Random pics

Brother Lugo

I have been visiting this brother for months with the missionaries and he has asked me a lot of questions. He asked me to explain one of the hardest things that I have ever had to explain in a discussion. I was asked to baptize him and I was excited. He has already read half of the Book of Mormon and is looking to finish it soon! He is a ripped kickboxer.

Night at the Lights

Christmas Lights!

Cindy and I both love the Holiday Season and the lights and Spirit of this time of year and since we aren't in an Apartment Complex this Christmas we have been excited to decorate outside. I was humbled by the house next door, since everyone seems to try to beat their neighbors right! I didn't even try to compete. I just did the best that I could with what I had. I kept looking out the window in the month of November and everytime that I did I saw like 40 PEOPLE working on my neighbors Christmas lights. So since I am pretty much on my own until Connor gets bigger and he can scamper up the trees, I have decided to accept defeat. I am very competitive but....I can't take on 40 people right? So I am posting my christmas light display and my neighbors and you can tell me which is better!

Smiles

We have been enjoying our time with Connor lately! He is such a fun baby and he is starting to smile alot more! We are discovering new ways to talk to him and whistle at him that make me light up and smile.

Connor's Blessing Day

Being A Pops

Though some might think of this time in Connor's life insignificant, I am really enjoying it. I have hardly worked any Over Time this last month because I want to be at home. I don't want to go anywhere else but home to relax with my family of three. Simple life style and simple plan, but that is what I want. When I am at work, gym or at a church meeting I just want to get home. I enjoy the feeling of him sleeping on my chest and the comfort of knowing that he is ok. What a beautiful feeling! We have been blessed for having invited him into our home. His simple smiles lighten our day so much.

JIM CRAIG vs. PANCHO VILLA

Great Grandmas

Someone loves the water!

ASU

So today I changed Connor into an ASU outfit so that I wouldnt feel alone when watching the Game against Georgia, I felt that Georgia was going to walk all over ASU (which they DID!) so I wanted my son there with me to cheer on the Devils. It was our first game to watch together and he handled it pretty good. He started biting his nails in the first quarter, which was good because mine where gone before the opening kickoff.





















Cindy came in and took a picture of us (she usually doesn't like it when I watch football cuz she likes soccer n baseball) and let us watch it. Thanks Mom! We took him out alittle today and he enjoyed it! He went to see his great grumps for the first time and show him his little DEVILS shirt.

ITS AN AMBUSH!!

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YA RIGHT!! You look at these pictures and think that the kid is a great sleeper. . . right?? After contemplating for hours, I have come to the conclusion that he is a bat. All day he can be wrapped up in a blanket and zonked out, or he puts on this move of a MODEL trying to show how a baby is "supposed" to sleep with both hands under his cheeks. Right, just like in all the kids books. Then, starting at 10 p.m. - 4 a.m. he has to wake up and feed! Like every 30 minutes this little guy starts up his pistons and wakes the whole house up. I wish he would start his fussy business about 4 a.m. when I have to wake up anyway, but at 10 p.m. when I want to go to sleep it is just upside down!

Baby Connor!

Baby Connor finally decided to join us late last night.  Cindy was induced on Monday the 1st of Sept. at 3 p.m.  We went in in a very tranquil state.  No pressure or pains, just wanting to see our little man.  Cindy was all hooked up to the machines and started her Patosin, she was having contractions every 4-5 minutes but they weren't hurting her very badly.  She continued with the same contractions for the next 14 hours.  The doctor came in and broke Cindy's water with the hopes that she would advance quicker after the water had broken.  Her contractions started to increase and become stronger and that brought more pain.  She received her epidural Tuesday a.m. at around 9.  That calmed her pain and she was able to relax, all night she hadn't been able to sleep a wink.  We kept watching her and checking her dilation all through the day and she was going really slow.  After about 30 hours the nurse said that she was dilated to a 9 and so she called the doctor.  The doctor came in at about 11 p.m. Tuesday night and said that Cindy was dilated and 100% effaced.  We were so excited, Cindy was really happy because she was emotionally and physically drained after not having eaten in 32 hours! ( except for a bite from one of uncle Jay's Krispy Kreme donuts and some smarties that I was feeding her between the checkups)

Finally we were able to buckle down and start pushing.  (I say "we" because I about had a hernia from doing exactly what Cindy was doing to try to show her how to push!) The doctor was excited for Cindy's progress and finally after about 30 minutes of pushing.  He came free.  His chord was wrapped around his neck and that caused him to have some breathing problems at first.  Connor weighed in at a whoppin 8 lbs 14 oz and we were excited to see his size.  Cindy didn't even get to hold him because they just whisked him away to a different area in the hospital.  The doctor is a great guy and looked at us and said that Connor would be fine, they just want to make sure he got a clear air passage and then they would bring him in.  The doc finished his business and Cindy started to stand up and move around.  We were moved to our room where I was finally able to set up camp and we were able to get some rest.  They finally brought Connor in at around 2 a.m. he was born at 11:32 on September 2nd.  Cindy finally was able to hold him and start feeding and he latched on really well and stayed there for about 35 minutes, going to town!  The nurses then took him for 2 hours so that Cindy could sleep and promised to bring him back when it was time for him to eat again.  I was snoozin on the couch in our room when they brought him in and I seriously didn't hear anything until I felt Cindy hit me with a bag of little debbie donuts.  She said that she was calling my name and I just wouldn't wake up.  So the fam all came over in the a.m. and took pics and then almost everyone took off and here I am, sittin here with my delivery service food and the "cookie lady" who brings cookies around to everyone at 11 a.m. every day just brought me like 6 big cookies, so I am in no hurry to leave!  Life is good and Connor is breathing better so we are all happy!   We will post pictures when I get home where my camera cable is.  Hasta luegito!

Miscelaneous Pics

4th of July weekend in Taylor

MOM IN THE BAND

MOM IN THE BAND

Firing of the Anvil

Judge Peterson Firing off the anvil in Taylor.

Baseball it is!

We were given 5 free tickets this week so we went twice to see the dbacks play. Baseball is really the only sport that we can sit and watch together. Cindy loves watching baseball! She doesnt like it when I watch football, basketball or UFC so.....baseball it is!

Cindy n Friends

Some ladies from the Spanish Branch where we attended for 19 months in Gilbert called Cindy and wanted to have a small baby shower with just the ladies from the branch. So these are some pics from the small shower that they had at the branch building. Cindy enjoyed herself and she had fun seeing some sisters the she hadn't seen for a few months. My favorite part was that a family from Peru just came back from a 2 month trip to Peru and they brought me back some Sumblime Blancos. My favorite chocolate from there!

Cliff Jumping

A few weeks ago I took the Priests and Teachers to a Priesthood activity in our ward. We went to Canyon lake and we had a lot of fun. I came back burned and with a headache, but it was fun to get out and learn how to swim again. It has been a long time since I had to swim farther than a pool's length. But the great thing about me is that I float! I just roll over on my back and that is my life saver! We planned on going cliff jumping while we were there and as you can see, I had to be the first in the water and the first to jump. The young men were all talking it up and then when it came down to it, nobody wanted to be the
first to jump! The whole way there they were in the back seat saying how high they were going to jump from and bla bla bla. I didn't even think that I would have to get wet. But the trip was going to be a waste if nobody got in the water right?? So as you can see, I forgot to take my wallet out of my pocket when I got in the water! GOOD ONE TIM!!