4 months

We can hardly believe that our little boy will be 4 and 1/2 months tomorrow!  The time really does go quickly this first year.  Connor had his 4 month check-up last Monday before we left to go camping for a week.  The Dr. said that he is "cognitively advanced" for his age :)  Of course Mom and Dad have been repeating that to anyone who will listen.

He is just over 16 pounds and 26 inches.  75th% for both this time- and is now wearing 9 month and 12 month clothes.

He laughs a lot and loves to observe the world around him.  He loves it so much that it is hard to get him to take his naps...He will carry on a conversation with anyone and everyone.  He can scoot backwards in his walker and has recently taken to scooting forward when laying on his belly.  He finally slept for 8 hours last week! Not any sort of regular pattern of long sleep yet but we remain optimistic it will happen soon :)

We finally went and took family pictures- as evidenced in the pics above :)  These are some of the good ones.

Connor did three new things yesterday!  Of course these events occurred while I was working...I guess he was showing off for Dad :)

1. He grabbed onto a toy and held it.

2.  He held his head up 90 degrees while on his tummy.

3. He ROLLED OVER! 

What an amazing little boy we have.

June 2008

June has been a busy month with the school year ending and  packing up my classroom to move to a new school.  I plan on only teaching Thursday and Fridays and every other Wednesday next year.  We are thankful to have found someone to job share.

We are continually amazed with Connor's growth both physically and developmentally.  He is 14 pounds 8 ounces now!  And continuing to grow out of everything.  He is so long we have had to buy 9 month pj's!  He clasps his hands together now and "talks" a lot.  He loves a board book from his Alaska G'ma about the Aurora lights- every time I start to read it he just coos and smiles :) He is also getting good about pulling things to his mouth to suck on...and he drools now- hopefully not a sign that teething is coming soon.  

    Connor in his "magic" sleeping bed.
Connor nappng
Connor is so much fun!  He is lifting his head up (as evidenced in the picture), batting a things, opening his fists more, smiling A LOT, and getting into more of a routine! Mom only has to get up twice at night now. We finally conquered all of our colds and are looking forward to a fun summer of firsts! 

Connor has started to giggle and smile!  As evidenced in the picture.

He's also sleeping longer...Mom got 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep last night- then 2.5 more hours! We are excited.

2 Months Already! 

We can hardly believe that it has been 2 months since the birth of Connor.  Sometimes it seems like it has been forever (especially on the nights when I don't get much sleep) and other times it seems like it can't hardly be 2 months already.  Connor had his first shot yesterday along with his 2 month checkup.  He is now in the 90%tile for height and 75%tile for weight.  He is 24 inches long and 12 pounds 8 ounces.  New things that Connor is doing:  Smiling, giggling, "cooing", he's almost figured out how to get his thumb in his mouth, he can prop himself up on his arms when on his tummy to look around, and he can hold his head up on his own!  Only a few more weeks and Brendan will be on summer break with us too.

Life continues to be an adventure!  Connor started screaming while he was eating at night and the Dr. thought he might have developed acid reflux after I had to take antibiotics to get rid of mastitis (I would not wish that on anyone).  He put Connor on an acid reducing medicine to try and level out his stomach acids.  He is doing better BUT then he got a cold!  There is nothing sadder than listening to your little baby struggle to breathe.  He passed on the cold to both his Mom and Dad.  He coughed into his Mom's eye and stuck his tongue in Dad's mouth.  So there was really no way we could avoid getting it. 

During the Dr. appt we discovered that Connor was already at 12 pounds!  He has now outgrown his 3 month pj's and is in 6 month pj's...he's not even 2 months yet!  We have his 2 month check up on Monday so be looking for another post soon after.

For those of you voting on when Connor will sleep through the night... we have found a "magic" bed.  Connor was really struggling laying flat on his back to go to sleep (probably because of the acid reflux).  One of Brendan's co-workers said that her son had the same problem and they bought an Amby bed, which is like a baby hamock.  She let us borrow it and Connor has been sleeping much better.  He usually does a 4-5 hour stretch to start off the night which is making his disposition much better- and Mom actually has some energy!