The Cousins

Lately Connor has had to opportunity to spend more and more time with her cousins

And we love them!!

Aren't they great?

Thanks for loving my pumpkin so much Hannah and Noah!

Birthdays and Boyfriends-already

After Christmas

(yes, I'm jumping around)

we celebrated Hannah's birthday.

Where Connor played with her friend Jack on the stairs for over an hour!

He is such a cutie (good job Michelle!) so I am pleased she has taken a great liking to him!

Jack: "Connor, your so pretty!"

Connor: "Oh Jack, Stop it!"

Connor: "Oh Jack, you're SO funny!"

Connor: "...and dreamy!"

and yes-i made up my own dialogs for all these pictures

The Annual Underwear Tree

One day I'm gonna try and figure out what # year this is we have done the underwear tree!

In the mean time, here is the 2009 Edition! You can check out

2008 here

2007 here

2006 here

and that's as far back the underwear tree blog posts go...but it may have started around 2000!

It's Like I forgot Christmas was this Month!

Where did November go? And when did my daughter grow up? (Isn't her Thanksgiving outfit too cute!)
And when did she start liking other people like her Grandpa Hootie?And, my goodness...she's always been this cute!And when did she start decorating Christmas Trees without eating the ornaments?
I can't believe we are almost half way through December. I am swamped with Piggy Banks, Bake Sales, Christmas Shopping, Crafting and laughing at my 2 year old!

A Minnie Halloween

What do you do when it's 3pm, the day of halloween and you accept the fact that your 2 year old will NOT wear the halloween costume you made for her?

Improvise with what you already have! Andres had a great idea and suggested Minnie Mouse. Connor loves Mickey and we already had everything to complete the look. Ok, well I didn't have the classic red polka dot fabric, but Pink is the new Red...right?
Auntie Lisa got her the ears for her bday this year and just by adding a bow-WaaLaa-Minnie Mouse!
My favorite is the goodie bag to match!

The bag was a sample tote I had with some strange logo...say goodbye logo, hello Minnie!

She was a hit!

And left the ears on all night!

The yellow shoes were white ones I had that I painted yellow.

She wouldn't go to the door alone, one of use had to take her each time

Of course we had to check her loot before she got to dig in...just like my mom used to say:

"We have to taste it to make sure it's not poisoned!"

The Weekends Not Over Yet!

This weekend was full of family time and fun. I did this custom order for my neice Hannah. She said to suprise her but she likes art stuff.I love all the colors!!!

You can check more pics of it on my etsy site also.

Friday night, when I finally got home from work around 8, we ended up heading right back out to Urgent Care.

Miss Connor decided she would tip her and the chair back, resulting in an obscene amount of blood gushing from her mouth. I freaked. Dad ran. We rushed her to the ER, where it was overflowing with Swine Fluians...so we turned around and went to Urgent Care. However, by then she was laughing and playing so we went back home to clean up the scene of the crime...becuase that's what it looked like!

She woke up Saturday with a fat lip that is bruised on the inside and a loose front tooth. I keep reading and everyone keeps telling me it will tighten up...so I am praying for the best.

Saturday we headed to Oak Glen for some good apple fun. It was packed but we still had fun.

Today my sister's and I headed out to Ikea. LOVE that place. SO many cute ideas for great prices. I only came home with a couple little items (excited about my $1.99 trash can) but it was great sister time...

They just wanted out of the car because my dearest, loose toothed, Connor talked the whole way there and back! Good Times.

Tonight we went to Hootieville to enjoy the Mile High Apple Pie I bought yesterday...yummy!

Now I am off to paint some piggies and enjoy another day off tomorrow.

*sorry for no pics...bad weekend to leave my camera battery at home!

You had me at "All you can Eat!"

hahahaha...

Tonight we went to John's Incredible...

It was great!

All you can eat food including some crazy pizza combos.And then lots of games!

Connor loved Skeet Ball...which is my all time fav!

Too bad all her balls went every where other than up the ramp.

Then they attempted to bonk the shark's heads but that game sucked.

It was good times for a great price...2 year olds are easily entertained!

