Connor's 1st Big Snow!

Hello Everyone!

We are so excited as the holidays get closer! Connor is SUCH A JOY now...more than ever before! He is squealing with delight now and gave us our first big laugh on Sunday, 12/20! He is so funny when he squeals and sounds like a little raptor! I took Connor to the doctor on 12/14, and got a great report. Connor is now 18 weeks old and weighs 14.6 pounds (50th %) and is 26 inches long (90th %) and his head is in the 75th %! Dr. Makres told me, "I hate to tell you this, but he's just perfect!" Connor got 3 more shots and did very well! This past weekend, we had our first big snow and took lots of pictures! We actually got snowed in on Saturday and although we had lots to do in preparation for Christmas, we just layed around in our pj's all day and enjoyed being in our warm and cozy home as a family!

This is when the snow began on 12/18 around 2 PM

On Saturday morning, this was what we woke up to...our front yard!

I did not pose...this is my expression as I saw a HUGE limb break on one of our pine trees in the front yard...Jason just happened to catch it ;)

Our house Saturday morning!

Our first fire...Connor was playing in his exersaucer, all toasty warm!

18 weeks old!

You can see the snow out the window!

And on our way home from church on Sunday...Connor is pooped!

We hope you all have a wonderful week! Merry Christmas!

An Exciting Week For Our 4 Month Old!!!

What an exciting week last week was...Connor is now 4 months old and he met Santa Clause for the first time!!! I am taking Connor to the doctor on Monday morning so we will finally see how much he weighs now!

I took Connor to visit Daddy at work on 12/10 - here he is helping Daddy...

And here he is doing his most important job, looking precious...

At Jo-Jo's house for dinner on 12/10...

Poor Connor got his first cold on 12/11 - here he is, not feeling very well...

On Saturday, 12/12 (when he turned 4 months old!!!) we took him to see Santa Clause! Here he is, waiting in line to see the big guy!!!

Connor with his favorite dolphin, Dexter!

Still waiting in line!

Getting excited!

He was so excited for some reason that he was squealing and shaking! He has no idea what we were doing so it was really funny!

And finally...his first meeting with the big guy!

We hope you all have a great week!

Week 16 and Aunt Cascia's Visit!

Hello Everyone!

We hope you are all doing well! Connor is now about to turn 17 weeks old (tomorrow) and 4 months old on Saturday - I can hardly believe it!!! Here are some pictures from the last week!

Tummy time on Wednesday, 12/2, when Connor turned 16 weeks old!

Connor started grabbing things and can now hold his rattle!

Spending time with Daddy!

Watching Cars (again) on 12/3!

Aunt Cascia came to visit us on Friday 12/4 and stayed until Sunday 12/6! We did not take many pictures, but here are some from Connor opening his very first Christmas present from Aunt Cascia on 12/4! Excuse our pj's :)

On Saturday, 12/5, we built Connor's Exersaucer that his Aunt Misty gave him! He LOVED IT!

He's doing so well, holding his head up! What a big boy we have on our hands!

xoxo

The Ratliffs

Getting Ready for Christmas!

Hello Everyone!

We hope your Thanksgiving weekend was as wonderful as ours! Here are some pictures from the weekend!

On Friday, we took Connor to get his 1st Christmas tree! This is us at the lot! This is my new all-time favorite picture of Connor - taken on 11/27 on our way to the tree lot!

The people at the tree log tied us into the car when they tied it on top of our car and Jason had to climb out the window to get out at the house!

This is Connor and I, waiting for Jason to cut us out of the car...maybe we shouldn't have tipped them!

Me with my 3 babies while Daddy set up the Christmas tree!

We did not get much decorating done on Friday because Connor was not having it :) This is Connor on Saturday, 11/28, before we started decorating again. He was pooped!

Connor helping us decorate the tree!

This is Connor grabbing at his toy on 11/28 - this is the first time he ever grabbed for anything!

Daddy's idea for Connor's 1st stocking!

Decorating the tree with mommy!

On the way home from Church Sunday, 11/29 - his new favorite thing is his hand...Just like Cascia's boys!

On Sunday, 11/29, we headed over to Jo-Jo and Grandaddy Greg's for Thanksgiving dinner! This is Connor with his new Belky Bear from Jo-Jo!

Connor with his Granny and Daddy!

Playing with our boy!

Our Family!

We hope you all have a wonderful week!

Love,
The Ratliffs