Snow!

Yes, we got snow in Fort Bragg! And, if you are from here or know of FB then you know it NEVER snows here...so for us this was such an exciting time. It didn't snow much..stuck for only just a few hours.
It was the first time for Conner in the snow. The day after it snowed we went up to our family cabin (snowed much more there) for the day so Conner could play :)
Great weekend overall...even if Mommy has been terribly sick and now dealing with an ear infection :(

Road Trip

A couple of weekends we decided to head to Santa Cruz and visit some of our friends for the weekend. We hadn't been on a long road trip with Conner since he was around 3 months old. He did great! The trip was, of course, a bit longer than it could have been...had to make a few stops a long the way so Conner could "relax" a bit (and, so Mommy and Daddy could free our ears from the bit of crying he was doing!).
It turned out to be such a beautiful weekend in Capitola. We hung out at the beach with our friends for the day on Saturday. Conner loved it! Especially when he decided to take a few bites out of the sand. Took it like a champ though. He also got to go into the Ocean for the second time. Again, just a stone face! We have a tough little man on our hands!!
We ended the day bbq'ing and enjoying time with our friends. Great weekend overall!!

Valentines Day Photo Shoot for Daddy

I decided to do something special for Sean (and boy was it tough keeping it a secret from him...being from such a small town, word gets around fast!) for V-day this year. Conner and I did a mini photo shoot with a local photographer, Chelsi McFadden! It turned out to be a beautiful day.
Take a look at some of the pictures...

The Daily Grind

Where has the time gone...every time I think about updating our blog, I realize it has been weeks since my last post. Wow, being a Mom sure takes up a lot of your free time...in a good way of course :)
Lots of new and exciting things have been going on in our house...like a newly crawling baby! Yep, Conner has finally decided to take it to the next level. He gets around everywhere and anywhere he pleases. Time to baby proof the house. It felt like we would never get to this point!
Conner has also learned how to pull himself up...as well as sit-up from a laying position. It seemed to all happen in one day. He is growing so fast. He will be 9 months next week!

Happy New Year!

We are back in action...finally!
We've had a long, fun and relaxing Holiday season. Sean got to have about 2 weeks off...wish was a blessing to me because I had help with Conner. Who, by the way, is doing great. Growing fast! Still not crawling but taking more of a liking to standing and walking. Wonder if we will have a walker and not a crawler. We shall see!
He turned 8 months on the 7th of January. 8 months! Where has the time gone?! Before we know it we will be on our Caribbean Cruise for his 1st Birthday! Can't wait :)
Christmas was a lot of fun. We got to celebrate with both our families which was nice. Conner had a great time as well. Still a little young for the opening presents part but he had a swell time tearing the paper and eating it :)
Sean and I took on the last of the wallpaper war during his time off. What a pain! A little project turned into almost a week worth of wall fixing and touch ups. What would I do without him? Such an amazing man! But, in the end the room looks great and we are more than happy with the outcome!
Being called by baby so I'll post pictures of our Holiday Season in a bit :-)

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!

We have been a busy little family with Christmas quickly approaching. With it being Conner's first Christmas we have been taking him to all the X-mas activities Fort Bragg has been putting on.

The weekend after Thanksgiving we went and got our first Christmas tree as our new family! Conner loved grabbing all the trees and of course, trying to eat them too! Oh boy, does he love the lights!

Then, last Saturday we took him to see Santa for the first time! He didn't seem to mind him at all (but I think it was because Mrs. Claus handed him a candy cane, wrapped, of course!). We got a few good pictures of him with Santa :)
Also that night we got together with our good friends, The Nelepovitz and their two adorable boys, Nico and Elio. We went to Chinese food (Conner had his first taste...and well not much to our surprise...he loved it...boy loves to eat!)Then went downtown to watch the annual Lighted Truck Parade. Again, he loved all the cool lights and music. Fun night!

This Tuesday we went to the Botanical Gardens, which had been putting on a Festival of Lights for the first year so we, again, went with The Nelepovitz Family. It was so pretty seeing it all lite up at night.

Also on Tuesday, Conner turned 7 months!

And to top of all our fun Christmas adventures, Sean and I just purchased a new camera as a gift to ourselves (and each other) for Christmas. A Nikon D90 SLR. We LOVE it! We will never go back to just a regular point and shoot camera again!