Ringing in the New Year with dear friends!

Christmas 2008

We had a quiet Christmas at our home with the kids. Kevin's parents came up for a few hours in the morning and left by noon. We opened presents and watched the kids enjoy opening gifts and playing with their new toys.

Kameron turns ONE!

Our trip to the Bay Area

Kameron's 1st plane ride. My first time traveling on the plane by myself with TWO kids.



Kevin had a business trip to Florida for a week, so we decided to go to my parents house in the Bay for the week. I was a bit nervous traveling with TWO kids, but it went pretty good. Konnor was pretty behaved (surprised!) and Kameron enjoyed every minute. He loved the plane ride.

I'm a big kid now!

My baby boy...Konnor is a BIG KID NOW! He's officially potty trained! YAY!!! What a relief for us. It was a great Thanksgiving gift to us all! He has been in pull ups since May 2008. He had showed us signs of being interested in potty training so I thought it would all come soon. Well, we had some relapses and some days when he did a great job. But on Thanksgiving morning he told me he didn't want to wear pull ups! I was so excited and shocked.

So I put on training underwear (instead of the training pull ups). We had one accident through the day...but that was it! He loved his "big boy" underwear. So I told him that if he did good, by the end of the week we'd go to Target to buy him some more "big boy" underwears. At his request, he wanted "Handy Manny" underwear.

The day went on and he did it!!! By the end of the week....it was over. NO MORE PULL UPS!!

Halloween 2008

Today is the big day. Konnor has been preparing for this day. He has been so excited all month. He was able to wear his costume a few times for the Halloween Spooktakular at SeaWorld, but knew that Halloween Day was the day he could trick or treat for candy.

Being that it was Kameron's 1st Halloween, he was eager too. Although he may not know exactly what's going on, he did like to wear his costume. He was the most adorable COW I've ever seen.

Konnor is 2 years and 8 months old

Our first born Konnor is turning into a KID!

Konnor is such a picky eater and an active kid that he's just 3lbs more than his little brother Kameron. Konnor weighs 30lbs and is 36 inches tall.

Although his vocabulary has broadened and improved through the years, he's got one heck of a brain! He's very smart, bright and has a great memory (except when it comes to me telling him what to do and not to do). Konnor has developed a very big imagination as well. I love to sit back and watch him play with his toys and listen to the conversations he has with himself and his toys. He's still very into music, singing and dancing. We have agreed that he has taken after his Mommy, not Daddy in the talent aspect. :-)

Konnor has taken much interest in his drums still. He also loves his ukelele that his Mama & Papa DeSoto had sent from Kauai a few months back. He has also become a fan of cars and trains.