The Fair!

I was nervous about going to the fair tonight because Connor bug skipped his afternoon nap. Luckily he slept on Grammy's shoulder all the way to the fair!

See how Hunter's thumb is in his mouth? That means he's incredibly nervous to be on a bus for the first time. About half way to the fair he loosened up and even tried to play with the girls hair in front of us.

Connor loved the fair from the minute we arrived! Look at him shove that corn dog into his mouth, while Daddy is getting out the wallet for some more fair goodies. All day long I kept telling you two we were going to the fair and when we arrived you got so excited. You didn't realize that FAIR meant FOOD!

Hunter, also loves corn dogs!

Connor loving the corn...

Hunter loving the corn with help from Grandpa Steve...

Connor thought riding a pony was so cool. Both of you boys were so excited to ride a pony. Then when it was time to get on the pony Hunter freaked out and wouldn't go...

But everytime the pony went by he giggled and pointed, clapped and screamed! He sure thought that pony ride was fun for Connor...just not him!

Connor enjoyed the merry-go-round but it was definately not a real live pony...

Hunter had the time of his life on the merry-go-round! He laughed, giggled, and screamed HI at Grandma and Grandpa. He would've rode that all night if I would've let him!


The Allen family definately loves the fair! Maybe Daddy will take us back tonight?

Love you guys!

Mommy

PS: A more detailed letter will be in your scrap book but I knew Grammy was excited to see fair pictures.

Connor's day at the parade!

A few groups were pulling around ice-chests of water in their wagons to give away. Connor was all over a free bottle of water. He drank some, spilled some, and shared some with brother.

Connor bug collecting on a piece of candy he had been thrown!

Connor had to bring all the candy to Daddy for safe keeping! wink, wink.

Connor picking up a piece of candy. (are you noticing a theme?)

Connor loved the parade! He danced a little when he thought you weren't watching, he almost got ran over by a monster truck running out to grab a tootsie roll (thank god Mommy can still run faster!), and he absolutely loved all the treats and attention. He was by far the BEST candy grabber out there- plus he was so cute all the floats threw us the good candy! =0)

Hunter's Day at the Parade

It may look like Hunter is thrilled and laughing over the fire trucks- but really Daddy is bouncing him up and down to make him giggle!

Hunter and Daddy are dancing together on the sidewalk!

Hunter is on his way to the lady with the bag, she has candy! The guy behind her had otter pops! It didn't take him long to figure out how to score the treats!

Hunter is dancing to the band that is walking by. You could see in his eyes he is thinking about being a drum major!

Overall: Hunter had a blast at the parade... lots of dancing, lots of candy, oh yeah... there was one scary part: The WOLF! Silly mascots!

Tomorrow: Connor's day at the parade!

How Cute were You!

Hey boys,
I was just looking through G'pa Allen's pictures and I found the cutest picture of you two! It reminded me how cute you were sitting up there at the piano and playing. Connor just liked to play and make noise but Hunter really thought he was playing a song and he would look back to make sure that you were enjoying the music. G'pa seemed to catch the perfect moment here!
I love you!
Mommy

PS: You were 10 months old!

Mommy and Daddy have been married 5 years!

Kendall walked Connor down the aisle. She did such a great job! She looked so cute in her little dress.

Cousin Josie walked Hunter down the aisle. She had her hair done at Monkey Dooz and looked stinkin' adorable!

Dear Hunter and Connor,

Mommy and Daddy renewed their wedding vows this weekend. It was a very fun night.
We had you and the girls walk down the aisle. You all did a wonderful job. Josie had a death grip on Hunter and as they were walking told him at one point, "COME ON HUNTER!" I made the mistake of telling Kendall and Connor to go to Mommy because Kendall's Mommy was at the end of the aisle. When they got about half way down the aisle Connor broke free from Kendall and started booking it towards me. He had this look on his face that said," Go to Mommy, Go to Mommy." It was really cute. Then when all of you got to the end of the aisle you decided to stand in a circle and hold hands. We don't know what you were doing, but it was the cutest thing in the world. You definatly knew the party was all for you and that you were cute.

