It's my party and I'll cry if I want to...

and that's exactly what Connor did!  For everyone who knows Connor really well, you know that is completely out of the norm for him to be cranky.  He had an ear infection earlier in the week and I think that all the people plus not feeling 100% set him over the edge.

Even though Connor wasn't having a good time, I think everyone else did.  We ended up having about 30 people come over.  We had Lenny's sandwiches and cake, which was perfect because I didn't have to cook! We had a few memorable events during the party...first, there was a big vase on the mantel which fell off and shattered on the floor.  Matt proceeded to clean up the mess of glass by vacuuming.  Then the vacuum started to smoke with made the house smell like burnt rubber!!! But all in all we had a really good time; I just wish Connor would have had more fun.  Maybe next year we will just go out for dinner!

Here is Connor and his new friend Jake. 

Connor isn't used to having other kids playing with his toys...can you tell?

This picture makes me laugh...Connor was trying to be a good sport and this is his fake smile!

He didn't want to have anything to do with his cake.

This was the dining room table.

I absolutely loved the cake!!! The lady who made our wedding cake made this cake.

The party favors were boxes of candy!

Here's Connor with his fake smile again.

Cake "take two"...still not having it, but at least there were no tears!

He at least attempted to open presents, this is a big improvement from Christmas

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He is begging daddy for another nap...this would be nap #4 for the day and it wasn't even 5.

It was like Christmas all over again!

Here's Matt blowing up the ball tent.  If you look closely at Matt's eyes, you can tell he is multitasking by watching the game.

Here's the ball tent!

Walking---Check!!!

I cannot believe it...Connor took his first steps for us tonight!!!! (Although I have a feeling he has been practicing at daycare for a little while) The best part is that I caught it on video! I am just so proud of him and couldn't be happier. Take a look...

This was earlier in the night when Connor was riding on the race car he got for Christmas...

This time last year. . .

I was waddling around the house 9 months pregnant and thinking that Connor was never going to come.  Each week I would go to the doctor and there would be no changes.  Little did I know that in a week, my life was changing forever!

Connor has learned quite a few new things this past week.  We have started using a fork and working on not dumping our plate on the floor.  (We are SLOWLY making progress) 

Connor has also learned how to climb stairs.  This past week Matt found him halfway up the back stairs.  Connor tried to turn around and ended up tumbling down the stairs with Matt catching him right before he hit the floor.  Needless to say, both stair cases are now blocked with gates!

The other thing that he has discovered is that the kitchen cabinets open and there is stuff inside!  By the time Connor is done with it, everything is on the floor. (We are in the process of putting cabinet clips on)

Since Christmas, Connor has so many toys he doesn't know what to do with all of them. 

He was obvviously looking for something in particular!

Can you see the teeth?!?!? (Look on the bottom) There is now a total of 6!!!

I don't even know if this shirt is appropriate for school...but he wore it anyway.  (Thanks Gigi!)

Connor thinks that this is the best thing to do, besides eating of course.  Poor Matt loses about 2 handfuls of hair everytime.

Memphis had "snow" this week so daycare was closed for the day.  We took him over to YaYa's the night before just to be prepared.  He had a great time like always! Garner also was off school so they were best buds for the day!

Here's Connor in his snow suit that Granny got him.  He also has started standing on his own.  He is so close to walking!

See all the "snow" we got!!!

Christmas 2009

This past week has been full of events, so I'll try to recap...

Christmas Eve- Connor didn't have daycare and I had to work a half day, so Connor went to work at Morgan Keegan.  He did so good and I'm really proud of him! Robbie kept Connor pretty much entertained the entire morning. 

Kristy absolutely loves Connor, so she didn't mind keeping an eye on him at work

He started to get a little restless, so we had to break out the candy cane...it did the job (at least for a little bit!)

Robbie discovered that Connor loved to sit in the rolly chair and ride...he would even hold onto the arm rests!

That afternoon, we went home so Connor could nap and I could start cooking.  After nap time, Mimi and Papa came over to open up Christmas presents. 

That evening we went to my mom's (Gigi's and Big Daddy's house) for our traditional Christmas Eve dinner.  After dinner we open up presents and lets just say that Connor was completely spoiled (this is only round 2 of presents for Connor).

Rachel is so sweet and she is always on the flooring playing with Connor

Here he is in his Christmas pajamas...it's a bunch of sock monkeys

He ended up getting a monkey that went perfect with his pjs!

He's attempting to open a present, most of the time we had to open the presents for him

Bradley was being so good with Connor, even though Connor was trying take Bradley's present

Connor's first race car

Meet Ferdinand

Christmas- We had breakfast as a family and opened the rest of the presents under the tree.  Later in the afternoon, Gigi and Big Daddy came over to see what all Connor had gotten.  Then we went to Granddaddy's house to open more presents.

Day after Christmas- We woke up and went to the airport to pick up Grandpa (my dad), who was just in for the day.  Connor opened another present and spent quality time with Grandpa before we took him back to the airport that evening.

Grandpa got him a dump truck and Connor loved dumping the blocks and putting them back in...he must be learning how to clean up!

Sunday- Granny (Matt's mom) came over around lunch time and it was time once again for Connor to open presents.  She definitely went over board with the clothes and toys.  (I didn't get any pics of those, so I'll have to post later)

Then later that evening we went to YaYa's house to do our last round of present opening.  Connor always loves to go over there because he knows that he will get to play with Garner and that YaYa will fix a wonderful dinner.  Once again Connor was spoiled with presents and he just didn't know what to do with everything!

Garner and Amber assisting Connor with his present

Now let's do a quick count...that means we have celebrated Christmas for the past four days, with a total of opening presents 7 different times.  We now have so many toys that I've had to convert our dining room into a play room!!! 

See what I'm talking about?!?!?

Matt and I had a wonderful time this Christmas season being with family and most of all being a family ourselves.  We are thankful for everything we have and cherish all the memories of Connor first Christmas! 

Christmas 2009

Connor you are 11 months (1 week) old

So things have been a little busy with the holiday, so I am late posting.

It's been a very busy month and you have accomplished so much stuff...

• You are no longer on the bottle, only sippy cups for you
• You are crawling everywhere and you sometimes go into turbo mode and take off!
• You are pulling up and cruising around everything and anything you can find
• You still only say "Mama" and "Dada", but you are starting to learn which name goes with who

• You wear 12-18 month clothes, however some of those are starting to get a little tight
• You still wear size 4 diapers
• You have 5 teeth, 2 on top and 3 on the bottom
• You weigh about 23 pounds
• You've started giving kisses and blowing kisses

It's hard to believe how much has changed in the last year, but we are loving every minute of it!