Connor's godparents

Dusty and I love the idea of our kids having godparents. An "extra" set of parents set aside to love on our kids and pray for them intentionally. We had the privilege of becoming godparents over 5 years ago when Caden Davis was born. We love making him feel special....showing up to all his special events, taking him on special dates, giving him fun gifts from time to time, but most importantly, setting time aside to pray for him. We love this idea so much that we wanted to do it for our kids as well. Our great friends, Dave and Carly Cordero, are Dillan's godparents and they love on him so well. We just asked Drew and Jordyn if they would be Connor's godparents and they said YES! I know they will be the best! Connor is so lucky!

A letter from Connor asking his auntie and uncle

to be his godparents:)

New Years Eve and my Birthday!

Is it seriously already 2011??? Where did 2010 go? I know that sounds cliche, but seriously this last year flew by! Reflecting back on the year, I am reminded of how blessed we are and how much fun we had! Watching Dillan grow and learning that we were expecting another one was SO much fun! To celebrate New Years, we all decided we needed a night out with no kiddos. Dusty's cousins were kind enough to come babysit a house full of babies (5 to be exact) and we got to have some fun on the town! Our closet friends headed to Rip Tide Sushi for some yummy food and good times. We came back to our house to ring in the New Year and I think we were in bed by 12:10 am:) In addition to ringing in the New Year, we also rang in my 29th birthday! It was fun to celebrate with my friends and then have my family with me the next day to celebrate. My parents came down and my dad and Dust fixed an AMAZING dinner. All in all, in was the perfect celebration for this 9 month prego!

Happy New Year Dilly!

The Boys: Jon, Matt, Drew, Kyle, and Dust

The Get Along Gang

Gardiner's, Hamman's, Olson's, Bettino's, and Davis'

Sake BOMBS!!!!

The boys knockin' it down!

Me and Roonie

The girls: Jord, Kar, Steph, Kim, and Les

Me and Lester

Les made me a yummy red velvet cake!

Make a wish!

Birthday Cake Shots!

Ky and Dust

My birthday dinner!

The family

Christmas Cheer!

Christmas this year was amazing! There are NO WORDS to capture how much joy Dillan brought us this year. To see the Christmas season through his eyes was such a gift. We had quite the busy season (shocker!) but it was so fun to spend time with friends and family and to celebrate Christ's birth with the people we love most. The first thing we had to do to start the season off right was to pay Santa a visit! Dillan was really into Santa from afar, but not as big of a fan close up. He wouldn't quite go for the lap, but was content to sit next to him:)

Dillan, say hi to Santa!

What a cutie!

After we had seen Santa, Dillan was ready to start the celebration. We started celebrating our family Christmas at our home on the morning of the 23rd. We exchanged our gifts and had a yummy breakfast together as a family. So fun to start our own family traditions!

Hey, what's in here???

I got a new harmonica!

Crossword boxers for daddy

Daddy showing Dillan how to play his new guitar

A new willow tree from Dust...a mommy

and her two boys

After our Christmas we headed up to Pasadena to stay at Oly and PJ's for a couple of days and celebrate with the Olson clan. We had so much fun with Boe, Chrissy, Charlie, and Oly and PJ. They SHOWERED us and the boys with awesome gifts and we had such yummy food! We even got the special gift of finding out we are going to have another niece! Boe and Chrissy will be welcoming a little girl in May....we can hardly wait!

PJ's pretty tree

Oly reading Dilly the book about baby Jesus

being born on Christmas Eve

Stockings!!!!!

Helping Dillan with his stocking

Charlie Boy

Bros and their boys

A new outfit for Connor!

A new double jogger from Oly and PJ!

Dillan's favorite gift....a BUZZ car!

He was a pro!

Going to Christmas Eve service at Lake Ave

After our time with the Olson's we headed over to Papa and Yaya's house for more celebration and LOTS more food! My mom cooked enough food for an army and we were so spoiled by all the yumminess! We celebrated the day after Christmas so Drew and Jordyn could be there! Being home is amazing and mom and dad always make it so special!

Connor's crib bedding from Papa and Yaya

Clark Griswald's house....aka, Papa's house

To infinity and BEYOND!

Hanging out with Riley!

Matching Jammies for Beebs and Dilly

Christmas kisses for mommy

Me and the babes

Dilly's new truck from Uncle Drewbie and Auntie J

The coolest kids on the block!

Dillan opening his new Mickey Mouse book from

mommy and daddy. He was so excited!

Family Photo Shoot

Our friend Ani, who took my maternity pictures when I was pregnant with Dillan, is an awesome photographer and knows some great spots in OC. So we hit her up again for a little family photo shoot that would work for a family Christmas card as well as some maternity pics round 2:) I really love how they turned out (especially considering getting a good shot with an 18 month old is quite challenging!!!!!) Here are some of my favorites!