Monday, April 23, 2012

Easter



So life has been a little busy! I'm 9 weeks from graduating and taking my license exam to be an LPN. I'll finish my RN from there but I'm taking a short break from homework first!

Easter was even more fun this year as I know every holiday will be as Connor gets older and enjoys things more. We went to a restaurant on Saturday that was having a Brunch with the Easter bunny. He was definitely not thrilled! The reaction was a smidge better than it was with Santa but he definitely was not about to go anywhere near him. The bunny patted him on the arm and Connor *freaked out*. Really quite entertaining lol


His first spotting of the bunny. He was questioning even from afar!


Yes I'm laughing at his reaction because, let's face it, it's funny and he won't remember being "traumatized" hehe


French toast sticks! The happy part of brunch haha


So big!

For Easter Sunday we stayed at Jon's parents for the day so he wasn't overwhelmed by two family gatherings and that was probably good since he *still* never napped the whole day! He was just too busy to sleep :p We got a few good pictures and I'm so glad. I've been so bad at taking pictures lately I'm going to have to beg my mother in law to email me the ones she takes when they babysit!

We got a four generation picture which was awesome

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Family Picture

We got some pictures done for our Christmas cards and to mark Connor's 1st birthday! Our favorites will soon be available on Facebook but my favorite family one is below. Next week I'll have pictures and videos to share from his first Christmas and birthday! Meanwhile I've finished up my third term of classes and am enjoying a 3 week break. I have a list of movies I'm determined to make it through haha

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Busy Baby Boy!

Connor is already 8 months old!! It doesn't seem possible he's so close to his first birthday. In the mean time he's more and more active, full of giggles and ready for fun. I've hit up some JBF sales and picked up a couple fun toys, one of which he *loves* although he's not *quite* big enough for it just yet. He's a little short yet to stay on the seat *and* play he does try! He's figured out he can stand and play and gets all bouncy and excited :)



He's working very diligently on crawling but so far has only conquered the tummy-army-crawl hehe He gets on his hands and knees and rocks but goes down before goes forward! Silly boy :)

We took him to the pool for the first time last week. I realize it's late in the season but he's so little and it's been a really busy summer! Well he wasn't really in love with the pool... Turns out he was ready for a nap (who knew?) so he didn't last long. Thanks to Aunt Linda he got his nap while Jon and I played in the pool haha! We're hoping to try again next week. Until then, a couple of pictures...






Saturday, August 6, 2011

Time Flies!

I can't believe it's been so long since I last posted. Although I've spent the past few weeks back in school, hence my posting absence :) I'm still at it but thought I'd take a moment to update for those who actually do read this haha

After four ear infections, including one perforated ear drum, we decided to have tubes put in Connor's ears. So last month he went in for both his ears to get tubes. It was hardest seeing him come out of the anesthetic honestly. The procedure itself was so short we hardly got the chance to worry! We really like his Dr so that helped. For those who haven't had their child go through this type of thing, a little one coming out of anesthetic is *not* a good time for anyone involved. Their little bodies don't know what's going on and whatever it makes them feel like brings lots of crying, lots of tears, and more than enough time inconsolable. Connor has a high pain tolerance (we know this from finding he had a perforated ear drum and not even knowing he had an infection!!) so we know he was feeling pretty awful to be that upset. He settled eventually and we took him home in about an hour. They had said by that afternoon we wouldn't know he'd even been through anything. Well it was even earlier for our boy! I had class that afternoon so he went to grandma's to get cuddles and love but when I dropped him off he was all grins and giggles and bouncing. We all shook our heads in amazement and relief!

The latest, and most exciting I think, thing to happen is after *months* of teething he finally has teeth popping through! First we thought it was just one on his bottom but we can see and feel the one next to it coming through too. We'll soon have a lil pumpkin baby! He's also hit that "separation anxiety" stage which, not gonna lie, super sucks timing wise considering he's teething on top of it. All things considered though I think he's doing well. It's just hard for me when I *have* to study and just get anything done for him to want me right there. Alas, I know we'll go through this phase over and over in the next few years. Right now he goes to a friend's house 2 1/2 days a week and Jon's parents house 1 day a week while I'm either in clinicals or class. It's gone well so far and I'm grateful for people who love him to take care of him instead of a daycare! Come September I'll have a break from clinicals and then a break from class so he'll have me for a good portion of that month. Hopefully that helps his anxiety :)

As for Jon, his position with Gladstone is going so well and we're really very grateful for the change from KCPD. Gladstone is a smaller community, around 27,000 people, much quieter and a better place to get your feet wet. Plus, and possibly most important, the department itself is *so* much better. They're more family oriented so we know if something happens with either Connor or me and Jon's working it won't be the end of the world for him to leave his shift early. That makes me feel so much better especially since he works nights! Come January he'll go back to the day shift for 6 months. At that point he's supposed to be able to request a shift but there has to be an opening on that particular shift so we'll see what happens. As always, we're just rolling with it!

Thursday, June 30, 2011

6 months & Colorado

Connor, my Aunt Linda & I flew out to see my parents and celebrate my Mom's 65th birthday last week. Connor was *amazing* on all the flights-I was SO grateful! The trip was great and Connor was perfect all week. He had SO many people holding him, playing with him and in his face and even without his normal naps he was an angel. There have been a couple of times in his short life I wished he was older simply because I wanted him to be able to understand how great he did at something and that was definitely one of them! My nephews, Jonah and Mason, have been so excited to see Connor. And he didn't disappoint! Connor was lovin' on both of the boys and we have the pictures to prove it (should we need them later haha). Here are a few from the trip:










We also got 6 month pictures taken of Connor with the same girls who did our maternity and newborn pictures. I'm so glad, too, because we got some *great* pictures. He hung in for 45 minutes of pictures and while he was loosing his smiles at the end he was still a trooper. It's nearly impossible for me to choose just a few as my favorites but I'm going to try. To see the whole shoot go to: http://photos.creativeeventstudio.com/maag/connor6mo











Sunday, June 5, 2011

Growin' On Up-5 Months!

Life has been both busy and boring. I spend most of my time at school, studying, and managing our ever growing, busy boy. Jon spends the majority of his time at work or sleeping and sometimes we even get time with him :p This night shift business stinks! Just a few more months and we get the day shift back, hopefully for good. Praying for that!! In the meantime we try and stay flexible. I have 2 more weeks of school left (1 week before finals!!) and then a 2 week break for which I am VERY excited. Maybe my house will get clean at some point during those 2 weeks? hehe I have gotten a couple of pictures taken although I know I should be taking more. I do admit the last 2 pictures were *very* staged. He did not pull himself up but darn if he didn't keep himself there! Creative Event Studio (the gals who did our maternity and newborn photos) are doing a 6 month baby shoot in a couple of weeks and I'm excited about those pictures!! Until then...





Sunday, April 24, 2011

First Easter

Connor's first Easter was today, yay! Nana & Papa Long from Colorado sent an Easter basket full of toys and the sunglasses in the previous post photo. Connor had fun "opening" the basket with me and I'm SO looking forward to next year when he's truly interested in what's going on :)

He's apparently quite happy to get a basket from Nana and Papa ;)



This wasn't really meant to be a teething toy but it became one quickly


But ultimately the fingers won out~Those must be some good fingers!



While at Jon's parents house I wanted us to get a family Easter picture~Hard to believe sometimes we're a family of 3 now!



I also have realized I don't have very many pics of Connor and me they're mostly Connor and Jon or just Connor because I remember to get the camera more often lol So I had his mom take a few of just me and my baby boy




Today was church and followed by my side of the family at The Elms in Excelsior Springs for Easter brunch/lunch. Connor did really well and I was so relieved! He's a pretty good baby in general but he's in that over-stimulation stage so I'm never totally sure when he's going to suddenly reach that breaking point until it's too late. Fortunately today between my cousin and aunt holding him and being fed and walked, etc. he did pretty darn well. Especially compared to some of the other kids around us that were crying! Fortunately his sympathetic crying did kick in!