Connor 15 Months!

Connor had his 15 month well check on Thursday.  He is getting so big!  He started walking around 13 months.  He is talking a little and starting to make animal noises.  His current favorite thing to say is uh oh, which I totally love.  He is still very calm and easy going unless he is teething and then he is just a complete mess.  In the last few weeks he got 5 teeth including a molar, so it was a bit challenging to say the least.  He also has a little bit of the Mariani temper that pops out every now and then when he doesn't get his way.  He is an excellent eater and great sleeper.  He LOVES to play with Brody and read books.  He weighs 24 pounds which is just below the 50th percentile.  He is 33 inches long which is in the 95th percentile and his head was 48.4 which is in the 75th percentile.  I love watching him grow and bond with Brody.  The relationship between siblings is so special.  I'm so glad they have each other. 

And he loves the pool now too!

Memorial Weekend.

We had a busy memorial weekend but it was lots of fun.  On Saturday we spent the day with the Allen's.  They invited us to join them at Tim's aunts lake house.  It was a beautiful house right on the lake.  They piled us all onto their golf cart and drove us down to their beach/dock area.  The boys loved playing in the water.  After we headed back up to the house for lunch.  Connor and Kyla decided to take a 3 hour nap while Brody played in the hot tub with Mark, Tim and I.  Then we all headed back to our house for some green chile frito pies and more fun.  Then on Sunday Shara and I headed to Lake Austin spa to meet up with Abbey, Kathy, Marie, Christa and her mom for our 4th annual ladies spa day.  It is one of my absolute favorite places.  We had an incredible day of spa treatments and just lounging by the pool.  It was so relaxing and wonderful!  I'm already looking forward to next year.  Then on Monday we decided to try out this new pool Mark heard about.  It had little water slides and splash areas.  The kids loved it.  It was a crazy busy day to go but I think we will definitely go back again. 

Brody all ready for our trip to the lake. 

The beautiful view from the house. 

Tim and Brody in the hot tub.

Brody taking a swim break for an ice cream cone.

Another pic from the house. 

Lake Austin Spa

Such a beautiful place.

Love it!

Can't wait to go back!

This is the fun pool we went to on Monday!

Fun Pics from May

Such a sweet boy!

Fun with stickers.

 Connor loves Brody's hats.

Crazy clouds.

 This is Connor's new favorite book. 

 He loves reading books!

 Ball pit for Maebry's birthday.

 More bounce house fun!

 Brody making a t-rex out of a necklace.

 Such sweet brothers!

 Look at those thighs, his not mine :)

 Me and my boys, I love them so much!

 Mommy and Connor playing on the computer.

 Shasta's new favorite place to sleep.  I literally have to turn on the windshield wipers to get him to move. 

 Brody shooting ghosts in his underwear.

Connor ready to swim!

Birthday and Mother's Day

For my birthday this year I really wanted to just have a fun night out with our friends.  I decided I wanted to go see this fun 80's cover band called the Spazmatics. They play every Wednesday downtown at the Cedar Street Courtyard.  Matt and Abbey were nice enough to let us high jack wonderful Wednesday.  So we all met downtown for dinner at Moonshine and then went to see the Spazmatics play.  It was a great night and I had a blast! Then for mother's day I had a great weekend at home with the boys.  Mark made me eggs benedict and bought me beautiful flowers.  It was very relaxing. 

 Ang sent me these pretty flowers for my bday.

 Harper, Abbey, Christa and Kim.

 Jason, Dusty and Mark.

 Matt and Kinsey.

This was my amazing mother's day gift that Brody made me at school. I love it!

 Flowers from Mark.

Peonies are my favorite :)

Bounce House Fun

Every time I go to the mall we pass by the bouncy house place and Brody is always dieing to go.  Well we finally decided to give it a shot.  Both boys really like it.  I can't believe how big the bounce houses were.  There were slides and tunnels and all sorts of things.  It's such a great place when it's too hot to play outside or too cold.  There is also a carousel in that Connor spotted and really wanted to go on so we did that too.  It was a very fun weekend!

Brody coming down one of the slides.

He loved the shark one!

Connor venturing in to see what it's all about. 

Riding the carousel.

I had my hand full :)

Easter and Family Visit

So my family came to visit for Easter weekend.  Connor was teething and got an ear infection so he was pretty much just a mess the entire visit :(  We had lots of fun just cooking and hanging out.  Everyone kind of took an night and fixed a fabulous meal.  Shane made stuffed cornish hens, mom and dad made lamb and we did dungeness crabs.  The boys loved all the family at the house and having lots of people to play with.  Syd and Shane bought a car while they were here. And we got to go wedding dress shopping for Kelley.  She thinks she found her dress, I can't post pictures but it is stunning!  For Easter we died eggs and did a little hunt at the house.  Later that day we went to the Tuckers house for an Easter party.  The kids had so much fun. It was cute to watch them all hunt for eggs.  Brody was obsessed with finding eggs with m&m's in them. Both boys loved their Easter baskets and all the goodies inside.  Connor had fun making a HUGE mess with all the Easter grass, I think we will ask the Easter Bunny to leave that out next year :)  It was a fun trip and definitely went by too quickly.  Can't wait for everyone to be together again for the backyard bash!

All the boys at the doctors office.

Connor loved all the Easter grass!

The Easter bunny brought Brody goggles.

Connor absolutely loves his bunny!

Grandma reading the boys one of the new books the Easter Bunny brought.

 Mommy and Brody hunting for eggs.

The Kraatz Family.

Brody stuffing candy into his pockets.

Eric, dad and Syd watching all the kiddos hunt for eggs.

Another egg filled with m&m's!

Lots of fun.

The Allen's.  Love Ky making the kissy face.

All the kids checking out their loot.

Connor hanging with grandma.