Just some cute pictures!

Connor's tiny little head finally fits into the 3-6 month hat that he got as a gift just after he was born! So, of course I had to take pictures! We were outside today watching Daddy take down a section of the fence so that he could get in a BIG garden shed that we got from a friend of Grandpa Smith! It made Daddy very happy, because now he can get all the shovels and rakes, and the lawn mower out of his way!

The wind was cold, but the sun was bright, so I apologize for the overexposure in some of the pictures!

What a funny little guy!

Check out this video from today! Connor has been doing this a lot lately, and it's hilarious!


Not too much else is new. Connor tried chicken today! He made the most hilarious face with the first bite, but after I thinned it a bit with water, he seemed to like it okay. It always takes him a few days to warm up to a new food! It will be better once I can mix it with other things, and season it a bit, too!

He's still standing up, or at least trying to stand up, on pretty much everything, and he is so close to crawling, but when he wants to go somewhere, he just flops to his belly and pulls himself, so I wonder if he might skip crawling altogether!

Here are some pictures from the last couple days:

I love this picture, because there is a piggy tail in it, and because Connor is sucking in his bottom lip again! I love when he does that!

Hee Hee! There he goes again!

Here he is chewing on his foam floor mats! His off-the-shoulder look is because he stretches all his shirts when he pulls himself along the floor!

I gave Connor an egg carton to play with, but little did I know that the best before date stamp would wear off when Connor sucked on it!

Connor loves this piggy bank from his Grandma and Grandpa Smith. Here he is smacking the coins in to the slot!


Here is Connor trying to break out of our new baby gate!






And here is what Connor does when he should be napping! His little legs fit through the slats in all sorts of different ways!





That's all for now!! G'night!!

Happy 8 months,little man!

I still can't believe how fast the time goes!! It seems like just yesterday Connor was a 7 1/2 pound yellow little newborn! And now he is standing, and poking Leo in the eye, and pulling himself all over the place!!

Connor was weighed and measured today, and his stats are as follows:

Weight: 16lb 11oz.
Height: 27 in.

So,he gained 9oz this month, that's pretty good, I think, considering the only time he is still is when he is asleep, and his 20-30 minute naps don't add up to all that much!!

Here are a couple pictures from today:




















A couple days ago, we had a visit from Connor's best pal Jamie, and his parents! Connor and Jamie had a great time, it seemed like this was really the first time that they really noticed and interacted with each other. It was great fun to watch!














So, we decided we should shove them in the tub together!









It didn't work out too well, I think we need to wait a few more months when they can really sit and play together! But, we got some cute pictures, anyway!

And last but not least, here are a few pictures of Connor with Mommy and Daddy:

He can stand!!

Last week at my mom's, Connor pulled up twice using the coffee table, but I had my hand on him just in case he fell and bonked his face, so I wasn't 100% convinced he could do it on his own. Well, today during his nap( I use the term 'nap' loosely, he clearly wasn't sleeping!!) he pulled himself right to his feet in the crib, and proceeded to throw his soothers on to the floor! (I keep a couple in his crib at all times!) Now, I knew this was coming, because he had pulled up to his knees just a few days ago, but I wasn't expecting it so quickly!!

Here is a toy we got at the Gibbons wide Garage sale for $5! It was from our neighbors. As you can see it's got a perfect little grabby handle, which Connor likes to use to pull up on, so we decided this would be a downstairs carpet only toy!

(Actually, now that I look at it, you can't really see the handle in this picture at all! It's the same color as Connor's jammies!)

It's a good thing we moved it to the basement, because he was standing in no time!


Though halfway up he decided he needed to chew on his shirt:


After that Connor headed over to the couch to see if he could use that to stand. I asked him if he wanted my help, and this is the response I got:


So, he proceeded to do it all on his own!

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Isn't he amazing? He just hopped right up on the couch! ;) Just Kidding! Of course we put him up there, but he did stay standing by the couch for quite a long time first!

And now for a couple silly pictures!

A bloggy Award!!

I didn't even know there was such a thing - So it was a wonderful surprise to learn that Corinne, a fellow Babycenter mom, felt I deserved a 'Nice Matters' Award!


Here is the official description of this award:

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"This award is for those bloggers who are nice people; good blog friends and
those who invoke good feelings and inspiration. Also for those who are a positive influence on our blogging world. Once you’ve been awarded please pass it on to 4 others who you feel are deserving of this award."
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I want to say a great big THANK YOU to Corinne for bestowing this award upon me! And, I will in turn, pass along this honor to four others:

1. Theresa - Pondering the Myriad Things - Theresa is my wonderful sister, and this award fits her to a T! She is one of the nicest people I know, and her blog shows it! Not only is she nice to all people, she is nice to all things!! Her blog inspires me to be more earth friendly, and more aware of all the things that we take for granted. Happiness should be as simple as a good cup of tea!

