August 2016

August is the hottest month of the year and I was still feeling sick

and tired from my pregnancy so we did a lot of watching the Olympics, resting

and staying inside during August.

Get ready for lots of sleeping Connor pictures. :)

 

 

We started August off on a Monday and when I got to my desk I saw this....

 

I really felt like I was losing my mind! My memory has really been affected

this pregnancy and it is so crazy how hormones can really make

me feel like I'm not even myself.

 

My friend (a mom from Connor's school) got this from

their teacher and posted it on IG. hahaha

monkey see, monkey do

 

On Tuesday, we read books when we got home and tried to text Leslie a picture of Connor's monkey tank top. I never thought my son would wear tank tops, but I actually think they are so ridiculous they are kind of cute. Please ignore his dirty face.

 

We were planning to head to Angel Fire at the end of the week

and so I started checking the temperature to get excited!

 

Connor and I have a smooth running operation in the morning.

I get him milk/breakfast and he sits on our bed watching the iPad

(or as he calls it - Bubble) while I get ready, pack his lunch, change

his diaper and get him dressed.

It was working well for us.

 

Thursday, I got this text from Connor's teacher and Cecil met me at

home to take Connor to the doctor. I headed back to work to try to wrap some

things up since I would be out of the office for a few days.

 

Connor started feeling better rather quickly.

Thursday evening Zay stayed the night,

and we packed up and headed out to Angel Fire early Friday morning.

 

We got home Tuesday evening and watched the Olympics before calling it a night.

 

We were watching the Olympics Wednesday night when

Connor passed out on me. I love those sweet snuggles.

We taught Connor to chant  "USA USA USA" with a fist in the air

which was my favorite trick of his at the time.

 

Cecil had bought fresh subway bread and Connor insisted on having it for breakfast.

 The boy loves his carbs!

 

Friday, it was just Connor and I and we took a nap together in my bed.

Look how sweet he is when he is sleeping.

 

 Saturday we rested at home and watched the Olympics

(are you noticing a pattern here)

Connor took his nap on Cecil in the most unusual way. 

Whatever works.

 

Sunday Connor took his nap on me while we....you guessed it! Watched the Olympics!

My favorite sport this year was Women's Beach Volleyball.

 

After he woke up, he played and played in all his (soon to be packed up) toys.

Look at that pile of stuff! It was taking over our living room. 

 

I found the most perfect shirt for my current state:

 

Here's another accurate picture of how we function on weekday mornings.

 

Saturday morning Connor, Cecil and I went to a 3D ultrasound place to find

out the gender of our little baby. We found out we're having a GIRL!!!!!

 

We were both super excited, but it kind of sparked a fire under us to really

attempt to get our house on the market and move somewhere else before she comes.

Yikes!

 

Cecil's Mom and Sister came over to watch Connor so we could go out

for the afternoon/early evening. They were both excited to hear we were

having a girl - even though Cecil's mom said she already knew

because she had a dream. :)

 

We met our friends at a Brewery to

 celebrate 3C's birthday.

 

Warming up for the group picture.... LOL

 

I just love these friends. And I'll be glad when I can partake in a little drinking again.

 

We left the brewery and had dinner at Uncle Julio's.

Cecil thoroughly enjoyed dinner and was super excited to pack up a to go box

from his (and everyone else's) leftovers.

On the way home, he just wanted to check out his tires.....LOL

And then he accidentally stepped on his to go box getting out of the truck. LOL

He doesn't let loose and drink very often, but it is always so much fun when he does.

He's so silly.

 

Monday was the boys and Leslie's first day back to school, but I'll blog about that in another post.

 

Cecil found some earrings that I bought and must have gotten confused

and thought they were for him. No. No. No.

 

Connor's teacher sent me this picture of Connor and said:

Knocking over the sheep with the dinosaur - he's such a boy!

He has been really into animal sounds lately and I can just hear him saying 'rahhhrr'

 

After school, Connor was relaxed watching TV in his chair. haha

 

Friday Connor woke up early, so I put him in bed with me to try to try to extend our sleep a little.

And, you guys, it worked!!! 

 

Cecil and I started getting serious about packing up the house and 'de-cluttering.' 

We also had to move all over our stuff out of the living room, bedroom,

patio, and garage to prepare for foundation work that was going to be done. 

 

Saturday morning, Cecil let me rest a little late and took Connor to

Home Depot to get some storage tubs.

 

I promise this is the last sleeping picture of Connor for the month.

