Connor is turning ONE!!!!

Well my friends it is that time, Connor will be turning one on the 17th of this month, it is absolutely amazing how fast this year has gone by! We are throwing Connor a small party this weekend for family and a few friends! I took Connor to get some professional birthday pictures I think that they came out really nice! Here are a few, I will update more birthday wonderfulness after this weekend!
Also- as for the sleeping on the mattress, the first night he fell asleep on the mattress but got up three times...since then however he has slept through the night with no problems! :)

It's been a while...

To those of you that have been visiting my blog to only find nothing new...I apologize! I have lost the charger to my camera so therefore I have no way to post old pictures or to take new ones! I promise as soon as I find it or buy a new one to update you with some very cute pictures of Connor on Halloween! In the mean time I will catch you up via blogging!
If you can remember back to about a month ago you will remember our issue of Connor and his crib! Well since the climbing out incident Connor has been sleeping in his pack and play. Well,his Pop has decided to build a bed for our little guy so that he doesn't have to sleep in the pack and play anymore -he will be bringing the bed next weekend! To prepare for the new "big boy" bed we cleaned Connor's room, put away his crib (very sad moment by the way!, put away his "baby toys", and put away the pack and play - our little guy is sleeping on his mattress on the floor tonight! So why am I sharing this with you? Well, after tucking our little guy in to bed and kissing him goodnight we turned on his nightlight and closed the door, 10 min. later I checked on him to find him still on his mattress but playing with his stuffed animals...10 min. later Jared checked on him to only find the exact same thing....10 min. later I checked on him once more expecting to find him playing with his toys at the book shelf...only to find my sweet very well behaved little munchkin still laying in his bed playing with his toys. (I just checked on him for the night and he is sound asleep on his mattress!) Isn't that amazing....a 1 year old stays in bed instead of screaming, crying, crawling around, or playing with his toys! I'm sure that we have plenty of nights ahead of our sweet little boy ... being "not so sweet" but until then I will gloat about how adorable my little monkey is!

You shouldn't...

and with that being said....happy halloween/voting!!!

ahhh I found this cute!

(singing) We are a family....

Here is a picture of Connor Strumming the guitar...

Last night it seemed as though Connor would never go to bed, all he wanted to do is play the guitar with his dad!

Today we went to Guadalupe River State park and hung out as a family! We had a blast just hanging out, we went for a hike and then spent some time in the water! The weather was amazing and the water was the perfect temperature, Connor really had a great time!

Here is a video of Connor playing in the water and "sharing" rocks with his dad! -Sorry that it is sideways....I don't know how to turn it!

playing in water @ Yahoo! Video

Here is another short video of Connor at the park. In this one he finds it very funny that he and his dad are throwing rocks!

playing in water @ Yahoo! Video

Too Cute!

Here are some pictures of Jared and Connor playing peek-a-boo!


Hey dad...

There you are!

Poor Jared!

You think that he did that on purpose?

And here is an adorable video of Connor laughing it up in the tub!

the big 2-5

Lets start with Happy Birthday to ME!!!!
I am now twenty-five!! It's so strange I feel for the first time that I look my age! I have had a great day so far and I'm sure that it will only get better- Jared just got home with a beautiful pink rose, dinner, and my birthday gift - that I can't open until after dinner!:(

Connor had another day in the "big boy" room....
I took some pictures today of Connor in his new classroom, if you will notice he is sitting at a table in a chair, not in a highchair! Also we had another biting incident, this one however was a bit worse than yesterday...this one drew blood! Ahhhh, hopefully this won't continue.