Conor's 1st birthday

Can you believe he's ONE??

We had a big Rockstar-themed birthday party for Conor on March 26. We had alot of friends and family show up for the festivities. Chris barbequed and I made cupcakes while Grammy Sherry made my favorite salad and Grandma Phillips made a delicious grape salad. We set up Boce ball and cornhole and the kids played on Conor's new swing and ran around like crazy. We also setup the Xbox Kinect and had fun with that once it got darker outside. It was a great party and it was awesome to have everyone here to celebrate our little man's 1st birthday!


The birthday boy eating pizza rolls for lunch
Conor's birthday present from mom and dad - a swingset built by daddy!

Swinging with Ruthie

Eating his cake with Grammy Sherry


Grinning up at daddy


With Grandma Phillips


Mwah!





He figured out how to eat his cake with the decorations














Guests playing Boce ball








We had the cutest pinata - you pull on the strings and one of the strings is what opens the pinata - The pinata worked, but didn't really open up very well, so I had James beat it on the swingset to really get the candy out. :)

Evelyn with her pinata candy - I love her little stance!




Our little rock star!


Hanging with Uncle Jarrod and cousin Gage


Little Matthew Alger - how cute is he?


Uncle Moose playing "Dance Central" on the Xbox Kinect - it took alot of peer pressure to make this happen... :)



With Grandma Phillips


Sitting in his chair that Grandma Phillips gave him.


Riding his new 4-wheeler that uncle Pun bought him.


All of Conor's presents - he definately scored!




Opening presents

1st time at the zoo!

Today we went to the zoo, which was Conor's first time there. The weather was perfect and we had a blast. Conor loved all the animals and also loved the petting zoo.

11 months old!

Our baby is 11 months old!

He is bigger than the bunny now - so big!

This is what happens when he insists on feeding himself cereal

Messy baby...

The Valentines flowers the boys got me with the cards we got each other

Mommy's Valentine!

His shirt says "My 1st Valentines Day"

Conor's 1st Jazz game!
Conor and Daddy were on TV! One of the Utah TV stations aired the Con-man dancing at the Jazz game. We'll post the proof soon!


This is the view from our seats at the Suns vs Jazz game - we were right behind the Jazz bench.



So, Conor is 11 months old - one more month and he will be 1! (tear) He is now officially walking and talking. He says mama, dada, kitty, puppy, baba(we think this means hungry), and nana(banana). When we go for walks, when I ask him to point out trees, bushes, fire hydrants, puppies or cars he'll do it. He loves to play catch and get into anything that he shouldn't. If you say no he shakes his head no at you. He is such a smart baby - I guess I should be calling him a toddler now?!

10 months old

10 months old!

Couldn't get him to look at me...stinker... :)

Ah ha!

Naptime...so sweet

Going after a ball that he threw all by himself


"I'm this big"



So - getting so much closer to 1 year old...yes, mama cries every time I think of it... :) He is taking some tentative steps, but still not wanting to commit to walking yet. When you ask him how big he is, he throws his arms in the air. He also will shake his head "no", and clap whenever you say "Yay"!

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).