Almost 5 months

Our little boy is so full of smiles

I'm happy while eating and happy after eatingMy what big eyes I have

They help me stare at Pooh and Tigger in my bed...I also am often found talking to them when I wake up from naps (yes I really do talk to them).

I have also found my hands, they are great for shoving in my face when I am sad, hungry, or whenever. They also for some reason take my binky out of my mouth at night causing me to scream in displeasure. I can find my binky and am close at getting it back in my mouth, but it is always turned the wrong way, making sucking downright impossible.

Connor's best friend

Every morning when I drop Connor off at my parents' house, Gracie gets all excited and bounces around. She can hardly wait for me to put down the car seat so she can stick her nose in Connor's face. When Connor naps, she sneaks into the room and checks on him in the pack-n-play. Today they were nose to nose and Connor squealed in delight. They are such a cute pair.

These pictures are all from a couple weeks ago. My dad took them with his camera.

During one of Peter's Fridays off from work and my president's week off of work, we went to the Zoo to see the new baby hippo. He stayed very close to his momma and napped.

It was very cold out (well cold for us San Diegans) and the weather reports said it would rain around 5pm. Well we arrived around 1 and it was sprinkling. Luckily we had an umbrella and warm clothes, so we stayed comfy. Connor was all snug as a bug and slept in the ergo. We stayed until about 3 and then headed home. While pulling the car out of the parking lot it started to downpour...we got out just in the nick of time...so much for listening to the weather reports.

Yummy Green Beans!

Day one of rice cereal was a near success. Day two and so forth were complete successes. Connor loves rice cereal. Our pediatrician suggested we introduce cereal and then veggies a week at a time. It has been almost two weeks on cereal so we decided to try pureed veggies. This week's experiment-Green Beans. Here's the video...I wasn't expecting him to like it, so I didn't put much in the bowl...he apparently loved it and was mad when I ran out.

We also had tummy time earlier today.

Tummy time lasted all of about 3 minutes and then Connor rolled over. We put him back on his tummy and he rolled over again.

4 Months Old

We had our 4 month check up this morning. And yes we're still long and lean-what a big surprise :) Connor is in the 4th percentile for weight-11lbs 12oz, 55th percentile for length-25 inches, and 14th percentile for head circumference-16 inches. Apparently we weren't on the charts last month for weight, so 4% is an improvement. The doctor said we could try rice cereal now and introduce pureed veggies soon. So here was our attempt this evening at rice cereal:

The cereal goes in
The cereal comes out and he seems like he doesn't like it or does he?
I'd rather eat the bib
Are you giving me more?

I'm calling the introduction to cereal a success. Some went in, some came out and I heard swallowing so some went down too. And each time I brought the spoon close, he opened his mouth, then he would pull a face as if he didn't like it, spit some out and then open his mouth ready for more.

Sometimes it isn't nice to share

So in the previous post I mentioned how I got sick...well, Connor and Peter got it too. Having a sick baby is no fun at all! As the cold got passed, it mutated and got worse. I had a runny nose and only had a cough one night. Connor had the congested head, snotty nose, watery eyes, cough...oh it was miserable sounding. He also had a low grade fever. He was only happy/err I mean he could only breathe while sitting upright. He took naps on various chests, slept with a pillow under his mattress. Peter made some frantic phone calls to friends and family members. Thanks to Greg and Ellen for the humidifier...we now have our own. And now our sweet little angel is recovering quite well.
So I passed the cold to Connor and he in return passed it on to Peter. Peter has/had the snotty nose, cough, fever and since it had to mutate again, he got lucky and was throwing up too.

So yes, sometimes it isn't nice to share.

Valentines/fun times

Well we had a rather laid back, did nothing special Valentines Day. I have been sick for the past week, with the weekend being the worst part of this cold. Peter was wonderful and ran out to get me medicine a couple of times. I believe I have my students to thank for sharing their germs with me (back at work a week and a half and they welcome me back with a nasty cold). I've had this week off of work, which I'm enjoying the extra sleep and the extra playtime with my little one. Connor on Sunday was extremely cranky. I think I shared my cold with him. Monday was tricky too. About the only thing I could think of to calm him down was a shower.

Connor loves taking a shower. He loves having the water spray him in the face. Loves getting all soapy, overall loves the entire experience...that is until you turn the water off.
Stepping out of the bathroom with the cool breeze on warm wet skin...the result is almost always this. Yes I know the robe is too big, but it's so cute I had to give it a try.

This picture is from last week. He was happy and smiling at daddy about 2 minutes before this picture was taken. I love the lips.

Peter came home with flowers and a card for me and then made dinner. I did my best not to breathe too many germs on him. I love you honey! After dinner, Connor and Peter had some bonding time.
Connor really likes watching TV. At times he is so mesmerized by what is on.

