Thanksgiving!

Connor celebrated his first Thanksgiving in Atlanta, since we didn't have time to travel anywhere else. He enjoyed spending time with Victordog and did pretty well with the group of people (we've been experiencing A LOT of stranger anxiety these days).

Snacking on the meal....he carried this wooden spoon everywhere!!!

Connor got an early birthday present......

Connor's first Santa visit

Last year Connor was too tiny to get pictures with Santa Claus so this year I really wanted to start the tradition. We actually went to see Santa a week before Thankgiving! I have no complaints about the malls decorating so early because we did not have a wait at all ! As you can see Connor didn't really love sitting in Santa's lap! Santa gave him a rubber ducky and he actually threw it.

What a difference!!!!

We've been trying to pack away all the "little baby" stuff in the attic, and Connor wanted to test out the bouncy seat one last time!!!! Can you believe the change?? This first pic is from about 2 weeks old, maybe younger than that! So hard to believe that just a year ago, I was still pregnant, and now we have someone who is talking and walking!!!

Connor's First Halloween!

Holidays are certainly more fun (and busier) with an almost-toddler!

Connor's monster suit (he wore this to school on Friday before Halloween)

"I will bite you!!!"

Playing with a pumpkin in halloween jams.

I got a lot of candy! ( no, he didn't eat it :)

"what is this?"

Checking out the candy

As usual, trying to take over all pictures.

TOT/shopping at Publix!

" Excuse me while I refuel"

"snacking" on the banana attached to his costume.

very excited monkey

sweet little monkey face.

Belated update!!!

I have been so incredibly behind on blogging! I haven't been doing anything but working at my new job, studying for boards, and spending time with Connor and Patrick. LOL. I started my new job Aug 5, and I 'm definately enjoying it, but it is busy every second and I feel like i'm constantly behind. I guess it is that way, and as winter approaches, it will only get crazier. I'll try to keep updating my blog. I'm so behind on pictures!

Since I last posted pics, we went to see Nana and Papaw (my parents) and spent another couple of days in Atlanta and Connor got to spend time with all of the great-grandparents. Plus, he's growing like a week, crawling like a maniac, has been crusing around furniture like a machine and will even stand for a second or two on his own. He's figured out how to unroll a roll of toilet paper already and we've become thankful that we already did all the childproof locks on the cabinets by now.

I posted a few pictures from his 9 month pics. They would have been perfect, if he hadn't learned to stick out his tongue that day. We still got a few good ones.

Weekend at the lake...

Day at the park....

We spent the day at Falls Park/Downtown a couple of weekends ago, and had a great day as a family......

What is this stuff???

Picture with mommy

at the end of a long day....

Checking out the falls with daddy.