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.