Conspiracy?

So..the school sends home Killian's class pic (paid for) and some spring pics (not paid for). The spring pictures magically turn out to be the cutest ones he has taken all year! Thing is, they're either 12 bucks a sheet, if you order less than all 4, or 10 bucks a sheet if you order all of them. I've spent a RIDICULOUS (I'm not overexaggerating when I say that!) amount of money on pictures this year, with Connor being a baby and needing them every 3 months and all. I've already purchased a rather large package of Killian's school pics which just so happen to look....eh, let's just say not so good. And, those were the flipping retakes.....because the originals looked horrendous as well. I think what they do is take crappy, one shot photos for the ones you had to pay for before you saw them, then the ones they send home to entice you into spending more money, (i.e. the spring ones) they take several shots until they get a cute one to ensure that you will maybe purchase something. I have no idea, call me crazy, but that's what it seems like to me! Needless to say, I will be dumping another $24 into pictures to keep 2 sheets of these and I'm DONE until Christmas. And even then I'll probably only get the $10 package! I think I'm done venting now! Except for the fact that I'm a liar and I know I'll be buying the baseball pictures when they take those too. And football and basketball....all of which come before Christmas. Geeze kids are expensive! Ok, now I really am done!

Guess what!?

Connor is WALKING!! Yes sir, he took his first "true" steps today. He's doing quite well with it, but you have to start him out standing, and once he falls he just crawls, he won't stand himself back up. But he can stand up on his own, he just won't....lol. If you stand him back up he will do it again until he falls. Sometimes it's 2 steps, sometimes 20. I'm so excited but sad at the same time. This growing too fast business is NOT good! He's also wearing his first pair of "big boy" jammies tonight :(. That's right, real jammies, not footies....he still has footies but it's just the point that he's big enough to fit in the shorts/pants and shirt sets. His birthday party went pretty well although Chick fil A seemed to have no idea what to do...haha. And Walmart screwed up my cake order, AGAIN! They seriously made it for last weekend (I swear I called and moved it to the 21st!) Luckily enough the chick said she could make one in about 45 mins. and Heather's husband was planning on leaving thier house around that time, so he was able to grab it. FLIPPING WALMART! I think I'll go to HEB the next time I need a cake! And, Connor did the same thing as Killian, once the cake was in front of him and ready for the taking, he wanted nothing to do with it! No messes, nothing. Finally my neighbor smashed it in his face. He continued to sit there and pick off the sprinkles on the top, but he refused to eat the cake. We had fun. (Or at least I did). I'll post pics later, but it's time to get the boy ready for bed! He's SUPER tired because they had thier first coach pitch baseball practice tonight. The guys said he did really well, and while he had to have quite a few directions (duh, he's never played before) he took them well and listened to everything they said! He seems to like it. Now I just have to go to Walmart and grab some pants before they run out of X-Small grey! I'm also glad that they didn't double up thier games for this sport, so it's one game a Saturday and it goes well into mid May I do believe, which is awesome cause then Elliott will be here to see him play some! That's EXCITING! Although I'm sure he would've rather seen him play soccer, I bet this will be just as fun for him (them).

He's 1!!! :(

Lol. Yes, Connor is officially one year old!? How in the world did that happen? It was exactly one year ago today that we were released from the hospital (it felt like we were in there MUCH longer though!) And today we went to Sears to get his 1 year photos done. I wasn't too impressed with the portrait innovations place. So, back to Sears I went, and I got pretty much everything I wanted except that I wanted one pic of him standing in the turtle outfit (we just did the chair in our last photos, but they're were cute here to I suppose) and I wanted the bathtub pic to be black and white with the accessories in color, but to do that is an extra $30 which I just didn't think was worth it. So, oh well. All in all I'm pretty pleased with the outcomes!

Uh Oh!

Speghettios! So, Connor's Birthday Party is a bust! Stupid Texas weather decided to go from great to crap in 2.5 seconds and totally ruined my plans to have his party outside at the park. Since I was holding out all last hope that the good weather would return and the show would go on, it is too late to find a decent indoor place to have a party this weekend. Pretty much everything I could think of was either WAY expensive (at least in my opinion, for a child who won't even care..lol) or booked. So it has been postponed to Saturday the 21st. I'll be calling everyone to let them know in person, I just wanted to post this because I know a lot of people look on here, and this may let you know before I have the chance to make the phone rounds, that way you can make other plans and not be worried with it this weekend! Hopefully next weekend will be better and if not, I've picked a place that is indoors and will still be fun for everyone (even the big kids!).

Gloomy Rainy Day pt. 2

So, today I'm not so optimistic! Everyone keep thier fingers crossed (and toes too!) that Mother Nature isn't a shithead on Saturday and doesn't force Connor's party inside! I'd much rather have it at the park so the older kids are bored out of thier heads! That's all.

Gloomy Rainy Day

So I'll post a happy blog! My Connor is getting huge! I can't believe how much he has grown and how quickly it has gone by! He's developed all kinds of things, like favorites. He loves to eat, and he will eat almost anything you give to him (except for baby food, lol) but his absolute favorite thing would have to be chicken. He LOVES it. He likes it grilled, fried, in pasta, plain, with vegetables, with fruits *sounds gross I know, but apples and chicken is the one baby food he will eat!* He just loves chicken. He even likes buffalo wings, slight spice and all. I think it's hilarious because Killian's least favorite thing is chicken. Anywho, back to favorites, his favorite thing to do is climb. While he still won't walk, he climbs onto everything! I swear I almost broke his leg earlier trying to grab him to keep him from flying off the couch backwards. The one HUGE negative to climbing; he can't get back down! But his absolute favorite thing to climb is into laundry baskets, or any type of basket for that matter. His favorite toy is his zoo thing, his favorite place to sleep is his bed, his favorite person is a bit of a toss up between Killian and Heather. His favorite non-toy item to play with is his tooth brush (good Lord he gets pissed when you take it away!) It's just amazing how quickly his personality and all of his likes and dislikes are developing. Just a few short months ago he didn't have a care in the world as long as he was clean, full and not tired, whereas now he seems to care about everything that everyone is doing, himself included! And, he's in to EVERYTHING, which can be greatly entertaining or extremely worrysome (think digging through trash and eating Desitin!) The one thing he doesn't like and could absolutely care less about is TV. Again a T-Total opposite of his brother! You can't even bribe him to watch a Baby Einstien with cookies and milk! (I know, I've tried, lol). He has no interest whatsoever in what is happing on the TV, which isn't neccessarily a bad thing, but just odd in my opinion. Don't most kids find it kinda fascinating? Oh well. There's tons of other things that he's doing and not doing that I just find incredible, and I could go on and on, but he's done with his pasta pick ups and he's hollering and blowing raspberries at me to signal that he is ready to get out of the high chair! :)

Ugh

So, this time change blows! It's almost 8 o'clock and it's barely even dark! How in the world am I supposed to get Killian calmed down and in the shower and doing his bedtime routine when it's still broad daylight? Well, maybe not broad but you get the point. And poor Connor! His bedtime is at 8 but it's usually dark in his room, is he going to start thinking it's naptime?? lol. Oh well, I suppose we'll deal. I can't wait until my husband gets home! Not too much longer now and I'll be able to get my sanity back! I suppose I should get back to cleaning and getting ready for bed. Hope all is well with everyone. Connor turns one in a week :(