Photo Shoot

While we were in Atlanta, Jonathan and Krista's friend Stacey took some great photos of Connor.  They were his one year photos (at 14 months...shhhh) and he was adorable!!!  Thank you Stacey for your wonderful work!  We love having memories that will last a lifetime!

Our Trip to Atlanta

This past week (okay this was written a month or so, but not completed until now), Cameron and I took off a few days so that we could head down to Atlanta to spend some great time with family and meet the newest addition to our family.  Brinson Carver was born on December 28th to proud parents Kristen and Matt and he is a wonderful baby.  It was so much fun seeing a little one and remembering that Connor was once that size, which is so hard to believe.  He seems as though he is a great baby and Kiki and Matt have taken to being parents wonderfully!  And as always it was great to see all the other nieces and nephews as well.  We left there giving Jonathan and Krista all the credit in the world as they are amazing parents to 4 wonderful children!  Connor loved playing with Payton, Claire, Harrison, and Ivy...but especially Harrison.  Between Harrison, Brinson, and Connor, they are going to be best buds here in a few years!  Its fun to add all the boys to mix...but I personally loved my time with those girls too.  Our favorite part of the trip (other than meeting Mr. Brinson) was one night in Jonathan and Krista's room where we all rolled around and wrestled and played and laughed for hours!  It was so fun, it was what family is all about!  Thank you for having us Atlanta crew...can't wait for the next adventure!  We love you all!

Payton and Brinson...she's getting so big and he is so little!

Connor says Ivy don't go!

First trip to the Zoo

Brinson's first trip at such a young age!

The boys watching in awe!

Sweet Tayrn and Sydney joined us at the zoo....love all the babies!

Harrison watching the animals pee...hilarious!

Figuring out this walking thing.  Hold on tight Momma!

Uncle Cameron brought the girls a bat and a tee for the future stars!

Sweet, sweet Aunt Krista having so much for with her Ivy!

That face says it all...a successful trip!

My New Chair

Between Christmas and his birthday, Connor got lot of wonderful toys!  Believe it or not, his favorite thing ever is his big boy chair his Grandma and Papaw got for him.  He sits in this thing non stop.  It is the perfect size for him and he is just so proud of it.  When he is done sitting on it, he climbs all over it, he just thinks it is the best!  We put it in between our two big chairs that we sit in so I think he feels like he is now part of the crew, it is so cute!

 Chillin with puppy in my new chair!

 Sooo proud (you can really see the mullet action in this photo, good thing we got that taken care of)!

Thanks Grandma and Papaw!

First Haircut

After weeks and almost months of everyone telling us our little man needed a haircut, we finally broke down and did it.  Connor really was starting to have a "party in the back!"  He was great about it though and looks so cute.  I think it was harder on mommy than anybody!  They cut away my baby and left me with a little boy!

 Mommy, get me out of here!  What is she doing to me?

 Sorry, pics are backwards, but this is the after.

 And here's the before, you can see the party in the back (and really the front to) we were referring to!

Don't touch my ears lady!

Our Little Helper

Since Christmas has passed, we have spent lots of time cleaning up the house and getting back to normal.  Connor has been our biggest little helper.  At first he wasn't so happy about us taking down the Christmas decorations.  I think he had really started to figure out this holiday thing and wanted to know when the next time he got gifts was.  Wow, was he spoiled in December.  Decembers from here on out are going to be crazy.  Here are a few photos from after the holidays.

 Mommy, don't put Santa away, he brings such great toys!

 I told you not to put him away, I will get him right back out....he's the boss!

 Who would have thought cleaning the toilet was so much fun!

Probably not the cleanest activity, but he LOVED it.

Then there is the dishwasher, his other favorite hang out.  What a good little helper we have!

Merry Christmas!

I cannot believe how fast time goes, Christmas has come and gone now and it went by in the blink of an eye.  But it was sooo much fun!!  Having a child at Christmas time is not only fun with toys and gifts, but it reminds us of how truly blessed we are by the gift of Connor.  He is our little angel, and he could not be more of a blessing!  Cameron and I said yesterday that we did not need a single gift for the rest of our lives as long as we always had this little guy!  Thank you God for the miracles you provide!  And thank you Connor for not caring this year what you got for Christmas=)  We had to take advantage of the fact that at 1, he really doesn't understand the whole presents thing, so we really didn't get too much this year.  And after all, we still have some unopened birthday presents.  So we just got him a new little train set as he loves his "chu chu" and he could not have been happier.  His Atlanta cousins also got him a Sesame Street House with Elmo and Cookie Monster, so he is pretty in love with that as well!  Overall, it was a fantastic day spent with family.  Thank you Aunt Karen and Uncle Jason for having us at your home and for providing a wonderful Christmas dinner!  Merry Christmas to all...we hope you had as wonderful of a holiday as we did!

 We made it through Church on Christmas Eve, then Grandma and Papaw hosted us for some yummy treats!  This was as close as we could get to a picture of Connor, Carson, and Logan.

 "Ho Ho" (as Connor calls Santa) really did come to see us!

 My two favorite boys in the whole wide world!!!

 Wow Dad, who's that big red dog?

 Momma, is that really just a sweater...boring!?!?!?

 Now that's more like it!!!

 Another messy house after another round of gifts!

 Carson and Logan being silly little elves!

 Connor says I am outta here, I am taking the stairs.

The three amigos watching Elf on the Shelf!

Connor's First Birthday

Well we celebrated Connor's big day last Friday and it was perfect!  We cannot believe we have a one year old!  It has just been the best year we could have asked for and we topped it off with a great little party.  We just had the family and a few friends over for a little celebration!  Connor was great considering his first birthday also came with some serious teething.  He is getting like 6 teeth all at the same time!  Poor guy!  Cameron and I both took the day off so we could be a family all day and it was sooo fun.  We went to the mall and got Connor a new special outfit and had a great lunch.  Then it was nap time so he was ready for the party that night.  Then that night was full of great gifts and yummy cake.  Thank you to all who came to support our little man!  Here are a few photos from the night!

 Thanks for my big boy truck Nana!

 Yummmmm....I think he still has green icing under his nails!

 Thank you Grandma and Papaw for my rocking Elmo!

 Playing with my friend Samantha!

All of the great gifts, thank you everyone!  Cameron and I cannot believe this was not Christmas, we get to do this all over again!