We've got a Crawler!

Connor started to crawl (forward) last Wednesday! (It took me this long to figure out how to upload the video) - I know, ridiculous! I would have put my money on the cats as Connor's motivation to crawl . . . but alas, it was a ball that influenced the crawl. He is still working on the mechanics of the crawl itself but he is able to move forward and seems very pleased with his progress. I was going to include a video of Connor's first crawl. His actual first crawl was minutes before I had the video camera and actually a little better "form-wise" but the first video is like 4 minutes long . . . so I am including a more recent version from this morning -Connor crawling after the cats (who luckily are still too quick for him).

Happy Birthday Uncle Neal - and Happy 6 Months to Connor

As I said, several birthdays this month (more to come) . . . Happy Birthday to Uncle Neal (Neal is actually throwing himself a birthday party tonight - at Taps - if anyone is interested) - I hear that there are party favors.

Connor wants to wish everyone a Happy Valentines Day! He is able to sit up on his own and play the drums he got this week from his Great Aunt NJ -


He also loved playing with his new love kitten from his Great Aunt Cathy and Uncle Chuck. Connor can pull the whiskers all day long (Aubie and Hurley (our cats) run away when he starts pulling on them).



Happy Valentines Day!




Love, Connor

Happy Birthday Pop Pop!

There are so many birthdays to celebrate this month! Happy Birthday to Colin's dad and Connor's Pop Pop! Connor was all decked out in his Duke gear last night - too bad Duke lost . . . but . . . Go Duke! Love, Connor.

Happy Birthday Jo Jo!

Sorry we haven't been updating as much lately. Last week we enjoyed a visit from my parents and now we are getting ready for a big weekend (Connor's 6 month birthday!) plus more!

First, a Happy Birthday wish to my mom and Connor's JoJo! Connor had a blast with her last week. He showed off getting on all fours and rocking back and forth.


We have also been trying out new foods. I got a Babycook which is really cool. It steams, purees and reheats the food for Connor. Last week we "made" peas and this week we are enjoying carrots. The appliance is actually very cool as I said but the directions were almost non-existent. I think they were first written in French and then translated to English. I can read French (mostly) but I must admit I did not study that many cuilnary words. After a few hours of reading and rereading the directions (what little ones we had) we successfully steamed the peas! Reheating is really a breeze too. I am very happy with the Babycook! Next week we are going to switch to a fruit - maybe pears.

A little lift . . .

So I wasn't really impressed with boyish layouts for Valentines Day and I am not as talented as Jenn in creating new backgrounds (plus with all the new office furniture we ordered and received - I am busy trying to get that set up for a picture - it is BEAUTIFUL furniture and looks GREAT in our room!) So this layout has a hint of pink and some red for the big day - not that we really celebrate Valentines Day more than anyone else does but this year we will . . . it is Connor's half birthday so he will be 6 months old! Hard to believe still! It is also Uncle Neal's real (28th) birthday!

Reading Rainbow

So, do ya'll remember that show Reading Rainbow? My brother and I watched it all the time growing up. Well, a few days ago I was driving and listening to whatever radio station Colin had tuned into the night before (so, really who knows which station it was) but the intro to the show was the theme song from Reading Rainbow (well a version of the song). Weird. Anyway, in his crib, Connor has a glow worm, a book and a rattle. This morning I found him loving his glow worm and reading his book (or at least feeling the book). He has started pushing up on his toes and arms placing himself in a pike position. We suspect he may be crawling soon - gotta get the house ready now!

Happy Weekend! Love, Connor

Lovin' Spoonful

Connor is just loving his cereal these days and should be excited since he is going to start veggies next week. Honestly, the dr. said I could start a month ago but I wasn't ready yet. I am going to try to make Connor's baby food - my friend Kelly did this (and at the time she told me she was doing it I thought she was really crazy!) but after thinking about it (and learning several friends make food)- I determined it was an amazing idea! So, next week is the trial run. Connor got a silver spoon from his Great Grandmother this week. It is so nice but she wanted him to play with it so here are a couple of pictures of Connor and his silver spoon. He loves the spoon and knows it is his spoon. Since the handle is curved he can get a good grip on it and it is difficult to pry it away from him. I have also included a photo of Connor on his first true snow day - and his tongue - Connor loves just letting us take a peek at his tongue - too funny!

{The title of this post is a tribute to the music my dad and I would listen to when he drove me to school. He loves the Oldies and I do too.}