Conor's 1st Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas with our little man. We spent Christmas Eve and most of Christmas day together, just the 3 of us, which was really nice. We made chili Christmas Eve night and watched 2 movies - A Christmas Story & National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.
Then we had Conor open 1 present before bed. Chris read "The Night Before Christmas" and we all went to bed. The next morning we all woke up and attacked the presents while eating cinnamon rolls and drinking hot chocolate. Later chris' grandparents came over and we ate a ham dinner. Then we all went to the Cowboys/Cardinals game. It was fun to take Conor to his 1st Cowboys game, even though they lost... The next day we flew out to Roosevelt to see the rest of the family. Unfortunately, We forgot to charge the camera... Hope everyone had a great holiday, we certainly did!



We let Conor open 1 present on Christmas Eve - he got a ball popper from Aunt Amanda and the kids

Daddy reading "The Night Before Christmas" on Christmas Eve

After Santa's visit...

Conor just after waking up on Christmas morning

Looking at all the stuff Santa left him. He is sitting on the toy box that Daddy made him.

Playing with his toys from Santa

Santa left bubbles in his stocking - he loves them!

Opening presents with Devlin's help - Devlin was helpful enought to take all the wrapping paper to tear up in a corner... :)

Riding the rocking horse that Grammy Sherry bought him.

Posing with all his schwag - spoiled much??

In front of the Cardinals stadium

Go Cowboys!

Daddy and Conor watching the game

Granny and Gramps went with us to the game too!

9 months old!

OK, we are a little behind on the posting, but I have a good excuse... December was a CRAZY month! Now that Christmas is behind us (and I will also post pics soon of Conor's 1st) I can do a little catch up.
So, Conor is now 9 months old! He is a mobile maniac! He is crawling everywhere, including up the stairs, and is really close to walking. He has taken a couple of tentative steps, but then decides that crawling is easier... :) He has discovered how to play catch and it has become his favorite game. He has 7 teeth, 4 on the bottom and 3 on the top. 9 month checkup stats: weight 19 lbs 7 oz (30th percentile), height 28.5 inches (75th percentile).

8 months old!

Wow, seriously, where did the time go? Our baby is now 8 months old and growing oh so fast. He now has 3 bottom teeth and 1 top tooth. He is crawling everywhere and is now also climbing stairs. He is getting much better at standing on his own after pulling himself up. He'll eat pretty much anything we give him and has become good at gumming down crackers and cookies. He's a big flirt too. Whenever we are out and about, if a female even glances at him, he gives them a big smile and waves and coos. We are seeing much more of his personality. He is very stubborn and willfull, but also a cuddler. He is also a talker! He says "mama" and "dada" and "baba" alot, and occasionally he will just babble to where it sounds like he is singing. He is still very much a "mama's boy"... :) Loving having him here and soooo looking forward to his first Christmas!

Quick note...

Conor is now waving "hi" and "bye-bye"!

Just like Daddy...

Conor loves to brush his teeth just like Daddy -



Found him just like this yesterday - he crawled to the bouncer and pulled himself up to standing

Halloween 2010 - Conor's 1st Halloween!

His shirt says "baby's 1st halloween" - He is posing with his 1st pumpkin and candy pail... He puts up with his mother very well... :)

Then, of course, we had to dress him up and pose him with his carved pumpkin - ignore the mold coming out the eyes - the pumpkin only lasted 2 days...


Posing with our pumpkins on the front porch - his is the one on the top

Our front porch decorated for Halloween night

7 months old!

This has been a very busy month for the Con-man! He has mastered the walker and is all over the house in it. It's hilarious... :) Just a couple of days ago he started crawling! He is also pulling himself up to standing and can stand alone for a couple of seconds. He insists on practicing all the time! We definately have our hands full... :) Another thing Conor has mastered is finger foods. He loves being able to feed himself. We can't believe how fast he is growing!
(I have video of the walker but can't figure out how to upload it to blogger - I can't get it to work...)