Cows = Obsession!

Konner is officially addicted to cows! Cows of all things! I realized a couple of months ago on our daily ride home from school he would yell "cow" when we'd pass a field with cows grazing. I just thought he said cow because one, it was easy to say and two, because he loves to sing Old McDonald - E I E I OOOO and we always sing, with a moo moo here and moo moo there... you get the drift.

As the weeks went by he would bring us the same book every night and yell COW when we got to the page with the cow on it. He even got so excited one night and ripped the cow right of the book!

Then... my wonderful husband, Jonathan found a website with cows and cow sounds so every waking moment Konner runs up to me while I'm editing photos and says "Cow, cow, peeeeeeze". Aw, how can you say no to that? Jonathan rented a cow movie but he wouldn't have anything to do with it because the cows were animated and stood up and talked. Hello... cows do NOT talk. They say "mooooooo".

We've since ordered a DVD all about cows that received great reviews on Amazon.com. It should be in my hands tomorrow.

Where did this obsession come from, I have no idea but he knows all about cows, milk, ice cream and cheese thanks to Barney and Farm Animals. Thanks Barney!

Jonathan called me today while he was at Toys R Us Christmas shopping and said that they had cows. I said, "Get them!" He surprised Konner with them tonight when he got home from work. The look on Konner's face was PRICELESS!! I had the camera in hand to capture this moooomerable moment!

Drum Roll Please

This was the moment Jonathan showed him the cows.

Ahhhh, COWS!

He played with them the rest of the night. Ms. Cows even took a bath tonight and went night night with Konner. How long will the cow obsession last? I don't know but I'm loving it for now!

Bad Weather & School Closings

On Sunday night Tulsa got sleet and freezing rain. We woke up yesterday morning with a sheet of ice covering the roads. I texted my friend Krysta and work was delayed 1 hour. Ah, more sleep! Well, not really. I got up, got Konner ready, fed and off to school only to be called 30 minutes later by Jonathan saying school was closed. I could not believe it! Apparently when the public schools close, so does daycare. I had to miss a half day of work to stay home with Konner. I was so mad at his daycare. How could they do this when we pay hundreds of dollars a week for daycare?!

Public schools are still closed today but daycare is opened. My only guess is they received a ton of calls from disgruntled parents. I checked around and found care for Konner for $5/hr so we're talking $55/day. HOLY MOLY!!

Bless his little heart; he was SO bored yesterday to the point where he was acting up on purpose. We braved the cold last night and got out for a little Christmas shopping. It was good for him to get out of the house. We went to Target (my favorite store, BTW) and he stood in the back of the cart sipping on my strawberries & cream frappuccino from Starbucks. He loves those things!

We are taking him to see Santa and his workshop at Bass Pro this weekend so be on the lookout for pictures.

On the Ball & Home Tour

Wow! It's been 2 months since I've last blogged! I had to completely create a new blogger account so I could make my page all pretty without it messing up my photography page. It's taken me TWO months to do this?!?! That just tells you how busy we've been!

I did manage to get Christmas cards sent out last week. I foundFaith's Christmas Card Carousel and wanted to add my card to the list! I love all of the exchaging of cards! Here is our 2008 Christmas card. Isn't it cute!

I'm still as busy as ever with my photography. I just knew that it would slow down when the weather turned cold but boy was I wrong! I'm so grateful for the way this has turned out for me but it does keep me VERY busy as you can tell by my blog posts. Ha!

Hello & welcome to BooMama's Christmas Tour of Homes. If you have not been to her site, go CHECK IT OUT!

We officially have all of our decorations up on our house, inside and out. Jonathan spent an entire day putting up the Christmas lights and as always, they are beautiful. He made his way up into the attic last week and we got our tree put up and stockings hung. Konner had a fun time playing with the "balls" (ornaments). Here are a few pictures.

This is our formal dining pre-tree.

Jonathan putting the tree together so I could
snap a few pictures.

Ah, my favorite part! Now we just need some presents
under that pretty tree.

I purchased all new ornaments last year at
Target when they were 50% off. I bought red and green.

