Kebina and Little Kebina
Showing off my walking legs . . .
Hmmmm. Do I dare go down this slide? He did decide to!
Going across the bridge . . .
Excuse me sir, do you know how fast you were going?
He really was happy - you just have to grab a shot when you can these days!
Loves to ride in his little red wagon . . .
And sometimes, we like to throw Chloe in there with him.
Cool dude. He has some much cooler shades now though.
I think Daddy is having more fun than Connor!
Yup. One kid loves another. :)
Loves the swings at the playground in our neighborhood.
I don't remember when this was taken, but it looks like spaghetti night!
Connor did enjoy the snow we had a couple months ago!Wow . . . Where does the time go? I can't believe it has been so long since I posted, but once Connor found his walking legs, it was all over. The child is always on the go - such a boy! He loves to climb any and everything. When I picked him up one day last week at school, his teacher told me just that day he had climbed onto the table and across it to get another child's cheerios. :) Too funny! He also has learned how to hike his leg up so he can try to climb into the bathtub! I guess it is our own fault. We bought him a slide as one of his Easter presents and it is one that does not have steps. Rather, it has a little ledge that you climb onto, so you can sit and play before sliding down. He loves climbing all over the thing.
Now that is has become warm, we've also discovered just how much Connor likes being outdoors! We usually leave the back door open so that he can go out onto the covered porch as much as he likes and just lock the screen door out there. I think he just likes the challenge of getting in and out of there. We had a plumbing issue a couple weeks ago and they've recently torn up the hardwoods, waiting for the subflooring to dry before they lay new hardwoods. So that means there is a little bump getting onto that section and getting off. He loves to walk up and down that area and push his push toys over the little humps.
He's still getting colds a little too often for me, but hey, that's daycare. Just a lot of runny noses and coughs. You get it well and it returns again. Probably something to do with allergies too. I know mine have been a pain since Spring started. Other than that, very healthy! He had a 15 month check up two weeks ago and is still 75% for height and weight and 85% for head size. We were at the park today (which he loved) and there was a little girl there with her grandma. She asked me how old Connor was and I said 15.5 months and she was like OH WOW! He is going to be a big boy! Connor was JUST as big as the little 2 year old girl. Amazing.
He's really talking pretty good. He is supposed to have a vocabulary of about 10 words right now. He can say duck (his first word), more, all done, (he also signs those two words), mama, dada, bye bye, hi, and book. Those are the ones he says most often (and of course, he tries to say Buddy and Chloe a little bit) and every once in a while he throws another word in there. Today he learned the word pacy (for his pacifier) but he called it "pass". Close enough for me! If you ask him where things are, he can point to them - mickey mouse (on a chair in his play room), fish, big truck, ball, light, fan, high chair, shoes, nose, ears, hair, bus - things like that. He's moving right along doing all the things he should be at this age.
We did, though, have to make a couple of changes. First, we took away his bedtime milk. He was getting a bottle or sippy cup of milk at bedtime and really, he gets enough ounces during the day at school, so we took the night time feeding away. He barely noticed. The first night he looked at me like where is it, but didn't put up any fuss at all. The second night, he didn't even give me the look! The second change we had to make was making him put himself to bed. I let him sit in my lap watching Nick Jr every night before bed and that's where he fell asleep (and I admit it, I fell asleep with or before him quite a bit!). Then he would get moved to his bed. So , we decided no more of that (though I really, really miss it - I mean one day he won't want to sit on my lap at all! Shouldn't you hold on to these things as long as you can??!). First night, he was so tired he fell asleep in the car on the way home from my grandma's house. He didn't stir when I took him out of the car seat, into the house (where the dogs were barking) and I put him straight to bed. I believe that is the ONLY night he has not had a bath before bed time. I hated not to give it to him, but I hated worse to wake him. Second night, he cried 20 minutes. Third night, maybe 6 or 7. Third night, maybe 2-3. Now no more tears! I bathe him, get him ready for bed and then Kevin and I take turns holding him and getting our hugs and kisses good night and then one of us (because it is VERY important that Kevin do this sometimes too in case I am not here for one reason or another) puts him down in his crib, tell him we love him, we're right outside if he needs us and night night. Not one fuss in days! He also does really well with nap time too - same thing. Goes right down. He doesn't nap as long as I'd like but that's another story.
