1 Year Ago Today

Happy Birthday my sweet boy!

Connor-

Today you are one year old.  I cannot tell you enough how much joy and love you have brought into our lives this past year.  It’s been so exciting every day watching you grow and learn something new and seeing the world through your eyes.  It’s definitely been the most challenging year we’ve ever had, but we wouldn’t change it for the world.  Every day is a new adventure and I never knew I could feel such love in my heart. We love you to the moon and back!

If you missed Connor’s birthday party post go HERE

Love,

Mommy

How it all began –

Dating days (circa 2000)
Married August 4, 2001
Just the two of us (circa 2008)
July 2009 we found out about YOU!
October 2009 – It’s a BOY!
Pregnant with Connor
……8 1/2 years after we were married……
We finally were blessed with you!
All that wishing & waiting was so worth it!
Right before you entered the world
March 4, 2010
(We were so nervous and excited!)

9 lb. 14 oz.

21 inches
10 Days Old
Getting used to my new home 🙂
Growing up every day!
Now you are such a big boy!
We wrote “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” on our driveway yesterday
You had fun with all the chalk
You are definitely a boy….you get into everything!
Look at that chalky booty!
I love you so much!  God is so good and I thank him every day for your life. 
 I don’t know what I’d do without you my sweet precious boy!
HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY!!! 

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Thanks!

Becky

A Bunch of Stuff & A New Recipe

My talented twinkie made these shirts for Connor last night.  Aren’t they so cute!  If you would like for her to make you some contact her HERE.  I think they will be perfect for St. Patrick’s Day 🙂
Isn’t this the most precious Louis Vuitton you have EVER seen?
It’s an owl 🙂
What would a blog post be without a few pictures for the Grandparents?
This little booger has been into everything lately I cannot keep my eyes off him for a second!
He tries so hard to walk.  Connor can take about 4-5 steps and then he sikes himself out and falls over. 
But try try again we will…..

I must STOP eating Thin Mints…darn girl scouts 😛

Bonnie and I were girl scouts for years so I have a little soft spot for them.  We went door to door in our neighborhood every year. The poor folks would do a double take when they saw TWO of us standing there with pigtails in our uniforms.  Of course they had to buy from both to keep it fair.

Also – A pic of my shorter hair
What do ya’ll think?  It feels a lot better…it was getting so dry and tangled.
I am not one of those people who gets attached to their hair so I have no problem whacking it off!

Tried a new recipe last night :

Enchilada-zagna

Ingredients

2 to 3 cooked, boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut into small pieces (about 3 cups), divided
1 can (28 oz.) or 2 cans (15 oz. each) mild red enchilada sauce
1 container (8 oz.) sour cream
1 can (12 fl. oz.) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Milk
2 cups (8-oz. pkg.) shredded cheddar cheese
1 can (4 oz.) diced green chilies, undrained
1 pkg. (12 tortillas) 7-inch corn tortillas

(I added corn and black beans to my meat mixture)

Directions

PREHEAT oven to 350º F. Grease 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
COMBINE enchilada sauce and sour cream in medium bowl. Combine evaporated milk, cheese and chiles in medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until cheese has melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat.

SPREAD 1 cup enchilada sauce mixture on bottom of prepared baking dish. Layer with 4 tortillas, 1 cup enchilada sauce mixture, 1 1/2 cups chicken, 1 cup cheese sauce; repeat layers one more time, starting with tortillas. Top with remaining tortillas, enchilada sauce mixture and cheese sauce. Cover with foil.

BAKE for 40 minutes. Uncover; cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.
And if you watch FoodNetwork you must visit this site
HILARIOUS!!!

Crazy Folk

Last weekend I was texting my Dad who was visiting my Aunt Mary and cousins in Alma, AR. 
Anyway, I texted him the first picture of Connor making a silly face puckering his lips. 
Dad texted me back with a picture of my Aunt, then a picture of both cousins trying to make the exact same face as Connor!  It cracked me up!  I miss my Arkansas fam so bad they are silly folks:)

AMAZON ORDER *FAIL*

See the cute owl key covers below? 
Those are the key covers I ordered on Amazon last week……

And these beauties are the actual key covers I recieved in the mail! 
They are called “DooKeys” “The right poo for you!”
WTH???
I immediately wrote an email to the seller explaining I didn’t order the “Doo” key covers and I had wanted the owl ones.  He responded with an attached packing slip and said he was sorry and that they had trouble getting inventory for my item so they sent those instead???  Hello???  That’s nice of you to tell me after you ship the order….I am just going to keep the “Doo” covers because I don’t want to deal with shipping them back and nobody will really know what they are supposed to be right?  Icing, whipped cream, a pile of something?
What’s Ya’lls worst Internet screw up?  I’d love to hear the stories 😛

