Burton Love

stars and strripes

2011-07-09T20:15:00.000-07:00

We had a fantastic 4th of july! Jared of course had to work but was able to at least come for the first part of the family festivities. My dad and mom put on a wonderful bbq. My dad bbq ribs that were amazing!! I am weird and have a really hard time eating meat off of a bone. But these ribs were so yummy! The meat was just falling off. I made paula deans home made macaroni and cheese which turned out great too!
Connnor loves all of his aunts and uncles and cousins, so he was so happy that Katie and Ryan, Steph and Brandon and his cousin Ella were all part of the day too. After we ate we all went swimming and than hung out til it was time for the fireworks. It worked out so great because my parents live close enough to where they shoot off the fireworks that we only had to drive 5 minutes to a parking lot to have a PERFECT view!
Connor LOVED every second of the fireworks. We had the music going on in the car and he just watched in amazement. As soon as it was over he asked for them to start again. To bad he'll have to wait a whole year!

too much

2011-07-07T15:35:00.000-07:00

So, too much has gone on to actually get caught up on my blog so here goes another recap post of life. Summer has been great so far. Its so nice having Jared home during the day with us. I was getting pretty burnt out on Jared leaving at 7:00am and not getting home til midnight. Hopefully Jared is going to be getting a promotion at work so he wont have to be going back to his morning job after summer!!!
The highlight of Connor's life right now is swimming. He loves it and we have almost been everyday for the past month. Are pool is heated so even before we had this hot summer weather we were already going to the pool. He is really a good little swimmer and I have to bribe him when its time to get. he just got really good at jumping in and going under the water.
We have been making good use of are sea world passes and having a lot of fun. We have been going to the free movies at the krikorian on Tuesday mornings. It gets pretty crowded but Connor loves to go to the movie and who can really complain about free.
Im still dieting away. I have lost 52 lbs now. It's so weird how the brain works. back in January when I started this I would have been thrilled with the thought of losing 52 lbs. Now that i've done that it still doesnt feel like enough. Which brings me to my problem. When is enough enough??? I have been dwelling on this a lot lately, when will I be happy with where im at. I keep saying in 5 more lbs all be done but than once those are off I wont 5 more off. I feel like strictly from a height and weight perspective I should still lose 10 more. Blah Blah Blah. Enough about that. I am really proud of myself.
Life is good and I am so blessed.

MIKEY

2011-07-07T15:12:00.000-07:00

I really can't think about it all that long before I get to sad and start crying, but this boy just graduated high school and is leaving on a mission.
He will be serving a mission for the church in Kiev Ukraine. Mikey is going to be the best missionary the Ukraine has ever had. I think its safe to say that I am his biggest fan so that entitles me to get to brag. At his graduation he received an award for having a 4.0 every semester for all 4 years of high school. This boy can do no wrong!

Con Man

2011-05-29T15:06:00.000-07:00

When I went to go see Emily's new baby, Jared took Connor to go see Kung Fu Panda 2. Connor loves going to the movies so its the perfect date for the 2 of them. This is a picture of them before the left.
This is just a funny picture that reminds me everyday that Connor gets whatever he wants. Who wouldn't want 6 different kinds of donuts all at the same time. He created the sampler platter.
Connor got a drum for his birthday and he rocks out on it. My poor downstairs neighbors hate me im sure.

Baby Boy Taylor

2011-05-29T14:47:00.000-07:00

My sister Emily gave birth to the sweetest baby boy on Friday night. I would tell you his name but they are still undecided. Stephanie, Brandon me and Mikey went up to the hospital last night to see the baby and he is so snuggly. Jared and Connor were going to come too, but kids under 12 had to be siblings so I got to go childless and snuggle a newborn baby. I know tough night. It almost gave me baby pains. A lady at church today did a huge guilt trip on me on how im being so selfish and not having a baby now. People really need to mind there own business. I know how old Connor is and I have it under control.
Emily was a total rockstar and sense this was baby number 6 her labor went so fast that she didn't have time to get an epuderial so it was all natural. Not even pain meds in her IV. Her and the baby are doing great and were all just waiting in anticipation to know this little guys name.

FAMILY

2011-05-26T19:35:00.000-07:00

So I posted all of are family pictures on Facebook but here are a few of my favorites.

Mothers day...

2011-05-09T18:18:00.000-07:00

I had the best mothers day and was completely spoiled by my boys. I love being a mom and as much as I complain and get grumpy, it has really been the most amazing 3 years of my life. On Saturday we went out on a girls night/almost having a baby/mothers day date with my mom and 3 of my sisters. My sister Emily is almost due with baby number 6. She is literally supermom and she handles her 5 almost 6 kids better than I handle my 1. She is just like my mom and nothing stresses her out. Or at least she is a great faker. SO we wanted to take her out before the baby came and we figured we could count it as a mother's day date with are mom too. I have no words for how amazing my mom is. There's no one better in the world!! Enough said:)
We went to souplantation and than went and saw Something Borrowed, which was super cute and I highly recommend it. Here are a few pictures because really I know that's all people really care about.
We all laughed really hard when we saw how this picture turned out, because we all really think we look good it. THe funny thing is that a ridiculously good looking waiter took it for us so we all did are best job to smile good for him.
This is what my boys got me: a box of see's, a macys giftcard so I can go get my MAC makeup and my special present was Von Zipper sunglasses that Jared got me.
Later that day on Sunday we went over to my Uncle's house because we all chipped in and got my Grandma an Ipad. I know most grandmas aren't cool enough for an Ipad but mine is and she was so excited when she opened it up. This picture is of Connor and my cousin Toby. They sat like this outside for so long together. Toby is my cousin and we were best friends growing up and were even in a spy club together. He is so sweet with Connor and I thought it was so cute them sitting and talking about life together.

Friday

2011-05-06T18:22:00.000-07:00

so I am strangely addicted to Target. Not just any Target, but a specific one. People just don't understand that there is a difference between Targets until they come to mine. I can call it mine because I pretty much am on a first name basis with most of the employees and it pretty much feels like home when I go there. They have everything you could possibly need in life including all my grocery items I need for the week too. I would say on average I go there 3 maybe 4 times a week.
Its always a good visit to Target when Jared can come too. He will always just take Connor to the toys and than that way I can shop in heavenly target peace. Well Today after I was all done getting everything we needed I went to find the boys and found this
Jared is such a sweet dada and I just couldn't resist not taking a picture.

Thursday

2011-05-05T22:09:00.000-07:00

Just got home from a date with the hubster to find my house perfectly clean and Connor snoozen away in the room. I say the room because he still of course sleeps in my bed. But that is beyond the point. Nothing is better than coming home to that. Steph and Blandon, as Connor calls him, ROCK MY WORLD!! They babysit Connor tonight so that JAred could take me on a mothers day date sense he has to work all weekend. So here are a few pictures of my boy from tonight all clean and ready for bed and than a picture of me and Jared from dinner. If we look exhausted in the picture its because we are. I got up at 6:15 this morning and between preschool, Will, Connor, going down to the temple to get new Gs, and keeping the house picked up and some what sane I am tired. I don't have Will on Fridays so I am really hoping Connor is going to possibly sleep in til 7:00 tomorrow.

