Amazing Pictures

Aaron and I took Conner to have his picture taken last Saturday. The lady did an amazing job! I can't show all, as some will be used for christmas but here are a few.

Battle of the Hats

Conner is back home and we are getting back into the swing of things. From what I can tell, I don't think he was too traumitized by the battle of the hats. When Conner was with Monica and John he wore his oragne UT hat and worked on learning to say "hook em horns". Then while in Corpus he switched to his new "lil red raider" Texas Tech hat and worked on making his gun sign and saying "guns up". Now Conner will show us the gun sign and say "horns". We may have to wait until he's at least three to make a firm decision on which way he is pulling. Good luck to both sides!

We met my parents in San Marcos on Saturday. We had a great lunch at Mamacita's and caught up on all the grandparent/Conner activities for the week. They kept Conner really busy and entertained. One day they took Conner to the aquarium where he said "fish" about 500 times and had fun playing outside on the jungle gym. Conner went to Chuck E Cheeses for the first time, he didn't like that all so much - the noise was a little much and he didn't care too much for the Chuck E Cheese mascot walking around. Here are a few pictures from last week. My parents pulled out my old rocking horse and he really enjoyed bouncing around on that making horse noises.

Making History

I like most of you have been watching the election results this evening and we now have a new president. This day will be added to the history books for so many reasons and I'm looking forward to picking up the paper tommorrow to save and show Conner one day, so that he can see that America elected the first African American president in 2008.

Aaron and I had a very busy weekend with my annual Teddy Bear Ride for work. Saturday night we hosted a bike night party at Joe's Crab Shack and then Sunday morning 900 bikes with an estimated 1,500 participants helped to raise an estimated $35,000 and collect over 1,000 bears for the Center. Here is a link to some pictures from the event.

http://wallackandsmith.com/Gallery/2008_cccac_tbr

It's been very quiet since Friday at our house. Conner stayed with Monica and John Friday and Saturday night and then they met my mom and dad in Austin so Conner could go stay in Corpus for the week. All grandparents are enjoying their visits and have lots of fun stories to share. I know he's having fun and staying busy but I can't wait to hear him running around the house again, it sure has been strange.