(*and so is her daddy!)

I had to share this picture because Connor's half face is priceless! Too bad it keeps flipping on me every time I upload it. So just tilt your head to the right please!

Tagged by Heidi

My sister tagged anyone who reads her 1 blog post a year...so I played along.

You are to open you picture file, choose the 3rd file then the 3rd picture and post it.

So here's mine:

It's a picture of Heidi herself trying to hula hoop in a sombrero at her birthday dinner in April of 2006 at Joe's Crab Shack. If I recall correctly we actually celebrated Heidi's birthday, mine and Andres' engagement and Melissa first date!

Now THAT is funny stuff.

Now I tag anyone else who wants to play along!

Lost and Found....without the Found

So last Friday was Bunco for me (won most losses...in a good way!) and the Mr takes the Pumpkin when I do. good times I tell yah. Last friday they went to Castle Park and had their pictures taken in a photo booth. SO CUTE. I would totally show you, but I can't find them. But I promise, when I do, I will share.

Thursday night is another daddy date night...wonder what they'll do.

Do you know about talk like a Pirate day?

Last saturday was National Talk Like a Pirate Day!

And also my brother-in-law Miles' birthday. So we got dressed up and had a party...a pirate party!

This is the only pic I had after Mel and I got ready to go. The Mr picked walking the plank over dressin up...but he did wear a sword!

Happy Birthday Bro...a few days late.

I Heart Fall

I heart the fall.

I heart pumpkins.

I heart pumpkin flavor anything.

I heart halloween.

I heart thanksgiving.

I heart thanksgiving feasts.

But I really heart...picking out a halloween costume for Connor!

2007 with my first big sewing project!

2008

Can you believe how perfect her shoes are! I was so sad she only wore them a couple times!

And here's a sneak preview of what 2009 may bring.maybe

Birthday Party-Final!

Last Sunday, we had Connor's final birthday celebration at Hootieville. Grandpa Hootie was unable to make it to her actual party, so he made us dinner and we got to celebrate again. Auntie Lissa got Connor her first pair of Mickey ears, this great old school Mickey shirt and promised her a trip to see the Legend herself!
Grandpa Hootie went all out and got her a "retro" radio flyer trike!

it's still a bit big (her feet don't reach the pedals!)

But she loved it!

Thanks Grandpa and Grandma Hootie!!

The Birthday Party-Part 1

Here are some pictures of the action. Sorry for the blurry camera, I forgot to switch settings before handing it over to the designated picture taker, my sister. I am kicking myself right now...Connor in her fancy dress...that she wore for less than an hour. All well...it's the thought that counts.

Then Auntie Lissa changed her into her very cute bikini and took her for a swim!Madison jumped off the diving board

And had some very fancy landings

We broke Connor's pinata from last year that has been sitting in the top of her closet.

And she was going to town...Till we took the bat away for the other kids to take a turn...mean mommy!Julia took some good hits

Daryn knocked the cherry off!

So Andres and I had to McGyver the thing back together to let the other kids hit.Quick picture op while I ran to find a knife.

Hannah took some swings! (Might I add, Hannah also jumped off the diving board for the first time...I just don't have pics to share.)

Jack pulled out his hockey skills and took some swings also!

Noah hit a home run!

Which prepared it for Anthony to take one swing and knock all the candy out!

Connor filed her bag (which I hid when we got home.)

We took a moment for another photo op.

Melissa, Julia and baby LeVesque (coming in Oct) hung out at the craft table.

And Connor got her color on too!

It was then time for a wardrobe change and a sucker to keep her calm. (Still not sure why I gave her the blue one. You'll see why in her present opening pictures.)

We (andres and I) blew out the candles in her cake.

*Present opening pics to come later...when my sister shares them from her camera*

Then it was time for a nap!

As I cleaned up...Connor did some light reading

And I sware...she wore these around for at least half an hour.

She did some jumping on the bed...till she took a break...with the googles.

It was a long night and we had tons of fun.

Thank you to everyone who came and helped us celebrate our little pumpkin. We are blessed to have so many great friends and families in our lives.