Enjoying the holidays...

Connor's first Christmas is quickly approaching! He will be 6 months old 2 days after Christmas -- where has the past 6 months gone?? I have all of his Christmas shopping and most of my other shopping done. I still have a few things to buy. Everything is wrapped and under the tree! We didn't go crazy with buying Connor gifts this year, simply because he doesn't know the difference and we don't have much extra room in our house. With both Ryan & I being so neat and tidy (aka OCD.. ha ha), we would go crazy with toys all over the place! Don't get me wrong, we did buy him a couple of toys. Every kid should get a few toys at Christmas! No need to go overboard though; we don't want him to think Christmas is all about gifts anyhow! It is about MUCH more than that!:)

Connor met Santa last weekend! He did great! We were worried that he would cry, but he was such a big boy! He didn't smile, but he did look at the camera and you could tell that he was intrigued by him!

Ryan, Connor, and I are heading to Philly this weekend for a little get away. We just need a break from the every day routine. We are planning to take Connor to an aquarium and then go on a carriage ride (we will have to bundle him up!!). We are also hoping to make it to an indoor market on Sunday.

Our holidays are going to be very busy. Next week is going to be filled with a bunch of last minute shopping trips. We are also planning on going to the Christmas service at church. We are having Ryan's family down during the day on the 24th. We will spend Christmas Eve and Christmas day as a family at home, and then we will spend the 26th with my family. We are also going to start Connor with solid foods at some point over the holidays. That should be fun! I am planning to make most of his baby food, so the first attempt could be a disaster!! ha ha.

Connor goes back to the doc the week after Christmas for his 6 month check up. I bet he's well over 16 lbs.

We are going to lay low for New Years Eve and have a few of our friends over. Both Ryan and I wanted to spend the evening with Connor.

To end, here are a few pictures that I recently took (notice his teeth in both pictures):