Congrats Tay!!!

This posting is a little late-
I want to say congratulations to my wonderful brother in law, Tay. He graduated just recently from A&M, Tay we couldn't be prouder of you! We are all so happy for you and wish you the best of luck! Here are a few pictures from his graduation!

yummy in my tummy!

This afternoon Jared and I picked up Connor and took him to the park- where he decided to flip out of the swing!!!!! When he sat up he looked at me and said "Lets go slide mommy!" after a quick look over we headed to the as Connor would say... "big boy slide cause I a big boy mommy"
After a nice evening at the park I took Connor to get some Amy's ice-cream! The ice-cream cone and scoop were the size of his head- but that didn't stop him from digging in! He explained to me that "the ice-cream store is my favorite, I like ice-cream, I like to lick it!" every other time that he licked the gigantic scoop of sugared deliciousness he would say "that yummy mommy, yummy in my tummy!"
When we were all done we headed over to Whole Earth Provisions and played with the toys for about 20 minutes, he insisted upon showing me every car they had within reaching distance!
All in all little boys had quite the exciting afternoon..... I wonder what we will do tomorrow! :)

Time with Yha - Yha

We went and spent a day in Gruene with my mom and my Aunt Delores- and her beautiful grand daughter! We had some delicious lunch, some amazing dessert, and some much needed family time! Connor really enjoyed getting to spend time with the baby - since then he keeps telling me "I like babies mommy- their my friend!" :) Mom and Delores here are a few pictures from the weekend! ~Enjoy!

Meeting Mr. Easter Bunny

Connor met the Easter bunny and was quite impressed! I thought that he would be terrified of a BIG GIANT BUNNY, but instead he welcomed him with open arms! For the entire week prior to seeing him Jared and I both explained to Connor that he would get to visit the Easter Bunny- we read Easter Bunny books, sang bunny songs, hopped around the house like bunnies, so when the time came Connor wanted to bring the Easter bunny a gift! We found a plastic egg and stuffed it with stickers and then drew a wonderful picture of Connor and the Easter bunny together! When we arrived the bunny was still in the back... eating his carrots... so we waited and waited and waited some more until the Easter bunny finally arrived! There he came strolling down the breeze way- that's when Connor looked at me very concerned hands up in the air and asked me "why he not hopping?" I had to explain to him that really big bunnies could walk! All in all our visit to our big furry friend went well! :)

Camping out for the first time!

Over spring break we promised Connor that we would take him camping! We really hyped it up, sleeping outside- under the stars, sleeping in our sleeping bags, climbing the rocks (at Enchanted Rock), cooking outside, and of course the fact that we could play outside at night! Connor was so excited- for three days he kept asking about camping.... so finally the day came, we packed up the car and drove out to Enchanted Rock! Connor was psyched, all the way there he kept saying "where the camping go?"
We finally got there, just to be turned away! I kid you not! The park was too FULL, they had a two hour wait just to get into the park- with about fifty cars lining the street waiting their turn! Camping there was out of the question, who knew that EVERYONE would want to go camping over spring break!!!!! Apparently you had to make reservations ahead of time!
So now I have this sweet little boy sitting in his car seat ready to get out and play on the rocks and camp out. When we told him that we couldn't go the tears began to fall, Jared and I felt so incredibly bad!
So instead of camping out at Enchanted Rock we got lunch took it to the park and let him play! We then drove home, ordered a pizza, and camped out in the backyard! I feel that we had almost as much fun as we would have had we gotten into the park! (Next time se are definitely making some S'mores!!!!) We played hide and go seek with just a head lamp, told stories (about the three bears) and slept in our sleeping bags beneath the stars ALL NIGHT! I was pleasantly surprised to see that Connor lasted all night in the tent, however, it did take him a while to fall asleep- a novelty like sleeping outside kept this little boy WIDE awake, playing and laughing! The next morning instead of grilling pancakes on a little camp stove we drove to Star Bucks and had a delicious breakfast! All in all the camping experience turned out very nice, it's a memory Jared and I will never forget! I took pictures of Connor's first camp out, enjoy!




















Isn't he just the cutest little camper you've ever seen?!!! :)

Look at my hubby go!

Jared has started running races and he is FAST! He has done two races lately one was a half marathon, that he ran with his parents. I think that he really enjoyed racing with his parents and having the opportunity to share such an experience with them! Connor and I stood on the side and cheered them on! All three of them ran a great race, Connor really had a great time cheering on his dad and grandparents!





His other race was the Prickly Pear a - 10K! This race really motivated me to give running a try, it seemed so fun! Connor really enjoyed this race as well, when he saw Jared he yelled "YAY DADDY GO!" It must have been a good motivator because Jared finished 29th out of over 300 people!


He is really enjoying racing and he is good at it! He has a tri coming up in a few weeks, he's going to run Pikes Peek (which is insane!), and is planning on running another 30+ miles in July!

He has motivated me to give running a try, he and I will be running the Breast Cancer Awareness race in May! I am so proud of Jared and am glad to see that he is enjoying his runs in the morning.... we all need something that we enjoy!
*Jared*
I am so proud of you! Your doing an amazing job and are training hard, keep up the good work!

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