Birthday Fun!

Yesterday we went to Savana’s birthday party where we helped her celebrate turning 4! Suong and Patrick went all out this year. Her birthday party included a bounce house, face painting, balloon animals and pony rides! Connor wasn’t afraid this time, he sat on a pony at another birthday party and didn’t seem to care too much for it. Not this time! He was loving it and even rode the pony with me holding him on. We had a lot of fun, Happy Birthday Savana!

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Merry Christmas!

What a busy holiday, where should I start? Well, we kicked off Christmas this year at our house with Gram and Grandpa the Sunday before Christmas. Connor had lots of fun ripping the paper off his gifts! It was a beautiful day and we really enjoyed their visit. Next up was a trip to Cape Haze to visit with Grandma and Papa, along with Great Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Nancy and Uncle Mark. Uncle Andrew was stuck working this year but he was very much in our thoughts. While we were there one of Grandma’s friends, H, stopped by to take pictures of the family. He took a lot of great shots, I’ve included a few of my favorites in the link below. Connor got lots of cute clothes and more toys than he will ever know what to do with. You should have seen our car on the drive back – talk about jammed pack! We almost had to leave the dogs….just kidding :o) Overall we had a wonderful first Christmas with Connor and now we’re looking forward to the New Year!

Please enjoy our pictures from Connor’s first Christmas:

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Tallahassee

This weekend Connor (finally) got to meet his great grandparents that live in Tallahassee! Yes, this trip was long overdue. It was a great surprise to Nancy and Jack as they did not know we were coming. We had a wonderful visit with them and then headed over to visit uncle Bill and aunt Jan, along with our cousins Mike and Nick. We didn't have the best of weather. It rained most of the day and got down to 44 while we were there. As we drove back home that night we watched our temperature gauge rise as we got closer to Orlando. By the time we got home is was 75 degrees - at 10 pm! I don't know about you all, but I'm ready for the cold weather to stick around for more than a couple of days.

Sunday we just bummed around and enjoyed being at the house for once. John put up Christmas lights outside and baby proofed the house. Connor worked on mastering the step in the living room and feeding himself Cheerios. Oh, he also learned to drink from a sippy cup!

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Connor meets Santa!

We took Connor to meet Santa this weekend. We weren't expecting much but were thrilled when he smiled for camera!

Please enjoy a few other pictures from our weekend:

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9 Months Old!

I can hardly believe it, but our baby is already 9 months old. It's amazing how fast he is growing up and learning new things. Connor is now crawling, pulling up and cruising along furniture! I'm sure it won't be too much longer before we're chasing him around the house. I guess it's time to start baby proofing! :o) Yesterday Connor had his 9 month checkup and everything checked out good. He is right at the 50th percentile in all categories. He now weighs 20 lbs and is 27 3/4 inches long.