Wednesday

2011-05-04T18:21:00.000-07:00

I know worst blogger of the world... Every time I blog its always just an update of what has gone on the past month or so, instead of an actual journal of important things that I never want to forget. So I am motivated again to start documenting LIFE. The good the bad and everything in between. So instead of doing a recap of the month of April I just want to start with today. Today has been a good normal day. Connor is in a pre school group and tomorrow is my day to be in charge. We highlight a letter of the week and kind of base all the activities off of that. The letter is "H" tomorrow so I have been consumed with trying to creatively incorporate H into 2 hours of fun and education for six 3 and 4 olds. On top of that Will (the little boy I babysit) is at the age were he is in to EVERYTHING!!! So as soon as I get started on something I have to stop and see what Will has gotten himself into.
Connor today has been pretty good. Typical day for him. Stephanie was over today and we both kind of laughed at how unique Connor is. First off his hair. I love his curls more than anything, but when he wakes up in the morning he has CRAZY hair. All he needs is to stick a comb in it and he would be set. Secondly he is oddly polite. I don't think I am an impolite person but I definitely could work on that. Connor however, says no thank you all the time, please mama and oops a daisy at least 15 times a day. I really don't know where he picked it up. Another thing is he usually calls me babe. Jared has always called me babe and Connor has caught on and now typically refers to me as "my babe." He has already had 2 baths today just because he loves them. He hates to be dirty and doesn't really like it when other kids are dirty either.
I guess I should update everyone on my weight loss. It has consumed my whole life for the past 3 months but I am really proud as well. As of Saturday I have lost 42 lbs. I am so proud but really I have a hard time with it all. I worry if I actually look like I've lost 42 lbs. I stress that so many people have noticed that I CANT gain the weight back. I am trying so hard to just enjoy what I have accomplished and really make this a life style change. People have asked me how I lost it all and honestly I had to break up with food. I love food. But the only way I was ever going to have success was if I broke up with food. I have about 10 more lbs to go until I hit my goal weight. It was liberating to clean out my closet and get rid of everything that was too big. I am slowly rebuilding up my wardrobe and trying to rebuild up my self esteem.
We are getting family pictures taken next Saturday so I guess that's when I will post a picture of how I am looking. But even that gives me anxiety. Here's a few pictures because I know a post without pictures is just boring. The first two are in case we aren't facebook friends and you didn't see the adorable pictures Breanne took of Connor. We love Breanne and you should too. Check out her Blog she is amazing breannelarsonphotography.blogspot.com

My boys at Sea World taking a break. Jared takes Connor to sea worls at least twice a month
Connor loves two things helping me cook and pancakes so these are from tonight him making his pancakes for dinner

This is the only good birthday picture I have but here is Connor and Luke twin cousins on there birthday

Connor B....

2011-03-07T19:37:00.000-08:00

I feel like time is just flying by and I can't believe that next month my sweet boy will be 3!!! Just tonight I went to Target to get all his school supplies for a little preschool group he is going to be in. Connor challenges me all the time and it's crazy how fast he picks things up. I am very proud to say that he is potty trained!!! No thanks to me, he completely potty trained himself. I didn't even want to potty train yet but he really left me know choice. Connor is talking up a storm which is the biggest relief. Up until about 3 months ago I was so concerned with his delay in speech. I know you're not suppose to compare kids but its hard not to notice all the other kids his age talking in sentences and him not. But all that is behind us and he is totally caught up. He is a joy and a love and the best snuggler in the world. I would know because he still is sleeping in my bed every night.
Now onto me, I am still dieting away and am proud to say that I weigh 162 which would put me at 25 pounds lost!!! I'm still watching Will monday thru thursday and that is definitely keeping me very busy. Still to scared to have another baby myself but I'm really working on some kind of a time line to start trying. Jared really wants to have another baby now, but it's me holding it up. Enjoy some cute pictures of my boy!
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motivation.....

2011-02-27T15:40:00.000-08:00

So I bought a pair of Jeans a month or so before I found out I got pregnant with Connor. When I bought them they fit but I had the intention of losing a few pounds to make them fit perfect. Well that never happened and than I got pregnant, so those AMAZING jeans have been staring me down for years now.
When I started this diet those were the goal jeans. They didn't even come close to fitting. I am happy to say that I can get them on and button them. Now I'm not saying they look good at all in fact it looks like a chubby girl trying to squeeze into a pair of jeans. But none the less they button!!!! Which means more than losing weight I can actually start to really see changes in my waist size! So here we go ready to start another week of this. I feel more motivated than ever!

Dieting.....

2011-02-22T13:29:00.000-08:00

So this Last Monday marked 4 weeks that I have been dieting. I just got to the point where I was so unhappy with how I looked that I felt desperate. Not that I think appearance is everything but I do want to be happy and have some pride when it comes to my weight. I have never been skinny in my life and that's fine I don't really care if I am nor do I want to be. I LOVE food. There in lies the problem. I'm not an emotional eater or stressed out eater, I'm just an eater.
About 7 years ago my Uncle Larry started a biggest loser club and I joined and ended up winning. I started at about the same weight as I started this time and my goal weight is pretty close to where I ended last time. I was able to keep that weight off and even lose a little bit more before I got married. I kept that weight off all the way up until I got pregnant. From than on I just could never get the weight off. Getting back into my pre pregnancy clothes was just a joke. But Like I said 1 month I ago I had a day where my mind was just finally in the right place to do it.
My first thought was medi fast and after discovering how disgusting the food was and how extremely expensive it was I switched plans and am doing slim fast. I am only weighing myself every two weeks because I tend to get a little crazy with the scale and weighing myself like 20 times a day. So I threw the scale in the trash can and I only weight myself at my moms.
To me I think its funny when people freak out about telling how much they weigh. Its just a number and really who the heck cares??? So for me 4 weeks ago my starting weight was 187.4 and now 4 weeks later I am 168!!! I am really really proud of myself.
So here"s to another 2 weeks and my goal is to either be out of the 160 or really close.

long time no blog

2010-11-02T22:01:00.001-07:00

It has been so long sense the last time I blogged. So many things have gone on yet I have lacked all desire to blog. But I am back on board. Connor has really started to become a toddler and is no longer my baby. I feel like, fingers crossed we have made it through the terrible twos. The one battle we are facing is that Connor has realized he would much rather sleep in my bed than his. We are now on month 3 of him sleeping in are bed. To be honest, I know Jared hates it, but secretly I LOVE IT!! One day he wont want to sleep in my bed and until than im kind of enjoying it.
Soo some exciting things we have done is cut these lovely locks off. I was so scared and not to sound vane, but Connor got so many complements on his curls. What if they didn't grow back I would never forgive myself.Luckily the hair cut turned out great and it seems like the curls are here to stay!!I really do think the hair cut makes him look older and it is way more manageable!
My bestie Breanne has moved back into town which means a huge bonus for me and connor. We went from seeing them maybe once a month to now a few times a week!!! The kiddos get to play and I get my best friend back. I can honestly say that me and Breanne have been friends for 10 years now and we have never once been in a fight or mad at each other!!! Now we get to see are kids grow up together! Another big bonus is Breanne is an amazing photographer and luckily Connor gets to be her model all the time which means i get AMAZING pictures of Connor all the time. All the pictures on this post are from her.
Breanne recently found a karate class for her little guy and Connor to take. I was so excited to get Connor all signed up and couldn't wait for the first class. Today was the fist class and Connor did really well. He was overly excited to try everything and I really do think with time he could really do well. These are a few photos Breanne got of him today!

