September 2014

One of Connor's chores is to help out with matching the socks...I HATE matching socks so it's definitely a win for me!

Apparently someone didn't adjust their internal clock for Saturday morning. 

Walker's first trip to Grand Junction and first ride on the side by side. 

Connor absolutely loving life!

This is his happy place!

Family photo, love Connor's photo bomb. 

Honking the horn telling daddy and Connor that it was time to go. 

The homework has officially started and won't stop for 12 more years. 

Tacky day at school

Always wants to pose with his brother

Camo day

And then we were a family of 5...

August 2014

Connor is obsessed with video games recently and apparently he was being a creeper at the car dealership checking out what the other boy was playing

The curls are out of control, Matt calls him Bozo

The curls quickly turned from cute to mullet-ish and it was time for a hair cut.  It made him grow up instantly :(

Going through bins and bins of old clothes from Connor. I could pass up having him try on Connor's old chicken costume. 

Nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby. He is 100% attached to that blanket and puppy paci. 

Kindergarten registration day for this big boy, ended with a trip to Cracker Barrel for breakfast. 

I CANNOT believe the day has come that Connor starts kindergarten. I'm so excited for his new adventure and what the future holds for him!

He's in Ms. Tillman's class for the year and he couldn't have gotten a better teacher. 

Zoo trip with Brinkley and Ashley (Walker too).  These two were mapping out our route for the day. 

Sweet brothers...we were waiting on the little monkeys and otters to come out for lunch. 

And waiting...

Next stop was feeding the giraffes. The baby giraffe stopped Walker and it was love at first sight. 

Connor enjoyed feeding them, luckily he was just tall enough to reach over the railing. 

Brinkley and her giraffe (side note: we had just come from the sprinkler park where the kids were able to cool down)

After a quick lunch at El Porton, we made our way over to the Children's Museum. Connor loved the rock wall, he said it was just like being on American Ninja Warrior. 

Motorcycle ride courtesy of big brother

Then he took him on a fire truck ride. The boys had such a great time spending the day with Brinkley. Pretty sure Ashley and I were more worn out than the kids!

We made a trip over to Ryan and Sarah's house to take advantage of her monogramming abilities. This was the big hit of the day, I'm pretty sure he wants one for his room. 

These two definitely have their moments and know how to push each other's buttons, but they are also best friends for life. I love witnessing these sweet innocent moments between the two of them. 

Halloween 2013

I knew that this may be one of my last year's to influence Connor on what he should be for Halloween.  I'm not going to lie, I took full advantage of it!  I also wanted the boys to coordinate and I think it turned out so cute.  Connor was a fireman and Walker was a Dalmatian (not a cow as some guessed).  

 

The weekend before Halloween, we went to the Germantown Fire Station to get some pictures of the boys on the fire truck.  The firemen who were working that day couldn't have been nicer.  Connor loved every aspect of the fire house!

 

 

 

It's started to become a tradition of the grandparents coming over to the house before Connor leaves for trick or treating.  This year, I made a big pot of chili and we enjoyed dinner before Matt, Dennis, and Connor hit the streets.

 

 



Becoming Friends

It seems like in the last week or so Walker has transitioned from a newborn to a very interactive baby.  He has started sitting up while being supported with the boppy and reaching out for specific objects (i.e. taking my glasses off or pulling my hair out from the roots).  I've said it multiple times, but Connor has a special way with Walker that he can make him smile in 2.5 seconds. 

Now that Walker is much more interactive Connor really enjoys playing with him.  The other night we sat on the floor to roll the ball to each other and Walker was cracking up laughing every time Connor rolled the ball to him.  It definitely melts my heart to see those two play together and I hope they will be each others best friend forever!

 

 

Fast forward a few days...Connor was crying because Walker snatched his bag of mini muffins and squeezed one of the muffins.  Then that night, Walker grabbed a chunk of Connor's hair which resulted in another meltdown.  Not every moment can be a happy moment!

It's official...I'm a soccer mom!

I'm so excited for Connor and his opportunity to play soccer at Hope.  Back when I was off on maternity leave, I started looking for sports that Connor could be enrolled in (age wise).  I wanted him to have something that was all about him so that he wouldn't feel like Walker was always the center of attention.

The practices and games are on Sunday afternoons for an hour.  I really like the idea that it was only once a week and it was on the weekend.  Our schedule right now with the two boys is hectic enough, I couldn't imagine throwing in multiple practices after work during the week.  Connor is on the yellow team with Coach Conner.

The first practice was in the gym due to thunderstorms rolling through.  Thank goodness for the director's big heart and high level of patience, because corralling 50 4-5 year olds takes a very special person!

The second practice was outside on the soccer field.  Connor was excited to wear his new cleats and use his new water bottle (the one like the professional football players have, the smallest things mean so much to him).  I on the other was not prepared at all.  We had our chairs and I had a bottle for Walker, but I did not plan for sitting in direct sunlight for an hour.  Thankfully I had a huge umbrella in the car and we used that for shade for Walker.  We will buying a huge sports umbrella ASAP!

It so cute watching the kids practice.  First their attention span is all of 2 minutes and second they all huddle around the ball like a pack (you'll never wonder where the ball is, just look for the kids grouped together).  So far Connor's really enjoying it and I'm excited for the games to start!

 

 

 

 

 

Nashville Wedding

This past weekend, Matt and I headed up to Nashville for Ryan and Sarah's wedding weekend.  We left Friday morning after dropping the boys off at school.  The drive to Nashville is always so boring to me, but we ended up making there around lunch time.  We grabbed lunch with a few friends and then walked around the Green Hills mall for a little bit.  We had rehearsal and rehearsal dinner Friday evening and the wedding/reception was Saturday evening.  Here are a few pictures from our weekend trip! (Apparently I took no pictures of Ryan or Sarah, but the bride and the wedding were both very pretty)