Couch Climber and A Belly

Christmas 2009

Merry Christmas!

Christmas No. 2 is coming

Here are a few photos of Conner this month as Christmas quickly approaches ...

Yet another snow day

You read that right ... a foot of snow. A record for many parts of Virginia for the month of December.

So of course we went out to play in it!

Snow day, sort of

The forecast today was for some snow, but it was mostly rain. However, just 10 miles from here on the Peaks of Otter, it was in fact snowing. And snowing hard. Probably about a half foot of snow (they told us 4 inches when we called, but I think it was more). So since snow doesn't seem to last around here, Conner got a spontaneous trip to the Peaks with his Grandma Angel, Papa Keith and Duke while Christina is off making money at a Mary Kay appointment.

It was an interesting trip up the mountain as we went from a cold rain, to rain and snow, to all snow, to the road being fully covered with snow. Unfortunately it was quite windy, so we were only outside for about 5 minutes. Conner didn't quite know what to think with the snow blowing in his face, so maybe we'll take him back up tomorrow before it all melts away. Plus it was snowing so hard that it was hard to see anything -- it didn't make for very good photos.


His face kind of looks like he's saying "Get me out of here!" With the big coat, a hat, gloves and shoes, he was a bit out of his comfort zone.

The "firsts" are over

Funny thing about turning 1 -- there are no more "firsts" when it comes to holidays. Oddly enough, last year for Conner's first Thanksgiving we didn't write that much about it. We were in such a daze from Conner's early arrival, we weren't getting much sleep, we got in an accident on the way to Bedford and we were in a hurry to put up Christmas decorations.

This year though, Thanksgiving was a bigger deal as we traveled to Ohio for the holiday. It was Conner's fourth trip there since January and, for us anyway, probably the most memorable so far. Coupled with holiday traffic, Conner hasn't been feeling that great with some new teeth coming in, so the second half of the trip both up there and back weren't pleasant. I think his max in a car seat right now is about a half day. He wanted out in a bad way after about 1 p.m. both times. Music, toys, snacks ... nothing really made him happy for an extended amount of time.

Besides a few issues with his eating and not quite being 100 percent the whole time, we still had a good trip. Conner showed off his almost-walking skills, got in some good laughs and got his first pair of shoes and a winter coat. He's set for the winter. He got his first taste of turkey and other tasty Thanksgiving foods, and he also had a fair share of pretzels since he was being feisty with his eating at times.

He also got to visit with Kristina's son Colin, pictured below.