First Step's

we had a huuuuuuuge monumental moment happen this weekend....our little boy took his very first steps! it was on the 25th. Caleb was home from work, and was sitting on the couch while i was sitting on the floor watching a movie. Connor had been sitting with his daddy and wanted me, so he just walked himself right over there! it was only 2 steps and he was reaching for me, but it completely made my day!!! i then freaked out and was like "CALEB DID YOU SEE THAT?!?!?!?!!?" and of course he did, because he's an attentive daddy. so then he sat down on the floor a bit away from me and we had Connor go back over to him. he was soooo excited that we were cheering him and paying so much attention that he takes two big steps over to his daddy giggling and squealing the whole way. it was ADORABLE! i'm pretty sure he was just as proud of himself as we were of him. we got him to come back over to me one more time, but after that he would just plop himself on the floor and look at us with this expression that said "uuuuuh what?????? i'm DONE! what do you want from me?????" it was hilarious. it was such a huge moment for us and we were soooo excited to both be there for it! but it was also incredibly bittersweet. where did my little baby go????? he's growing up too fast, and i feel like it was just yesterday he was born! i can't believe he turns 1 in just a couple months! its a good thing we're taking him on a trip to Idaho soon...i'm pretty sure there are some grandparents that would like to see him before that day, and get a chance to see how much he's grown in the last couple months! how time flies....

Our New Home

so i finally took some pics of our new place to share, even though i still haven't taken the boxes out of the dinning room or put the pics up in the living room. please don't judge me too harshly lol.

the door that is open is our apartment door, the other is the storage room

this is the front doorway area

this is the kitchen, you walk in on the left side

this is the "office" i was so excited about

aaaaand here's the very messy dining room area

this is the view of the patio from inside

this is one side of the living room, and alot of boxes

and this is the second side, which also shows the patio doors

master bed - view from the master bath

i thought this little corner was perfect for the dresser

master bath - view from the bedroom

the shower/tub and toilet have their own litte room

this is the second bath, which is in the hallway

this is Connor's room - viewed from hallway

and the front side of the bedroom

and his closet which is huge for such a little guy

 so there is our little tour! i realize its a bit confusing, so i'm including the floor plan. brilliant idea huh??? the only difference is that our washer and drying is in the larger panty instead of in the outside storage room, and there is no door separating the living room from the hallway as there appears to be. also the window in Connor's room is on the right wall not the rear. but no biggie :) and of course that is not how our furniture is arranged. that's just how the picture has it and i couldn't change it.

so i hope you enjoyed getting a little peek at our new home! we are enjoying the new space a TON! and Connor really is enjoying getting to play in his own room and have a ton more space to be able to explore! we are planning a trip to the pool this week. we will post pics after it!!!! :)

My big boy!

I've been trying to get a picture of this for weeks .... can't believe he can stand all by himself already! Have a feeling walking is only a short time away. Sooooo bittersweet! Will blog more about it when the internet works!

Valentine's Day

This was Connor's first Valentine's so we wanted to make sure to get him something super cute. and his west grandparents wanted to make sure they gave him something too! He got a book from mommy and daddy, and jammies and a stuffed animal from his grandparents! caleb got me roses and chocolate, which is exactly what i wanted. and i got him a giant chocolate kiss. yes it sounds boring, but thats what i always got him in highschool so its a bit of a tradition lol. connor also helped picked about flowers for mommy from grandpa and grandma! caleb had to go to school and work so we didn't do anything special this year, but i still took some pictures to document it!  and i realized connor didn't have any clean valentines day outfits... so he wore blue til i put his jammies on him lol. thats why he's not dressed in valentines colors like mom and dad. he was making me laugh when he wanted to help his daddy get ready for school and use the laptop! he's a smart boy, and loved his new book and stuffed frog!

we had a great valentine's and hope everyone else did too!!!!

A Break From Packing

we are going to be moving on saturday! we're technically already moved a bunch of boxes over to the new apartment but not any of the furniture. all of it will be done on saturday morning though! i've been packing packing packing all last week. it was very exhausting and so Caleb took me on a much needed date friday night. it was wonderful even though i missed Connor. but Caleb thought it was very relaxing. we went out to dinner at applebee's and laughed and laughed and reminisced over highschool days and old friends. it really was a good night out! i definitely needed it.

i don't have much to say about the last week since i didn't do anything very exciting besides packing.. but i did get a couple super cute pics of Connor during the week. i found these plastic glasses and my friend and i put them on Connor and it was so adorably cute i just had to take a pic to share! he's quite the little bookworm already!

My Photography Efforts

so I've been working a little bit on my new years resolution goals, and one thing i have put a bit of time into is photography. I've been trying to relearn the things i used to know, but i know i'm definitely not back up to as good as i was. its going to take my quite a while to be able to look at the pictures without picking out every flaw... but i decided my efforts were nothing to be ashamed of even though they are worse than some peoples amateur skills haha. and the photoshop i have is a different version than the one i learned on so i keep getting confused cuz i can't find the tools i'm used to and nothings working the same way. but, they're cute pictures of Connor, so i figured no one would mind seeing. cuz he's pretty darn cute even if i screw up the picture haha. just please remember to not judge me too harshly. i need alot more practice and learning. but heres a start :)

theres a ton of things wrong with each one, but i'm sure you can all agree a little glimpse of that cute face makes the other things less noticable! i'm hoping to continue to improve as time goes by, and i'll most likely be posting them all occasionally. the rest of my goals are going relatively good as well. i've been impressed with myself on keeping up with it all!

My Birthday

yesterday i turned 22! and as i said in my last post, i got a new look for my birthday! i took a picture to show everyone how it turned out. my hair was in desperate need of a makeover, and now i'm kinda a red-head! i'm enjoying it, and the color turned out well. i was worried it'd be too red, but its not!

also for my birthday Caleb got off work early on saturday and surprised me by wanting us to go out to dinner! we went to Olive Garden which is my favorite! and Connor had sooooo much fun sitting in the high chair and getting to eat bits of bread and things. i really really enjoyed it :) it was definitely a good birthday! i got tons of birthday wishes from people and lots of phone calls. i was feeling the love!