Zoolights!

Sunday night (12/18) we went to Zoolights- it was awesome and Conor seemed to love it. Especially the giraffes... :)

Another trip to the ER...

So, Monday night (12/19), as Conor was getting ready for his bath, we were playing hide and chase in his room. He was running full speed away from me and smacked his head into the wooden rocking chair arm. His head immediately started gushing blood. I ran him downstairs and had Chris get a towel to put to his head to stop the bleeding. Once the bleeding slowed down we got a good look at the huge, gaping wound on his head and knew that it would need stiches. We took him to the Urgent Care first, but they sent us to the ER at Phoenix Children's hospital. They took very good care of him, even though we were there for 3 hours. He did really well considering... He ended up with 3 stiches. Amazingly it hasn't seemed to bother him since. This picture is of Conor as we finally got home around midnight.

Meeting Santa

A couple of weeks ago we saw Santa at the Scottsdale Fashion Square mall - at first, Conor was not sure about him, but since we were the only ones there we were able to hang out for a minute for Conor to get comfortable with him - the girls working the photos were awesome and got a great picture-

Park fun, lunch dates and cuteness...

Sunday we met Evelyn and her mommy Adrianne at the park for snacks and fun. It took them a little time to play together but once they did it was stinking cute.

The other day we headed up to Imagination Avenue, but it was closed. So we headed up a little further and hung out at Desert Ridge. This is us at lunch - my handsome lunch date!

This is just cuteness overload - sitting at Zipps watching football and waiting for food.

Halloween

The night before Halloween Chris, Ryker and I carved our pumpkins, while Conor painted his.



To start out our Halloween, we took Conor up to his Granny and Papa'a house to trick-or-treat. They took him to a couple of their neighbor's houses to trick-or-treat too.


Then we dressed up again that night and walked around our neighborhood to trick-or-treat. Conor didn't understand it at first, but he quickly got the hang of it. He ended up with a bucket-full of candy that he now asks for constantly... :)

We got Conor home just before it got dark. Chris and Ryker decided to dress up to sit on the front porch and scare little kids. It worked...

We had a great Halloween! Hope everyone else did too!

Boo at the Zoo!

Last night Conor was carrying his pumpkin around so I got the camera out - we are practicing his "Trick-or-Treat"... it's pretty stinkin' cute...

Today we went to the farmer's market - As soon as Conor saw these apples he wouldn't let up until I got him one. He then proceeded to chow through half of this apple! He usually only gets apples cut up, but he had no problem eating it like this... getting so big... :(

After the farmer's market we headed to the zoo for "Boo at the Zoo". They had all sorts of things set up there for kids. It was pretty cool. We went through the hay maze, once again Conor led us right through it. He also won a movie for throwing bean bags through the big pumpkin's eyes. He actually did really good, impressing the girls running the booth... :) There was also a play area set up with some stick horses and hula hoops. Conor just used the stick horses as golf clubs.

We met Puss n'Boots at the zoo too - Conor liked him from afar, but was not thrilled with being so close to him... :)

Tonight I think we are going to go out for dinner, then come home and watch a movie. We've been having fun while daddy's been gone hunting, but we'll be glad to have him back!! :)

Desert Botanical Garden "Pumpkin Fest"

Today, Conor and I headed to the Pumpkin Fest at the Desert Botanical Gardens. It was a gorgeous day and we had alot of fun. Conor rode a pony, went to the petting zoo and loved on a tiny little pony and a pig, found his way through a hay maze (with no help from me, the boy is a pro!) and picked out his own pumpkin (a big one too that I had to lug around). I truthfully didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did! My only complaint was that we had to wait in line for awhile for the hayride to take us back and forth from the gardens to the actual pumpkin patch. Otherwise, it was a great morning adventure!!

Macdonald Ranch

Sunday we took Conor to Macdonald Ranch in north Scottsdale. He had so much fun running around. There was a petting zoo, horse rides, hayride to the pumpkin patch, steer roping and just lots of dirt to throw around. :)

Conor picking out a pumpkin

Ropin' a steer

Hee, hee...

Riding his very first horse - he did awesome! He was so serious the whole time...

Here is some video of him riding the horse...

Las Vegas!

State Farm hooked us up in Las Vegas last week! For the convention, they put us up in the Wynn hotel on the 51st floor - it was a gorgeous view in a gorgeous room, definately gonna try to stay there again... :) We had a blast. We played with friends, played in the pool, had some killer meals and showed Conor most of Vegas. the last night we were there we left Conor with his Grammy and went to "The Lion King" at Mandalay Bay - it was soooo good!

Chris and I met up with some friends at PURE nightclub Saturday night - we had a VIP table, which is the only way to go. This picture is of us at our VIP table with the strip behind us.

The next night we met up with a big group of friends at the Hofbrauhaus, which is one of our favorite places in Vegas.

With Grammy at the Bellagio gardens- the tree talks...kinda creepily...

Conor loving sitting on Daddy's shoulders - we're waiting for the Mirage volcano to erupt

Conor's little face the entire time the volcano was erupting.

At the State Farm convention celebration there was a bunch of confetti in the parking lot - we ended up playing there for an hour.

Some randoms...

Here are some random pictures and videos that needed to be posted... :)

Cute little smile - this is after he crashed on purpose on the carpet... :)

Cheese!

Playing Xbox with Daddy

Cheese! He is now "cheesing" for the camera - so funny!

I bought a temporary pass for a place called Imagination Avenue in north Phoenix to check it out. It is just a little minature town with a school, a police station, a Home Depot and other little buildings. It's stinking cute. Conor had a blast. Too bad it's kind of a trek for us to get there.

The other day we went to Bass Pro Shop to buy Conor a life vest for our Lake Powell trip. We spent over an hour in there just playing. The ATVs were just one of the highlights of the trip. He had to sit in every single one. Here he is "cheesing" again...

This video was taken over a month ago. Conor was just learning his animal sounds and we tested him at dinner one night.

This is just a cute video of Conor and his Daddy in the backyard swinging. Conor is making the cutest noises and I had to get them on video.

This is one of my favorites! Conor loves to watch "The Backyardigans" and also loves to dance to the opening song - he almost has the dance down! Watch him go along with the dancing on the TV...

Lake Powell

This is after only 15 minutes of being at the lake...
Driving the houseboat

Cheese! With Grammy Sherry and Ellie

What a view, right??
Conor in his little float - He and Chris were out there for a long time and he loved it.

Playing on the beach with Granny and Ellie

Floating again with Grammy this time

Cindy, Vickie, Clarise, Ellie and Chris

Gage going down the slide right at Dave

Thursday night rainbow -

This was the sunset Thursday night -

So, this past week we packed up the Terrain and drove up to Lake Powell for a couple of days. We were joined by Troy, Vickie, Ellie, Beau, Granny & Gramps, Grammy Sherry, Dave, Jarrod, Gage, Vickie's brother Wade, friend Cindy, niece Clarise and her husband Justin, and Dusty and his girlfriend Chelsie. We had a blast on the houseboats and in the water which was the perfect temperature for playing. Conor absolutely LOVED the water and spent most of his time on the beach going back and forth between the sand and the water. He usually only takes one nap a day, but on this trip he was taking two because he was having so much fun.

Besides one episode where the wind threatened to take the houseboats out to the middle of the lake, the trip was pretty relaxing. :)