Fall back

One of my New Years resolutions was to stay current on my blog. I appreciate each and every one of you who actually take the time to read this and especially look through my many pictures. I know I can go a little overboard at times. However, I don't really keep a blog for followers. It's more for personal use and to document life's happenings. At times, I find myself going back to 2010, when I first started this blog, to read and see about our past. Especially comparing my first pregnancy to the second. If I'm going back and reminiscing two years in, I know I'll look back at this twenty years from now. And hopefully the boys will too. This is our own personal (electronic) book of life :o)

That being said, I've got to make up for my slacking, aka being a busy bee, aka a mother of two. I know I'm going out of order, but I failed to post about Fall 2012, one of my other favorite times of the year.

Since Cameron surprised us much earlier than expected, I didn't even think twice about a Halloween costume for him. Actually, I'm lying. It did cross my mind, but of course Rich didn't feel it would be necessary to have one on hand. Ya know, just in case. Boy, were we wrong.

Picking out Spencer's costume last year (2012) was a chore. He was going through the phase where he refused hats. So after three costume returns later, we found one that would make due. A costume where even if he didn't wear the hat, you would still recognize the look he was going for.

fighting the hat

ahh, much better

When Cam surprised us by showing up on October 17th, this mama had to rush ship a costume for our baby's first Halloween!

2 weeks old!

still can't get over how small he was

And of course, my attempt at both boys on Halloween:

Spencer hosted his first Halloween party. He had his friends Atlas, Blaise, Ruby and Ellie over, and of course their parents. We snacked, drank and trick or treated. I may have been an overachiever since Cam was so new, but we had the party plans for some time. We made it work out and all of the kids had a great time.

The weekend before Halloween, we visited a local pumpkin patch to choose the perfect one. I was 1.5 weeks postpartum and SO happy to get out of the house for fresh air.

As you can see, someone took a bad tumble from having too much fun. Not only did we pick our pumpkin, but Spence even got a mini one of his own.
That same weekend involved carving our pumpkin and some crafts.

Then there's Thanksgiving. Nothing more to tell other than we ate, drank and spent quality time with family. This year (2012), Libby was here visiting. My parents came up hosted our dinner. Cameron was so new that I wasn't willing to travel anywhere with him. Next year will be different though. I failed to take many pictures, but I did manage to snap Spencer enjoying his new baby brother, us at Turkey day dinner, and my dessert table spread:

19 weeks~Thanksgiving day

We came. We ate. We conquered. Happy official Holidays, everyone!

Things have been a little busy around the Condon household for the past couple weeks, which explains my absence for blogging.
Last weekend we went down to Port Saint Lucie to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family. We went Friday afternoon and returned Sunday. We got to spend quality time with everyone over a massive, delicious meal. My mom, grandmother, and all of my aunts spend a few days preparing everything and it definitely shows. After the day and dinner we had yesterday, I will never take a Thanksgiving meal for granted again. I never really put that much emphasis on what goes into a dinner like that. After spending a day and a half doing nothing but cooking and cleaning, I got my wake-up call. So to all of you moms, sisters, and daughters, who have cooked and hosted Thanksgiving, BRAVO!

Rich and I ended up hosting the holiday this year in our new home. We had the pleasure of spending the day with his mom, and then the afternoon into the night, with his dad and Sandra, who is his dad's significant other, and Rich's cousin, Bill.
It really was a wonderful day and meal. I must say I'm quite proud of myself. However, my back and feet are not. I meant to capture the moment on film, but I was so busy that I forgot. Although I was able to snap a pic of our festive table, pre-dinner:

and I just decided to add this one in here too because I think I think it's cute, and it shows the table a little. Delila seems quite confused :

When I was younger, my mom and I used to indulge in that crazy day known as "Black Friday". We used to be "those" people who would wake up at 3am and door bust. LOL When 8am rolls around, you feel as if you've put in a full days worth of work. It really is crazy. I haven't shopped black Friday like that in years though. While browsing through the ads yesterday, I did see some great deals, but nothing that we really needed. Well, 4:30 this morning rolls around and of course I toss and turn, and can't fall back asleep. This has been happening more frequent than I would like. So I finally get out of bed around 5 and instantly go check the Old Navy ad for their black Friday hours. They had been open since midnight, I couldn't sleep, so what's a girl to do?? SHOP! hahaa That's right, I got dressed and went shopping super early this morning. I only went to Old Navy, Starbucks, and Target, but did get some great deals. I, of course, bought more things for the baby. He got more clothes, socks, and an actual toy. It's all so cute! I was also able to find some winter clothes for myself. We'll be heading to Atlanta for New Years, so warmer clothes are a must. And we can't forget about Rich, he got some things too, but we won't specify what. I was actually able to shop without him for once so I took advantage and started my Christmas shopping.

Speaking of Christmas, I decorated this morning! With the things I had to work with anyway. Rich still has to get our Christmas box from out of the attic. He's currently at a closing, but sometime this afternoon we're going to pick out our tree. I don't know what it is this year, but I am so stinkin' excited about the holidays. Last year with all that was going on with the wedding, we didn't really celebrate to the fullest. We didn't get a tree or decorate, but it was all worth it once March rolled around.

At Target this morning I purchased a mini tree, with all the mini decorations to add to it. I was able to get that put up. Isn't he cute!? I'll post a picture of our main tree once we get it all up and decorated:

I haven't shared a belly pic in two weeks, but I can assure you this thing is growing like whoa now. My first pair of maternity pants are actually getting tight around the waist. When I sit and eat I have to unbutton them. Classy!
I've been feeling the baby move since a little over 17 weeks. I don't think it's hard kicks yet, but more so the quickening. It was very light at first, but now it's getting a little harder each time. It's just amazing to feel my little man moving around. It's nice to know he really is in there.
Rich has been able to feel him a couple of times too. I think it's more apparent to me right now, but he's felt a little somethin', somethin'.

Next week, Thursday, we're going for our 20 week ultrasound. I can't wait to see him again! Let's hope everything measures properly and all looks good! They will also confirm the gender, yet again. After this photo shoot, we won't get to see him again until the end of January when we go for our 3d/4d ultrasound. Those should be some pretty incredible photos!

Instead of the usual belly pic this week, we managed to snap a couple regular ones for Thanksgiving: