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It has been so long since I have posted we have had a crazy few weeks- as I am sure everyone has with the holidays among us! First We celebrated Connor's 2nd Birthday. He had a small gathering of friends his age for a Kindermusik party - needless to say with several 2 year olds it was a little hectic! Connor had a great time though and has quickly associated birthdays mainly with the consumption of cake. My good friend rachel made his cake - Lightning McQueen -how appropriate for our CARS nut! Since his birthday any time he sees cake or sweets he simply states "I 2" like duh I am now old enough to have sweets as often as I please. This was the mindset going into his cousin Bradfords 1st birthday party the following week. His patience was limited once he saw the cake - and Bradford loved his first taste of cake. He is growing so fast and is just precious! Walking like a pro, doing great with table foods, and started to say a few words, now if I can only get him to prefer me to Brian... After 2 weeks of birthday craziness we helped my brother Brett celebrate his graduation from UT -Brett graduated the 12th of December with his Bachelors in Pyschology -We are SO Proud of you Brett!!! We had a great time at his celebration party before the graduation - then gracefully endured the graduation ceremony -did you know that UT still announces EVERYONEs name and has everyone cross the stage! nevertheless we were glad to be there for him. Amongst the birthdays, and graduation we have had countless Christmas parties - I think like 6 in 2 weeks, and Christmas fun with the kids. I have included some pictures of our playgroup christmas party and will work on scanning our Santa picture to upload - I was floored that both boys did awesome -smiling so big! As if this craziness was not enough I had surgery monday to have a place taken off my arm - no big deal and everything is fine, but I have been a little slow the last few days -not my usual pre christmas full speed! I think we are caught up, and ready for a relaxing few days of family and a focus on the real reason of this season. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have had a family/fun filled week! Starting on Sunday with Brian's side of the family we enjoyed thanksgiving lunch and his sweet grandmother did everything! Unfortunately my camera battery was dead and I miss the photo opts- Next onto the Connor family thanksgiving on Wednesday night -always a little crazy with 40 people this year - We did manage to get a picture of all the cousins -I'm not sure how! Connor loved the craziness and blended right in, Pierce did very wel being passed around but was exhausted. Thursday we celebrated AGAIN with Brian's other grandparents and my parents and bros. We have So much to be thankful for and are So very blessed. We hope you all had a wonderful holiday!

Laughs and Letters

Connor and Pierce are growing so fast! i thought I would post some live footage of them these days. Pierce is smiling and starting to laugh -especially at big brother. He is just getting big enough to have short times in the "Bumbo" chair sitting up - Connor now insists that Pierce sit next to him for his 20 minute morning cartoon -really he will not sit down without Pierce -too cute. Connor is getting more vocal these days and is doing so good with recognizing numbers, letters and colors - I am so proud of him! He still does not like napping (much like his mother) and has actually been asked to be picked up from school early because he won't nap. Crazy I know, but what do you do? Anyway they are keeping us busy and laughing everyday -have a great week everyone!

Happy Halloween

We had a great Halloween Weekend! Our good friends Tom and Jenny Moore were in town with their son Griffin for a golf tournament the boys played in. Jenny and I had lots at time to catch up, enjoy the kids and even an afternoon of girl time at the spa! Connor Loved having Griffin around and Loved Halloween -He was Lightning McQueen from the Movie Cars -and my mother in law so skillfully made Pierce a "mater" costume so he could match Connor. despite the icky weather we ventured out to trick or treat on halloween with the 3 kids and our nephew Bradford AKA Mickey Mouse - Connor caught onto the concept of trick or treating quickly -especially after he found out what happens when you suck on the Hersheys wrapper long enough! The rest of the weekend was beautiful and I have included some pictures at the Park and of the boys craving their first pumpkin with Popa C

Photo Shoot

Pierce had his first photo shoot a few weeks ago - both boys did great!

UT vs GA

As you all probably know the UT/GA game is a rivarly weekend in our household. Our good friends Mandy & Brian Riley came to visit us for the weekend with their adorable 2 children Madison and Carter and to help me cheer on the Dawgs -obviously we did not cheer loud enough! The weekend was a blast though Connor LOVES Madison and Carter and was in heaven all weekend. Madison is a babysitter in training and even successfully fed Pierce by herself several times - please note she is 3 1/2! Saturday we actually had a brave babysitter that took the 3 older kids and Pierce stayed with my mother in law -out of the line of fire! We had a fun day of tailgating and football kid free despite the outcome. Sunday we took the kids to the park and had a picnic and enjoyed the beautiful weather. Thanks for coming to visit us - as always it was so great to see you all!

Tailgating

We are still adjusting to the world with 2 kids and thus I have yet to go to a football game this year, depsite the 4 home games UT has had this September, don't be fooled my husband does not miss a beat and has been there to cheer on the vols each time. This past Saturday I bravely ventured to tailgate with the 2 kids -being that is was the Auburn game and a night game it was a little crazy. nonetheless we all had fun, and had plenty of help, I still think I will try to go to the next game kidless!