Half a Year Old!

Wow, where did the time go?!  It's hard to believe our sweet little boy is already half a year old!

This was another really big month for us.  I went back to work this week, which meant Connor started daycare.  We are sending him to the Charles Webb Center in West Ashley. It's definitely a drive for us considering we live out in Ladson, but they specialize in children with special needs and disabilities so it's a great place for Connor to be.  This also meant Connor's first sickness :(  He's got a nasty cold right now.  Coughing all over the place, which is causing him to spit up A LOT.  Totally congested and sneezing lots.  Poor baby.  He actually missed his very first day of daycare because he was under the weather.  

Here's some pictures of our sweet boy!

He has turned into a belly sleeper!

Officially a big boy and sleeping in his big boy bed!

Ahh, how sweet is this face?!  Patiently waiting for his echo cardiogram!

He did SO good!  He was actually awake, but calm and quiet...a first!

This was waiting for the cardiologist.  Such a sweetie!

Look who has 2 dimples!!!

I could just eat him up!

Even after having an MRI done and not eating for almost the whole day, he still managed to smile on the way home.

Connor spent one {last} night in his bassinet in our room after his MRI.  We wanted to make sure he was okay since he had been sedated and wasn't quite himself.

Passed out at Los Reyes.

I put my hands in the air like I just don't care!  Doesn't this look like a cute little 20's era bathing suit?!

Passed out and not feeling well :(

I'm on my way to my first day of day care!

Zonked out!

Here's a little recap of our month:

• First sickness...boo :(
• He's a big boy and has started daycare!  It's hard to leave him, but everyone there is SO nice!
• Connor is talking a lot more which is great!  
• He's still fussy or content most of the time...the happy moments are rare, but we love them so much!
• Sleep has been kind of all over the place.  The sickness doesn't help.  There were a few nights where he would wake up several times or every few hours.  It was no fun.  Hopefully that's behind us.  Naps are still pretty sporadic.  We're hoping being at daycare will eventually get him on a schedule.
• His eating has continued fine...we're still on all formula.  They don't want him eating solids until he has good head control.  He's been spitting up a lot more lately because of this wicked cold he's got.  His eating has also been pretty sporadic as well.
• We are now down to seeing cardiology every 2 months....whoop whoop!

We still can't believe he's already 6 months old...such a sweet boy!

5 Months

Look who's 5 months old!  

Look at that little bottom up in the air!

First nap in his crib!   It only lasted about 20 minutes, but I'll take it!

What a nut!  I didn't strap him in for fear of waking him up.  No worries, I was near him and had my eye on him the whole time!

He's working SO hard at holding his head up during tummy time!

Sweet boy sleeping on his side!

Love our little family!

3 Generations!  Connor got to meet his Great Grandmother.  He is one of MANY great-grands...over 70 I believe!

Both my Grandmothers, Connor, and me.

Took Connor over to my parents house and he got to see his big brother Gizmo...er, more like his Uncle Gizmo...

Father and son ♥

Look out ladies!

4th of July.  Connor was feeling extra patriotic, so he thought he'd recite the pledge ;)

Connor got to meet Auntie Rachel and  Auntie Tristen, my roomies from college.  He enjoyed hanging out with the ladies!

YAY!!!!  FIRST SMILE ON RECORD!!  You have no idea how excited I was to capture this!

Sleep is rare for this little bug, so I gotta capture it when it happens!

We've had another big month.  

• Connor has started sleeping in his crib at night.  It was a hard decision to make, but I think we're all sleeping better.  He still wakes up once a night to eat and usually goes back down.  We can usually appease him with the pacifier and some music at other times.  
• We are getting more and more interaction out of him.  It's been a long time coming.  I remember when he was still in the hospital and we both said if we could just see him smile and happy, we'd be happy.  What's even better is we've been able to capture more of those smiles and laughs.  Check out this video and this one if you haven't already.  He still doesn't do it all the time, but we love the times he does it. 
• He's getting much better at tummy time and hanging out on the floor by himself.  Such an improvement from the little boy who screamed no matter what when you put him down!
• Connor has rolled over from belly to back and from back to belly!  He was pretty mad the first time he did it, but he does it regularly now, especially belly to back. 

I realized I hadn't been doing this monthly recap, so if you want to catch up, here are the posts:  Month 1, Month 2, Month 3, and Month 4.

Connor Laughing

We have had lots of firsts lately.

On July 1, Connor was super mad that I put him down to eat...I know, how dare I.  Anyways, in his anger at me he rolled over from his belly to his back.  I almost missed it because I was in the kitchen grabbing my food!

Later that afternoon he was angry at me again for being on the floor and he was SO close to rolling over from his back to his belly.

On Sunday July 7, I was finally able to catch his adorable little smile with my phone.  He doesn't do it often and it's not for long, so I was thrilled to capture this shot:

Then today was a BIG day!  Connor rolled over from his back to his belly after over a week of trying.  Again, he was a little upset, but we'll take it.  

I'm sensing a theme here...I promise he's not always mad at me!

To prove it, here's an awesome video I captured today.  Seeing and hearing him laugh like this is just amazing.  For months we've only really had fussy or content Connor, with a few smiles and minor laughs mixed in.  It just reminds us just how much we love him and how great he is already.  Such a sweetheart!

Can't wait to see and hear this more.  More importantly, I'm ready for Matt to experience all of these firsthand.  Connor is being a silly little boy and won't roll over for Daddy yet.  Hopefully one day soon!

4 Months

Look who's 4 months old!  Our sweet baby boy has had another milestone month!  Here are some pictures from it :)

I just think he looks like such a little farmer with his hand in his overalls like that!

Kaylee's Graduation Party!

A little bright, but love our little family!

All pooped out from my appearance at the party!

Oh I just love that little face!  I could eat him up!

This nap lasted about 30 seconds after this was taken...

Haha, Heather who works with Matt bought this for Connor and he finally took it.  This just makes me laugh!  Thanks Auntie Heather :)

Daddy was proud that he could hold Connor the way I normally do!

Kinda blurry, but such a sweetie!

Working hard or hardly working during PT?  Working hard on holding my head up!

Morning nap on my Mommy

No more milk please!  Those lips are locked up tight!

♥ that face!

Nana makes him pass out almost immediately.  Too bad we needed him awake so he'd be tired for his audiology appt!

We had another big month...I have a feeling every month will be a big month!

• We both officially got to see our first smiles!  Of course Connor smiled first for Daddy while I was at the store last month, but we got to see smiles a little more frequently and smiles at both of us!
• He has also started to talk a little bit.  The first time I was holding him and he made a noise he'd never made before.  I looked down and he did it again and then smiled.  It was a great moment!
• Connor made his first big appearance at Kaylee's graduation party.  We didn't stay long, but he did great.  It was nice for all of us to get out of the house!
• I went back to work :(  Luckily I only had to go 3 weeks, but it was still SO hard to leave him!
• Connor's sleep is so much better at night.  There were some times where he actually slept all night!  Usually though he still wakes up once a night to eat and requires his paci a couple of times.  
• He's getting much better at tummy time and being by himself on the floor.