He also really enjoys sucking on just about anything. His pacifier, your clothes, and his fists are among the favorites.
Doctors say be sure to give him plenty of supervised tummy time. Well I keep putting him on his tummy and he keeps rolling over. In the time I put him on his belly and stepped back to get a picture, he had already done this.

Getting nails trimmed by daddy. Daddy is the only one brave enough to do this and has taught me that it must be done while Connor is focused on something else.

Our smiley boy

We took this video last night. His squeals are just too adorable. Make sure the volume is turned on while watching this. He's 13 weeks old.

Mormon Battalion Commemoration

Last night Peter and I watched our nieces, we also had a slumber party which was quite fun. We went from 1 kid to 4 in a matter of minutes! Boy that's tricky, but we had a lot of fun. This picture was just too cute to pass up.
Today was the Mormon Battalion Commemoration at Old Town State Park. Peter and his dad left super early in the morning to head down. They participated in the Dutch Oven Cook-Off. They made six different German foods: Bread Knodel, Chicken schnitzel, sweetened red cabbage, mushroom gravy, apple strudel, and streuselkuchen. They won first and second place prizes and got the best in show award as well. Everyone else brought one dutch oven, Peter and David had 5 going simultaneously. I swiped these pictures off of Wendy Platt's Facebook.
While the guys were busy with their dutch ovens, I had the camera and us girls were busy doing the fun stuff seen here:
While Peter and his dad cooked all day, Mary and the girls and I explored the activities. We watched the parade, the girls made dolls, bricks, rope, cooked a bun, panned for gold and enjoyed running around. Camille's friend from school and her dad met up with us. It was a fun day. Connor slept for the majority of the time in the Ergo, he's such a good baby.

These aren't from today since I wore him all day and I had the camera it was impossible to take his picture, so here's a couple cute pictures from this past week.

Bass Pro Shop

Here are the pictures from my dad's camera as promised...Cleaning up the kid and the car seat after his diaper exploded-in the parking lot of the Bass Pro Shop.

Trying on the hats

A cool carving

Family portrait in front of a waterfall

We are standing inside the elevator. You can see my reflection and to the right is my dad holding Connor. Through the glass is the store and a fish tank in the middle.

Wildlife in the store

One of the views of the store from behind a waterfall

Another family portrait...I do believe Peter has grown some antlers

Peter practicing his shooting skills. I tried this too, but was so pathetic...out of 25 shots I was able to hit one target.

Another view of the store

So yeah this is a super cool shop, two floors tons of stuff to look at and play with. There was a stream that went through the middle of the store as well with fish in it. In the above picture we ate at the restaurant which is located in the top right behind the sign that says "gifts" and the food there was great! As we headed to the car we realized we didn't even see half of the stuff that was in the store and we totally missed the part with the boats. Oh well maybe next time :)

Connor's 1st Road Trip

Last weekend we took a quick road trip up to the bay area to attend a funeral. My dad was already going, so we went with him. We left Sunday morning around 9 and arrived at Abbie and Rafe's house around 7pm. Connor was the perfect little baby. I fed him before we left, when we stopped for lunch, and gave him a bottle in the afternoon so we could keep on driving. We stopped a few times for gas and when we stopped I always changed him, so that when we arrived at Abbie and Rafe's we had only a minor diaper leak. Then I fed him again as soon as we got to Abbie and Rafe's. Other than that he slept, we played and he only fussed for five minutes while I tried to find him a bottle.
Sunday night Connor slept from 12-5:30 then ate and went back to sleep until 7:30 or so. Monday morning was the funeral followed by a delicious lunch of Greek food and then we went to the cemetery for a graveside service. Afterward we went to my cousins house for a couple of hours and then back to Abbie and Rafe's. Monday night Connor slept from 11-8...yup 9 straight hours! It was wonderful! We ate breakfast and hit the road a little after 9. We stopped for lunch and then kept on driving. After lunch I changed Connor, then he was asleep at the next gas pit stop, so we let him sleep...that was a mistake. We stopped in Rancho Cucamunga to visit the Bass Pro Shop. Peter had been dying to go there, so we stopped and checked out the store. And my what a store it was! Pictures of that will be in the next post (I have to get them from my dad.) When we went to pull Connor out of his car seat I noticed poop all over the side...we had encountered a major blowout!

Laughing at his animal friends

I cleaned up Connor while Peter cleaned up the car seat...it was disgusting! Sad thing though, the diaper wasn't full, it just leaked out the side because of the way Connor sits in his car seat with his feet up-which caused a gap. Once we were all cleaned up we went in the store and walked around a bit, then got dinner there. We arrived home around 9:30 or so. I took apart the car seat and put the fabric in the washing machine along with the poopy clothes while Connor got a much needed bath.

Hello there :)