The last big thing that has gone on is I started babysitting a now 5 month old little boy from are ward. I started in September and was really nervous about going from 1 to 2 kids. It was quit an adjustment but I can honestly say I think me and Connor have got the hang of it now. He is really a sweet little boy and it has been such a blessing for me to make some money and still be at home with Connor. All and all life is good. Summer is over and now we can move on to the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas is going to be so fun this year with Connor due to the fact that he actually gets how great christmas is. I already have a bowl of mint m&ms on my table as im typing this. This holiday season is extra exciting because my sister katie is getting married and my cousin Alexa is getting married. So this means even more family get togethers and fun occasions to wear pretty sweaters to.

a hairy situation....

2010-07-23T14:50:00.000-07:00

I think the pictures say it all!

We had Amy and Luke staying with us last week for a few days and while I was gone one day I came home to this. As much as we all love connors curlys we were all curious how long his hair actually was. Now we know=)

A very happy husband

2010-07-13T20:26:00.001-07:00

Thank goodness the Lakers won the championship this year for the second time in a row. I love watching the games too, but more so I love watching Jared and my brother Mikey watching the game. At the lakers parade to celebrate the victory, Kobe was wearing an amazing shirt that Jared instantly feel in love with. That whole day I kept watching on line to see when the would release it to buy. See, last year we wernt fast enough and the shirt kobe was wearing sold out in minutes. This year though we were fast enough and both Jared and Mikey got the Black Mamba shirt!!
For any of you that aren't major laker fans Kobe is also known as the "black Mamba"
If they had the shirt in Connors size he would be sporting it off in the picture too!

He talks....well kind of

2010-06-16T21:00:00.000-07:00

can you say softy

2010-06-16T20:37:00.000-07:00

So as a mother I don't consider myself to be a stickler when it comes to sweets and treats. Connor typically never pushes it were I feel like I need to say NO to the sweets and lets be honest I love a good treat. However at about 9:30 this morning Connor had a totally meltdown freak out over the drumsticks he saw in the freezer that were left over from Mutual last night. Oh by the way I finally got released from Nursery and now am the Beehive adviser! Well Lets just say Connor Won. I knew that ice cream at 9 in the morning wasnt a good mother move but at the time I didnt care. He was happy and I was able to finish cleaning the kitchen.

Funny faces

2010-05-21T20:36:00.000-07:00

This is the look Connor gives me about 20 times a day. He makes it when hes happy, sad and mad so it means whatever you want it to mean. If you could smell through your computer you would smell the best smell in the world. A cute boy fresh out the bath, baby lotion on, hair combed and clean jammies. I know hes not a baby but seriously nothing smells better than Johnsons baby lotion.

Summer time

2010-05-21T20:17:00.001-07:00

We have had such a fun week!! We have had some beautiful weather this week and have taken full advantage of it. My dad found the most amazing new park. The playground equipment is state of the art and the best part is the spray zone!! It entertains Connor for so long and the best part is its FREE FUN!! I am excited for all of the new fun stuff Connor will get to do this Summer. Last Summer he was still to little to fully enjoy the perks of living in California in the summer time. His first new thing of the Summer was his very own Rite Aid ice cream cone. He's shared with me before, but this time he got his very own. I put my OCD to the side and he actually did really good with it. My mom sat in the back with him just in case though!! We have gone to the park like everyday this week and on Wednesday we were lucky to have Connor's buddy Erek come with us too!! Im so glad Connor has such a good little buddy from church! Plus I love hanging out with his mamma!! Im so glad that Connor gets to hang out with Erek so much and I get to spend time with EmaLee!! It's nice to have a friend who just gets you. Connor and I were lucky to find you guys!!

Mothers day

2010-05-09T20:57:00.000-07:00

Mothers day is such a great idea. A day were hopefully moms get to sleep in, be served breakfast in bed and be treated like a princess. For me I love Mothers day because I get to have a whole day were i think about how lucky I am to be the momma of this little guy!

My stupid computer wont let me load up another picture but imagine a picture of my mom right here. Mothers day also gives me whole day to think about how lucky I am to have this lady be my momma. I can't even start to express what she means to me. She is the most loving, compassionate, caring, selfless, sassy and beautiful lady I know. I hope someday I can be just like her.
Happy Mothers Day to my Mom, my grandma, Emily, Amy, Kyle, Deanne and all my little mommy friends. I love you all!

My own Mr. Schuester

2010-05-09T20:50:00.000-07:00

I love the show GLEE. I guess you could even call me a gleek. One of my reasons for loving it would be the teacher on it Mr. Will Schuester. He is beautiful and of course my main reason for loving him is his voice. If you watch the show you know he typically always wears a button up white shirt with the sleeves rolled, a tie and a vest. When I was getting Connor ready for church I had Will in mind and I think I did a pretty good job. Mr. Schuester is cute, but he has nothing on my Connor.

Flower fields

2010-05-09T20:35:00.000-07:00

I thought it would be fun to take Connor to the flower fields in Carlsbad. One of his favorite things to do its smell things. Im not kidding the only way I get him to be good for me at Target is because I tell him we can go smell the candles if he stays in the cart. I know it's a little weird. I was slightly disappointed because you can't really be in the flowers you just walk by them. Which makes sense because obviously if everyone walked through the flowers they would all be dead. But still I had this idea of him being able to run freely smelling and loving the flowers. He still had fun though and he managed to steal one flower. I figured sense it cost 10 bucks to get in, they owed at least one flower!!!

All in all it was a fun experience but from now on we will just look at the flowers as we drive down the road. Its actually cooler to see it from Palomar airport road than to get out and walk around.

Connors Bestie

2010-04-23T22:37:00.000-07:00

For some reason in our family we all have a "bestie." It is always one of the adults and than one of the kids that make up a bestie. My bestie is my niece Olivia and my moms bestie is my niece Annie and so on. We even made up a bestie day and all got together and got are bestie a present. Well Connor has definitely chosen his bestie and its my dad. Connor loves his Grandpapa as he calls him!!! Whenever my dad walks in the room, not matter what Connor is doing he stops, runs up to my dad and wraps his arms around him and almost tackles him to the ground. Connor doesn't say to many words but right away he picked up grandpa and even adds a few papas to it.

