Christmas Pictures

We had the kids pictures taken with Santa this year. He is so darling and so good with the kids. He really takes time to talk to them and answer all their questions. Sydney told me when we got there that she only wanted to stand by him she didn't want to sit on his lap. I know that day will come when she doesn't want to sit on his lap any more so if it takes a few years to her to be comfortable then I am OK with it! She was however very excited to tell him that she wanted a princess castle for Christmas! We are counting down the days! While we had the kids all dressed up we decided to take a few of our own! We are excited for Connor's first Christmas this year and love having him here! Hope you enjoy a few pictures :)

Simple Pleasures

I have just experienced one of the simple pleasures of life. My little man smiled at me for the first time today! He is such a joy and I couldn't ask anything more! :)

Brother and Sister

We were putting Connor in his car seat the other day and we snapped this picture because I remembered that I had almost the exact one of Sydney. I really think that they look alike and it was fun to see these pictures of them doing the same thing!



SYDNEY



CONNOR

Fun Halloween

This year for halloween Sydney wanted to be Winnie the Pooh until we went to Disneyland and her mind was quickly changed when she saw the princesses.She was excited for trick-or-treating except she cried everytime she saw something scary. We decided to go to my sister-in-laws house and let the cousins play. We had a good time. Connor even got into the action and we decided that he needed to be our little superman!

Connor Ryan Marrelli

We are so excited that Connor has joined our family! He was born on Monday October 27th at 12:19 in the afternoon! He was 6lbs. 7oz. and 19 1/5 inches long. I will postmore pictures later but her is here and Sydney couldn't be more excited to be a big sister! Thanks for all the love and support!

A little catch up

Life has been a little crazy lately and I know it is going to even crazier as the arrival of baby Connor is just a few days away! We are getting very excited. In fact I am taking a little break right now from cleaning my house from top to bottom so everything is ready for Connor to come. Here are a few things we have been up to lately:

-Ryan has been keeping us busy with all of his sports. He finished up a great season of softball by winning the regular season and taking second in the tournament. He has also found another new thing to keep him busy: Flag football. He plays with some friends from high school as well as with the guys from our ward. He is also playing indoor soccer right now. Sydney and I love to support him and go to all of his games.

-Sydney is just growing by the day and keeps us laughing. She has such a funny personality and comes up with some wacky stuff. She loves anything yellow and is very excited to teach baby brother all there is to know in the world. She asks me all the time "Mom, when baby brother gets big can I teach him...pretty much anything from kneeling up to the table to dancing when the music comes on" She is so funny.

-We did take a trip to Disneyland in September and had a great time. Sydney loved it and we pretty much catered to anything she wanted to do.

-I have just been enjoying the nice weather and also getting bigger by the day :) Just kidding but I have decided that baby number two is harder on the body then number one but I know I will look back and miss it when he is finally here. Some of our good friends have had babies in the past few months so we are looking forward to having some play dates in the future.

Sorry to go on so long but I have not written in my journal for a long time so thanks for letting me vent some feelings and memories! Enjoy :)

Fun Tag

8 t.v shows that you love to watch...

Amazing Race
Chuck
Life
Survivor
The Bachelor/Bachelorette
The Hills
Criminal Minds
Law & Order

8 favorite restaurants...

Cafe Rio
Olive Garden
Market Street
Deli at the 5th
El Matador
Lone Star
Mandrin
Cutlers

8 things that happened yesterday...

watched General Conference
played with Sydney
cooked dinner
took a nap
Ryan's parents basement flooded
talked on the phone
That's all I could come up with :)

8 things I am looking forward to...

Connor's birth
Mexico in January
Seeing Sydney in her Halloween costume
Meeting my new little man
watching some good TV tonight
Ryan coming home from work
getting my house in order for the baby to come
the upcoming holidays

8 things on my wish list...

a finished basement
Connor to be born just perfect
a sewing machine
my house to be magically spotless
a good nights sleep ( I know I am kidding myself:)
my pre-baby body
tickets to Wicked
for my family to be happy and healthy

8 people that I tag...

Tiff M
Tiff R
Brooke
Karen
Amanda
Heidi
Amy
Heather
(or whoever wants to :)