Thanksgiving

November is going by so quickly!  I can't believe Thanksgiving has already come and gone.  We all enjoyed some turkey and sweet potatoes (even Chris!).  I tried a new sweet potato recipe and it was a huge hit.  I'll definitely be making that one for years to come!  Connor tried some sweet potato chunks and some small pieces of turkey.  He gagged on both.  I thought we might have a winner with the sweet potatoes since he loves the mashed ones so much, but no luck.  We ended up giving him some sweet potato and turkey baby food, which he gobbled up!  I think he's just not crazy about the texture of finger foods yet.  He did enjoy squishing the sweet potato chunks in his fists.  

Let see what else is new...  Connor has started holding his arms up when he wants to be picked up.  I think that's pretty fun.  Chris got him to roll to the right.  He still favors rolling to his left, but at least we know he can do it the other way too.  We've started going through the stage 2 food.  Just the ones that combine the foods he's already tried (the turkey was an exception).  We'll branch out some more soon.  He is a wonderful little eater!  He is now eating 3 meals a day and a pretty substantial amount each time too.  Connor is down to two naps a day and is still sleeping wonderfully at night, usually 11 hours (yippe!).  He does still wake up at 3:00 am 3-4 time a week, but it's usually because he has worked himself out of his swaddle and wants to be re-swaddled.  We still can't get him to sleep without it and I think he's bonded with a certain blanket.  I have a hard time getting to sleep without it.     

We just got our first snow today and Connor was completely fascinated   It wasn't a very nice snow, it was pretty windy and icy so we didn't take him out, but maybe next time.

     

Enjoying a nice sunny day.

A happy baby boy!

Thanksgiving!!!

Trying some 'real' sweet potatoes. 

Connor's Thanksgiving dinner.

Connor in his "command center."

7 Months Old

I can hardly believe it's November and our little Connor is now 7 months old!  It's crazy how fast these little guys grow!  Connor finally figured out how to roll to his left from his tummy (so much for tummy time)!  He's super proud of himself every time too.  Each time he does it he gives us a huge smile.  He really wants to army-crawl and can with some assistance, but he can't do it on his own yet.  He has actually fallen forward a few times trying to get toys, but he just get's onto his belly and doesn't seem at all concerned that he just about face planted his little self.  He's completely fascinated with remotes and tries to eat them every chance he gets.  He loves playing with his toys while he sits.  He 'study's' any new toys very seriously before he plays with them.  He just loves figuring out how things work and once you show him, he's very enthusiastic about trying.   

He's getting much better with this hand eye coordination.  He can pick up little cereal puffs AND put them in his mouth (that last part is new!).  He can't quite decide if he likes the puffs, but putting things in his mouth is always fun.  Connor has now tried all the 1st stage foods, except prunes.  He tolerates peaches and hates bananas.  I couldn't really blame him there, the baby food ones are REALLY sweet.  I bought some fresh bananas this week and am going to try mashing those up for him, we'll see if he likes those better.  He thought carrots were okay, but they weren't really a favorite.  He eats two solid meals a day now.  I tried to give him breakfast yesterday, but he didn't really want it.  We'll try again in a few days, but I'm not worried about it.  He's such a great little eater!

Connor also started saying 'mam' this morning!  Hopefully that turns into 'ma ma' soon.  He also says 'ba' and just babbles in general.  It's pretty cute.  He definitely knows who we are and he tries to communicate with us all the time.  He's just turning into more of a little person everyday.

Connor also just loves his baths.  He can be in a terrible mood and a bath will cheer him right up!  He is able to sit in the tub now and really enjoys splashing and playing with his little rubber ducky.  

Chris was in Colorado last week interviewing and was off in San Antonio this weekend.  Chris really liked the VA in Colorado and he liked the program in San Antonio.  I don't know what we'll do if San Antonio calls this week...  The other three programs that he has interviewed at are all 'match.'  So we won't find out until the end of January if we go that route.  

I finally was able to finish sewing our Christmas stocking!!!  They turned out really cute.  As soon as I get our names on them I'll post pictures of the finished product.  

Chris outside the Alamo in San Antonio, TX

Connor in a onesies from our baby shower.  This one turned out really well! 

Connor contemplating eating some finger food.

Connor getting some finger food into his mouth!  He didn't really care for it, but he keeps putting them in his mouth anyway.

Yay!!! Connor now has his own cups and he loves them.  He still doesn't really care for water, but he also still doesn't need it.  So we'll just keep practicing. 

Connor LOVES his basketball.  He gets a little frustrated playing with it sometimes, he drops it quite a bit, but he still loves it.  His favorite thing to do with it is hit it while it's sitting in his lap.  I couldn't get him to sit still while I took this picture, but this one turned out pretty cool.