Vacation at home

2010-04-23T22:21:00.000-07:00

Some pictures from last week. Steph and Brandon were down and Jared took the week off work!!I am pretty sure I gained 5 pounds but it was so worth it. We ate out as much as possible, played games, went to the movies and enjoyed all being together. Sense Jared works 2 jobs he leaves at 7:00 am and gets home a little before midnight so to have him home all week long was such a treat!!

sing it baby

2010-04-23T22:17:00.000-07:00

Connor's favorite thing to do is play the piano at my mom's house. He is so funny because he has to have the Children's song book up so he can play and passionately belt out all the songs!!!

ELMO or momo as Connor says

2010-04-23T22:13:00.000-07:00

All of Connor's little boy dreams came true last week when we went Sea World and ran into this guy!!!

the past two years...

2010-04-05T21:19:00.001-07:00

For some reason all the pictures went in a weird order but it is still fun to look at all the different stages over the past two years. Connor turned two today and I fully plan on doing a big birthday post but I felt that I had to post something on his actually birthday. Connor is one of a kind and I am so glad he's mine and Jared's too I guess!!

I got a new car!!!

2010-03-25T22:13:00.001-07:00

I love it so much!!! When I got it it had 9 miles on it. Nothing is better than the smell of a new car. It's fun and sporty. I feel so lucky for the great deal that we got. I don't want to toot my own horn but I was an amazing negotiator. I got them to do exactly what I wanted and got the price that I wanted too. It took walking away and having them call later that night to close the deal, but totally worth it. Usually after I buy anything I have instant buyers remorse no matter what it is. But with this car no remorse. I have a cheaper car payment my insurance went down and my gas is going to be way cheaper. You usually don't get bran new and be able to save money but I am!!!

Sarah turned 30!!!

2010-03-25T22:03:00.000-07:00

Jared's sister turned 30 a few weeks ago and we had such a fun weekend celebrating with her!!! On friday night we went to Claim Jumper for Dinner and than went to the movies. We saw Remember Me. Way to sad for me but overall still a good movie. Sunday Jared's mom and Carl came down and we surprised Sarah with a 7:00 am wake up call for breakfast at Mimis. We all went in jamiies and no make up. Sarah was forced to wear birthday crown and pin. It was such a fun weekend!!!

Family

2010-03-25T20:48:00.001-07:00

Recently we had a day with my parents and all of my siblings. No husbands no babies just there six kids and them. It was such a fun day. I was super lame and didn't take nearly enough pictures but I did get one great one of my mom and all of her girls and than a cute one of my mom and steph and amy. We had so much fun just playing and eating yummy food and being together. I love that I came from such a big family. I am so lucky to have so many sisters close to my age going through the same stuff I am. And of course who could forget the baby of the family, Mikey. It's hard to think that in just a little over a year he will be getting ready to go on a mission. CRY CRY!!

Curly Q...

2010-03-17T20:47:00.001-07:00

My dad got the most amazing camera for his birthday and he tested it out on Connor. Connor is the most impossible child to take a picture of however with his new ridiculously amazing camera he was a able to get one really great one!! I love it because it really shows off his crazy curly hair.

Differences....

2010-02-18T20:34:00.000-08:00

For Valentines day Jared and I went to BJ's for lunch. I am really working hard to eat healthy and lose this weight. It's really hard when you have a husband who is skinny and stays that way by eating everything he wants. I hate him!! Maybe more jealous. But still, anyone who knows how Jared eats knows his diet consists of peanut butter, cookies, cake, in-n-out, albertacos and MILK!! Its just not fair!! Here is a perfect example of how hard I try to eat healthy and cant get skinny and Jared eats like crap and stays skinny!! I had an Asian Salad with no dressing and he had an open face Angus chili cheese burger with fries dipped in ranch dressing.

sea world

2010-02-18T20:23:00.000-08:00

We were so lucky to have Jared's dad and Margie took us to Sea World on Monday. Its buy a day get the year free so Jared and Connor got that and they were so nice and bought me the next package up, which is a two year pass and includes parking and discounts on food and additional tickets!!! Its weird to think that when that expires I will have an almost 4 year old.

Well my almost 2 year old did GREAT!!! I was really worried that he was going to have a hard time sense I have a hard time taking him to the grocery store. He only had a few moments of unhappiness and the rest of the time he was great!!!!

Twin Cousins

2010-02-15T22:06:00.001-08:00

There is nothing better than getting to snuggle these two boys while watching Bob the Builder.!!!!

The goal

2010-02-11T19:54:00.000-08:00

I am on a diet and I am sticking to it!!! I started this week and I am doing great!!! I am ready to see some of those pre-baby clothes fit again. In the past I have always needed a reason to lose weight but this time it's just because I want to feel better about myself. I put this picture up because this is the goal. This is just a few months before I got pregnant with Connor. I was so comfortable at this weight. I don't ever want to be "skinny" I just want to feel good in clothes and actually find clothes that fit.

Could you have a better Valentine??

2010-02-11T19:45:00.000-08:00

I was just looking threw my pictures and I realized how lucky I am to have such a cute little boy to be my Valentine. Of course I love Jared, and he will always be my Valentine, but I'm pretty lucky to have this little guy too!!! Sense Valentines is on a Sunday this year and Jared has to work, it will just be me and Connor. I think we will have macaroni and cheese for dinner followed by the 20th anniversary Barney DVD special. I can't wait!!

update anyone??

2009-12-28T19:56:00.001-08:00

Connor in his christmas jammies

Me and Connor on Christmas Eve

Lukey and Connor

Sweet Bradlie and Connor sharing there first kiss

I hate when I do this to myself. I get so behind on blogging and that I don't know where to start. We had a wonderful Holiday Season. Connor was spoiled beyond compare and Jared and I made out pretty good too. I had to go through all of Connors toys and clean out the "baby" toys to make room for the "big boy" toys. His room is exploding with new cars a bike and cozy cope. He got lots of books and DVDs and a whole new wardrobe. I finally got a new camera, lots of clothes 2 new purses. Jared finally got his Laker jersey, Brooklyn Dodgers hat, Lost season 5 and the new NFL2K10. The gifts are so great but the best part is spending so much time with Family. We were able to spend lots of time with my sister Stephanie and her husband Brandon who came down from Idaho for two weeks. Its been so nice to have all the help with Connor. Sarah and Klaus have been staying with us for the last few days which has been so amazing. I call Sarah my nanny because she just takes over all of the Connor duties. She is so ready to be a mommy and is going to be such a natural.
Her is an update on everyone
Jared: He is working two jobs right now. So he goes at 7:00 in the morning and doesn't get home til 11:30 at night. He just interviewed for the lead position at Tri-City and seems very hopeful. He is such a great daddy and husband!!
ME: I finished my first semester of school and not to brag but I got a 4.0!!! It gave me confidence that I can really do school and be a mommy.
Connor: He is definitely in the terrible twos. He gives me a run for my money everyday. He is all BOY. Which is making my OCD go crazy but im trying. We are working on talking but he doesn't really say too many words. Don't get me wrong he is very very vocal just not anything I can understand. He can throw a ball like no ones business which of course makes Jared sooo happy. He is amazing and wonderful and the love of my life.
2009 has been an amazing fun and hard year. We are looking forward to 2010 and spending time with the people that make us the happiest.

