Tractors

Connor got a John Deere tractor from his Meemaw and Peepaw for Christmas this year. Since he was not feeling very good at Christmas, he had no interest in it.

I pulled it out this morning to see what he would do with it. He played/pushed it around the living room for about 30 minutes. Had a few falls, most of which didn't bother him but he had a couple that really hurt his feelings.

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Merry Christmas

We took pictures with "Ski" Santa this past Saturday at Copper Mountain, Colorado. What you can't see in the picture is that Santa is also wearing ski boots as he had just come off from a few runs on the mountain.

The mountain was pretty deserted last week so we did not have to play the line ride game on the lifts. Snow was decently plentiful and we skiied thru some almost white-out conditions on Thursday. The wind was blowing the snow so hard at times that I swore that it felt worse than a microderm.

And, no, Connor is not exactly happy in these photos. He already had a fever and was working on getting pretty sick. We arrived home Monday morning at 6:30 am and we were in the pediatrician's office at 8:30 that same morning.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!

Michele, Paul & Connor

My Little Snow Bunny

We are on our annual trek to Colorado for a week of skiing. For those that do not know, yes I did ski last year while pregnant so this is really Connor's second trip.

We took two days to drive to Dillon from Austin. We normally do it in a one day 16 hour drive fest but broke it up this year not knowing how munchkin would take being in the car for so long. He was a trooper and did not protest too much during the trip.

Below are a few pictures we took this morning of Connor in the snow. I am also throwing in some of the pictures we took at Thanksgiving.

Connor is crawling now, has been for over a month. He has also cut his first two teeth - they came in at the same time and is now working on what may be 4 more (2 on the top and 2 more on the bottom).

GO COWBOYS!!!!

I saw this and couldn't resist. Yes, I am starting him young!

Connor @ Four Months

Well, we have survived to four months. Connor is growing like crazy and is becoming more and more interactive on a daily basis. His four month checkup last week went really well. He weighed 19 lbs 13 ozs and was just over 26 inches long. Yes, we have a linebacker in the making right now.

He as accomplished a few new things in the past week. He is now rolling over but doing it in the opposite order of most babies. I'm sure my Mom is making some sort of comment about he is just like me in making things more complicated or doing it my own way. I love you too Mom.




He has also started figuring out how to hold his bottle. So what do I do, I start using a bigger bottle. Back to square one.

I'm on the countdown for returning to work on August 25th and Grandpa Ben is on the countdown to retirement on August 31st. The Austin American Statesman did a nice article on Ben. Connor was a little upset that he wasn't mentioned but we did actually go buy a paper to put a copy of the article in Connor's baby book. http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/technology/08/11/0811plugged.html

Big Baby!!

Connor with his Grandpa Ben last week. He looks much older than his 3.5 months.

Catching Up

Me, my Mom, Connor (3 months) and my 91 year old maternal Grandmother. Grandma is actually smiling which is somewhat of a miracle to get her to do for a picture.




















Connor and the dogs. Maya looks a little dismayed with the whole process.

I know, I know… I haven’t posted an update in ages. Needless to say, I have been enjoying mommyhood. Connor is constantly changing and discovering new things. It is so much fun to watch.

Connor turned 3 months old on July 5th. I weighed him a few days prior and he was tipping the scales at 17.4 lbs. Since he was on track developmentally at his 2 month well baby check, the pediatrician said we did not need to come back until he was 4 months old.

His new thing is working on rolling over. He can get from his back to his side but that is as far as he has gotten so far. I suspect he will make it all the way over in the next few days. He has also discovered his fist and seems to think it tastes better than his pacifier. He can usually get 3 fingers in his mouth at one time but can’t seem to get the rest of them in. You can watch him stare at his fist and then just try to stuff it in his mouth. It is quite amazing.

We have been doing post-natal (Baby) yoga at least once a week. He actually fell asleep towards the end of class last week so I got to get in some extra “relaxation” time while he snoozed. Yoga gives us some great activity bonding time and Connor seems to really enjoy it.

Ah, the dogs… Well, they seem to be taking this all in stride. They only give me funny looks when I let Connor fuss a little too long for their tastes and they will come to whatever room I am in and stare at me like, “Aren’t you going to do something about that noise?” Maya likes to lick all over him but really seems to like his feet best.

Finding day care has been a fun experience (NOT!) I don’t go back to work until the end of August but did not start looking until recently. Apparently, I should have started looking before Connor was even conceived. However, I have found one that is on the way to the office that I think will work for us.