Merry Christmas

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Enjoy the holiday season!

Connor's first "faux-hawk"!

I have been dying to give Connor a "faux-hawk" since the day he was born! I always try to do it every night after his bath with no luck. However, the other night it finally stuck! I thought it would be appropriate to put him in his future rockstar sleeper since he was sporting the 'do! Here are some picks of my little heartbreaker with his new hairstyle (look how curly his hair is on the ends)!!! He is too cute!!!

Connor learns to clap his hands

Connor has learned how to clap his hands on command! I hate to put it that way, it sounds like he is my dog that I am training, but I really don't know how else to put it. He will clap whenever I am telling him to clap his hands or saying yay! It is pretty cute and I finally got a video of it tonight. He is growing up so fast I can't hardly believe it...he turned 7 months old this past Wednesday. Where has the time gone?!?! My new goal is to teach him to say "dada" before Ryan gets home. We have been working on it a few weeks now and he will say it sometimes but not with any real consistency. He has, however, started saying "mama" but I don't really think he knows what he is saying. Hopefully he will pick up on "dada" before Ryan makes it home...I know that Ryan would be thrilled to hear that as soon as he gets back! Here is the video of Connor's newest trick and sorry that you have to hear me encouraging him in the background! Enjoy!!!

Connor and Maddie

Connor and I recently got to visit Uncle Steve, Aunt Elizabeth (and the twins!) and cousin Maddie in Oklahoma for a little over 2 weeks. We had the best time hanging out with everyone and Connor and Maddie really enjoyed getting to play together. Maddie is going to be the best big sister in just about 8 weeks! We can't wait to get out there again in February or March to see everyone again and to meet the twins! Hopefully we will be able to take Ryan with us for the next visit. Here are a few pics of the kiddos from our trip.

Silly kids! It looks like Connor is trying to be funny like Maddie!

Hanging out with Uncle Steve!

Connor loved Maddie's swing...I guess that will be a purchase in the near future!

So sweet!

Watching cartoons! Too cute!

Connor meets Santa!

I finally got to take Connor to meet Santa on Saturday along with Granny and Paw-Paw! I was a little worried that he would start crying like all the other kids but was pleasantly surprised when he got on Santa's lap and pulled his beard. I guess that I should have known that was going to happen considering Connor's new favorite toy is my hair! Here are a few pics of Connor and Santa. Merry Christmas!

Hold onto that beard Santa!!!

Jump, Jump, Jump!

Connor finally figured out how to jump in his Baby Einstein activity jumper and his doorway jumper. He really gets a good bounce going in his activity jumper...I'll have to be sure to watch him so that he doesn't jump on out! The video below is from this morning and I added a few pics too from the past week. Enjoy!

Connor in his new doorway jumper

Assignment update

Ryan found out yesterday that the June 10th date he had been given is the date that we will need to report to VA and he will start training in FL on February 17th. This means that we will literally have about 2 weeks from when he gets home from his deployment till we have to be in FL. That will be a quick 2 weeks for sure! We are excited though to be in VA for the summertime and to get to spend a few months in FL. We have some good friends who will be close by so we can't wait to get to hang out with them again! I will keep everyone updated on everything that we are finding out. Our house went on the market this week so if you know anyone moving to this area send them my way...we have a beautiful home for sale!