now and then

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas! Connor still doesn't quite get it, but he did say "Santa bring toys" quite a bit. Next year should be a lot of fun for him! He made out like a bandit, we've practically grown out of house and home, but it was so fun watching him open everything. He loves his new art board, tool bench and new Thomas bike. :)

fun with dad!

Kevin and Connor showing off their new tricks (and tee's). I think they may be joining the circus here shortly!

Christmas Eve fun!

We spent Christmas Eve at my sister's house and Connor and Evelyn had a blast together. Evelyn shared her kitchen and baby stroller, Connor shared his tool bench and they ended the evening jumping in Evelyn's bed. Doesn't get any better than that!

i like my oreos!

our visit to santa

Connor wasn't too keen on visiting santa this year. He seemed to do fine though once I sat there with him. He was OBSESSED with the giant snowman that was hanging out over by santa and the reindeer and followed him throughout the store. Pretty funny.

ready for winter

Connor wouldn't wear this hat all summer but now that it's freezing out it's the only hat he wants to wear. Go figure.

thanksgiving 2008

We don't have a lot of pictures from Thanksgiving this year but here's one of Kevin's turkey. It was delicious!

all my guys

Connor loves to play in his crib these days, jumping, dancing, and he HAS to have all of his guys in there with him. I've been lucky enough to be invited in as well. :)

the Hef's

We had the boys spend the night a couple weeks ago and finally got a picture of the three of them in their matching robes. Too cute!

oldie but a goodie

I found this picture on my computer at work and couldn't stop laughing. Look how small everyone was! Oh, we've come so far...

checking out the Target toys catalog...

He really liked looking at the bikes!

halloween

Connor had a great Halloween this year despite a rough start. We went over to Anut Kyra's for dinner and trick-or-treating and all was good until we tried to put on his pants. He wasn't a big fan of his monkey costume as you can see in the first picture! We took a gradual approach to putting on his costume, first the pants, next the jacket then finally got the hood up. Whooo hoo! He seemed to get the hang of trick-or-treating pretty easily, although once people gave him candy he wanted to go into their house and hang out. All in all he was a happy boy with his candy. :)

trip to Parsons

Sunday we went to Parsons, KS to celebrate Uncle David and Uncle Tony's birthdays and to see new baby Lucy. Kevin's cousin Gina lives out in the country with a horse, a pony, chickens and dogs that kept the boys entertained all afternoon. Connor even tried riding the horse!

trip to Louisburg

Nana and Bumpa came over the other weekend and took Connor and I up to the Louisburg Cider Mill for donuts, hot cider and of course to see the pumpkins. Connor had a great time climbing on the hay stacks and watching the apples get sprayed down.

cute in my jean jacket and robe!

gym for me

The Lenexa Community Center has kind of an open gym called 'Gym for Me' for a couple hours on Monday's and Wednesday's so Connor and Kevin tried it out this week. Connor enjoyed playing in the cars and out on the playground (he's so serious in all these pictures!).

pumpkin patch

We went out to Suburban last weekend to go the pumpkin patch and find some mums. Connor had fun playing in the little house and throwing some beat up pumpkins out the window (nice). Although he had even more fun finding every running fountain in the store and getting completely soaked. The picture doesn't even do it justice (see the last picture). His face lit up every time he saw running water!