Connor's Progress

Connor is starting to be really mobile.  He started out with his back to the pillow, scooted on his bottom to the edge, leaned forward until he was laying on his belly, then rolled over.

He still really likes going outside.  In this picture he's listening to the middle school down the road's marching band.

Recently we moved up a size in clothes, so Connor finally gets to wear his Name of the Wind onesie!  Name of the Wind is one of my favorite books, and the author is really into charity.  The profits from his merchandise go to Heifer International.  I think this paid for half of a goat!

Connor loves his paci.  Not to suck on, but to chew.  It's his favorite teething toy.

As I said in the last post, there has been a lot of gaming going on in our house.  Patrick went through a dry spell and all of a sudden, all the games he wanted came out within 2 weeks of each other.   Patrick played through Batman: Arkham City, Uncharted 3, downloadable content for Deux Ex, and is now playing Skyrim.  The last is a game that should last a long time, and is fairly fun to watch, so it's all good.  Connor loves to have the things we do, so we removed a battery from a controller and let him "play" (read: stick in his mouth) along with Daddy.

Right Now

By the time I get around to posting, I've usually come up with 3 or 4 different posts I can make, but simply haven't had the time or brain power to do.  Even as I type, I am holding Connor in one arm and trying to distract him from eating the power cable to my computer.  Next week is vacation, so maybe we can post more then.  Especially videos!  We take a lot of them, but Patrick's the one who knows how to upload them, so I have to wait on his free time, which has been lacking with the influx of video games in the last month.

Connor's dexterity has increase so much! It's amazing to see him be able to do things he simply couldn't do a week ago.  Tooth two is raising it's ugly white head and leading to less sleep for both of us, but it still makes me so proud to see them.

 

Saturday we took family pictures to use for our Christmas card.  It was an interesting experience since it was just Patrick, Connor, and I with the tripod.  We weren't super successful with the whole family pictures, but had some good ones of just Connor and me, Patrick and Connor and Connor by himself.  I'm excited to get them in the mail to see what they look like and send them off to all my family and friends!

None of these are the pictures we used for the card, so look forward to them!

First Tooth

As any parent can tell you, teeth are a hard-won piece of the body.  Babies (and their parents) suffer through weeks and months of pain, drool, sometimes fevers, sleeplessness, and mucus-y poop to get those little pearlies out of their gums and into the light of day.  We were so proud when Connor's first tooth popped up last week, but we're still battling to get the rest of them out.

It is so sad for me for Connor to be in pain, but we're figuring out different ways to help him feel better, like using Hyland's teething tablets, giving him lots of teething toys, and making sure he gets lots of rest and eats a lot.

The other day I finally felt like it had been pushed up enough to try and capture in a picture.  Let's see if y'all can see it!  Plus some bonus shots of Connor's beautiful face.

Halloween Party!

I decided this year that I wanted to bring all my friends with babies or who are pregnant together for a Halloween party! I love throwing parties and bringing people together.

We invited our friends, and Connor's godparents, Dana and Matthew, who are due in January and April and David, who are due in May/June but they weren't able to come.  We also invited our friends Matt and Erica and their 2 year old Emma, but Emma was not happy to be around so many new people and decided she needed to go home after about 45 minutes, so we don't have any pictures of her.  She was dressed as Blueberry from Strawberry Shortcake.

The people who did make it were: Britni and Jerod with their sons Parker and Porter, our friends from high school Leslie and Kevin who came down for the whole weekend with their daughter Ella, and our friends Trey and Holly who are expecting in late May.

 Daddy and his cowboy

 Britni and Parker the pumpkin

 Connor did not drink any beer I promise!  

He thought it was really fun to hold the bottles though.

 Cowboy riding his horse.

 Looks drunk doesn't he?

 Mommy and her cowboy.

 L to R: Leslie, me, Connor, Parker, Jerod with Porter the scarecrow, Ella Tinkerbell, and Trey

 Holly and Trey with Connor and Ella

Parker likes to give Connor hugs and kisses