We had Pastor Mark run the ceremony and he did a fantastic job! We even did unity sand. You two both had the green sand, Daddy had blue, I had red, and Pastor Mark had white. It went pretty well. Connor took it very seriously and didn't spill a drop. Hunter was more interested in watching Connor so he spilled... a lot. I loved every minute of watching you two do that. The unity sand jar looks really cute on our fire place right now. Hopefully, it will survive the years because it is really a cute keepsake.

I didn't get to see you much the rest of the night which was hard because I didn't get to see you at all that day. I was busy getting ready and getting my hair done so you went to Gram's house. Then at the reception Grammy and Gram watched you so we could visit with the guests. Every now and then I would look over at you two and it seemed like you ate most of the night! Who can blame you though? There was a ton of yummy food and cake to fill those little bellies up.

By the end of the night, Hunter was so tired and he missed me so much that he just crawled into my lap and sat with me for 30 minutes. The next night we went to Chelsea's birthday party and he did the same thing except he sat on me for almost an hour!

We have one more week together before I go back to work. I'm going to spend as much of it with you as I can. I'll have to leave a few times to go set up my classroom, but I promise we'll do a bunch of fun things this week to make up for it. I definitely want to go to the sprinkler toys/sno-cones again. Leanne also mentioned the Mcdonald's by the old Oasis. She said it has the best toyland she's seen yet.

I love you very much. Thanks for being so darn cute!

Love you and love you,

Mommy

To Beth Carlson...

Hi Beth!

Connor caught his first fly today! I was absolutely disqusted....Hunter crinkled his nose at it.... but Connor was thrilled to death. He's been trying to catch one all week. I think this one had a broken wing or something, because for the life of me I can't figure out how he did it.

Anyways.... I thought you'd be proud! =0)

Love You!

Stephanie

This picture was taken a few months ago... but it was a very similar face today after his catch!

Daddy

Dear Hunter and Connor,

I was thinking today about how great your daddy is and I thought that I should tell you about it, so that one day when you're a teenager and mad at us over something trivial maybe you'll read your letter books, come across this letter, and remember how wonderful we are! =0)

Your Daddy has been the best Daddy from day one. He went to the cafeteria and ordered a dozen or more quesadillas and cranberry juice when we were in the hospital. Not once did he complain, remind me how many calories I was consuming, or ask for a bite! (He knows how much I hate to share food!)

When we got home from the hospital he would work all day and then come home and take care of you until midnight just so I could have four uninterrupted hours of sleep before I had to pull the night shift.

He made you pillow bed. Which was a pillow on the couch that you loved to sleep on. He assured me you would not suffocate or roll off because he would sit right next to and watch you breathe the whole time you were on it.... and he did!

He always tells me what a great Mommy I am even when I fell asleep and dropped Hunter off the couch, or when I clipped Connor's nail to short and made it bleed. I would be crying and Daddy would list a dozen things I did well and remind me that you'd never remember those incidents. I can share them now, because you're toddlers and giving yourself far worse bruises and bumps just by toddling around!

Daddy will drop whatever he's doing to read you a book, pull you in your wagon, color with you, or sneak you a cookie.

When you lose your balloon in the mall, which happens everytime we go, Daddy goes to the counter and gets you another balloon.

Daddy never complains about how much money Mommy spends on the cutest pajamas, the new shoes, the pictures at the Picture People, or the toys that I think you have to have! He always just smiles and says how cute you are or how you needed that new toy!

Daddy helps you conquer your fears! He shows you the fish aren't anything to be scared of, you can get your hair rinsed without getting soap in your eyes, and brushing teeth can be fun!

He makes you laugh more than Mommy ever can. Which doesn't surprise me, because he makes me laugh too!

Most importantly, He makes Mommy happy! He takes care of our every need so that I can be a better Mommy and you can be cute, carefree, little boys for as long as possible!

Mommy loves Daddy very, very much . You do too!

I love you and Daddy loves you!
Mommy

Daddy with Connor when he was 9 months old. He loved snuggling at night!

Daddy showing Hunter that fish are friends! We don't have to be scared of fish.

Daddy letting Connor explore the fish. No fear here!

Daddy pulling you both in your wagon. You love that wagon!

drinks from the hose

Dear Connor and Hunter,
I think the pictures say it all today; Your dang cute! =0)
I love you,
Mommy