Christmas Decor

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Joneses (at least inside)!  As soon as we finished eating Thanksgiving dinner, my mind starting decorating the house for Christmas.  I don't go all out and decorate the entire house, I mainly stay in the living room area. 

I started dragging the decorations out of the attic late Friday afternoon.  Matt got home from work and then we headed to Chase and Cassie's for a little cookout.  Once we got home we put Connor to bed and then the madness started!

This year we are trying the tree in a new place, the entry way.  Last year I moved furniture to put tree in the corner of the living room, but I wasn't going to do all of that again.  I've made the executive decision that the tree will be here every year from here on out!

I didn't put all of the ornaments on the tree because Connor is still very "helpful" on taking them off the tree!

Love my new tree skirt and it's something fun for Connor.

Once the tree was done, I moved onto the mantle.  I found two cute trees at Hob Lob for the ends of the mantle and it tied it all in quite nicely with the garland.  To finish off the mantle, I hung the stockings!

I'm really looking forward to watching Connor's reaction this year on Christmas morning.  He's really getting into it and enjoys "helping" me! Here are a few other decorations that have been placed throughout the house.

Kitchen Table; please excuse the hot pink beach towel that covers Connor's seat

Entry Table

Connor's buddies

And look who has stopped in to watch Connor's every move and report back to Santa! I'm happy to introduce you to Buddy the Elf (original I know). 

 

Back in Business

Connor and Matt have been pretty sick these past couple of weeks.  Finally, everyone is back to normal!  We had a pretty low key weekend because next weekend will be go, go, go with Chase and Cassie's wedding. 

Saturday, we had one of the new furnaces installed and we got our new AT&T box.  While Matt was at home waiting for all of the repair men, Connor and I ran some errands.  We picked up Connor's elf, did some quick Christmas shopping, and then ran over to Gigi's and Big Daddy's. 

He filled up on two hot dogs and some laughing cow cheese at Gigi and Big Daddy's, he was asleep before we even got out of Germantown! Unfortunately, this was his only nap for the day (25 minutes just wasn't enough).

Sunday was another day of hanging around the house because of the heating repair man.  However, Connor was so exhausted from not napping yesterday that he gave in and slept through all the loud noise in the attic.  I decided to take advantage of Matt being stuck at home with Connor, so I went to the mall.  I was in desperate need of some work pants and ended up leaving with a few other things.

Over the weekend I introduced Connor to the laptop and I think I may have created a monster.  Matt was trying to flip back and forth from the race and football games, so Connor's Nick Jr wasn't in that mix.  I decided to let Connor watch some of his shows on the computer.  He was in heaven!  (Now I just need to get him to wear some headphones and we'll be set)

He was a little upset that I was interrupting his show

This is him saying "cheese" and smiling!

 

Happy Halloween!

We have had a very busy weekend and I can't believe that it's almost Monday already!  Saturday started out bright and early in Germantown for the annual Race for the Cure.  This was our first year to participate and there was definitely an extra meaning behind it for us.  I was amazed at how many people were there!

I was very impressed with the boys showing their support!

Connor loves his Yaya!

Did I mention how cold it was? But Connor looked so cute in his sock monkey hat!

Germantown Dental Group

Yaya, Kristy and Bobo

Connor loved all the balloons that were floating away

After the race, we headed home so Connor could take a couple of naps.  He was starting to feel better, so we thought we would head out to Bobo's house for the Halloween Party.  The Halloween Party was so much fun and Connor had a great time trick or treating. 

His cute monogrammed pumpkin worked really well, thanks Ashley!

This was the group Connor went trick or treating with.

Garner and her friend were vampire princesses, then we had Adi and Tucker Memphis cheerleader and Memphis tiger (they were sister and brother, so cute), Connor the monkey, and then Hunter the dino.

My cute monkey!

Can you tell by the expression on my face, how heavy Connor is to carry around?

Connor really wanted Reid to wear his monkey hat.

Connor did so well trick or treating and seemed to really enjoy himself!

Brandi once again took some very cute pictures, I wish I could take her everywhere with me!

*** Don't judge me because my almost 2 year old has a paci with his Halloween costume, paci=sanity this weekend!

Then today, Connor woke up and was back to square one in regards to how he was feeling.  So Connor and I hung out inside all day while Matt did the leaves in the backyard.  I cannot believe how MANY leaves we have!!! 

Matt will be taking Connor to the doctor in the morning and then he's off to Yaya's for the day.  Hopefully we'll get some good news from the doctor that this is just a virus going around and he'll feel better in no time. 

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and a Happy Halloween!

Perfect Timing

It never fails that when we have a bunch of activities planned, someone ends up getting sick!  Well this time, it was poor Connor.  Yesterday I had a dentist appointment and he had a hearing test.  I went to get him up for the day and noticed he had gotten sick in his bed (sometime during the night).  So I got him up, stripped the sheets/blankets off and we went downstairs.

I gave him some water to drink and sat him on the couch.  While I was in the laundry room, Connor came running in saying "Oh no, Oh no!".  He led me back to the couch where he had gotten sick again.  Bless his heart, he looked so pitiful for the entire day. 

He's still sick today and is resting at home with Aunt Pat.  Unfortunately, he missed his Halloween parade/party at school today.  But we're hoping he'll start feeling better so he can participate in the Race for the Cure with Gigi tomorrow and then the Halloween party at Bobo's house. 

McDonalds Memories

When I was a little girl, I remember having Happy Meals with my grandparents during their Meals on Wheels route.  That is the first thing I thought about when I saw Connor being a big kid eating his Happy Meal.  Matt was out of town for a couple nights this week, so this was a quick and easy dinner!

They have the fun Halloween buckets as the toy right now

He loves to dip his fries in ketchup

BIG kid, only needed to use one hand!

While we are taking a trip down memory lane...This past weekend we went to Yaya's house to visit everyone during the garage sale.  Connor spotted Garner's Barbie Jeep and had to try it out!  It wasn't charged, but at least he kind of got the idea.  When I was a little girl, I desperately wanted a Barbie car but that didn't happen for me until later in life (thanks dad!).

I see a Man Jeep in Connor's near future

(Hint hint grandparents!)

 

Just A Normal Car Ride

Connor is very animated while riding in the car.  However, he picks and chooses which songs to dance to.  His favorite type of music currently seems to be hip hop.  He's dancing never fails to put a smile on my face, no matter how bad of a day I have had.  It's the little things in life that I love!

Thank Goodness for Little Boys

Connor's newest obsession is to sweep the leaves on the driveway.  He grabs the broom out of the garage every time we come home from school.  All I can say is, thank goodness for little boys!  Since Connor is so excited and willing to help, he can now take my place as Matt's yard work helper.

Once again, the free stuff is what he likes to play with the most! 

Forget all of the toys in his playroom.

Did you notice my cute mums and pumpkin in the background?

***all iphone pictures, sorry they are so blurry***