I guess I just took so many pictures, because sleeping was my favorite hobby this month.

Pregnancy tired is a whole other kind of tired.

 

We celebrated Kaylee's first birthday It was a super cute party and she tore up her cake!

Connor love the party favor glasses.

 

But he also loved stealing all of Kaylee's gifts. Ooops.

He got away with it this time, but I think she might care next year.

 

Our sweet, generous friends, gave us this toddler recliner and rocking

horse for Connor.He LOVED the recliner immediately.

Unfortunately, we moved it to storage soon after getting it,

so he will have to LOVE it at our next place. #fingerscrossed

 

It took him a couple days to warm up to the rocking horse.

Every time he walked in the door he would point and say 'neighh' just not go close,

but it only took a couple days before he loved riding it.

 

Sunday we met my family to celebrate Nana's 96th birthday.

We met at the same steakhouse as last year, when we celebrated her 95th.

 

August was rough on me. I know I'm a broken record - but this pregnancy has been no joke.

 September, I started feeling a little more like myself, and was a little more productive.

I'm going to try to catch up this month on my little blog, because I know the holidays will bring lots of fun that I won't want to forget. :)

July 2016

First, I know I'm super behind on blogging, but just haven't had it in me.

I'm going to start where I left off - July.

 

 

 We started the month of July off saying good-bye to our sweet Nana.

Her funeral was in Honey Grove, Texas on Friday - July 1st.

 

My sweet friend, Michelle, drove all the way to the funeral to support us and it meant the world to us.

After we got home on Friday, Michelle and her three kiddos came over and stayed the night with us.

 

We had pizza for dinner and donuts for breakfast. :)

We just love having these guys with us. They truly are friends that are like family.

 

After we all got ready Saturday morning, we went to Leslie's church for Noah's baptism.

He was super proud to have Ampa baptism him.

 

Zay - was not as excited. LOL

 

Leslie's sweet friends came for the ceremony and I cannot believe we didn't get a big family picture - but just this one of the kids. Aster wasn't having it and Zay still wasn't happy that the day wasn't about him. ;)

 

Noah and Ampa

Two peas in a pod.

Best buds.

 

After the baptism, we went to the clubhouse in Leslie's neighborhood and swam.

And ate more donuts and pizza.

We love this family!

 

 On Monday, we decided to cancel our plans and celebrate the 4th at home.
I wasn't feeling well and honestly couldn't imagine spending the day outside.
Connor was even acting a little off so we just rested.

Connor did sport his 4th of July shirt.
I'm not sure what the face palm is about. LOL

Wednesday, my friends sent me the brightest, prettiest flowers to work.
It was so sweet and thoughtful - and much appreciated.

Friday, Leslie sent me this picture of Noah.
The boys have been dressing themselves and Noah is CERTAIN that
any outfit comprised of all the same colors matches.
Hilarious.

The boys came over and they played in Connor's PNP turned fort.

Saturday morning I did laundry and started packing for Hawaii.
Connor demonstrated his preferred method of eating toast - start with the butter!!

I really wasn't feeling well Saturday, and I was seriously trying to decide if I could really make the 3 flight trip to Hawaii with my pregnancy nausea. This is me resting on the couch while looking at my suitcase and things to pack.

I eventually pulled myself together and finished packing. I wasn't sure if I would have another chance to go to Hawaii and didn't want to miss out.
But I was definitely worried and didn't want to ruin anyone's trip.

While I was packing, our power went out again. Womp. Womp.
Remember when I left Cecil and Connor to go to Mexico without power?
What are the odds?

After dropping me off at Leslie's, they headed over to Aunt Tammi's house
and spent the night there in AC.

Apparently, Connor was obsessed with their dog, Rocket. :)


Meanwhile, we were spending the night in the Salt Lake City Airport.
Below you see Marie, Leslie, and I trying to get some sleep.

We finally got to Hawaii and it was beautiful. This is the view from our room.
I'll blog about Hawaii in a separate post.

 

Due to the 5 hour time difference, it was a little difficult to facetime with my boys back home. But we finally connected on Monday. Connor was excited to see me, but quickly grew tired of 'electronic Mommy' as Cecil called me. He kept reaching for me - sad.

But isn't Connor so cute with his freshly bathed comb over?

 

 Tuesday, we attempted a facetime with a horrible connection while we were at lunch. Connor and Cecil had just gotten home from work/school.

 

 Wednesday, we were able to facetime for a few minutes, but again we were out enjoying Hawaii without wifi, while they were available and didn't have a very good connection

Thursday, Connor was looking especially clean and cute while I facetimed them from the beach.
 I was ready to get home to my baby!

