Easter 2012

Mimi & Connor at Connor's school Easter egg hunt. 
Connor had hives from an allergy to antibiotics (Omnicef).

Weston's school Easter egg hunt at Kari's studio

Dylan, Carlisle, Maggie M., Maggie O., Weston, Louis, & Eliza

Not a fan of the bunny costume Mrs. Becky made him wear

Weston & Mommy at the party

Connor & Mommy at the Orchard Easter egg hunt

Will & the boys after hunting eggs

Family pic at the park

Weston being silly

Mimi & Weston

Weston & Connor

Connor, 19 months old

Weston excited about having lots of candy

Funny family pic-- the result of too much candy. Meltdown!

With my best friend

Easter, as we have culturally made it, is a pretty exhausting holiday.  We went to four Easter egg hunts and came home with too much candy.  This year, Weston grasped the concept of Jesus dying for our sins on the cross, which was pretty cool.  He has a good book that we read at bedtime called Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers, and it describes the gospel in a way that kids can understand. 

Connor at 18 Months

Connor-bug at 18 months old

His baby curls, so cute

Our sweet & funny little guy

Helping Mommy in the kitchen

Connor's first haircut

Posing after his haircut

Climbing in his new bathroom vanity cabinet

Connor turned 18 months old in March.  He had his first haircut with Mrs. Blair. (His first self-haircut came later, at only 20 months, when he discovered his daddy's electric beard trimmer!! Mrs. Blair had to fix that, too!)  At 18 months, Connor had over 30 words in his vocabulary.  He was beginning to put words together, such as "get down" and "I'n dat" (I want that).  His little personality was emerging as an affectionate, sweet, and funny little boy.

Birthday Getaway

Gondola ride at the Venetian

Our favorite Venetian restaurant, Trattoria de Reggiano

In our seats for The Phantom of the Opera

For my 32nd birthday, Will took me to Las Vegas.  We stayed at the Venetian, which was absolutely fabulous!  It was the most relaxing trip.  We walked down the Strip one night to see the fountain show at the Bellagio, but we spent the rest of the time at the Venetian.  We ate Italian food every night and sampled Italian red wines. On my birthday, we went to see Phantom at the Venetian.  I also got to have lunch with my sweet friend, Jenn, who lives in North Las Vegas.  I hadn't seen Jenn since she moved from Sumter, SC to Phoenix five years ago.  I wish I had gotten a pic with Jenn, but I left my camera behind.  Oh, how I want another relaxing Vegas getaway!

Thanksgiving & Christmas 2011

Opening presents Christmas morning

Connor's favorite gift

Santa delivered a few toys to our playroom

Weston's favorite gift

Attempt at a Christmas card photo

Weston & Connor

Sitting by their very own tree

Daddy getting the boys set up

Connor ready for a bedtime story

Connor loved his sock monkey tree

Weston's class Christmas party

Weston & Mommy at the party

Weston's class did a book exchange

Connor & Mommy (& Grayson) at Connor's class party
Baking cookies at Maggie Miller's house:

Mommy & Weston rolling the dough

Weston icing his cookies

Weston & Mommy with our finished cookies

Lynli, Carlisle, Maggie M., Weston, & Maggie O.

Weston & Maggie Oxford

Weston posing by the Christmas tree

Will & Weston opening presents at Nana's

Connor playing in the backyard

Lynli & Weston jumping in a pile of leaves

Weston the Pilgrim at his Thanksgiving program

Weston ( center stage) & his class

Halloween and a Homecoming

Ready for trick-or-treating

Weston trying on his pirate costume

Our pirate and little robot

Connor at 13 months

Mommy & Connor

Boys being silly

Connor, 13 months

Weston, 3 years old
I LOVE these pictures of the boys welcoming
home Daddy from flying airplanes for Southwest:

Hugging on Daddy

So happy to be together again

Laughing & being silly

October was a busy, but fun month. We sold & moved out of our house on Bentgrass Circle. We moved out Halloween weekend! Our new house wasn't quite ready to move in due to renovations, so we had to go live with Mimi & Grandy for 2 weeks. Will was doing trips for Southwest Airlines, so we looked forward to when Daddy returned home. We went to the Ramels' Halloween party & neighborhood hayride to go trick or treating.