Still Here

Matt and I just got back from vacationing in Punta Cana and I can't seem to get out of the vacation mode.  I plan on editing pictures this weekend and posting all the gorgeous pictures.  But for now, I'll leave you with this...

This was right after his hair cut 2 weeks ago, doesn't he just look so grown up?!

Weekend Recap

This past weekend we were very go, go, go.  It all started Saturday around lunch time, Ryan came over and we all headed out to the Hunting Extravaganza at the Agricenter.  To my amazement, we saw a lot of people that we knew.  Apparently this was the thing to do on Saturday and it was even better when I found out that it was indoors! 

Connor's favorite part was the live grizzly bear

Connor's best friend for the day was Ryan

Serious conversation with Dad (he no longer calls Matt "daddy", only "dad"...very sad!)

On our way home, we couldn't figure out what to do next until Ryan suggested going to Chuckie Cheese and that's all Connor needed to hear!  When we got there it wasn't too busy, but that quickly changed.  I was in sensory overload and there were kids running around everywhere.  After Connor cashed in his 530 tickets for a ball we could have bought at Target for $2.99, I was ready to go home.

Trouble, Trouble, and Trouble

Later that evening we went to the shoe store in search of the perfect pair for Matt.  Of course Connor picked out a pair, but after explaining to him that the Dora shoes were for girls we put them back on the shelf. (He was not a happy camper)

On Sunday we went to church for our Dave Ramsey orientation.  My step sister has been raving about this for the past couple years and we decided it was a good thing to do.  After church we went to lunch and ran a bunch of errands.

I hope this week goes as fast as last week!

Sunflowers

The sunflowers are in full bloom around the Memphis area (Germantown Parkway and Walnut Grove to be exact). My mom has been hounding suggesting that I get Connor out there for pictures before the sunflowers died. I agreed, but I was not looking forward to dealing with the heat.

When we got back from New Orleans, I decided that I would take Connor first thing Sunday morning to try to beat the heat. Well I made it there first thing, but I did not beat the heat. It was SO HOT that my camera kept fogging up and the attention span of my 2 1/2 year old was not very long. Here's what I got. . .

 

 

The Big Easy

Matt had to go down to New Orleans for work and asked if I wanted to go.  After a few hours of making sure everyone's calendars coincided (Gigi's, work, kennel), I said yes.  I was looking forward to a relaxing weekend out of Memphis.

We left Thursday afternoon and we were able to beat rush hour traffic out of Memphis.  It was pretty much smooth sailing all the way down.

Matt had a meeting first thing Friday morning, so I took advantage of the alone time.  There was a mall right across the street, which was perfect!  I walked around the mall for awhile and then walked down Canal St.  After almost sweating to death, I decided to call it quits and head back to the room. 

Once Matt got back from his meeting and lunch, we headed back out to the Riverwalk.  I ended up finding a pair of cute flats (and it was tax free weekend)! We also enjoyed an order of beignets from Cafe du Monde.  Then it was back to the hotel to get ready for dinner.  In the meantime, it started to pour down rain which was nice because it cooled everything down.

We enjoyed dinner at Bourbon House and then strolled down Bourbon St.  I haven't been to New Orleans since my college days when the Memphis Tigers played in a bowl game.  Times have definitely changed since then for me!  Now that I'm more grown up and have more responsibility, Bourbon St. just isn't the same. . .

We had a great time and we were home in Memphis late Saturday afternoon.(Thanks Dennis!)

Interview with Connor

I saw this cute interview that Memphis Mama did with her son.  I thought it would be fun to ask Connor and see what his responses would be. 

What is your name? Connor Jones


How old are you? 3 (really 2 1/2)

What is your favorite color? blue one

Who is your best friend? Joshie

What is your favorite animal? Otter (his beanie baby)

What do you want to be when you grow up? Dora (maybe that means he wants to be an explorer)

What is your favorite movie? Tangles

What is your favorite book? Brown Bear

What makes your happy? Yaya's house

What makes you sad? Yaya did that (???)

What is your favorite food? Hot Dogs!

What is your favorite song to sing? ABC's

What games do you like to play? Basketball
 
I might have to try this again in a few months to see how his answers change. 

Randoms

Since I kind of fell off the blogging bandwagon for a while, I have a lot of random pictures to catch up on.  So here's a post of nothing but random pictures...

Ms. Winnie gave Connor an Otter beanie baby, which has become his new best friend.  Otter goes everywhere with us!

Sometimes while I workout, Connor will bounce his energy out on the mini trampoline

This was another find from Ms. Winnie's garage sale, thanks to Gigi

This is what happens when he insists on doing it himself

Nothing like a McDonald's breakfast on Saturday morning

Matt and Connor made a trip out to see the moo moos

His boots are so cute!

My sweet boy isn't a baby anymore...

He added a new train to his collection...as you can see, he likes to wear his boots with shorts (I try to choose my battles wisely these days...this was not a battle I wanted to fight)

So there you have it, our life in random pictures!

Spider Bite Progress

So it's been about 3 weeks since Matt was bitten by a spider.  The bite happened on a Friday or Saturday and by the following Tuesday, it looked bad enough to go to the doctor.  The doctor decided that the bite needed to be numbed and then lanced to drain it.  Since the infection was so deep, Matt had to go several times to have the packing changed.

This is how it looked before his first doctor appointment.

It was very swollen...no after pictures because I couldn't even look at it.

After the third time, the doctor decided to leave the packing out and let the wound finish healing.  He also received the test results back from the culture.  The results confirmed that it was a brown recluse spider bite with traces of staff.  I'm happy that it is healing and it wasn't any worse, but I'm very anxious for it to be over.

Of course Connor had a boo boo that required a bandage

The older Connor gets, the more he wants to be just like Matt...very sweet!