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!

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.

Nine Months Old

We had our 9 month well baby appointment this week and our little guy is doing great! He is now....

29 1/2 inches tall!!!  (that keeps him in the 80th percentile)
19 pounds (about the 30th percentile)
His head is 17.72 inches (about the 40th percentile)

He caught a little cold over Christmas, but besides that, the doctors think he looks great! These are a few things Connor does and likes to do right now...

-After a few weeks of waking up every few hours, Connor is back waking up at 10:30 and then sleeping straight through until morning.
-Connor is taking 2 naps a day now, about an hour each.
-Connor loves music!  Especially musicals!  If you help him stand he'll even dance.  It's absolutely adorable! He gave his Aunt quite the show while they were watching White Christmas together.
-Connor is now rolling all over.  He tries really hard to crawl, but just hasn't quick figured out how to coordinate his arms and legs, but getting his back up off the floor is no longer a quandary.
-Connor LOVES to stand and he's getting pretty close to doing it all on his own.  He can stand while holding onto something with my help now.  He also loves to walk with my help all over the house.
-Connor ABSOLUTELY LOVES it when I play with him.  Right now he likes to roll his little cars back and forth on the floor and roll after his balls.
-Connor decided 'Puffs" are actually pretty good.  He likes baby yogurt and is in general a great little eater.
-Connor loves to bounce in his activity center still.
-Currently Connor is ABSOLUTELY attached to me.  He has to go everywhere with me and won't let me leave the room without protest, in fact if I'm further than an arms length away he insists there's a problem.  It's pretty endearing, but I'm sure he'll grow out of this phase.
-Connor is just wonderful whenever we go out, whether that's out to eat, a friends house, or just running errands.  He still hasn't gotten upset in public yet.  He just loves to people watch.  And he's always got a smile ready for anyone that looks his way.
-He's just the sweetest little good natured baby there ever was.  (If you can't tell Chris and I think we got the best baby out there!!!)

So happy and growing up way to fast!

Handsome kid!

Happy New Year!

It has again been way too long since I posted anything.  The Holidays kept us pretty busy, but we had a lot of fun visiting family and friends.  Chris and I had hoped Connor would have a fun time this year at Christmas and we think Connor had a great time figuring out how to rip open gifts.  In fact I think the wrapping paper and curly ribbon were his favorite part!  Here are some pictures from the past couple of weeks...

Our little cutie in the tub.  He still loves his baths, he would spend all night in there if I would let him!

Helping mom with the laundry.  Connor won't let me leave the room without him, so this is how he travels back upstairs after we retrieve the laundry. 

Reading a book with his Aunt Jen.  Connor loves his books and he loves to be read to.

Connor and I on Christmas even.  He was such a sweetie that evening. 

Trying on Santa's hat!!!

Connor working on this first gift.  He actually worked on this package for a few days and finally ripped it on Christmas morning.  He had fun, but he wasn't terrible quick about unwrapping.

Yay, First Christmas!

  

December already!!!

Time is just flying by!!!  Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while, I've been busy crafting away.

Our little boy is showing so much more of his personality these days.  He is back to saying 'mom' all the time.  It almost seems like he knows what it means sometimes, but he's says it all the time so I'm not 100% sure.  We're still trying to catch him saying it on video, but the second I bring the camera out he wants to play with it.  He's started using his pointer finger to point to things in his books.  He has also mastered pushing buttons on the remote with his pointer finger.  He's great at hitting the mute, power and volume buttons!  He's still sweet and snugly also.  He loves to give hugs and if you have his full attention and ask 'Connor can I have a kiss?' he'll give you one!  I just can't get enough of those Connor kisses and I think Chris feels the same.

Connor still isn't a fan of solid foods.  He gags on anything solid that makes it into his mouth.  This past week he has taken to sampling my fruit.  He likes apple slices and thought the pear piece I gave him was delicious.  He really only got juice with the apple, but he actually got some pear.  He gummed half a quarter, before I lost his attention.

He still loves his 'command center' and is getting better and better at jumping and hitting all the buttons.  He also has one of those door jumpers and it's super fun watching him jump around in it.  He looks like a little tigger! We'll have to get a video of that too.

The long awaited Christmas stockings.  They are still not totally done.  I decided not to paint our names on them.  I was too afraid I would ruin them.  I'm going to put our names on those stars.  I still have to paint mine and I have a friend cutting the names out of vinyl for me on her fancy Cricket.

Connor loves looking at himself in this little mirror.  He thinks it's really weird when Chris and I wear hoods.  So when I put his hood up and he saw his reflection this was the response.  

Riley Blake is one of my favorite fabric designers and when they came out with this new line it was the perfect excuse to make Connor another quilt.  I just love the way this one turned out and I think Connor is going to love it too!  The prairie point border is only attached at the base of the triangles so the rest is totally grab-able, which is what Connor will hopefully love.

Connor's Christmas PJ's!  I searched forever for something I liked.  These are perfect!  I usually get Chris and I new PJ's for Christmas eve and Christmas morning, but we don't really new ones, so Connor will have to carry on the tradition this year.  

Connor in front of our Christmas tree.  He just got to watch Chris and I decorate this year, but I'm sure he'll be up for helping next year!

         

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.