Proud To Be An American!

i LOVE the 4th of July! Growing up we always had big family get-togethers, and my family is very patriotic. because of that, the 4th of july has a special place in my heart. i'm so grateful to live in this country with its freedoms! since we moved here i have a rough day on the 4th and miss seeing my family very very much. it was fun to celebrate with Connor this year now that he is old enough to participate in things...

This year was a bit odd to me, since it RAINED on the 4th of July! i don't know if i have any memories of that ever happening to before. but, we do live in Arizona, and that is very different from my Idaho! It was still beautiful weather outside, even though it was quite a bit humid. I took Connor on a little walk through the apartments and he thought splashing in puddles was AMAZINGLY fun! that IS what little boys do best!!!!

We had thought that Caleb would have to work, but he didn't so we decided to go to the store and buy sparklers and pop-its and Connor had soooo much fun!!!!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July like we did!!! love you all!

Beginning July

 As i mentioned in the previous post, i had a bit of a crummy week. i was grouchy, stressed, and just plain over-emotional. my poor family and house had to put up with it! because of that, i didn't get much cleaning done, and Connor got to do lots of playing hard! i was  bit of a slacker on picture taking, but there was one extremely cute instance that happened that i HAD to share!

Connor usually loves to drink from his sippy cup with the straw, but he decided that his mommy's cup was better, and that he could do it all by himself. he was handling it extremely well so i let him, but them he dumped it all down his front! thank goodness it was only water!

When i cleaned him up i told him to go get his jammies for me, and i laughed when he instead brought me one of his daddy's shirts! it was sooo cute that i decided, what the heck, he can wear it to bed! and he was sooooo excited about it! and wear it to bed he did!

 Also this week i decided my hair needed a makeover. it has been soooo hot that i never ever wear it down, and Connor pulls on it and it makes me even more grouchy, so i decided it was time to cut it off. i was half tempted to do shorter, but i knew i still would want to be able to put it up to keep it out of connor's hands, but i wanted enough of a difference that it felt new. i thought it looked cute the last time it was this length, so i gave it another try. so far, i'm reallly enjoying it! i plan to grow it out again, because long hair is just ME. but i'm very happy to say i'm no longer the type of girl that freaks out about cutting her hair! and my sweet hubby didn't even whine when i said i wanted to cut off quite a bit, even though i know he looooves it long. i cut off about 7 inches! and then i colored it, as you can see. i did highlights at first, but i didn't use my head and so it didn't turn out like i wanted, so i just colored over it all, and i have to say i like the results! Caleb thinks i make a pretty cute redhead, and i think i pull it off pretty well!

Now when i take Connor places people can tell me how he looks like he has red hair! that used to happen all the time and they would say it was obvious it came from me. when my hair is red, his looks like it is too. :) 

Ending June

once again, i was a slacker with my blogging! i had a very stressful week, and couldn't find the time to get it done...but i'm doing it now!!! And just the other day Caleb came home with some good news that he was being hired on permanently at his job! as a permanent employee he gets benefits he wasn't eligible for before, so we are very proud of him!!!

Connor is obsessed with his fluffy blankies and carries them EVERYWHERE...this week he decided they were the best chew toy he has. haha!

 Connor has been teething horribly, and wanting to spend all sorts of time with mommy, so we decided to have an extra special mommy and connor day, and got to each lunch infront of the tv and watch a movie of his choice together! he chose his Thomas and Friends movie, and after he was done eating he brought his thomas and percy trains to sit with him!

Connor loves to climb on the couch and bury himself in pillows and hide from me!

 We went to La Casita again with our friend Marne, and Connor had a blast! he even decided that it was ok to walk through the water by himself! it was a very hot day and he burned his feet by walking on the cement without his shoes :( and he tripped and scrapped up his chin! he cried until i told him we could take a picture and send it to daddy, and then he cheered right up!

 As i mentioned, Connor has been teething horribly! he keeps finding odd things to teethe on and he found an unopened pack of gum and it made him feel so much better to chew on it that i let him to do as much as he wanted. he ended up getting it open and making half the gum soggy, but hey, atleast it made him smile! love that kid!!!