You have to be kidding me!!!

2009-11-15T22:48:00.000-08:00

You look at this picture and say, "oh what a sweet clean baby boy." But you all missed before this when we were having a yummy lunch at Rubys and Connor decided to pour his whole chocolate shake all over himself. I swear I turned for 1 second but it was to late. When I looked back he was covered in it. From head to toe. I wish I had my camera because now it seems funny. At the time it was HORRIBLE. Oh well lesson learned Connor is not old enough for his own shake. None the less, have you seen a cutter boy???

Tis the Season

2009-11-11T22:44:00.000-08:00

Halloween is said and done now bring on the Christmas music!!! I love Christmas time. There is nothing better than walking into Costco and seeing all the decorations and toys, It just puts me in a good mood. You start hearing the christmas music being played in the background and all of a sudden you have all the money in the world and you want to buy everything. well at least I do. My nickname around christmas time is Captain Christmas. Very fitting if I do say so myself.
Favorite things about this time of the year
1. Shopping the day after Thanksgiving with my mom.
2. My dads christmas lights. The best you have ever seen.
3. Food
4. Singing christmas songs with all the girls
5. beef stick and egg salad sandwiches.
6. The Wilsons
7. getting together with family
8. Spending christmas eve night at my parents and waking up at 5:00am on christmas morning to open gifts
9. watching mikey open his gifts. I know he is 17 but it is the best thing to watch.
10. This year I am sooo excited to have Connor open his gifts. He is kind of old enough to get excited for new toys!!!!

connors room

2009-10-17T20:33:00.000-07:00

Not connors room but the bean bag chair from his room

This picture is just cute. Connor was deathly afraid of the vacuum until we got him his own.

Playing catch up

2009-10-17T20:09:00.000-07:00

So much has happened sense I last posted. The most exciting news is that we moved in to a big apartment!!!! It is so much better. Connor has his own big boy room and we are loving the fact that all of Connor's toys now have a home too.
Connor is amazing!! I can't believe that he is already 18 months old. At his check up he weighed 27 lbs and was 34 inches long. She said that he is perfectly balanced with his weight and height but that he was the size of a two year old. We are working on the talking thing but so far everything is ball and daddy. I found the best park ever and we go there at least once a day sometimes twice. I hated going to the park before I found this one. It is all gated in so Connor cant escape, which is a plus because he is a runner. The best part though is there is no sand and no wood chips. Instead they use this like this bouncy asphalt stuff. Its amazing and so nice to not leave the park all sandy and with wood chips all in your hair. He is super active and keeps me on my toes. He loves Elmo right now and can't get enough of Elmo's world and sesame street. We can't wait for Christmas so we have an excuse to buy all the things he wants and needs.
As for me I am doing great. I am already half way through my semester of school. It is going really well and so far I have A's. Hopefully I can keep that up!!! Jared is doing really well too. He is very excited about the Dodgers right now. He is the biggest dodgers fan and they are doing really well in the play offs. I hope they win because that would make for such a happy husband. He has already reminded me that in a few weeks the lakers start playing again which means basketball, baseball and football will all be on in the Burton house.

He looks like such a big boy in his skull and cross bone jammies

It is kind of a funny picture but he is just such a happy baby

The Burtons

Connors first Piano lesson

2009-08-19T20:42:00.001-07:00

Well maybe it wasn't quite a lesson and more just banging on the keys. Regardless they sure are cute pictures!!

Steph and Brandon are here

2009-08-19T20:27:00.000-07:00

It has been so much fun the last few weeks to have Stephanie and Brandon come down from Idaho. Connor loves them both so much!!! Every time Brandon holds him he just cuddles right up to him. Now if any of you have ever held Connor, he is not a snuggler. But he has grown quite fond of Brandon and just lets him hold for so long. I love having them here not only because they help me so much with Connor but because we have done so many fun things with the whole family. Going to beach, pool days, the movies, and of course are favorite going out to eat. I wish they could stay forever but soon enough they will be out of Idaho and back where they belong.
Connor is doing really well. I am counting down the Sundays til he is in nursery. He loves playing outside. His favorite thing is to go on walks with my mom. As soon as mom says, "Connor you wanna go on a walk" he finds his shoes and sits down for me to put them on and than races to the door. I love that he understands almost everything I saw to him. Well almost everything of course he has no idea what NO means!!! He gets into so my mischief. But what baby doesn't. I start school this coming Monday and I am so excited. Not to have to do all the homework, but excited for the process to start. The sooner I start the sooner I finish.

Forgot one

2009-07-29T23:34:00.000-07:00

Some how I forgot to add this one in with the last post. I love this picture!!! You can tell how wavy and curly his hair is getting. I LOVE CONNOR!!!

Summer Pictures

2009-07-29T23:17:00.001-07:00

This is the most recent one I have to bad its at Calrs Jr.
Connor can now climb up on the couch and loves watching his shows.

Ice Cream Face

Pioneer Picnic. Connor was all about the BBQ corn on the cob!!

Connor some how figure out how to climb in all by himself but couldn't quit figure out how to get out

The only 4Th of July Picture I have

I have been such a slacker lately with blogging. But scroll down and you can find out what we've been up too.

Back to School

2009-07-29T22:43:00.000-07:00

So for any of you that don't know this already, we are not moving to Utah. I have such mixed feelings about this. I am the biggest mommas girl in the world. When we moved out of my parents house and down the street I cried. So I don't really know how I thought I was going to be able to move to Utah, but I kind of felt like I could do it. So when things didn't work out it I was way more emotional about it than I thought I would be. It's weird because when you pray about something and ask for things to work out you always add at the end of that, "if that's what we are suppose to do." But than when it doesn't work out, its hard to remember that part.
But honestly I am so excited to be staying in California. Not excited to be paying what it cost to live here, but what can you do.
So on to the next chapter of our life. I have decided to go back to school. Jared and I have gone back and forth on this about a million times. I love Jared with all my heart and he is an amazing dad and husband but him and school don't mix. Now, this was not Jared's idea. He would continue to go to school for as long as it took to finish, but together we have decided that this is the best thing for are family. I am taking advantage of my mother in law being the dean at a community college in Santa Clarita. In 1 day she had me all ready to go in all the classes I wanted. I am going to be taking on-line class for now and continue to do so until I run out of options. I am going to be going for my Business degree in Human resources. As much as I wish I could be a stay at home mom for the rest of my life, I know I am doing what is best for my family. If Jared wasn't so amazing with Connor I could never do it in a million years. He is the most attentive dad in the world. He watches Connor like a Hock. I am taking 9 units this coming fall. My OCD of course says I should be taking way more. But I figure I better start out with that and make sure it all fits into my day. Mommy during the day Student at night. I am really motivated to make this work and balance everything at the same time.
Now for a Connor update: Of course he is still the love of my life and the most crazy insane wonderful boy in the whole world. I always say to him, "I've never meet a baby like you." He has mastered not walking but running. Decided that he no longer rides in the cart but wants to walk. We are working on holding mommies hand and not running away. He is starting to kind of talk. He has his own baby language and will talk to you for minutes. His hair in crazy. I know I should get it cut but there's no way he would sit still. He is almost 16 months but at his 15 month check up he was perfect. Perfect weight, height everything. We are so thankful for all of are family and all that they do to support and help us. Connor is so lucky to have all of his Grandparents so close.

