Thursday, February 21, 2013

Baby in Forward Motion!

Connor is really moving on this mobility thing.  Not only is he cruising around the house on furniture now, but he's also able to push himself around with his little walker (a newly discovered trick tonight!).  He also figured out how to 'crawl' forward yesterday.  It's not really crawling in the traditional sense, more like and exaggerated, extremely exhausting version of an army crawl, but we'll take it!!!  I think he'll perfect it over the next few week or even days.  Or maybe he'll just decide walking is more his thing.  He get's braver and braver with how far he's willing to reach for new objects to support him everyday!  I'd love to upload some videos, but Blogger keeps giving me an error message and I'm too tired to invest any more time trying to figure out what the problem is, so this little picture will have to do, sorry.  He's saying 'oo' if you're wondering.




Monday, February 18, 2013

Connor's New Hat

Connor's adorable monkey hat is getting a little tight!  I was hoping it would make it through the rest of the winter, but it's barely covering his ears these days and it's still cold outside!  So... I made Connor a new hat. I saw a pattern for this owl hat and thought it was super cute!  I think it turned out pretty great and Connor loves the yarn tassels!  Maybe we'll even get some use out of it next winter too, it's a little big right now.  
My camera caught the end of this sweet smile, but the picture still turned out pretty well.

Modeling the new hat!

He was great about letting me continually put this hat on him in hopes of a great picture.


Cruising Baby!!!

It seems like Connor learns something new every day.  This past week Connor perfected the art of cruising! Chris and I were both pretty excited for him.  Connor has been using our hands to help him get around (and still does when there isn't furniture around), he gets so excited when he can cruise on his own!  It warmer outside this past week so Connor and I were even able to walk around the apartment complex.  He loved being able to watch his shadow as he walked! 
This past week Connor also started making a 'vroom' sound when he plays with his cars.  It's really cute!  He loves it when we drive the cars over his legs and tummy, makes him laugh every time.  He also started saying 'oo,' which is also pretty exciting.  I guess I probably say that a lot to him, because whenever I bring out a 'new' toy or we read a book and I turn the page, Connor will say 'oo.'  
This week we also bought some bubbles at the store, we had some when he was younger and he loved them, but we had run out and I hadn't bought any in a while.  Anyway, they were a HUGH hit!  He kept saying 'oo' and then would try to point at them, he even got a few to pop, I don't think that was what he thought would happen, but he thought it was fun all the same.  He got an little upset when we stopped, he just loved them so much.    
All bundled up and going for a jog with Mom.

Playing with his cars.

Vroom!

The sweet smile that always greets me when I get Connor up.  I just love that smile!

"Oo," bubbles!

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Ten Months Old

When I was younger it seemed like the months just dragged by and now it seems like they come faster with each passing month!  And with that I can hardly believe Connor is 10 months old already.  He grows up more each day it seems like.  Currently, he LOVES walking assisted around the living room or really anywhere he can.  The halls at church are great!  We even walked around outside this week, he seemed to think was pretty cool.  He loved watching his shadow as he walked.  Connor still isn’t crazy about solid food, but he eats anything in pureed form.  He tired kiwi’s this week and decided they were pretty good.  We also introduced Connor to apple juice.  Each sip makes him wince, but he kept coming back for more.  Currently, Connor isn’t crazy about his afternoon naps, which he definitely still needs!  It’s been making me a little crazy, but at least he still sleeps through the nights! 

And with the time passing faster, we’re realizing that our time here in Ann Arbor is quickly coming to an end.  We found out last week that we’ll be moving to Denver!  We couldn’t be more excited.  We’re going to miss our friends here, but they are all moving on too.

Here are some pictures from the past month.
Trying his first pancake.  None of which ended up in his mouth, but had fun ripping it apart.

Such a handsome little boy!

It was so sunny out during our walks that we decided Connor needed sunglasses!  And would you believe he actually leaves them on.

Out to lunch, celebrating our big news!  Chris got the residency in Denver and we'll be moving there this summer!

Playing the piano!

Yay!  Clean baby!

Connor has decided that playing outside of this jumper is better then being inside, in fact he'll hardly sit in it anymore.