Happy First Birthday - Part 1

Dear Conor,

Your first birthday was a busy day as we had so much to do to get ready for your big party the very next day!  We started the morning by taking some fun pictures to post on FB for Great Grandma in Florida to see.

While I packed the car with everything we would need and checked my list twice (I was feeling a lot like Santa Claus!) you kept bringing me your shoes reminding me that we needed to get going!

As soon as we were in the car you fell asleep which was the plan and you slept all the way through our first few stops which involved a hot chocolate for me, deposits at the bank, and a quick trip through the car wash!

Then it was onto Wal-mart to get some photos printed and picked up some last minute decorations.  While we were driving my phone buzzed and it was a text message for you!

It was cousin Nolan texting in with a special Happy Birthday message!  All your family members had been calling or texting but leave it up to cousin Nolan to have the best one!

Once we got to Wal-mart we had to wait for all your pictures to be developed.  I was printing them off to hang up at your party for people to guess how old you were in each photo. Here are a few:

Birth

3 months

7 months

12 months

While we were at the store we took a quick trip through the toy section and I let you buy a birthday gift with the money Great Nannie and Dar sent you.  You picked out a Giggle Friend (you had been loving on them at every store we went to for the past few weeks and you love playing their app on my phone).  I let you pick which one you wanted.

looking at all the Giggle Friends

Conor spies "Curly" still on the shelf.

You had all the gang in the cart with you but then you saw "Curly" on the shelf and you kept pointing at him (there was one in your cart but he was buried) so I took him down and you started laughing and shaking him.  I assumed that meant you wanted him and as I put the others away you didn't make a peep but when I tried to take Curly you held on tight so that's the one you picked!

Playing with Curly in the car.

After Wal-mart we had to go to Grandpa's house to drop your playset off for storage as we didn't want it to get ruined in the snow.  We played there for a little bit to make sure the heat went up as Grandpa was coming in that night for your party (we also cleaned the toilets!).  You love playing at Grandpa Tom's house......you especially love the big slider that you get to look out of.

After Grandpa Tom's we went home where we played until it was time for you to go to sleep so that Mom and Grandma Mary and Sue could go decorate the clubhouse for your party the next day!

My mom always calls me at 11:57am on my birthday because that's when I was born.  You were born late at night and since you had a busy day I didn't want to go into your room and wake you up so I just peeked in on your via the monitor and snapped this photo.....you were officially ONE!!!

 Happy Birthday Conor!

xoxo
Mom