Conor's 2nd Birthday Party

For Conor's 2nd birthday party, we decided to just have a good 'ole pizza party at the house. We had a great turnout and had a blast with family and friends.

This is how the backyard looked - very kid friendly!  We set up the bounce castle, the swings and the newly filled sandbox.  The kids had a blast!

Grammy pushing Conor in his swing (his birthday present last year).

The birthday boy chowing down some pizza

Playing horseshoes with Grandpa

His "How to Train Your Dragon" birthday cake -

So many presents!

After unwrapping - we had him unwrap his presents the next morning.  After the festivities the day before he was too tired to care. :)

This is what he got from Mom and Dad. 

Happy Birthday Conor!  Love you!  Can't believe you're 2!

2 year photos

These turned out surprisingly well as Conor did not want to cooperate. He was distracted by all the toys out in the store... :) The girls at Shooting Stars in Buy Buy Baby do a really good job!

Christmas 2011

This year, we decided to open all the presents under the tree on Christmas Eve. Conor had a blast opening all his presents and seemed totally overwhelmed with all the goodies he got.

Then we made the reindeer a snack-oatmeal with sprinkles!




Also had to leave out a snack for Santa-brownies and milk.

This is what Santa left at our house.





Going through Conor's stocking-he got a recorder, a coloring book, a couple of movies and candy.

Chris and I also were spoiled this year. I got him an iPhone and he is building me a dining room table. We had a great Christmas! We headed to Utah the next day to make the rounds. We didn't do a very good job getting pictures of the trip. We spent 2 nights at the Park City condo with the McGhee family, then went to Roosevelt to divide the time between the rest of the family. We all ended up with a horrible stomach flu that spread crazy-fast. Then we went back to Park City for New Years. It was tiring but good to be able to see everyone!

McCormick train park

The weekend before Christmas (I'm behind, I know...)we took Conor to the McCormick-Stillman Train park in Scottsdale. They have an awesome light display for Christmas, complete with train rides through the lights, hot chocolate and train displays galore. Conor loved it.

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-