took him sledding, which went very badly the first time but went great the second time! The first day that we went he hated it, he kept asking to go to "my hooommeeee" So we ended up cutting that trip a bit short! I will say though, Veil is a beautiful ski town! The next day we went to a local park that had a small hill- Connor absolutely loved it! In-fact he went down alone- when he got to the bottom he would tell his dad "more please- Dada take me up high" I think that he would have sled all day had we let him!
While we were there we also had numerous snow ball fights, built a sad looking snowman, attempted to make snow angels, and hung out with our best friends!



Nicole was quite the host, she made us breakfast every morning, lunch, and dinner! She and Mike also built a nice hot fire in the back yard and we made the gooiest, chocolaty, smores, they were delicious!
So thank you mike and Nicole for letting stay at your beautiful home we already miss the two of you very very much!
. On the train in the airport!

. Snowball fight with dad!

. A walk in the snow with mom!

. Getting ready to play in the snow! Doesn't he look like a little snow boarder!


. Snowball fight with mom!


. Playing in the snow!


.At Red Rock

. Jared and I at Red Rock


. Connor building a "snowman"


. Sledding!!







.Connor pulling his sled uphill- he told us "I do it"

Happy New Year!!!!!

2010..... really? Where did 2009 go? Am I the only one who felt like this last year flew by?

This year Jared and i set a new years resolution that we feel that we can stick to.... no more of the zany eat healthy ALL YEAR LONG resolutions, you know the ones you break on the first day of the new year!

This year we decided to make 2010 the year of organization, fun huh! Yea well it may not sound like fun but once we get there we will have more time to have fun!!!!! So far we have two pages of a "to do" list, every time we knock something off the list we add something on! I will say that it is nice getting things done around here, getting all of those annoying little things done- the ones that you NEVER EVER want to do!

We started the new year of good, we went to Jared's friends house in Corpus, Connor loves going there- not only because he likes hanging out with Jared's friend but because he has TWO DOGS!!!! I swear if there is a boy out there that needs a dog- my son is the one!
We all hung out grabbed some sea food for lunch went to the beach and ran around and then had some yummy italian for dinner- see what I mean about breaking diets on the first day (really who ever keeps true to that!)

Anyway, we hope that everyone enjoyed bringing in the new year and we hope that if you made a resolution that you too can stick to it!

Happy New years -
Love the O'Brien Family!

Wow Santa is cool!

This was Connor's first Christmas where he understood that something was going on and that he could open his gifts.

Before Santa came we put out a letter from Connor, cookies, and milk... we explained that if Connor wanted Santa to come then little boys had to go to bed!

The next morning when Connor woke up Santa had passed, Connor must have been really good this year because Santa left some really neat things for him!

Connor woke up and went to the living-room with his dad.... it is there that he found a train table waiting for him!

Conor was so excited, so excited that everyone all weekend had to play "Tombus" with him! He also got an easel from Santa, Santa wrote a note that said "merry Christmas Connor, thank you for the cookies! HoHoHo -Santa"

We all had a great Christmas and enjoyed hanging out at my mom's house with family, the only thing that could have made it better is if Jared's family would have been there!

Here are a few Christmas pictures!

I know I'm posting this late but I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas!