Connor's First Easter

Connor has his first friend at day care!

The first time Connor has picked up a toy

Connor got a new toy ball for Easter and he really likes it. For the first time ever, he picked up the ball and moved it around. Usually, he will maybe hold on or touch for just a split second, but he actually picked this up. His face doesn't look like he's having much fun, but he did. I can't figure out to rotate the video though so its sideways...sorry

Back to work

My first day back to work was actually a lot better than I anticipated. The day started off by having to wake up extra early to make sure I got ready and got Connor ready to leave the house by 7:10. I knew if I was any later, I would be late to work. To my surprise I was actually ready on time and off we went. I took Connor in and took his picture (since it was his first day) and gave him a big kiss and looked in his adorable little eyes and said bye. That was the hardest part, he didn’t cry, he just stared at me leaving while Miss Vicki was holding him. I made it without any tears! When I got to work, I was greeted by Katie and then I noticed a sign on my door that said “Welcome Back” with pictures all around it of me and co-workers. Then, I found out they were getting donuts (chocolate with sprinkles for me). Yummy! It just kept getting better, we went to Olive Garden for lunch and then there was a cookie cake too! Oh and I had balloons tied to my chair in my office. I can’t say thank you enough (Katie and Andrea) for the thoughtful gestures to make my day the best it could be. I actually had a good day and didn’t think that much about Connor being in day care while I was at work. When I got to Miss Vickis to pick him up, she said he had a really good day. He was smiling and just as happy as he could be. However, when we got home, he did have a crying fit for a few minutes (I felt like he was telling me he was mad at me for leaving him, but I know that's not true). Clay also had me flowers and a card for my first day back at work to let me know he was thinking about me. This morning when I took him and he saw Miss Vicki, he smiled, so I felt better about it. I have to say that I have actually missed working these past few months and am glad to get back (but nothing beats hanging out with my little man). This week was only 2 days, next week will be the real test to see how Connor does 5 days straight with Miss Vicki. Here's to a great two days at work!

3 month update

So I haven't posted in a while, so while I have a free minute I will. Connor is now 3 months and growing like a weed. We just this week increased his amount of food to 5 oz and changed out the nipples in his bottles to 3-6 mths so the formula comes out faster. He seems to really like this! He's gotten a lot more squirmier and tries so hard to hold his head up on his own but he still hasn't gotten it. When he lays on his stomach he tries to kick and raise his head to see things and to turn over, he looks like a little superman baby trying to fly (I'll post a pic below). During the day, I let him sleep on his stomach as long as I'm right there watching him. He sleeps so much better like that, and at night of course he sleeps on his back in his crib. At his daycare however, he has to sleep on his back and I know he won't sleep like that, at least not for long. He finally has outgrown all of his newborn clothes and I have them folded and put away. He's officially in 3 mth clothes now and some of them are getting snug lengthwise. He is so long and narrow! The biggest issue we are having right now his is attachment to his paci. He has to have it at all times, unless he's eating. He will wake up from sleeping and cry until someone puts it back in his mouth. We get up countless times in the night just to walk in there and put it back in his mouth. During the day its the same thing. I'm not sure if he's so attached to it because he was in the NICU for so long and that's all he had and they kept giving it to him or what. I've been reading online how to break this little attachment and it seems like they all say the same thing....just do it cold turkey. Clay and I are going back and forth on this one trying to decide if we should give it a try or if he's too young to do it now. But somethings gotta give! Connor smiles all the time, he likes for you to try to make him smile and to laugh with him. I especially love to see him smile when I walk in the room and he looks up and sees me. He looks more and more like his daddy every day. He coos a lot and is most of the time an all around happy little baby. We are so blessed! I go back to work a week from today so I just hope he will adjust well to daycare.

Playing

He's growing up so fast

I have finally started taking Connor on outings during the day and to my surprise he does really well. He just looks around and doesn't really make a sound (unless he is sleepy or wants his pacifier). He likes light now and he likes to look out the window or look up at the lights in the ceiling and it keeps him occupied. I'm so proud of him.

His sleeping pattern is like a roller coaster though. One night he slept all night long for 8 hours and we were so excited, but he hasn't done that since. Last night he woke up every 2 hours =(. He usually averages about 4 though.

I just ordered his little Easter basket, now I just have to decide on what I want his outfit to be.


I have exactly one month from yesterday before I go back to work. It will be so hard leaving him! He's just growing and changing every single day. He's trying to hold his head up on his own, but he hasn't quite mastered it yet.

All Smiles

Connor started really smiling on Valentines Day and he has the cutest little grin!
It is so much fun trying to get him to smile and laugh, his personality is really starting to show.

First Public Episode

So we decided that since our Sunday School class (and Church) is very small, it would be ok to take Connor this past Sunday. It was still chilly outside so we bundled him all up and were on our way. He fell asleep before we even got there so I figured/hoped he would just sleep through the whole class. He did for about 10 minutes. Then he woke up (I think he got hot) and started crying so I walked outside the room with him. He kept getting louder and louder until he was absolutely screaming. I walked downstairs to the front entrance and was doing everything I could think of to calm him down. Did I mention that when I walked out with him, I left the diaper bag with Clay? Bad Mistake. I couldn't figure out why he was screaming, he had just ate and been changed. A lady downstairs kept staring at me and I felt like an idiot who couldn't calm her own child down. Connor is SCREAMING hysterical by now and another lady walked out to see what was going on. I told them about his lack of pooping problem he's been having and they told me a couple different ways to try to hold him to calm him. Finally I said, he probably just needs rocked. Then they say, we have a rocking chair back here in one of the nursery rooms. Once I got him back there and rocked him and talked to him, he finally calmed down. I couldn't wait for Sunday School to end and get Clay and leave. We didn't even stay for church.

That was the first public place we tried to take Connor, and it makes me very hesitant to try to take him anywhere else. What if he decides to have another outbreak like that in the middle of a store? They don't have rocking chairs everywhere I go!!