Life

we have been doing wonderfully this last week. and we are SO EXCITED because we are taking Connor to idaho on friday for spring break!!! we will be there for a whole week and we're so excited to see everyone!!!! its all I've thought about pretty much the last couple of days. we can't wait!!!!

we have been trying to make sure we are getting everything done that we need to before our trip. we are flying, but we still felt it was important to get our car all fixed up on repairs since we got our tax return. we had to buy some new tires last week due to a little incident of running over some big chunk of metal. and when i say chunk i really mean it, this was not a nail....the guys at the tire center couldn't even get it out to get a look at it, so it was definitely unrepairable and we needed a replacement. luckily with our return we got we were able to get two new tires and have the car in good working order again. atleast that's what we thought. haha. that was just the calm before the storm it seems. we took the car in for an oil change today and also had them check on this whining sound the car has been making, which we were told the last time we were in there was because of a battery that was going bad. but this time the guy didn't even mention the battery and told us we have two major problems, and one needs to be fixed asap before the problem worsens. apparently our AC compressor is leaking badly and that's what part of the sound is from, and the other half of it is because our power steering is going out and is also leaking. the compressor is the major problem, but its also the more pricey one and we just don't have $2000 laying around. would be nice if we did huh???? lol. but despite the frustration of the newly discovered car troubles we are not letting it get to us and drag down the excitement about our trip.

Connor has been into everything lately! he takes more and more steps everyday, and i can't wait to show him off to his grandma's! he is one proud boy of his walking! and he has started to love to bounce. and instead of just babbling and saying mamma and dadda he has started to talk and chatter in his own little language. he loooooves to communicate with me. he definitely has a mind of his own and knows what he does and does NOT want, and he's not afraid to tell me so! he looooves his bath and constantly stands up and claps and then plops himself down to splash. he has developed a new fondness for eating bananas, and especially loves smashing it into his hair and every crevice of his body as he possibly can. he is very much enjoying his new bedroom, and loves when we play in there before bedtime. we have just recently cut him down to 1 nap a day instead of 2 because he had decided that he didn't need to go to bed until midnight when he had both, and mommy just couldn't take it! so we have altered his bedtime routine, and now i usually have him down for the night by 9:30, and takes his nap around 2. it is much better than before, but he is still fighting it. i'd really like his bedtime to be earlier but i'm taking what i can get for now lol  i'm pretty sure he's still trying to get used to sleeping in his own room without mom and dad, since he has been waking up multiple times during the night ever since the move. its a work in progress, but i'm feeling we're moving forward with it. it will be nice once he is on a schedule again! i have a few cute videos i've taken of him recently to share :) the first two were taken on my old phone so i'm sorry if they freeze. its not you, its the video! but they were just too cute to not post :)

this last week i took Connor out to the new pool for the first time. the pool is heated to about 80 degrees so it wasn't too cold for him, and i was very excited about it! i invited my friend Marne and her kids over to swim with us too. i only had Connor in the pool like 5ish minutes because there was no sun shinning and he was getting splashed on a bit and i didn't want him getting too cold, but he seemed to be very excited and curious. we sat in the hot tub for quite a while and relaxed. well, Connor wasn't exactly in the hot tub, it was more just me and occasionally letting his feet in. i didn't want him roasting since he is such a little guy!!! here's a pic.

Caleb had drill this last weekend and connor missed him horrible. he was so excited to see him when he came home! and when Caleb was packing Connor even helped him. it was ridiculously cute, so i couldn't help myself, i took a pic. he's such a cutie!!!! hopefully all his cuteness is just making everyone want to give him a big squishy hug, cuz we can't wait to bring him to see everyone!!!!! yay!