A plethora of videos! Plus b-b-b-bonus pics!

I've been having trouble motivating myself to get videos edited and ready to post to the blog, but Becca told me I couldn't play any video games until I got them done today. So... here they are! We've got a whole bunch of Connor videos. Not so many of Eamon since, let's face it, there's not much he can do yet. Don't worry though, I've got one in there for you at the end!

I got a couple of good videos of Connor singing. First up is B-I-N-G-O. At the end of the video, you can hear Connor start a verse saying, "Clap, I, NGO!" He says "clap" instead of actually clapping.

Next up is the Itsy Bitsy Spider. Connor will sometimes do hand motions for the whole song, but this is the best I've managed to catch on video.

Speaking of spiders, Connor likes to climb up on our bed like he's Spider-Man!

And here he reminds me of a certain video game character...

Sometimes I will take Connor out, just the two of us, so Becca can have a little bit of a break with only Eamon at home. Yesterday I took Connor to our church's playground, which he had all to himself. He's showing signs of being an introvert, and he's quite happy to play alone!

Another one of Connor's favorite things to do is to "Watch videos Connor!" Here's a video of Connor laughing at a video of Connor. He also laughs when he watches this video, so I could probably make some kind of endless loop.

Connor wanted to see what it was like to take a walk in Mama's shoes.

And, as promised, here's a video of Eamon. I got him started on some tummy time. He seems to like it a lot!

While I'm at it, here are some photos of Connor. Some of these have been on my phone for a long time, and I have just today set them free! Enjoy! (Also, sorry if any of these pictures aren't new to the blog. I'm too tired to go back and be sure of it.)

Connor likes it when Aunt Sassy reads to him.

Cute little guy sitting in a chair like a big guy!

Connor and Hadley running around on the hill in front of the Winship House at Tate.

Watching Kiki at Ol' Heidelberg...

...adorably.

"All right. I think we're done here."

Eamon's One Month Appointment

Today we went as a family for Eamon's one month appointment.  Patrick needed to check in with the doctor about his back pain and to make the day less complicated, we decided to skip Connor's nap, especially since he slept in for over an hour this morning.  We had a nurse we hadn't seen before and she pronounced Eamon's name as "e-mon."  However, she told us it's because she's married to man from the Caribbean (St.Vincent I think she said?) and that it is a really common name down there, but pronounced that way.  I'm glad to know it's a common name somewhere other than Ireland!

Giant buddy.

My sweet Eamon continues to be a big guy.  At birth, his head was 36.5 cm, he was 9 lbs, 6 oz, and 20.25 inches long.  Today his head was 38 cm, he weighs 12 lbs, 6 oz, and is 23 inches long.  His head is in the 50%, but the rest of him is 95%.  At birth, Connor was 7 pounds, 11 ounces and 22 inches .  At Connor's one month appointment he was 22.75 inches and 11 pounds.  So Connor actually gained a little bit more weight in his first month, but Eamon got a LOT longer.

I took Connor to the doctor when I was 39 weeks pregnant with Eamon and he weighed 27 lb, 6 oz without his shoes.  Today we weighed him (with shoes) and he was 29 lbs, 6oz!  That makes me happy because he has barely been eating food since Eamon was born and nursing a lot.  But he's obviously fine if he put on nearly 2 lbs in 7 weeks!

Eamon had his second Hepatitis B shot today and he knocked the needle out of his leg and wailed afterwards.  The nurse was the one who had given Connor the vast majority of his shots and we were both a little shocked because Connor has always not cared about shots.  I guess I got spoiled by his high pain tolerance!  I'm not looking forward to his next appointment because there are a lot of shots.  Poor boy.

Eamon's Baptism

Today was Eamon's baptism!  This weekend we had my best friend Heidi and her husband Dan fly in from Michigan to be Eamon's godparents.  We had an awesome visit with them that was over far too quickly.  After going to mass this morning, we had lunch with Happah, Nana, Sani, and Uncle Will at Phil Sandoval's and then went to the baptismal service. 

He slept most of the lunch.

Silly Danny-boy

The baptismal service was performed by one of the church deacons, and he made it short and sweet. There was one other family that was having both their young children baptized and they had a lot of  kids from their family present for the baptism.  The deacon had everyone gather around the fount and confirm our intent to have Eamon baptized and renew our own baptismal vows.  Then he anointed the babies, and baptized them!

Grumpy buddy.

Godparents!

Happah and Sani kept Connor entertained.

Laying hands on our boy.

Family picture!

With the godparents.

With two of his grandparents on Grandparents Day!

Eamon reading the paper with Sani.

Special thank you to Uncle Will for taking all the great photos at the baptism!

Two Weeks of Sweet Boys

Time goes by fast when you are nursing 24/7!  We've had a good couple of weeks.  Megan came to visit us, then Sarah, and then Patrick went back to work.  The boys and I have had a good couple of weeks at home.  We've been pretty low key, but have ventured out twice together to Target and to the Play Place.  We've also had people come over who had kids to play with Connor a couple of times, which has helped keep me sane, and kept Connor from watching too much TV.  That's definitely a struggle!  I don't want Connor to watch so much TV, but I can't entertain him all the time, and sometimes I have to have the mental break.  Being this tired means my patience with him is limited, and I have been getting close to the edge of my tolerance for his normal 2-year-old behavior.

Luckily, Patrick is a huge help when he comes home, and one of the biggest helps of all was getting meals delivered from my sweet MOMS Club friends.  For two weeks, we got a delicious meal every other night.  Awesome!

Something I forgot to mention is that we put the toddler rail on Connor's crib shortly after getting back from the hospital.  Mom helped me realize that there was no way I could manage getting Connor in and out of his bed and changing his sheets while healing from surgery.  The transition has gone amazingly.  Connor really likes being able to get in and out, but he only does it a little bit.  Most mornings he calls me from his bed after spending some time reading books and playing with toys in his bed.  Some times he decides all the books need to be off the shelves though.

All the books on the floor!

Visit from Aunt Megan

Aunt Sassy and Eamon

Silly Connor

Oh hi there!

Sweet big brother.

Watching TV.

Love it!

A sad thing happened to our family this week.  Our great friends Britni and Jerod and their sons Parker and Porter moved to Louisiana for 6 months for Jerod's work.  They will be back for the weekend every 3 weeks, but we are used to seeing them 1-2 times a week and Connor and I are so sad they are gone!  Connor has asked about them every day this week.  They came over on Sunday night for dinner, and I tried to take some pictures of all the boys together, which was comical.

We'll miss you Wootens!!