Merry Christmas

Now that Con-man is officially one (and just about 20 lbs) we flipped his carseat around to face forward. What happened to my baby boy? He looks like such a big kid... and is so proud of himself!

We were so happy to celebrate Christmas morning at our house with the whole gang. Bubbe, Zayde, Gramma, Auntie Dee, Aunt Jenna, Uncle Jason & cousin Jillian were all here to eat the yummy breakfast of eggs, bacon & butter struesel (a Christmas morning tradition) that my chef hubby whipped up.

The babies had a blast tearing into the gifts, mostly interested in the tissue paper and bows. And we all relaxed and enjoyed the delicious food and a few mimosas! It was wonderful to be able to spend Christmas with both of our families together.

way too long...

I will say it has been way too long since I have last posted. I have been so consumed by the planning for the holidays, Conor's FIRST birthday bash, family visiting, other birthdays, etc... Anyway, I am finally sitting here with some time to recap the past two months. Starting with Thanksgiving, whoa, that was a while ago! We had a lot to be thankful for this year with the birth of our beautiful baby boy and our adorable niece. We celebrated at Ren's mom's house. But poor little Conor was not feeling well and ended up with a fever of 102 the day after Thanksgiving. We took him to the dr. and it ended up he had a throat infection, so there was nothing we could do but wait it out (with lots of tylenol, love and snuggling). Once we got through that, he continued with a runny nose for while and the saddest little cough ever. Then we finally saw the white bud of a top tooth ready to emerge.

Our sick little Turkey

It was on his first birthday, December 17 that that little tooth finally poked through. The family came over on that Thursday night for presents and a birthday cupcake. Conor got the coolest truck from Bubbe and Zayde (which he did not want to share with cousin Jilli). He then litterally inhaled his cupcake (see below).

Conor on is new truck!

Not too sure at first...

Wow, sugar is GOOD! (but then we got a sugar rash, so sad)

That Saturday was his First Birthday Bash! It was so FUN!! Everything went as planned (except for me having a mini melt down because he ALMOST did not take a morning nap, which would have made for a seriously cranky day; and a slight snafoo with the look of the cake, lets just say it was not what I was hoping for). But the day was wonderful. The sun was shining and the air was cool. Everyone enjoyed the lavish spread that Ren put together (including 2 boats of sushi). Conor had a great time with all his little friends and loved opening the mountain of gifts. We felt so blessed to have such special friends and family to share in his big day.

Happy Birthday to our ONE YEAR OLD!
I can't believe it has been a year, we LOVE you so BIG!