2. Amanda - Baby Palmer - Amanda and Baby Ellery are also fellow Babycenter Members, and Amanda was one of the first people I felt like I 'knew' there. I love reading her blog and hearing all about how Connor's 'girlfriend' is doing!

3. Heather - Curious about George - Yet another Babycenter Momma! I love her sense of humor. Her posts are always entertaining and a joy to read!! (Have you thought about writing a book Heather??) And, I am obviously not the only one who thinks so, this is not her first Bloggy award!

4.Penny - Penny and Jason's Edson Adventure - Penny is one cool cat that has an amazing way with words! She is seriously slacking on the blogging lately though!

A few new things...

So , Connor will be crawling pretty soon I think! He is really good at getting up on his hands and knees, and he rocks back and forth like crazy!! He has even started lifting his hand up, and sometimes he moves his knees up one by one, he just hasn't put it all together yet! But, what he has started doing is lunging himself forward when he is up on all fours. Normally, this doesn't cause a problem, but when he does it on the changing table, it causes this:

It doesn't look too bad, but he managed to lunge forward and hit his face, right between the eyes, on the edge of the dresser which is right next to the change table. He only cried for a few seconds, and then he was all smiles again, but he now has a small yellow bruise there. :(

I have started to dress Connor, and even put on his diaper when he is in the crawling position! He just will not stay on his back for more than a few seconds! It's funny, because I was so excited for when Connor could sit up, so that I could sit him somewhere, and put a bunch of toys around him, and he would just play.... But he seems to have skipped that stage, because he learned to scoot before he learned to sit, and now he never stays put!!

I am still doing some "nap training" with Connor, which pretty much consists of me "sleeping" on the floor in his room until he falls asleep, and slowly moving closer to the door over several days. Well, I am at the door now, and was all ready to move to the other side of the door this weekend, but Connor decided today that he would learn how to pull himself up!!! I heard this thump, thump, thump noise while I was pretending to sleep, so I peeked over and sure enough, Connor is banging his hand against the top rail of the crib, happy as can be! He only managed to get to his knees though, not all the way to standing, but Derek and I moved the crib to the very bottom setting, instead of the middle one, just in case! I know it won't be long until he stands, because he pretty much does it in the tub already, but I'll tell you more about that in a minute!

So, we have the crib moved down, and I an trying to get Connor to nap again. He pulls himself to his knees, and then flops over into a sitting position, and tries to stuff his toys through the crib slats. After a minute, it seems like he wants to lay down, but he doesn't really know how! He can get to his tummy from sitting, but not to his back! So, he flops backwards and in the process gets his arm stuck in the crib slats!!! He is not very happy about this!! I help him to lie down, and eventually he does fall asleep for a nap. . . A 20 minute nap. Sadly, that seems to be his nap length of choice these days, though I did get a 35 minute nap out of him today also, yippee!!!

From what I have read, once he is good at falling asleep on his own for naps, then they should gradually lengthen after a week or two, so hopefully by 9 months, he will be a champion napper again! One can hope, right???

Anyway, on to the bath story! Derek didn't want me to post this, but I am going to anyway,because I think it's kind of neat! I mentioned earlier that Connor has started to stand up in the tub, well, he needs my help a little because it's slippery, but it seems that he does this when he has to poop! For the last four nights Connor has stood up, looked down, and peed! And then he starts with the grunting! The first night I wasn't quick enough, but for the last three nights, I have managed to get Connor on to the toilet in time to poop! There have been a few misfires in the tub, but hey, what can you expect??? So it seems that, when in the bath anyway, Connor is very aware of when he's gotta go! I am hoping that this leads to an easy, and early potty trainer, but we will see!

Well, today's post was a lot of rambling, and not a lot of pictures - I'll be sure to make up for that next time!

September already?

Wow, I cannot believe how quickly this year has gone!! Soon it will be winter again, so we are trying to take advantage of this nice weather while we have it.

Here are some pictures of Connor playing in our yard. They pretty much look like all the other pictures I have taken recently, but, he has a different outfit on! I'll have to take some pics of him in our front yard, which is already covered in leaves!!

Here's one of Connor in our crazy deck chairs that we got from my parents! They might be funny looking, but they sure are comfy!! Connor sure enjoys sitting in them!

Here's a couple from a few days ago, we thought it might be fun to put Connor in our huge laundry basket! He had a great time standing in there!