Where did June go???

2009-07-01T19:59:00.000-07:00

Well I can't believe that it has been a whole month sense I last posted. June flew by so fast which doesn't hurt my feelings because I love the month of July, its my Birthday month!!!! Connor and I have had a lot of fun trying to keep busy this summer. Some of the highlights have been the Zoo with Breanne and her kids, lots of trips to Legoland with the cousins, the park, the pool, and of course are favorite place Costco. Connor and I love to go to Costco. You can get a yogurt and a soda for $2.10 whats better than that. Connor is so BUSY!!!! This has so been the hardest stage so far. I remember my mom telling me last 4th of July that this would be my easiest year with Connor for 4th of july festivities. At the time I thought no way. I have a 3 month old baby, it can only get easier. Gosh was I wrong. There is no way I could take connor this year. The whole time I would just be chasing him around and it would be so hard. So we will be celebrating the 4th in are own way. Still fun but it will be a lot easier for me.

Now for some news. We may be moving. Its not for sure yet, but Jared has applied for a really great job in St. George Utah. His really good friends live there and they were able to give Jared a heads up on a police dispatching position. Jared has already been up to St. George and was able to meet with the Supervisor and really get a feel for the job and the city. He loves it!!! Thanks to Kristin and Jon he had the best experience there and really feels good about everything. Again nothing is for sure yet but it seems like things are going in the right direction. I obviously hate the idea of not living 3 minutes from my mom, but it would be so good for my family. The job pays more than he makes now and has great benefits. The biggest plus is we pay 1140 for are 1 bedroom apartment and in st george we can get a beautiful 3 bedroom 2 bath home for 900. You do the math, better paying job and cheaper rent. Its hard to not go along with it. I'll keep everyone posted. It seems like if everything works out we will be moving maybe mid August. For the time being Jared is spending all his extra time learning the dispatching codes. I made flash cards for him because there are 100 codes so I actually no them all too. Thanks Kristy and Jon for all of your help with this whole thing!!!!
Here are some pictures from some of are summer fun so far.

Connor at the Zoo

Ben and Connor at Legoland

Connor loves brushing his teeth

And Connor wins!!!

Just a cute one of Connor

ECD (Edward cullen Disorder)

2009-06-01T22:27:00.000-07:00

We all know I have OCD, but I have now discovered I have ECD the Edward Cullen Disorder. I am re reading the twilight books and I find myself longing for Edward. Don't get me wrong I love Jared with all of my heart and am a very happily married. But I cant stop myself from being jealous of Bella. I know its all fictional and hes not real and she not real. But oh how I wish it was. To have someone talk to you the way Edward talks to Bella with that much intensity. OMG. Its hard to go back to reality after reading. So i figured if I blogged about it maybe it would make me realize it's a bit goofy, but I'm not sure if it worked. Also seeing the New Moon trailer didn't help either. November cant get her fast enough.
To my fellow twilight crazies I know you know what I'm talking about!!!!! OH EDWARD!!!!!

Some pictures from the week

2009-05-22T20:23:00.000-07:00

Connor and I both fell in love with the show Glee this week. He watches the same song about 20 times in a row.
Me and Connor at Chilis

He had so much fun playing not eating the wood chips.

Connors 1st sucker. I hate messy things and Connor together. But he had been such a good boy and I knew he would love it.

Luckily he didnt get to sticky but I kept telling myself its ok if he gets messy its ok if he gets messy. Im working on it!!

We had just a normal week. I have really been trying though to take more pictures. So I am pretty happy that I had some photos from the week.

Really Barney

2009-05-16T21:00:00.000-07:00

So all of you know I love TV. I am a reality TV junky and cant ditch the goofy teeny bopper shows. So I have been anticipating the day that Connor would actually watch a TV show. I happen to really enjoy the kids shows that are out there. some of them are so cute and pretty educational. One day, by chance Barney was on and that was it, Connor was hooked. He loves it. Me on the other hand, Barney drives me nuts. But when Connor hands you the remote and says baba what can you do. Connor says baba for everything he wants. Thank goodness for DVR we record Barney everyday and end up watching it about 6 times through out the day. I try other shows and he has no interest in them at all. Maybe someday before for now its the purple dinosaur for the Burtons.

Fish fun

2009-05-13T20:03:00.000-07:00

Jared had the day off today so we decided to go to the Sea Life Aquarium in Carlsbad. Its connected to Lego Land it seemed like a lot of fun. Connor is finally at the age were we can start taking him to places like this. It was a little pricey, but was pretty cool. Connor had a blast just walking all around and following the fishes. It was pretty hard to get any good pictures because Connor was glued to the tanks. It was a great day to go because it wasn't crowded at all, we pretty much had the place to our selves. Connor even got to hold a star fish. He was such a good boy!!!

Getting to play with the star fish

Connor and Mommy in the fish tank

trying to get a picture with daddy but all Connor would do is point at the fishes

Mothers day

2009-05-09T20:57:00.000-07:00

So I like to celebrate any kind of holiday or birthday to the fullest, so my Mothers day started today. It was such a wonderful day!! I was able to go to my brother Mikeys play today Pirates of Penzance. It was so amazing and mikey was awesome. He had tons of solos and really was the star. I was a very proud momma. I know mikey isn't my son but he is my baby boy. Jared stayed home with Connor and I went with my mom. My mom is my best friend so its always fun to do things just me and her. Who doesn't like one on one time with there mommy??? After I was informed that Connor was "freaking out" in the words of Jared, I rushed home. I spent the rest of the afternoon playing with Connor and shopping. Jared was so sweet to me this year. He got me the new Juicy Couture perfume I love and than let me go pick out a new purse. I have buyers remorse about everything i buy so i typically never get anything for myself. So it was nice to get such nice stuff. I can't believe that this is my second Mothers day already. Last year Connor was only a month old and now this Mothers day he's running everywhere and I mean running. Being a mommy is the greatest hardest thing I could ever be doing with my life and am so grateful I have Connor. He is my whole world. I love that I'm the only one to get him to go to bed. I love that he kisses me out of the blue on his own. I love watching him grow. Needless to say I LOVE CONNOR!!!