I left Hawaii at 11:00am on Friday, and arrived in DFW at 5:30am on Saturday.
This was my dinner that I had in the Seattle airport - chex mix, M&Ms and a smoothie. :)

 

I was exhausted, but super happy to be home. We had a great time in Hawaii and I'm so glad that I decided to go. I laughed more than I had in a long time. I'll be sure to blog about it another time - hopefully this year. LOL

 

Leslie's boys had stayed with Ampa all week and spent Friday night with our cousin. We picked them up Saturday around 11:00 and went to play at an indoor play place in Plano - Safari Run.

I had promised them we would go to a Ninja Warrior gym, but they had just removed the part that was toddler appropriate - so we improvised.

 

It was really nice - they had a toddler room and a bigger area for the older kids (above).

Cecil even followed Connor into the big area so that he could climb and go down a really big slide.

 

Zay loved riding this zip line (?) over the 'snakes' below.
I wish I knew how to post videos, but he was super excited.

After playing we headed to CiCi's for lunch.
Then, in the evening we met Cecil's family for dinner at Frijoles to celebrate Nana's birthday.

After dinner, everyone came to our house for cake and playtime.
They set up Connor's 'pool' outside and watched him play in the water.

I just love how you can see all four boys playing.
Zay was a swinging, Noah somehow convinced Austin to carry him,
and Connor was enjoying the water.

Saggy, soaked diaper.

We changed Connor into a swim diaper and continued to play.

I know this is picture overload, but since I avoided the heat at all cost this summer,
I don't have many pictures of Connor enjoying the water.
Here is my 18 month old baby.

What a full day after pretty much no sleep!

 

Sunday and Monday I was sick with a crazy headache and couldn't keep anything down.

So I called in sick and rested all day.

 

Wednesday, a condolences plant was delivered to me from my department at work.

It's my kind of plant because I've watered it twice since and has zero sunlight and is still alive!

Win! Win! Win!

Thursday while we were getting ready, Connor decided he wanted to try on
Daddy's cowboy boots. Hilarious. :)

Friday Connor and I went into the doctor for his 18 month check-up,
and he decided he was big enough to play with the big kid toys.

After Connor's appointment, I dropped him off at school and went to a OBGYN appointment
where I told the doctor how miserable I had been.
I was jet lagged, exhausted, nauseous and started to cry.
Then once I started, I couldn't stop.
Embarrassing.

But, he did give me a new medication, but said to only use it if I really needed it.
Well I needed it and it did help! Didn't take the nausea completely away, but made it manageable.

That weekend, I finally unpacked completely and gave Connor and Cecil
their matching Hawaiian shirts. My sweet boys!

Cecil turned a big box into a temporary playhouse for Connor - and even got inside!
He's such a fun daddy!

Wednesday morning, Connor and I babysit the boys for a couple hours before work.
Noah showed Connor some of the musical instruments Leslie had brought back from Hawaii.

 

Connor had the best time.

 

And if you can't tell - he adores Noah.

Many days, I was having to go to bed when I got home from work to rest and avoid the smell of food.
Thursday, Connor and Cecil came in after their dinner and played around. :)
Connor thinks it is HILARIOUS to sit on Cecil's face.

Friday morning, Leslie, the three boys and I got Connor's hair cut and then went to Jackie's for lunch.

Before - his little baby cut.

He was confused, but did pretty well. I'm sure having Noah, Zay, a sucker, and TV helped.

We went to Jackie's, ate lunch, and played with our cousins.

Kids table.

The last Saturday of July was actually a really great day - and I didn't take a single picture.
Leslie, Sara, and I went to Laura's for a 'sister day' and had so much fun.
We found out Sara and I are both pregnant and due 1 day apart - what are the odds!?!

Saturday evening, we celebrated Michelle and Nicole's birthday with pizza before the stockyards.
This was actually the first chance we got to tell our friends our happy news.

I was actually feeling a little better that day, so we went to the stockyards for a little bit, but headed home super early. Leslie was sweet enough to keep Connor overnight and let us sleep in!

When we got to Leslie's Sunday around noon, she had also started watching Turner,
while Russell and Marie went to a Rangers game.
Sweet Auntie!

They were playing outside and Connor started running towards us.

 

I love when these two get to hang out!!

And I love when Turner has those piggies in her hair!

 

We went home, and ended the month with a quiet Sunday together.

Perfection.