Movin' On Up

This past weekend Connor and I went shopping for a new car seat.  He has out grown the infant carrier and it was time to start the search.  So we went all over town and ended up finding "the one" at Costco.  I'm so used to seeing him in the infant carrier that he came home from the hospital in, it's a little sad to see him in the new one. 

Connor hasn't completely adjusted to the time change, so the evenings have been a little challenging.  Today when we got home from work he sat in the kitchen while I did the dishes.  He kind of got himself in a tight spot! (He's under the open dishwasher)

He's really good crawling backwards, going forward is a little harder... Then we had dinner and play time.  Connor really doesn't like it when Matt plays with Baylor.  Everytime they get going, Connor just starts shouting.

And as soon as they stop, Connor is fine!

The next issue on hand is Connor's love for food.  He just can't seem to get enough of it and in the last couple of weeks he has just started to plump up!  Please look below at his jeans...

I had to unsnap his pants after dinner because he just looked so uncomfortable.  And as soon as I unsnapped them, he had a huge smile on his face!

Here are some more random pictures that I haven't posted...

 

This was one of the cutest things I've ever seen him do...I went to get him up one morning and he decided that he was going to use his crib bumpers as a pillow.  He was setting up on his knees and fell over asleep!  He's just so cute, I could just kiss him to death!

Chicken Little

Connor made his grand debut as chicken little this past weekend for Halloween. Bless his heart, I think he was starting to think he had to wear the costume for the rest of his life! He started wearing the costume on Friday when he went to visit Germantown Dental and then up to Morgan Keegan to visit me. Then he definitely had to wear it for Halloween on Saturday! And the weekend ended with Chicken Little again at Gigi's (because she said she didn't get enough pictures).

Connor's long lost mother, Kristina!

Hanging out at Morgan Keegan...

I really think that he could be happy as a chicken everyday of his life! 

Gigi finally got her picture!  Let me just say that this was the last one...Chicken Little started acting like the sky was falling!!!

9 Months

Today you are 9 months!

Life is changing everyday for you and I know you are so anxious to be into everything!  You still haven't mastered the skill of crawling, but you are so close to figuring it out.  You also love to try to pull up on everything.  So far you have made it onto your knees, but before long you'll be running around like a crazy man. 

You've also started to eat big boys lunches and dinner.  Sometimes your school food is better than mommy's food, but I'll work on that!  The big boy food seems to be staying down a lot better than formula and baby food. I'm so happy to see a huge improvement in your acid reflux.

I can't seem to keep up with your growth spurts, but these days you wear size 4 diapers and 18 month clothes.  You are still a really good sleeper, which is where I think you do all your growing.  On the weekends, you go to bed at 8 and you sleep til 9 the next morning.  Then you play for a couple hours and you're back down for a 2 hour nap. 

We have your 9 month check up on Friday, so I'll have to add all your measurements then.  I'm sure you will pass your weight limit for the carseat, which means time for shopping!!!  Daddy and I love you with all our heart and you are the twinkle in our eye.

Lessons from School

The other day Connor came home from school and we were in the middle of dinner when all of a sudden he started blowing raspberries! Matt and I just looked at each other and started hysterically laughing!!! So if you're having a bad day, just play this video and all work worries will go away :)

Pumpkin Patch

This weekend was spent relaxing for the most part.  However, on Sunday we got out of the house and went to the pumpkin patch!  The weather had finally warmed up to 60, thanks to the sun but it was still brisk in the shade.  The patch was filled with big kids and Connor just stares in amazement at them.  And when big kids are running around, it is very difficult to get Connor to pose for a good picture. 

This was before he saw the big kids!

You can obviously tell there were big kids running around behind us...

I think this is how we are going to have to take our family photos from now on! (Side by side)

Doesn't he look like he is up to something??? He was trying to get that piece of straw into his mouth!

So sweet

Matt decided to baracade Connor with pumpkins, which is how Connor is standing up by himself!

This was the pumpkin Connor picked out. He was even wearing his pumpkin bib that Aunt Cece got him, he's always in the spirit!

Too much fresh air = cranky baby!  (He was in bed at 7:45, he was very over tired)

Family and Puppies Galore!

Once again the weekend was full of activities...

On Saturday, the weather was gray and cool so we stayed in. Matt and I cleaned the house while Connor caught up on his sleep. (Either he is going through a growth spurt or he hasn't been napping well at daycare.) Later that evening we went to YaYa's for dinner and saw Reid and Chrissy since they were in town for the weekend.

Look how big he is! He definitely doesn't look like my little baby boy anymore :(

Connor and Uncle Reid

Reid, Connor and Chrissy

YaYa had this cute spider that had hot pink lights and moved across the floor.  I thought for sure that it would scare Connor, but I was wrong...he loved it!!!

Connor and YaYa

Then on Sunday, Matt had to go to the farm so it left me and Connor to run errands.  Our errands consisted of returning clothes.  Gigi had gotten a shirt for the fall, however it definitely is too small already!  Connor has started wearing mainly 12 mos and 18 mos clothes!!!

We met Gigi and Big Daddy for lunch at Huey's and then headed to Angela's house to see the puppies.  Connor had no idea what he was in for and I have to say that he was pleasantly surprised...there were 9 black lab puppies that were 4 weeks old.  They were absolutely adorable and very tolerate of Connor's "gentle petting". 

This was the "gentle petting" I was talking about!

And then it was nap time!

Matt has recently started to enjoy styling Connor's hair.  This was Sunday night's do! (Don't worry, he doesn't go to school looking like a rockstar)

Anniversary + Sickness = Having a Family!

So this past weekend was our 1st anniversary! I really don't know where the year has gone, but one person comes to mind... Matt and I decided that we needed a break from Memphis, so we took a drive to Nashville. We stayed at the Opryland Hotel, which is absolutely gorgeous! The afternoon started with a little shopping at Opry Mills and then dinner at the steakhouse inside the hotel and then we went downtown. We had the sweetest waitress at dinner...



In the meantime, Connor was staying with Gigi and Big Daddy. What was suppose to be a day stay turned into a weekend stay for him. I went to drop Connor off at daycare and they wouldn't let him stay because of some bumps/blisters on his face. We went straight to the open clinic at the pediatrician's office and found out that he had the hand foot mouth virus. Apparently it is something that is going around the classroom :)

Once we got back from Nashville on Sunday we picked Connor up and went to see Aunt Cece's new puppy, Knox! Knox is adorable and Connor didn't know what to think about him...






So that was the weekend, which brings us to Monday. I had a feeling this morning when I dropped Connor off at daycare that he wasn't going to last all day. He did have a doctor's note to return, but something else was off. After lunch, I got the phone call to come pick him up because he had a fever. When I got there I knew he wasn't feeling good because he was so cuddly. As Connor's gotten older, it seems like he is becoming very independent...for instance, he doesn't like to fall asleep in your arms anymore he wants to put himself to sleep in his crib. Anyways, hopefully Connor will be feeling better in the morning. But until he does, he'll be with Gigi.

You can kind of see the bumps on his face..