Pictures we took tonight
I love the face he is giving me

My perfume and purse from my boys

Tommorow is the day

2009-05-06T19:53:00.000-07:00

I have really been putting off losing the rest of my baby weight. Before I got married I worked really hard and lost a bunch of weight and loved and felt sooo good about myself. I mean don't get me wrong I was never a size 2, or will I ever be or care to be. But I just liked where i was at. Once I found out I was pregnant I guess you can say I went a little overboard and ended up gaining too much weight. It didn't help that I had preclampsea and was swollen as can be as well. Once I had Connor I dropped like 30 pounds really easy, due to all the water weight and swelling going down. But I just haven't had the motivation to do anything about the rest of it. I know everyone says tomorrow I'm starting a diet so they can give themselves permission to pig out that night. believe me I do it all the time. But this time its different. Im doing it with my sisters and there's money involved. I guess you can say I'm a little bit competitive. (Breanne if you're reading this you know has anyone ever beaten us at taboo?) I love to win. We all have about the same amount of weight to lose and we are all going on a family vacation at the end of July. So we have the dead line set and the winner gets money. Even if I don't win, but i plan on it, I will just feel so much better about me and finally fitting back into my pre-pregnancy clothes. Because we all know I am not going to be pregnant again anytime soon.

First Beach Trip

2009-05-05T20:19:00.000-07:00

Now that Connor is walking, which by the way I hate. Well I Guess hate is a strong word. We decided we would let him go walk around on the sand. He loved it!!! Myself on the other hand, I hate the beach. I know, what kind of California girl am I. Its just I hate sand. It gets everywhere and its hard to clean. But i knew Connor would love it. So I put my OCD to the side and we went. If we wouldn't have stopped him he would have ran right into the water. He loves to be in water. Which I am very excited we have a pool for the Summer. Pools I can do, no sand. It was fun though to watch him play in the sand and pick up rocks and try pick up sea weed (I do draw the line there) He was way to distracted to get any good pictures so these were the best of the worst.

Best Buddies

2009-04-28T20:07:00.001-07:00

Seriously we didnt pose them, this is how they sat in the stroller
There new shoes they got from Target

Grammy and her boys

We had the best day yesterday Jared, me, my mom and Connor left at 5:45 in the morning to go see Amy and her boys in South Pasadena. Connor and Lucky are best buddies and now play so well together. We were so lucky we didn't hit any traffic at all!!! Which for LA is amazing!!! I guess I can contribute that to Jared and his "style" of driving. FAST!!! Amy has the most baby friendly house you could think of. It was so nice to be able to just let Connor play and not have to worry that he is going to brake something. They also happen to have some of the coolest toys around. After playing all morning we went on a tour of the town. My favorite movie of all time is Father of the Bride and the house in the movie is like 5 minutes from where she lives. As soon as we pulled up i couldn't help but start humming the music from the movie. It is such a beautiful house!!! Than we were off to Target, my favorite place to go. And wouldn't you know it, there target is huge and two stories. Could it get any better? We ended the day playing at the cutest place called Amy's Playground. It was so much fun for Connor. He is really starting to walk well this week and it was fun to watch him play and do things on his own now. We had such a wonderful day and cant wait to come up and play again.

Is It Sunday already????

2009-04-19T20:14:00.001-07:00

I guess the saying is true, "time flies when your having fun." It has been such a wonderful week. I wish we just had so much money that Jared would never have to work. I know not reality, but its fun to dream. Like stupid people who have reality shows and all they have to do is go to lunch do some shopping and well that's about it.
On to some happier news. Jared and my whole family love the Lakers. If they don't win a game I am left with a very Moody and unpleasant husband. Thank goodness the have had a great season and and number 1 going into the playoffs. Today was the first game of the playoffs against Utah and luckily the Lakers won by 13!!!!! Lakers winning = happy husband!!! As soon as we got home from church the boys had to put there laker garb on.

Easter and vacation time!!!

2009-04-14T11:08:00.000-07:00

Connors cute Easter outfit from Grandma Rio
Connor wasn't so sure about the Easter egg hunt

Connor with daddys cool shades

Stephy and Connor

We are so lucky right now. Stephanie and Brandon were able to come home for Spring break and Easter. The best part is is that Jared got to take some time off of work and is off the whole time they are here. He has 10 days in total off!!!!! It has been so nice to have him home. The extra help with Connor has been so nice. I love when Stephanie comes because she just loves Connor and takes every opportunity to take him. So between her and Jared i have gotten so much extra time to myself. We aren't doing anything amazing just enjoying the time off. Jared is trying to catch up on all the movies he has missed this year sense having Connor. He has been to the movies twice, so far, and rented 4 movies. My family just loves eating yummy food and hanging out. That's are kind of vacation!!!

Easter was so nice. We went to my sister Emily's house. The food was so yummy and of course i ate way to much. I love having such a big family. It makes all Holidays so fun!!! I am going to be so sad when Steph and Brandon go home and Jared has to go back to work. But I'm not thinking about that, I am just going to enjoy the rest of the week and not think about that til Sunday night!!

Bed Time and the Kitchen skin

2009-04-06T19:38:00.001-07:00

So me and Connor have a great bedtime routine. He knows exactly what is happening when we start picking up all the toys and getting out PJS. For some reason today Connor got extra dirty. Now I'm very OCD about Connor staying clean. He never has anything on his face, no dirt under his nails, clean outfit and so on. To most he probably looked fine but to me I just couldn't Put him to bed in his condition. Sense baths are not something we do at night time, I was worried that it would confuse him. Connor loves to play with the water from the kitchen sink, so as i was washing out bottles I decided I would just wash him too. He loved it!!! It worked out perfect. I got him all clean with out having to go through the hassle of bath and he was all clean and ready for bed.

Now onto Connor and sleeping. We finally made it through the tough nights of crying him self to sleep. Now i just give him kisses and lay him down and he falls asleep!!! It took 9 days for him to figure it out. I am so glad that I did it. It is the best feeling to know that Connor sleeps through the night!!!!

Connor's photo shoot

2009-04-04T19:57:00.000-07:00

I was so excited when I checked the mail on Wednesday and my CD from Mariah was there. She was such an amazing photographer. She really was able to capture Connor just as he is. I don't know if its just me, but i was so nervous that Connor was going to be having an off day and we just wouldn't get any good shoots. But everything turned out amazing. I love them all so much!!! Thanks again Mariah.
On to some more exciting news my baby turns 1 tomorrow. All day i have been thinking about a year ago today. I had a horrible labor experience. It is still very fresh in my mind. But i just cant believe how blessed i am to have Connor. I'm the first to admit that motherhood was the most shocking thing to me. I thought i was so ready to have a baby. But I had no idea what I was doing. Being a mom is hard work. Its unlike anything you have ever done. Until you're a mom you just don't know. I survived the year thanks to my mom. She taught me how to be a mom. Connor is so amazing and cracks me up everyday. He is unlike any baby i have ever been around. I love him so much and cant wait til he can run around and talk.
Here are some of my favorites from mariah.

