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Take a look at this sweet picture of Connor sleeping soundly, but don't let it fool you. Our child does not sleep! Last night I put him to down at 9:00pm. He woke up at 11:00, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 6:30 and 8:00. Then today he only napped for 30 minutes!!! If he falls asleep on someone, he will usually stay asleep, but I don't want him to get used to that. Tonight I decided to start him on a feeding/bath time/activity schedule and it knocked him out. I have never seen him fall asleep so fast. I put him down and thought woohoo, he'll be out for a long time. WRONG!! Thirty minutes later he's up crying his little head off. I am trying the tough love approach right now and have been listening to him scream which is so hard, but I don't want him to think he can't go to sleep without us. I go to his doctor in a week and a half so i'll be asking what can be done. I know I need to do a better job of sticking to a schedule, but with our house in the market, it's kind of tough.

Here are a couple of other pictures I took of him today.

My Many Expressions

Here are a few new pictures of Connor from today. His favorite part of the day is diaper change! He can be so upset and when we start changing him, he just laughs and talks to us.


One of his toys blinks and plays music and today he was telling that toy some serious things. When he tries to really talk, he flares his nose and starts babbling. But he got mad at that toy today and was really worried, as you can tell from his face in the last picture. The middle pictures show that he's not as skinny as he was a couple of weeks ago; he's working on his Buddha belly! The first couple of pictures just show his smile when he's having fun at home with Mom. Speaking of being at home, if I had gone back to work, this week would have been the week. I cannot imagine leaving him at daycare and returning to work. I loved my job at the Chamber but there's nothing like being at home with my son all day!

Connor is now almost 7 weeks and I've decided (and have been told) that I need to put him on a schedule. Easier said than done!!! I am reading books and asking advice, but it's much harder than I thought. He still does not sleep more than 2 hours at a time (unless we're in the car, in which sometimes he'll wake up after a couple of hours, then go back to sleep.) One of our neighbors just had a baby a couple of weeks ago and she has to wake her baby after 4 hours of sleep, in which she eats then goes right back to sleep! I think my body has just gotten used to only getting about 4-5 hours of sleep a night. I figure this can't go on forever, can it???

Here is a video I took of Con-man yesterday. It's just a short one when he was in his little bouncy seat. Of course as soon as I stopped recording, he started cooing and making noises.

Some people have asked me about posting comments and I changed the setting (at least I hope I did) which will allow anyone to leave a comment without registering. So let us know what you think. And don't forget to vote on the right side on who you think Mr. Connor looks like.

Time with the Grandparents

Ok I have many excuses as to why it's taken so long to blog. Monday my computer at home would not turn on; Monday night our A/C went out (lovely when it's 100 degrees outside) so Connor and I spent Tuesday at my brother's cool house in Dallas. Wednesday Connor and I loaded up and came to Austin with Josh where we met up with his Dad and Betty (Paw Paw and Amaw). Here is a picture of Paw Paw and Connor.

Josh's mom (Ma-Maw) came to Austin this morning and has spent all day holding sweet Connor. She has not seen Connor since he left the hospital, so he has changed quite a bit! Here is a picture of them.

It's so great to get out of town, as challenging as it may be with a newborn. We're so ready to move down here (although I will miss McKinney and the Dallas area!) We now have a new realtor, so hopefully she can make things happen and sell our house.

Play Time

Here are a few pictures of Connor on his play mat. He is starting to smile and "talk" to the hanging toys. He gets so excited and starts kicking his legs and moving his hands all around. It's recommended that babies get a few minutes of tummy time each day. Connor moves his legs and tries to crawl when we put him on his stomach.

Doctor, Doctor

Today I went back to my doctor (pictured on the left) for my checkup and all is OK. The first thing she said when she saw Connor was "oh you look like your daddy!" At least Connor has my blue eyes (although they could still change) and my thumbs--our thumbs don't bend backwards. I still have 10 lbs to lose to get back to my pre-baby weight and she gave me the go ahead to begin working out again. Too bad it's so hot!!

Josh left on Tuesday for his Salt Lake City/Reno/Austin trip so Mimi and Papa Jud came up. He'll be back on Friday evening. As always, it's been great having two other people who can feed, change and rock Connor. He's getting so spoiled!!

Bath Time

Last night was not a good night in terms of sleeping for Connor, Mommy and Daddy. Connor was quite fussy, but I think it was because he was hungry and his little bottom was hurting. I fed and bathed him this morning and he's been sleeping ever since. Here is a picture of him after the bath.

Happy One Month, Connor!

I can't believe it's already been one month since our little boy blue came into the world. It's gone by so fast. We went to the doctor today and he now weighs 10 lb. 2 oz and is a whopping 23 1/4 in. long. The nurse said he's going through a growth spurt and should be eating about 5 oz every 3 hours.

So the diapers are getting worse, and he hasn't even started solid food yet. This morning I was changing yet another stinker of a diaper, when all of a sudden I heard a "poof" and you know what happens after that. MORE poop came out. So again I waited cleaned him up and oh yeah another "poof." And he's just as content and happy as can be the whole time this is happening. It reminds me of squeezing toothpaste out, but this toothpaste is not one that looks or smells like Crest! Nice visual, ah?

Connor still will not sleep in his pack and play; i don't know what I'm going to do. In fact, he's crying in there now, so time to wrap things up. More to come...

My First Stroller Ride

Connor woke me up at 6:00am (just like he did at 12:00, 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00) so I decided to put him in the stroller and go for a walk before it was too hot. He stayed awake for the first block, but closed his eyes and fell asleep soon after. We might find some places in doors (like the mall) to start strolling.

He has started cooing and making more noises; it's so cute. He'll be talking before we know it.

One of the main reasons I started this blog was to post slideshows and videos and I can't figure out how to do that. Gonna keep working on it...

Our first family vacation

Happy belated birthday, Joshy (yesterday.) Connor, Josh and I had our first overnight family vacation this week. Josh has to travel to Austin every week so Connor and I joined in on the trip. It was SO good to get out of the house since I had been cooped up for over 3 weeks. We got to look at some houses and have narrowed down the neighborhoods we like. Traveling with an infant sure is a lot harder than when it was just the two of us. Packing all of Connor's things took forever and there was so much!! He slept the whole way down to Austin, but coming back, we had to stop 4 times to feed and change him. I hope to start making the trip more often until we move down there.
Happy 4th everyone!