Dear Konner......

Happy Birthday Konner!!I can't believe how much you have grown and learned this past year! It started out a little scary, but you are our little fighter, and our little Champ!! It's so much fun to look back and remember how tiny you were when you first joined our family! It amazes me how little and fragile you were, and yet at the same time how strong your little body was! Now to see you crawl all over and pull yourself up to get into everything! We are so blessed to have your sweet spirit in our home! You add so much enjoyment, excitement and life to our family! One of your dad's and mine's favorite times is to sneak in before we go to bed and watch you sleep for a few minutes, even though we tend to wake you up sometimes! I thank our Heavenly Father each and every day for you! It just melts my heart every time you giggle, clap, and when you say "mama" and "dada"! This truly has been the best year of my life, and i look forward to the many other years! I am so grateful to be your mom!!

Santa and Konner, and Konner turns 1

Firstly- Thank you Kim for making this for me!! I just love it!!!!! Our big boy turns 1 on Dec. 30th. This year has absolutely flown by! I sure hope the others don't go as fast, although i'm afraid they will!!! This year has been the best and one of the hardest years for us! Konner has been the highlight of our life, and we are so very grateful to be blessed to be his parents!! This guy cracks me up, and is getting quite the personality!! He loves to swing the doors open and shut, and giggles so hard when you are on the other side of it, but if it closes shut, he gets a little upset! He is pulling himself up on everything, and thinks he is just the coolest thing ever when he does. After he is up he will laugh, and i love it! I love being a mommy even with the trials it brings sometimes! This little guy just melts my heart everyday, and i am just so excited to see him learn new things!




























Konner wasn't sure what to think of Santa, i don't think he could get over the long beard!!! It was pretty funny, and he didn't even cry!!

Konner Clapping

Sorry it's so blurry, my camera has been acting weird lately!! But i still thought it was pretty cute!!!

Konner 11 Months and other random pics

I haven't posted anything in a while so i thought i'd hurry and add some of pictures i have taken of him lately!! He is all over the place, and loves to scoot around!! He has now advanced to the sippy cup and loves it!! He is pulling himself up now too!! It is so crazy to think he will be a year old at the end of this month!! I'm really excited and quite sad all at the same time!!! He is around 19 lbs now!!!





























His new favorite way to sleep

10 Month updates!!!!

Konner got his 3rd tooth in on Nov. 10th!!! It was his bottom right front one in!!! Looks like one is popping in every two weeks now!! It's kind of funny since they are just so random!!! He is scooting all over the place, and for some reason, he finds the computer cord the most interesting!!! So we will have to come up with something to do for that!!! He is also clapping, and it's so fun to watch him. He has also noticed that if he does something funny, then he gets your attention, so he has come up with this funny fake laugh, almost sounds like a growl!! And the more you laugh, then the more he does it!!! ALso, when you take off his clothes to change his diaper, the second they are off he does this little wiggle thing and starts rubbing his tummy!!! Have no idea where he came up with that, but it is fun to watch him grow!! Even though it is way too fast!! One of my favorite things is when he wakes up early in the morning and starts to just jabber away, and then falls back to sleep!!!!

Funny Times

I just have to post this, because it made me laugh so hard!! So I am watching my nephew Isaac today (who is practically 3), and i was getting ready to feed Konner. Isaac had a little bag of his cereal this morning and he was kinda talking to Konner. Well Isaac went to give him a piece of his cereal (because he wanted to share), and i told him that Konner is still too little to have it, and when he gets more teeth in then he can have it. So the next thing i know Isaac grabbed his coat and was heading for the door, he turned around and looked at me and said, "I'll be right back!" I kinda laughed and said, "Where are you going?" He then said, "I have to go home and get Konner teeth, I will get a hammer to fix them!" And at that point i just started laughing so hard!! What a great little guy to want to help Konner out!!!! I just love some of the things he comes up with!!

And to think we had a giraffe for a day!!

Konner's Halloween costume!















Our Halloween cake i made















Our little candy giver















Issac had lots of fun giving candy out!











































I never realized how hard it is to get pictures of two kids looking at you! So we kept trying!















Now Konner isn't looking at the camera















Still not looking......















There we go!!!

Pumpkin Walk

This year was one of the Coldest Pumpkins Walks i can remember! Cynthia, Tyler and Isaac went with us. And it and just snowed!!! We decided to bundle up and still head out!! We had a lot of fun still!!















Isaac makes the cutest Micky Mouse!!!
















TYLER of the LAMP!!!!!
















These were some pretty awesome pumpkin carvings!!
















This one was one of my Favs!!!
















Our cute little Family!!
















I love his little smile even though his head didn't quite fit!!
















Isaac wasn't quite sure of this!!
















All warm and toasty!!! Except for the rosy cheeks!!!



































WILD THINGS!!!!











































You can't see them very well because of the snow, but i still decided to include them!!

Pumpkin Time!!!

This is Keith's 1st pumpkin he has ever carved, and i think he had a lot of fun after he cleaned it out!!











































We kinda of cheated and got to trace patterns for our pumpkins!!! Didn't they turn out so cute!!!














This year Cynthia and Tyler invited us over to Tyler's folks to carve pumpkins! We had a blast, and here is the finished product!!!





























Here is Konner's first experience with a pumpkin, i don't think he knew what to do with it, but he sure had fun whatever he was doing!!






































































Dad loves to play with his Konner! And they both have a lot of fun together!! Konner isn't a very big kid, but he sure had a strong back and legs!! He loves to be tossed, thrown, and twirled around!!