The Holidays

Hard to believe the holidays are here again! It seems like the year just flew right on by! We had a wonderful thanksgiving up in NC with family. And then when we got back home we went and picked out our Christmas tree and spent hours decorating the trees and the house! I can't wait for Christmas! It is definitely my favorite time of year.

We are headed to the beach for a nice 4 day weekend (Thurs-Sun). Unfortunately I then return to work next Monday - I am soo not ready for that! Hopefully my first week back won't be too terribly busy. And then for some reason we thought it would be a good idea to go to IN for a few days - it will be a rough two weeks for me since I am just starting back work and doing all that traveling in between. I can say, if people thought I was a baby hog before, they better watch out because I will be holding him the whole time that weekend since I will have been away from him all week for the first time! It will definitely be VERY hard for me to leave him that first morning! One great highlight of our trip back is that we are having pics of Connor done by Wade and Steph Carignan - their work is excellent and we can't wait for them to take photos!! And of course it will be great to see my parents and brother and best friend Angel!

Connor is doing soo great! He continues to grow every day. The best part now is that in the morning time when I take him out of his crib he gives me his precious smile which just melts my heart! It is so fun to sit and play with him - he will smile and coo at us! He has become such a great sleeper - for about the last week he now sleeps 8-10 hours each night! And since we have a video monitor on our night stand, when I wake up during the night I can look over and see him laying in his crib to make sure he is doing ok! He wiggles around a lot in his crib already and I think soon he will graduate from the swaddle blanket. I wish he would stay small longer!

Hope you all have a fabulous week! And be praying for me as I return to work!


Our real Christmas tree
Our artificial M&M's tree

Our decorations!

Our family on Thanksgiving

Us with Connor on his first Thanksgiving!

Connor hanging out with Uncle Joey

Connor with his great-PaJoe

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope this finds you all doing as fabulous as we are doing! My 6 week appt went great - my incision is totally healed and looking good, I no longer have lifting precautions (not that I was following them anyway! - Connor himself weighed more than the 10lbs I was allowed to lift/carry!!), and I am back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I am not looking forward to returning to work in 2 weeks! Connor is growing right before our eyes. He is now doing social smiles (not really to strangers, but definitely to us) and he is cooing now when we talk to him! We have been showing him off to everyone this past week now that he is allowed to go out into public - we took him to my workplace and also to our Sunday school class! Of course everyone says he is super cute!
Hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving! We look forward to traveling up to NC - my brother Joey will get to meet Connor for the first time! Have a great week!! P.S. We love to read comments!

What a sweet, precious baby boy!

Daddy giving Connor kisses - how sweet!

Peyton and Bailey snuggling in the chair

Family photo - Connor at 6 weeks old!

Taking pictures for our Christmas card - Connor was super cute wearing his outfit from my parents!

Take number 2!

Connor goes to the beach!

Hello everyone!!! We had a GREAT time at the beach!! It was rather windy standing right by the ocean, but on Sunday the weather was beautiful and we were able to take a few pictures! We stayed with Mom and Dad in the camper - we had a nice oceanfront spot where you could look out the door and watch the waves crashing onto the shore! I wish we could have stayed longer!!
I go for my 6 week check-up appt on Thursday - I can't believe it has almost been 6 weeks since my c-section! Next week is Thanksgiving!! We will be traveling up to NC to celebrate with family - hopefully the trip will go well, that will be the farthest we have taken Connor!
Gotta run - Connor is calling!! Have a great week! Enjoy the pictures!

The most precious baby boy!!

The whole gang while at the beach!

Connor with his "my grandma rocks" shirt!

Connor wearing his "grandpa's little sidekick" outfit!

Our family on the beach!

Connor with his grandparents at the beach.

Five weeks old!!!

We can't believe our precious baby boy is now five weeks old!!! We are amazed at how much he continues to grow and change! Our hearts continue to grow each and every day and we can't imagine our lives without Connor! We are trying to cherish every minute since time is flying right by! Unfortunately we didn't get any pics of all of us on his one month birthday - Adam and I were VERY sick over the weekend, but thank goodness Connor stayed healthy! I did take a picture of him in his swing though!

Mom and Dad will be here tomorrow and then we will be spending some time at the beach! I can't wait to take pics at the ocean! It should be a great weekend!

Here are a few more pictures - we continue to take lots! I have already filled an entire scrapbook (most of you know how much I love to scrapbook!) I would post more pics but we are having trouble with our computer being slow so I just don't have the time right now! Hope you all are doing fabulously!

One month old!

The precious face he makes when he is pouting!

More pics!

Mommy and Connor - 1st halloween

Go Irish!

Look at that personality!

Family photo

Have a great week!