The party

2009-03-30T19:57:00.000-07:00

Saturday was so much fun!! We had an amazing time throwing Connor and Luke's 1st birthday party. By the time we invited all of are friends and family it turned into an extravaganza. I love having such a big family on both mine and Jared's side. Its also so wonderful because everyone gets along so well with each other.

Amy was in charge of all the decorations (which were amazing) and activities for all the kids which included, face painting, decorating crowns and a pinata. I was in charge of the the luncheon. It was actually fun to go shop and actually have an excuse to use my kitchen. Sense Jared usually isn't home for dinner i typically don't cook.

I fell so blessed that Amy and i had Luke and Connor on the same day. It keeps them connected for there whole lives.

It was such an amazing day and we are so lucky to have such great and amazing family and friends.

Pictures and play time

2009-03-24T19:30:00.000-07:00

It was such a nice day today. First off, Jared had the day off, it was such a beautiful day and we got to hang out with friends. Who could ask for a better day.
We started the day out with Connors pictures. We were so lucky to have Mariah take pictures of Connor. She is so amazing and I cant wait to see them.
Than sense we were already down in La Jolla we went over to Breanne and Steve's. I was so lucky, I got to just hold Malia and she fell asleep on by shoulder. After we visited for awhile we all went to this amazing new play area. It was so cool and I cant wait til Connor is a tiny bit older so he can truely enjoy everything.
It was such a nice day, and now Jared is going to watch twilight with me.
PS Connor only cried for like 5 minutes tonight!!!!!! I cant tell you how happy i am i finally did it.

I DID IT!!!!

2009-03-22T20:10:00.001-07:00

So for the past two months Connor's sleeping habits have been horiable. Some nights he would wake up once or twice, and than some nights, like last night, he decided he was just going to be up for like 3 hrs.
Everyone was telling me that I just had to have him cry himself to sleep. I never thought I could do it. But tonight i reached my breaking point and I did it!!! He cried for 13 minutes. I know because i just stared at the clock. It was so hard but i feel so good about it. I know thats what i needed to do. Hopefully it wont be to hard of a night. My goal is by his birthday party on Saturday that he will be slepping through the night!!!

two days in a row

2009-03-20T14:41:00.001-07:00

So yes its true im blogging again. I just had to express how excited i am for Twilight to come out. I know that i should'nt be in love with a fictional charcter, but i am. I need an Edward fix. For those of you who know me, you know im not a reader. But once i got my hands on twilight, i couldnt stop. I loved all four books and recommened them to anyone whos anyone. For anyone who hasnt read the books yet, dont warch the movie first. As much as i loved the movie, nothing compares to how amazing the book is. So if you havent read it DO IT!!!
Peace out

I swear I reallly want to blog

2009-03-19T20:13:00.000-07:00

I cant believe how much time has passed sense i last posted. So much has changed. First off Connor will be one next month. I cant even believe how fast the year has gone by. He keeps me very busy and always on my toes. Here is the low down on where he is at. He took his first couple of steps just this week!!!!! He hates to be held even when he's sad. What can i say he's a boy on the run. He still doesnt quit sleep through the night but we're getting better with that. He can say mama and dada and loves to give kisses to everyone. He is overly active or like what my mom says "busy" his nickname is Monkey. He loves the pots and pans and everything that makes noise. He is ALL BOY!!

Amy and I are planning the boys 1st birthday party. Its going to be quit the event and were both having fun planning. Its a prince theme party complete with sheilds, swords and dragons. Amy is so creative it is going to be amazing. Pictures to come.

Animal fun

2008-11-02T19:20:00.000-08:00

This being the twin cousins first Halloween, we felt it necessary that they were some what alike. So after we found the giraffe costome for Connor Amy went and found the lion for Luke. It was such a fun day. Jared took the day off so he could be apart of all the festivities. We had all the cousins here and thanks to Amy they all got to participate in Halloween bingo a matching game and the grand finale, the Larson hunted house. Connor has been sick this whole week, so as soon as we took all the pictures he was done. So no trick or treating for us. We stayed here and passed out all the candy.
Not that I didn't love Halloween, but I'm glad its over because to me it is now officially CHRISTMAS!!!! I know I start a bit early but I cant help it!!!!

Pumpkin Patch with the Larsons

2008-10-21T20:39:00.000-07:00

This was the best one we could get of Connor. He was so distracted by the hay and pumpkins.
On Saturday we went to the pumpkin patch with Breanne and Steve and Blake. Its always so much fun getting together with them. After we got all the cute pictures we could, and found are baby pumpkins we were ready to go (45 mins with a 6 month old a 1 year old is long enough!) Breanne lives close to the pumpkin patch so we went back there to hang out for awhile. And than we grabed some lunch at Jareds favorite, Red Robin. It was such a fun day.
The move is on. We signed the lease yesterday for are new apartment. We move in Dec 13th. And when I saw new i mean new. The apartment is being completley renivated. New everything!!! I cant wait!!! We will have christmas in are new place!!!!!

to blog or not to blog

2008-10-15T20:10:00.000-07:00

I swear i really do want to keep up with this. I just need to figure out how to do it and make it cute.

We were abel to go up to LA this weekend and see family. We took this picture while we were there. Its crazy how big Connor is getting!
Connor is amazing. He is very active, always wanting to be down on the ground crawling and playing with his toys. We were just looking at his baby pictures and we can't believe how big he is.
At his 6 month check up his height was off the charts at 29 and3/4 inches and weighing in at 18 lbs. He is just such a good baby. He loves all food. we still arent slepping through the night, but he does pretty good.
Tomorrow should be really fun we are going to Anahiem to meet up with Jareds really good friend Katie and her cute boy Tyler. I should have pictures from that for tomorrow.

Are last update is that we are finally moving Dec. 1st!!!!! I have loved living with my parents but I am so ready to be in my own place with all my stuff.

I gave in

2008-08-18T21:08:00.000-07:00

After looking at everyones blogs I decided it was finally time for me to start my own. I figured it would be such a great way for me to keep track of all the fun and amazing things that Connor is begining to do.
This week has been a hard one. First of all Connors teething and than at his doctors appointment he had to get 5 shots. He is usually a terrific sleeper, but last night he was pretty much up every hour. Jared was so sweet and took Connor all morning long. Hopefully tonight will be better. Other than that, Connor is amazing. He is doing so good with trying to sit and tummy time. He has discovered his toes and cant quit putting them in his mouth (very flexible child.) He is putting everything in his mouth and is the droll king.
Its so funny how life changes with a baby. Its 9:15 and all I can think about is going to bed. And with a night like last night im giving in and going to bed!!!