Our stockings that I purchased last year from
Pottery Barn. I absolutely love them!

Blog Trouble and Konner Updates - October 13, 2008

Ok, so I know that I've been neglecting the family blog. My photography blog is linked to this blog by email address so every time I change something on here it changes it on my photography blog too - ugh! So... the family blog will have to be blank for a while until I have the time to see what's up! When will I find the time between working full-time, being a mommy, wife and photographing?! *Sigh*What is the fam up to, you ask? Well we are planning a trip to Branson this week for fall break. A much needed trip. We are heading up with Jonathan's family. The plan is to corral at our house and yes I mean corral. There will be 11 people in our 1900 sq ft house. It should be very interesting! I'm looking forward to the vacay though. It's been a while since I've had time off from work.Konner is thriving at Goddard. Him getting eaten alive at Cross Timbers was a blessing in disguise. I love their structure at Goddard and he gets so much one on one interaction which is very important to me.He is saying please and thank you without being asked (actually it's more like peeze and tank ooh) and it melts my heart. How can you say no to that? He is so sweet and loves to cuddle, give hugs and kisses and is so affectionate to a perfect stranger. Hmmm, sound like someone else you know? Joanthan and I both warm up to people quickly.We can't tell if Konner is going to be left handed or right handed. He's still using both hands equally but we've noticed that if he picks up his pen/pencil/crayon with his right hand he writes for a minute and then moves it to his left hand so who knows.He is obsessed with WAGONS! Anything you can pull he's all over it. I ordered him his own special wagon since he has a major meltdown every time we go outside and I make him put up the rusted wagon that plants go in. It's not put together very well and the wheels fall off every time he plays with it but I think he likes it because it's his size.Anyhoo, I think I've written enough for now. It's bedtime. I've pulled too many late nights lately. *yawn*Oh, before I go, Konner is singing his ABC's up to LMNOP and then he'll pick back up at XYZZZZZZZZZ.It's too cute!Until next time...

Sign Language - September 17, 2008

I have to share a cute story with you. Jonathan and I are trying to get Konner to say please and thank you when he wants something and we give it to him. Last night he said "mine" and pointed for his drink. I said, "say please" and he started rubbing his chest (the sign for please) and said "peeeze". OMG, it was the cutest thing I've seen and heard. He currently signs more, eat, please, boy and happy.He has learned boy, please and happy since he's been at Goddard so we're talking 2 days! Kids at this age are little sponges.

Konner's First Day - September 16, 2008

Konner's first day at his new daycare was so hard on me. You'd think I would be used to this, right? Taking him to daycare yesterday was harder than taking him when he was 12 weeks old. Jonathan and I both went to drop him off and he looked a little confused. He found a toy and immediately went to it. Jonathan and I snuck out to pay the rest of this months tuition which let me tell you, it's not cheap! We will be paying $805.00 per month for Konner's tuition. How in the world do people that have more than one child afford it? Anyway...after paying we took a peak into the room to see Konner standing in the middle of the room holding his blankie looking at all of the other kids playing. It broke my heart into pieces.Today was not any better. I went solo today to drop him off and the instant we walked in the door he held on for dear life. He would not let me put him down for anything. After about 5 minutes I had to leave my baby there crying. It was awful! If it doesn't get better by next week I don't know what I am going to do...

Daycare Dilemma - September 11, 2008

So, we've had a lot of drama happen at Konner's daycare over the past week. There is a little boy in his class with a biting problem. Konner was bitten 6 times in 6 days which is a little excessive, right? Well the daycare director sure didn't think that was uncommon and said it was because this child is teething. Funny thing is of the biting reports I did receive (yes, there were 3 bite marks on Konner's body last week that we were NOT notified about) it was because Konner and this child were fighting over a toy which tells me the kid bit him out of anger/aggression. Let's just say that Konner starts a new daycare on Monday and we are so thankful they had an opening. He will be attending the best daycare in town. It's call the Goddard School and they are nationally recognized for their excellence. Like they say, everything happens for a reason.