Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Valentine's Day

 I didn't really expect much to happen this Valentine's Day since we are still a bit tight on money from moving, but Caleb surprised me as usual. On the 13th we had a doctor's appointment for our little girl so i had Connor in the tub and i was getting ready for the day, when i suddenly saw someone moving to stand behind me. It scared me so bad since Caleb wasn't expected home from work for another 15 minutes and i hadn't heard anyone come inside!!! He had roses, chocolate, and a card. He said he wanted to make sure he got a good pick of the flowers and they wouldn't be all gone, so he decided to do it a day early. i was quite surprised! he's such a sweetie!!!!


 Because Connor and i never have the car to run errands, i had decided ahead of time we would make homemade things for Caleb this year. We didn't do much, but Connor made him a cute card, and i made him a cheesy coupon book. Both cute projects where found on Pinterest. He said he loved both, and didn't even laugh at me very hard when i lost his gift. Connor had taken it and hid it from me and i was looking EVERYWHERE thinking i misplaced it due to pregnancy-brain. I was quite upset that i couldn't find it and give it to him as soon as he came home! i spotted it about an hour afterwards hidden almost in the fireplace!




 We had a great Valentine's Day and hope everyone else did too!!!

Just Another Relatively Normal Week


 We have been keeping pretty busy since we moved. I have been trying to finish getting the new place put together, but it has come to a dying halt...i despise decorating. it's no fun for me, so i have lost enthusiasm. But i am happy to say that Connor has not lost enthusiasm for playing in the new space! I've been trying hard to take pictures of all the fun we've been having. :)

Connor loves playing on the big porch!
 The other day i had the WORST craving for a vanilla milkshake, but we were unfortunately out of icecream so i could not make it. As i was whining to myself about how uncool and unfair it was i remembered seeing a "icecream in a bag" recipe on pinterest and was desperate enough to give it a try! Let's just say, it was a huge hit with my little man! He has requested it multiple times since then, and because it is so easy we have made it. He thinks it's DELICIOUS if you can't tell!

On the13th i decided i needed to do something about my hair that hasn't been done since july, so i decided to surprise Caleb and color and cut it. Please ignore the fact that i look like crap and have no makeup on! The color is very close to my natural so i like it. It will be easy to manage and continue to grow out after our baby comes in a few months. Caleb was surprised, and i was quite happy that he noticed a difference in my hair without me saying anything! He says he likes it :)


As i've said many times, Connor is a Daddy's boy. He loves to send pictures to daddy every day, and always smiles huge for him! he got upset the other day because Caleb couldn't answer his phone, and Connor wanted to talk to him, so we sent a picture instead. And also, Connor loves to help make dinner for Dad! If you can't tell what he is cooking up, i'll tell you. That is my valentine's day chocolate that he stole off the counter and dumped out to "cook" for daddy! Notice how he made sure to get forks too, because that's what you do when you're grown up!


Connor has been taking naps ever since we moved! it has been soooo wonderful to have my "me" time back again! I like having the chance to take a bath or a nap and just relax because pregnancy is exhausting!!! These are just a few cute pictures of Mr Connor. :)


 Earlier this week i happened upon a discovery...Connor's "squishy smile" that i love so much is identical to his Daddy's!!!! I laughed quite hard when i realized it and HAD to show Caleb. They are just too cute!

When we were moving to our new place a neighbor stopped Caleb and asked if we wanted this little car he had. It is in great condition, just the wrong color for a little boy. We decided that since Connor doesn't know colors yet, and frankly, doesn't care about them either, we would take it and let him play with it. He thinks it's super fun and drives it around all over the porch honking the horn and laughing! He doesn't want to be pushed, he wants to do it all by himself. He's on a bit of a "i'm a big boy" kick lately!!! He may not seem too enthusiastic in the video, but usually he loves this thing!



My munchkin loves his blankies. he always has, and probably always will. He was making me smile with how he was carrying them all over so i grabbed some pictures. And please notice how he is watching his favorite Thomas the Train show, complete with his Thomas train!


I have pictures of my sister and i wear mommy's and daddy's shoes when we were little, and i've always thought it was a super cute picture. The other day after Caleb came home from work Connor put his shoes on and started walking around in them! I decided i MUST take some pictures of it. How cute is he??? I tried to get a video of him walking around in them when he repeated it another day, but he likes to play camera shy lol





Friday, February 8, 2013

My Birthday

My Birthday was on Tuesday, and i wasn't too concerned about celebrating it. I just wanted to finish up cleaning our old apartment so we could turn the keys in. Caleb insisted we go out to dinner to celebrate though. :) We spent a few hours over there cleaning, and at 4 when we realized we had skipped lunch, we decided to go grab McDonald's and eat at the park down the road. I thoroughly enjoyed that Big Mac i got! Connor had quite a bit of fun at our little "picnic" and was very eager to show Dad how much he loves the park!!!



 After we got food in our tummies we went home to relax a bit, and so i could get "cutesy" for dinner. i wanted to get dressed up a bit and actually do my hair and makeup for once! Caleb told me we would go wherever i wanted, so i chose my favorite, OLIVE GARDEN! we went in the later evening since we had just eaten at 4, but as usual, dinner was delicious and we had lots of yummy leftovers to take home! I had originally had BIG plans to get a yummy dessert since i didn't have a cake or anything, but i was so full and tired i just wanted to go home. My sweet hubby said we would just get something to go so that i could eat it the next day and not feel bummed i didn't get anything. He picked out the Black Tie Mousse Cake...which is delicious. We pretty much devoured it! They even lit a candle for me to blow out before boxing it up, which was fun. :) I felt the night ended wonderfully, and it was a great birthday!


 
just FYI....soooooooo YUMMY!!!!


Catching Up!

i decided it wouldn't hurt to do a catch up post and share some cute pictures. i have not finished getting our new place all put together yet so i'm not sharing pictures of that yet, but it will hopefully be done soon so i can next week!But i will say, our move went great! we had a ton of help from the wonderful elder's quorum and it only took 1 1/2 hrs to get everything over here and unloaded! we were so grateful for all the help! we couldn't have done it without it. we were able to get the old place cleaned up and the keys turned in a few days later, so we are feeling quite accomplished.

Connor really enjoyed getting to play during all the packing...he got to explore so pretty fun cupboards! He didn't seem to know what was going on most of the time. He had alot of meltdowns on moving day because he didn't understand, but since then, he has loved getting to play in our new apartment and has already made himself at home here! He wears himself out pretty fast so naptime has been such a breeze! i'm hoping he keeps that up for me! :)

Here are some cute pic's from the end of January....

At Church being cute.


 Last day of Cub Scouts with Mommy


"Quality" time with Dad



exploring empty cupboards...






all sorts of playing....



And here are some cute picture's since we moved....


look at that bed head!

 exploring the new playground/park with Dad!


bath time!

nap time...hehehe