Connor

(See Eli in 2 posts below)

This baby has my heart.  As you can see he is Mr. Smiley.  He LOVES to be looked at and laughed at and is very easy to smile and respond.  I'm really glad he's so happy all the time because he has been a real challenge in the sleep department.  He had really bad acid reflux and still has it, but luckily we have medication for him now.  He used to wake up in the middle of the night screaming bloody murder and was nearly impossible to soothe.  He has always been hard to feed - eating is not very soothing to him.  He eats in about 5 minutes tops and has never been one to nurse for comfort or cuddling.  :(  The sleep is getting a little better - no more long periods of screams, but he still wakes up about 3 times a night, sometimes more, very rarely less, to nurse and go back to sleep. :)

BUT...there is more to Connor then a bad sleeper!  (And don't worry - I still adore him and love him a ton.  I've actually adjusted to no sleep and although I am tired all the time, it's not that burning barely-keep-my-eyes open kind of tired like it used to be.  Lovely.)  Moving on...so Connor is a mover!  I think he'll be crawling really soon.  He's been rolling all over the place for a long time and a few weeks ago he started the army crawl/scoot thing and that usually gets him wherever he wants to go.  He can also get up on all fours and rock back and forth so crawling is just a step away!  He loves to play with everything, especially Eli's toys (hehe) and does this cute little open/close his hand thing to grab things.  He just opens and closes his hand over and over.  Often this just pushes the object away, but it's cute.

Connor is starting to eat foods which is fun.  He enjoys squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, apples, green beans, pears, apricots, peaches, oatmeal, and now barley.  For awhile he would only eat purees and would pull all sorts of awesome faces when I tried to give him anything more solid.  But he recently started eating Cheerios and as of yesterday banana, so I think he's starting to adjust.  I think it's nice when they are able to eat a few finger foods for when you're out and about.  He still makes a funny face, but then he wants more!  He's also started to become very messy when he eats since he tries to grab the spoon over and over...the fun begins!

(And yes, he has 2 bottom teeth, which he modeled so well in the picture!)

Even though the nights sleeping is not progressing too well, Connor has been on more of a schedule during the day which is really nice.  He takes a morning and afternoon nap and occasionally another somewhere if we're out running errands.  His afternoon nap almost always coincides with some or all of Eli's nap which is WONDERFUL!  That saves me every day. :)

Connor also LOVES music.  Ever since he was a newborn, he would love it when we would sing or play music.  He would just stop and stare with his big beautiful blue eyes and it is so sweet.  He recently started dancing and it is so cute!  We managed to get a video of it and it's pretty adorable.  Also in the video, you'll see him kicking and moving his hands in circles over and over - he does this whenever he gets really excited or agitated or hungry...so he does it a lot. :)  Cute!

Overall, Connor is just a happy sweet kid.  He loves Eli and loves to be on the floor doing whatever he's doing. He loves to be looked at and held of course and loves to smile.  He is pudgy and squishy and kissable and every good thing a baby should be. :)  We're so glad he's in our family!  

 Oh, and he started doing this funny face where he sucks in one side of his bottom lip and the other side sticks out.  What a cutie.

 

Video of Connor dancing (just ignore our awesome singing)