February 5th, 2010 by Beth
I can hardly believe that our little Con man is three weeks old today!! It has been a great 3 weeks and has gone by SO fast!! He is growing like a weed! He was already up to ten pounds as of this past Wednesday. Connor is a really good baby. Sunday night he even slept 6 and a half hours straight. He of course hasn’t done that again, but I am hoping that that was a sign that he will be a good sleeper eventually. Last night was a little rough as he was up for several hours for no reason in the middle of the night. If he wasn’t so stinkin cute, I might have been upset. 
The girls have gotten into a good routine of getting up and getting out of the house with Daddy in the morning to go to day care. It has been a little weird to be home without them here, but they really need the routine and would be so bored here at home. I have been enjoying my time alone with my little guy! He is so sweet and cuddly! I think he is a momma’s boy already! We only stayed home all day Tuesday, but have done some running around the rest of the week. I am not one to stay in the house.
Wednesday night we had the Raders family over for a visit which was really fun! we can’t wait for the arrival of their little girl. Yesterday, Connor and I went over to Grandma’s house for a visit with Auntie Marsha, Savannah, Landon, Nana, Papa, and Grandma. We had a great lunch and enjoyed our visit. Happy Birthday to Auntie Marsha! Today, Connor and I had lunch with Grandma, Jill, and Jakey as well as did a little bit of shopping. Connor isn’t as great of a shopper as the girls are.
This weekend we are busy with getting our taxes done and haircuts for Ella and I tomorrow, and a small get together here for the Superbowl on Sunday. Should be a great time. I am rooting for the Saints as I am a Drew Brees fan from my days at Purdue. I am sure we will have many more pictures to post after the weekend.
I can’t believe I only have 3 more weeks at home. It is going to go so fast!!
Tags: allison, beth, connor, donnie, ella, grandma marsha, grandpa mark, jake, jill, john, julie, matt
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January 31st, 2010 by Matt
Disney on Ice
Ok, so the past two weeks have flown by and now I’m back into the office bright and early tomorrow. The past two weeks have been amazing and have let us really come together as a family with our new little bundle of joy! We got to do a lot of cool stuff as a family the past two weeks and Connor fits right in! Be sure to check out all the photos and videos @Flickr!
This past weekend we had Grandpa Lee and Grandma Sue over to celebrate Christmas on Friday night. The girls got some really cool gifts that included an Air Hockey Table! It was a great night to celebrate the holidays. Check out the photos here!
On Saturday, we had a few visitors in the morning, dance class and the girls took off with Aunt Lori and Grandma Debbie to see Disney on Ice! The girls had a great time and even called to ask for to borrow my Credit Card… ha ha! The snow cones were $15 bucks! Check out the photos from Saturday here!
Today, we went out to lunch with John, Jill, Jake and Grandpa Mark. Ella is with her dad today for a quick visit and will be back tomorrow morning. Now, I think it’s off to the store to get some last minute stuff for this week and then we will watch the Grammys!
You should notice some new enhancements to the site with the sidebar. I’ve added a widget that pulls in the most recent 15 photos from flickr! It’s a nice little touch to the site and I’m always looking for more ideas so let me know! Also, added Tag You’re It to the sidebar so that you can filter all the posts by ones you have been tagged in! Have fun finding all the posts and reliving the memories that we have shared together since the blog started!
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January 30th, 2010 by Matt
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January 28th, 2010 by Matt
So, the past two days I have tried to get up and get the girls ready for daycare to practice for next week when I go back to work. I haven’t had the best of luck in doing this as we have gotten there by 8:30 and 8:15 the past two days.
So, as I sit here and write this from my phone it seems I will be able to get them there earlier today hopefully by 7:30ish. I just want to make sure that next week I’m able to because the train leaves at 8:03 to get me to work by 9am.
Yesterday, we had a slew of visitors and had a great day. First, Aunt Lori came over and visited for a couple of hours. She brought food as well and it was really good. I love the ranch pasta salad. She got to hold Connor for a good amount of time and he only got fussy once. He’s been really good and was only fussy because he wanted a snack. After Aunt Lori left, Lauren, Sonny, Heather, Ean and Lynda all came over for a few hours. It was a lot of fun hanging out with them.
Sonny was smiling a ton and cooing when he wasn’t eating! Ean got to play on our play mat an even rolled over a few times before getting mad at Ms. Beth (beths knickname at work). He was smiling a ton as well and even fell asleep on Heather as we sat there and talked.
During the visit, Comcast came out to fix our new dvr box we have for our bedroom. The DVR functions weren’t working but now we have a box with HDMI. I had a funny conversation with the guy about tennis while we waited for the menus to test the DVR.
Well, it’s time to run the kids to the sitters. I’ll be posting some photos from yesterday to Flickr. It’s certainly a blast from the past now that friends from birth are having babies!
The Gang!
Tags: aunt lori, beth, connor, ean, ella, heather, kiley, lauren, lynda, matt, sonny
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January 26th, 2010 by Beth
All is well here in the Saip house hold. Today we had a very busy day of running around, and Connor was a trooper through it all. Matt dropped Ella off at daycare this morning, and boy was she excited to go. She was definitely ready to see all of her friends! Kiley didn’t go until later because we had Dr. appts today for her and Connor. We dropped Gizmo off at the groomer before heading to the Dr.
Both Kiley and Connor checked out well. We saw our favorite Dr. Sommerfeld today. Connor gained 9 ounces in only 6 days. He is now up to 8 pounds 11 ounces. He also grew at least 3/4 of an inch. The nurse had to measure him twice, so I am not sure if either measurement was accurate. We don’t have to go back with him until his 2 month check up. Kiley now weighs 28 pounds and is almost 3 feet tall. She really hasn’t gained much in the last year, but continues to be at about the 75% for both height and weight. They say you double a girl’s height at the age of 2 and that is what they will be as an adult. That is almost 6 feet tall. Matt wasn’t too happy about the thought of Kiley being taller than him.
After the Doctor appointments, we ran a bunch of errands including driving all the way out to McHenry to pick up another DVR cable box so that we could record my shows upstairs, and Matt wouldn’t be stuck watching them. Brat! It will be nice having two boxes though. Connor and I did a little grocery shopping while Matt stayed in the car with a sleeping Kiley. The lady at the checkout thought I was nuts for being out shopping so soon after having a baby. Any of you that know me, however, know that I can’t sit in the house for very long. We ran a few more errands, picked up the dog, and the girls, and very quickly, our first day where it was supposed to be quiet with just Matt, me and Connor. turned into a crazy day of running around. Such is the life around here. Never a dull moment.
Well both girls are sleeping, Connor is sleeping….you would think that Matt and I would be sleeping too, but no. For some reason, no matter what we plan on doing, we don’t go to bed until 11:30 or 12 every night lately. It is going to be very hard to get back into our normal routine.
We are up for visitors if anyone wants to stop by and see Connor as long as you are healthy of course. Tomorrow we have Aunt Lori stopping by in the morning and a visit with Lauren, Linda, and baby Sonny in the afternoon. Can’t wait! Jared might even stop by tomorrow night after work as well. Another fun busy day!!!
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