Christmas: Part II

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I can't exactly say the same for our family. It wasn't that is was bad, but everyone was sick! Poor Connor went down for his nap on Friday (Christmas Eve) and woke up with a fever that would linger around until yesterday! Christmas Day John woke up with a fever, and by the end of the weekend the illness had spread to Grandma, Great Grandma (Busia) AND Great Grandpa (Dziadzia). Ugh!

Needless to say Connor was not up for opening gifts on Christmas. He managed to open a few here and there but we saved his big items for when he would feel better. Fortunately he felt better the next morning, or well enough to open presents anyway! He got all kinds of fun things this year including a tricycle, wagon, soccer goals, tool bench, lots of cars and trucks, books...the list goes on and on.... :) I know Christmas would have been more fun for him had he not been sick but at least he wasn't really into the whole Santa thing yet, otherwise this really would have spoiled Christmas for him. He was so pathetic Christmas Day!

It was really cold in Cape Haze this year. There was even frost on the ground which Papa claims hardly ever happens. So we spent all our time indoors, trying to keep the well well and get the sick better. Connor really enjoyed the toy 'choo choo' train Papa setup for him. It was remote controlled and Connor was an expert at the buttons! We did have to escape outside one day to let Connor try out his new wagon :) BeBe called us on Sunday to tell us it was snowing in Waldo!

We have spent the remainder of our vacation at home doing absolutely nothing. I'm doing my best to get my boys better. I took Connor to the doctor on Wednesday since his fever had been hanging around for awhile. He didn't have anything they could prescribe him medication for, it just has to run its course. He weighed 25.10 lbs....my little pumpkin in thinning out! LOL Today Connor was fever free and in such a better mood. John is starting to feel better as well but not quite in the clear yet. Let's hope 2011 brings a better year for us health wise.

Happy New Year!!!!!!

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Christmas: Part I

Every year our neighborhood gets a visit from Santa on a fire truck. They tend to come pretty late and last year Connor was already asleep. Trucks are his latest thing right now so we didn't want him to miss it this year! It was cold Wednesday night when they came and Connor was already in his PJs. We just threw on a ski cap and ran outside right as they went by. The fire truck entered our neighborhood through the other entrance so we were the last house it would go by on its way out. We were a little bummed it had already turned off its siren but at least Connor got to see it go by.

Saturday we had a visit from BeBe and Grandpa to celebrate an early Christmas together. We'll be heading to Cape Haze later this week to spend Christmas with all of John's family. We were cooped up inside as it was an ugly day weather wise. As I've mentioned before Connor loves his trucks so he was content playing wtih BeBe and Grandpa and showing off all his cars and trucks. He even used BeBe as a road prop!

Connor had fun opening his gifts. He got a fun play tent from the Dixie DeSantiago's and lots of cars from BeBe and Grandpa. The cars were from the Disney movie Cars which he also got for Christmas. This is the first movie he has paid attention to other than Elmo. Again...loves his cars and trucks!

I have been wanting to buy Connor a potty to start getting him used to the idea and the terms that go with it. I also thought it might be fun for him to open it so I wrapped it and gave it to him for Christmas. I don't expect anything out of this anytime soon....but a mama can dream, can't she? ;) Connor enjoys sitting and playing in his booster chair we use when we travel so I had a feeling he would like to sit on the potty. Sure enough, he goes and sits on it all the time now. He even wants to brush his teeth while sitting on the potty :) Last night Connor was playing when he suddenly stood up and said 'poo poo' then ran and sat on the potty. He had a diaper on and had already finished his business before he got to the potty but we were impressed as it seems he has the concept down already.

You may notice in our pictures Connor is always wearing rainbow colored socks. Just an FYI these socks came from Grandma and have Elmo on them. That said, Connor loves them and wants to wear them all the time. Thanks Grandma :p

We leave Thursday after work for Cape Haze and have all of next week off!! We hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday, Merry Christmas!!

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SeaWorld Christmas Celebration

Saturday we spent the day at SeaWorld with some friends. We went to checkout the park's special Christmas Celebration. In addition to all the animals, shows and rides that the park normally has, they also have a few special Christmas shows and Santa. We did the Polar Express and at the end of the 'ride' was Santa! There was no chance Connor was going to get a picture with Santa on his own this year so we jumped at the opportunity to get in the picture with him. He still didn't like it very much but at least he didn't cry.

The main show we wanted to see was the Sesame Street Christmas show. For those who don't know, Connor LOVES Elmo. The more he watches the show the more interest he has taken into the other characters but Elmo remains his favorite. We missed the first show at 3:30 so had to see the one at 5:00 pm. Have I mentioned Connor did not nap the entire day? He was too distracted throughout the day to fall asleep but I think it took away from the excitement of seeing Elmo. He still loved it though!

By the time the Sesame Street show was over I was pooped. You're probably thinking, you mean Connor don't you? Nope, I think Connor could have stayed the rest of the night but this pregnant mama was exhausted. As we were leaving it was getting dark so we got to see their 'Sea of Trees' over the water. They were pretty and danced to holiday music.

We plan to go back in a couple of weeks when we're on vacation for the evening shows. I think Connor will enjoy Shamu's Christmas show and the Winter Wonderland show on ice. We'd love to stay and see their fireworks display but that is right before closing at 10:55 pm and something tells me Connor would sleep right through them ;)

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Holiday Season

Last weekend we picked out our tree but it took us a couple of days to get it decorated. Connor loves for the tree to be lit up. When he gets up in the morning (and it isn't on) he points to it and says on, on, on...until I turn it on :) At first we had a problem with him touching the ornaments but he has since lost interest.

picking out our tree....

I like this one dada!

The finished product :)

John has lots of vacation days left this year. Unfortunately our company changed their policy and those days no longer roll over, so he's taking every Friday off this month. I am little jealous of all the extra days he has off. Except when he gets to utilize those days working on our money pit, aka house. On Thursday we discovered our kitchen sink was leaking...and had been for awhile :/ John spent Friday replacing the faucet and ripping out the cabinet below the sink. Connor loved it though, he got to play with all of dada's tools! It took all of Friday and most of the weekend but we're back in order :)

Saturday night we got a babysitter so we could go out and help our friend Tim celebrate his 30th birthday! It was a very fun party and Connor was a good boy for Jessica. Happy Birthday Timmy!!!

Sunday we went to the mall to get our family portrait taken. We've been trying to get this done for last 3 months but one thing or another has made it impossible. Tuesday Connor came home with a fresh shiner on his cheek (fell being chased on the playground) but we went ahead anyway. I figure there is always going to be something, may as well go and maybe we can also see Santa! Apparently every else in town had the same thought in mind. Pictures took longer than we expected and by the time we were done the line for Santa was a 2 1/2 hour wait. No thank you.

In other news Connor is now 21 months old. So hard to believe he will be 2 in just 3 short months! It's even harder to believe he will have a sister in less than 4 months! He's doing great though and is so much fun. He sure knows how to turn on the charm too! In addition to his ever increasing vocabulary he has started to string 2 words together here and there. We had a rough spout with sleeping but I think it was a combination of him being sick and us being on vacation. He's back to his normal sleep schedule now :) We're talking up Santa but not sure if he really gets it yet. Either way I'm sure Christmas will be so much fun this year!

Happy Holidays!!