It has been awhile..

 

We wore Connor out last Sat.  We went to the Body Exhibit in Idaho Falls and it was amazing! I did like the Titanic Exhibit more but this one was still really interesting. They had this childrens room where they had little fetuses in jars. It was amazing to see how tiny  there are and all the bones and blood vessels that are developed.  It made me laugh that something so tiny can make grown women so sick for so many months!

 

It has been a hectic month! Work, school assignments, shooting, Big Juds,Temple, celebrating Ash's 21 birthday, having family over for dinner and so much more! Plus right now we are in the middle of packing up our apartment! There are boxes everywhere and it is a huge mess. Connor is scared of the noise that the tape makes when taping the boxes shut so that makes it a little frustrating. He also loves to unpack everything that we put into the boxes :) haha.

Tomorrow is my last day of work! I am so excited to be done! I have to admit that I will miss my kids they are great people.  Mostly, I am just thrilled. I can't wait to move back to Ohio (even if it is only a little to visit family).  We are moving April 11th which happens to be our two year wedding anniversary.  We'll have no problem finding a sitter to watch Connor for us to celebrate once we get settled because I know that our parents are so anxious to see their precious grand baby! I am a pretty nervous to fly with Connor. I have been doing research on-line to find ways to keep him entertained but let's face it, if he is tired than nothing is going to help.

Adam has been extremely stressed with school projects and papers this last week or so. He has a lot going on and a lot of group work which  makes it hard to coordinate with other people's schedules (doesn't help that most of the people procrastinate to the last minute and he is the type that would rather just get it done and out of the way).  The nice thing is that in a week he will be done with school! Graduation is on Sat the 9th :)  We have decided that it is best to get grad school out of the way.  Adam will start this fall hopefully at the University of Cincinnati for a masters in criminal justice. It is an on-line program which is perfect since we have no idea where well end up living. Adam has been applying like crazy for different jobs.  Just today he applied to 3 in Mi :) I am so grateful that he is so dedicated to finding work!

My sister Ash and I have taken on a sewing project our making some pencil skirts.  It has been a lot harder than I thought just because Connor is impossible to sew with. He gets really mad and throws fits if we block him out of the kitchen and if we don't he wants to play with the pedal to the machine.  The one that we made turned out super cute! We have one more to go.. yes we made matching skirts! But since we will be living in different states its no big deal!


This weekend we are headed to Utah for General Conference! AHH I am so excited to go! Out of the 5 years I have lived out west this is the first time going! We aren't going to head down to Utah till Sat morning since Adam has work. It will be fun to hang out and stay with his cousins while we are there. 

Connor has discovered that he loves drinking out of straws and my water bottle.  The mark in the middle of his forehead is a battle wound with my water bottle. Haha poor baby.

Another one of Connor's favorite thing to do is play in the laundry hampers. He literally plays in it for hours! Check out the video :)

New Adventures

Connor's New Adventures:
Like two weeks ago the weather was really nice outside and one of my clients ditched me so I lots of time to spend with my sweet little family.  Adam and I took Connor on a walk and wanted to let him touch/play with the snow since it was close to 40 (which is very warm for here). 

He was so excited to be back in his stroller. Look at the face! He even brought snacks along for the ride!

He wasn't too thrilled for the snow. Every time we would try to help him touch it he would pull his hand away. I think he'll like it more next year when he can play in it and go sled riding!

If you look real close you can see the huge red bruise on his forehead.  I had the bright idea that it would be super cute to get a video of him walking outside.  Well it was such a bad idea.. he was walking on the side walk that was ramped going down and he fell and bashed his face.  His lip and nose were bleeding and he had a huge bruise on his forehead.  It was so sad and early that day he was trying to run and fell hitting his head on the door frame leaving that Harry Potter like mark down the middle of his forehead. Poor guy!

He had the funniest time putting his cup on the foot rest and playing with it.  I hope the weather gets nicer so we can go on more walks together!

