Ummm... you got a little something...

On your face!!!


















I bought Connor some of those Gerber graduates 'Puffs' a few days ago, not realizing that they are supposed to be for a year and older, but, Connor loves them! They have some added sugar though, so he won't get very many. This one he managed to get stuck to his cheek! He knew it was there so he kept opening his mouth like, 'Get it in there!!' but he just couldn't do it!


He also is really digging the apples lately!

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!