Flying High

I got to play with my new Nikon D7000 this past weekend and it was so much fun!  I am in love with this camera.  I said before that I will do some tutorials and things, but I’m not quite sure what to do them on yet.  I’m so glad we got this camera before our trip to New York in a few weeks, I can’t wait to take some cool photos while visiting. 
Here are some we took at the park in our neighborhood:
This has got to be one of my favorite shots so far
Timing is everything….sometimes I take about 50 photos and I’ll like maybe 3-4 out of all of them. 
I just keep shooting and shooting and eventually you get that money shot!
Gulp!
Standing up in his squeaky shoes
Did I mention Connor took his first steps this past weekend???
We have a walker on our hands and it scares me to death! ha..ha..
I thought these trees were cool 🙂
More interested in his toy than giving Momma a kiss 😛
Sunshine
Connor you make the funniest expressions
Right now you love to stick out your tongue and play with your lips

It was really windy!
I was channeling my inner Titanic scene….

He loves his Daddy so much
I love taking pictures of my child.  I need someone else’s kid to stalk and photograph 24/7
Connor is so cooperative bless his heart! 
I love photography, but like I said I am no professional. 
It’s just a passion of mine and thanks for letting me share that with you 🙂
Got my hair cut shorter today.  I like it, I just wanted the bottom trimmed a bit.  It was just so dead and getting to be a frizzaster! 
I also ordered my first Birchbox and I will share how I like it when it comes in!

Weekend Wrap Up

I had a fabulous weekend!  My friend Amber took me to a place called The Brownstone in Arlington and it was so cool!  I could have stayed in there for HOURS I tell ya!  It’s got lots of sellers that resemble Etsy and everything was so cute.  I need to have a garage sale or something so I can go on a shopping spree 😛

Delicious cupcakes 🙂
Connor enjoying some Mexican rice too!
So many cute finds at The Brownstone in Arlington.
I hope that when my Mom and sister visit next time I can take them there.
Thank you Amber for introducing me to this place and now I shall forever be broke!!!
  • I really want to get this mustache pillow for my Bloggy Triplet Summer.
Do you have one yet Summer???
IN OTHER RANDOMS:
  • I love getting samples of new makeup and skin care.  I recently heard about Birchbox.com and I really want to subscribe to it.  For $10.00 a month you get a box full of makeup, skin, and hair care samples.  You fill out a profile on their website and each month you get a new box full of deluxe samples!  So fun!  Do any of you already subscribe and like it???
  • I also learned my lesson about shipping packages recently.  I had participated in a Valentine blog swap and I mailed my package off to my partner Diane with no tracking or insurance.  FAIL.  I have honestly never had a problem shipping things with the Post Office.  Ever.  When I realized she hadn’t received it I got so upset….I am just hoping the Post Office finds that because I had lots of goodies for her and I feel so bad she never got it!!!  I could just scream!
  • I picked up a pair of gray slacks I just bought a couple weeks ago at the cleaners on Friday.  This was the first time for me to use this particular dry cleaner.  Well, they had originally lost my pants…so I called and they said they had them there.  I picked them up and never thought twice about it until I tried to put them on today and they didn’t fit!  They were a size 0 PETITE!!!  Those are obviously NOT my pants yo!  I swear…I am never going back there.  And the worst part is those people barely speak English so how am I supposed to even begin to explain this fiasco?
Well, that’s about all for now….I had a lot of playing with my new camera so I shall show some pictures this week and I think I may do a few tutorials too!  If you have a photography question just email me or something and I’ll do the best I can to explain…I am not a pro, but I do love to take pictures!

Family Time

Last weekend we went to the park to visit the duck pond.  The weather was so nice, but when we made it to the park it was actually kind of chilly.  I wanted to get a few more pics of Connor in his birthday shirt, but he just wasn’t in the mood dude!  I got a new camera a few days ago and I’m SO excited about it!  I am sure I will be playing with it all weekend.  I am a little picture obsessed can you tell?

Every time I put him down he would FREAK.
I don’t what is going on lately but this separation anxiety thing is not fun!
The squirrel

This squirrel was extremely friendly….maybe a little too friendly.  I mean it literally walked right up to us and I think it would have crawled up my leg if  I hadn’t run away from it.  WE.NO.HAVE.FOOD.

Weeeeeeee!!!!
Hope everyone has a fab weekend!
xoxo – Becky