After we came home Connor still wanted to go outside so he climbed into the storage area of the stroller and thought it was so fun :)

Last Tuesday we took Connor to McDonalds for lunch so he could play in the play area. The first thing he did when I put him down was run, or try to, over the balls and started pushing them together. He had a blast playing with a little boy who was a month older than him. They would look at each other and laugh then start talking in their own little language.  When we had him eat he was so busy watching the older kids play in the tunnels and slides that I had to feed him.  We had his cheeseburger ripped into bit size pieces, this little girl walked past and Connor gave her a piece and she took it.  It was seriously so precious that he wanted to share.  Such a little sweetie. 

A few other things that he likes lately are: eating granola bars by taking bites while holding it himself, going on walks outside while holding mommy's hand (he is usually my little helper when I get the mail or take out the trash) and reaching into the cheez-it box to pull out his own snack.  He has been pretty sick this whole week, Mon we took him to the drs for an ear infection then he had to go back fri morning for a fever. He has a virus that is going around and now he has Rosiola (I don't know how to spell it but he has a fever still and a horrible rash all over his torso and face).

Our New Adventures:
Adam is getting so tied down with school work. He has a ton of stuff due in the up coming weeks and is pretty stressed about it.  He also has applied to a few more jobs (all back East).  We are still waiting, for at least 2 more weeks, to hear back to see if he has an interview for the Columbus job and the one in MI.  April 11 we are moving back to Ohio.  We are taking a huge leap of faith that he will find a job and that the Lord will take care of us (which we know He will :)).  We are very anxious and excited to see our families! My dad is flying out to drive the truck back with Adam. Connor and I are flying out! I am glad I don't have to do the long drive and that Connor doesn't have to sit that long because I know that he would drive everyone nuts.  I am pretty nervous to have to fly back with a very active, doesn't like to sit still baby.  One more thing, my mom got us and my sister's conference tickets!! It is my first time going and I am so excited!!

This wasn't at the conference in UT.. but it was in the new BYU-I center in their conference center (which seats like 15,000 people) for a Relief Society conference with Sister Beck! An amazing and uplifting experience!!

Connor's First Birthday!

Ok so it took me way to long to post this but I had a great reason! Most of the pictures were on my sister's cameras and once I got them I had a sick little boy to take care of.  Connor's birthday was on the 17 of Feb.  I was really bummed because I see Connor for maybe 2 hours on Thursdays due to my work schedule.  This was a weird day for me. In the middle of my morning while I was waiting to pick up my 2nd client I had to run to the restroom in the elementary school to throw up.  Needless to say I had to take her home really early (it was so embarrassing because I even got sick in her driveway with her in the back seat!).  The good news from this story is that I had to cancel with my last client of the day and it was like a 6 hour bug. By 4 I was feeling good and playing with my little guy!!

I made Connor this cute little onsie for him to wear on his BIG day! 

We had my sisters come over for dinner.. Spaghetti and garlic bread... Connor ate lots of food :) He didn't get to messy since he is so used to feeding himself all the time.

My mom had such a great idea.  She thought it would be a fun to skype both of our parents since they live in Ohio.  It was a lot of fun because it made it feel like they were a part of his party! Here is Connor watching and talking to his grandparents, aunts and uncles :) He kept going back and forth between the two computer screens!

Connor was so into the computers that getting him to unwrap presents was near impossible! It ended up with Mommy and Daddy opening almost everything for him while he tried to play with the computers. Here are some of the presents that he got:

Auntie Ashy and Mommy made his cake! I think it turned out really cute! We did Mickey Mouse because every morning Connor loves watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse while eating his breakfast.

Connor really wasn't in the mood for cake so he just sat there for the longest time and then we let him feed himself some chocolate ice cream. He liked that better than the cake :)

It was a good birthday party!! :) He got lots of cool presents. He loves all the stuffed animals and cloths and Auntie Jessie drew him a picture of Mickey! He LOVES the baby bugs bunny stuffed animal from Auntie Ash.  Literally he carries it around the apartment and he cuddles with it all the time! It is so hard to believe how big he is and all the things that he can do! At his one month check up he weighed 20 lbs, which is only the 14%, and he was 30 inches long, which is the 53%.  He is so skinny he easily fits into his 3 month pants in the wast but he needs the length of the 12 month pants!