Cabin Fever!

Well, we are waiting on Spring to arrive out at the McClellan house. Last week was a nice tease with the weather warming up into the 60's! It was nice to get back outside! All winter we have had flocks of geese living out in our cove (by flocks, I mean upwards of 50 geese...it is SO hard to listen to all of them all night long!). We always yell out to them to leave our yard. Conner LOVES yelling at them. So much so that now, any time he sees a bird, he yells, "GO, GO!" It is really cute.

Even though Conner, Jason and I yell at the geese to get out of the yard, when Daddy isn't home, we feed them! Shhhhhh! Harrison came out to feed the geese too, but as you can see the boys were way too hungry to feed the geese.Harrison and Conner are getting SO big! It is crazy to hear them talk to each other now. Even though it is in a different language, you would swear they know exactly what the other is saying.Conner is lucky to be the little one at this time in their lives! With the Cabin Fever comes lots of toys out in the living room. Conner loves his barn and loves to put EVERYTHING in there. As you can see, Jason loves it too.This picture isn't very good, especially since Conner fell on his face, but I love it that Jason is still sitting in the barn! Oh yeah, by the way, we made trip number 2 to the Emergency room. In this picture you see one little scab from what remained after Conner fell pretty far right on his face. It was horrible. Thank goodness nothing was broken. Ahhh...I hold my breath with him every day now. He is into and climbs up on everything!

The good thing about the winter is that Conner can take over Uncle Bill and Aunt Mindy's lot! Don't worry guys, he didn't just kill all of your grass, he also picked up all the sticks! XO

Look who's talking!

Conner is talking up a storm (really babbling up a storm). Below is a video of one of our conversations. I love watching him grow more and more every day. My favorite word he says is, "bellybutton". My least favorite (as of today) is, "huh?" With the talking phase, comes many more firsts. Yesterday, I got a call from Miranda that Conner was trying to pick up girls at the local Walmart; the day before, when I was getting ready for work I said, "Conner do these pants make me look fat?", his answer "Yeah!" (I do love his honesty though); the day before that when I sat him down to dinner, I asked, "Conner do you like Mommy's meatloaf?" his answer,"poop!!" Gotta love it!

Conner also got to spend a little bit of time out in the snow last week. (Yes, Michigan/ Valpo girls, we call this snow!) He was unsure of it at first but loved getting to go for a ride on the sled!

FFA....maybe

We went with B and MiMi (Brent and Miranda) to visit a local goat farm this weekend. Conner loved the goats and even gave them great big kisses!

MiMi is hoping that her grandparents will melt when they see Conner with the goats and let her start a goat farm of her own! We shall see! Pleeeeeeease Conner is saying!

We also visited the region to see what a Cabela's is all about. Nothing like heading back to the old stomping grounds in the dead of winter! Conner LOVED Cabela's!

Tired and taking a much needed break!

Conner came out of the laundry room sporting the outfit below. I had to post it because it reminded me so much of my brothers (aka "the 3 East-side Ridaz!"). Guess he got it honestly!

Christmas 2008

Conner had great Christmas' this year. We spent Christmas Eve with Mom, Dad, Brad, Amanda, Patrick, Uncle Bill and Aunt Mindy at Mom and Dad's house. Conner with Grandma and Grandpa McNultyConner with Graunt Mindy and Gruncle BillConner with Uncle Brad and Aunt Amanda Conner with Uncle Patrick and Cassie. Conner got lots of great presents from everyone. We were super thankful for all of the college money too! Notre Dame is getting pretty expensive these days!
Conner woke up in the morning to many surprises left by Santa. Conner ran as fast as he could (using only his right arm to gain momentum) and jumped into his ball pit (the truck you see above). Then, he wouldn't get out!

Friday we had Christmas with the Matthews and then on Sunday we had Christmas with the immediate McClellan Family and then the extended McClellan Family. Whew! We had a great time. He are some pictures from the events. Unfortunately, my camera started acting up on Sunday so check Harrison and Madelyn's sites for more and better pictures! Here is to a great 2009!

Conner and Great Grandma McClellan (Ninnie)

The three McClellan grand-kids (Madelyn, Conner and Harrison)
Madelyn (aka Cinderella in case you were wondering about her beautiful hair), Aunt Joanna, Olivia, Conner, Harrison and Uncle John
Conner and Uncle Joel

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Love, Jason, Kristin and Conner

'Tis the Season....

Aunt Joni, Harrison, David, Madelyn, Tiffany, Toby, Brody, Beckett, Jason, Conner and I all went to the Christmas Party at the lake. The HLNAC and the fire department did an amazing job. Santa came in on the fire truck with sirens blasting. It was super cold, so we were sure to get everyone all bundled up.
Conner was super happy about that!

Santa even brought along an elf. The fireworks were amazing and it was neat to see all of the kids trying to decide whether to follow Santa or watch the fireworks. The North Putnam choir also sang Christmas carols. It was really the neatest Christmas celebration I think I have been to.
All three of the grandkids on the McClellan side posed for pictures. I promise we took about 30 pictures and this was the best one!Here is a picture of all five kids. Everyone was always moving so all of the pictures were blurry! Hopefully, Tiff got a few good ones!
Conner did a great job visiting with Santa. I was surprised because I thought he would be scared but he just sat there. I think he knows he may have been a little naughty this year so he had to make sure that Santa thought he was a good boy!
Isn't he a cute reindeer? Time for bed! Aunt Joni and Jason reading the goodnight story. This is Conner's new bear that reads to him. He loves it. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

This morning we got up and started decorating the house. As you can tell, we also tried to get our Christmas picture done. Too bad Conner did not want to participate! The tree looks great (even though the ornaments are hung about four foot from the bottom of the tree!)



We are now officially ready for Santa!

We are Thankful...

We are so thankful for all that we have been blessed with, especially our wonderful family and friends.

Here are a few more things we are thankful for this holiday season:

1)Soap and combs...

2)That Jason and Brent both got a deer (now we would REALLY be thankful if we could hear a different version of why they are the world's greatest hunters!!!!!!).

3) for doctors and duct tape
Conner broke his ankle last week when he pulled a table onto his leg. The break was minor but the doctor still wanted to cast it. Jason has since wrapped a part of the cast in duct tape so that he doesn't slip on the wood floors. When we were checking into the Emergency room, the woman said, "Is this Jason?" I smiled and said no, but explained to her that Conner is another McClellan that she will probably see just as often. The receptionist at Ortho Indy made the same remark....hmm..
As you can see, the cast hasn't slowed Conner down at all! We get the cast off it two weeks!
4) for east-side roots that gave Jason and Conner their rhythm

5) for each of you! Happy Thanksgiving!