The next change we're working on is backing up his bed time. He was going to bed around 8:45 or so, but he gets up between 6 and 6:30 most days. That is NOT good on weekend mornings! So, the doc suggested backing up his bed time. Sounds crazy, but she says he is not getting into the really deep sleep but that if he were he'd probably sleep longer. So, we backed it up to 8:30 and then 8:15 and now tonight 8am for the first time. We'll do this slowly until he is at a 7:30 bedtime. Wow - I won't know what to do with myself! Maybe catch up the ironing or the blog since those are the things I find it hardest to get to. :) Hopefully he'll begin sleeping in until 7am.
After all that is done (and hopefully works), we'll move him to a big boy bed in the next few months, start potty training (maybe 18 months?) and self feeding. He does really well with spoon feeding himself now, for the most part, but he needs to get used to that a little more. He's starting to become very independant. There were some items he still let us spoon feed to him, but not anymore. He wants the spoon AND the cup and he wants to do it himself! He does best with applesauce and yogurt (we found a kind he actually likes!). Although one night he was still eating and Kevin had gone upstairs for something and I was working on the dishes and I turn around he has taken the cup of applesauce, thrown it over the side of the high chair and it landed ALL OVER BUDDY! Poor dog. Speaking of, we had company last night for dinner (Aunt Jenn, Uncle John & Aunt Sarah) and I was in the kitchen making a salad. As usual, Connor decides he needs Mommy to pick him up. I've gotten REALLY GOOD at doing things one handedly! So, I had just cut some cucumber and of course, he wanted some. So I am feeding him some and throwing some more into the bowl. I then took some trash to the trash can, start walking back to the cutting board and pass the nice big yellow salad bowl on the way. You can guess what happens next. Connor grabs the bowl, pulls it off the counter and WHAM! Breaks all over the floor, salad flying everywhere. And poor Connor - it startled him so bad he was in tears. I just kept telling him, its OK, it was just an accident, Mommy's not mad - but dang it, I really wanted some salad! LOL Oh well. Never a dull moment around here.
I can't think of much else that is going on since we last wrote. He is completely out of the helmet, of course. His head looks GREAT! We are so pleased with it. He has 3 bottom teeth and 4 top teeth. He also has molars coming in. He is getting all kinds of scrapes and bruises from falling and just being a boy. He hardly ever cries anymore when he falls. He hates having his toenails cut, but does not mind the fingernails. He likes being tickled and riding on Daddy's shoulders.
We have enrolled Connor in The Little Gym, so we start that in another month or so. We'll go on Saturday mornings and he'll play in the gym for an hour or so. Should be lots of fun. My friend Annie is going to teach both Connor and I how to swim, which I am really excited about it. I sort of know how, I just don't know how to tread water. So, we'll get to spend a lot of time at the pool this summer. :)
Other than that, not much else going on. Next weekend is my second real Mother's Day, which I am very excited about. Saturday will also mark the 2 year anniversary of when I found out we were having Connor. I don't think I'll forget that moment for as long as I live. Kev and I have our six year wedding anniversary in a couple of weeks too. Busy month for us. Not sure what we'll do yet, but I am sure we'll take it easy and just enjoy being a family. We really do love to spend all of our free time with each other. When we're not with Connor, our conversation somehow always steers back to what do you think he's doing now or I really miss the little fella. We just can't get enough of our son. We love you sweet guy!!PS - You know you are a parent when you can't get kids TV songs out of your head. The title of this post goes with the "We just got a letter" song from Blues Clues. These things really get stuck in your head! PSS - Uncle Tim I am still working on trying to get a video on here. I can't seem to figure out how to get the camcorder to upload a video, though I have tried several times! Will take one on my camera so we can get one on here soon.
Now that is has become warm, we've also discovered just how much Connor likes being outdoors! We usually leave the back door open so that he can go out onto the covered porch as much as he likes and just lock the screen door out there. I think he just likes the challenge of getting in and out of there. We had a plumbing issue a couple weeks ago and they've recently torn up the hardwoods, waiting for the subflooring to dry before they lay new hardwoods. So that means there is a little bump getting onto that section and getting off. He loves to walk up and down that area and push his push toys over the little humps.
He's still getting colds a little too often for me, but hey, that's daycare. Just a lot of runny noses and coughs. You get it well and it returns again. Probably something to do with allergies too. I know mine have been a pain since Spring started. Other than that, very healthy! He had a 15 month check up two weeks ago and is still 75% for height and weight and 85% for head size. We were at the park today (which he loved) and there was a little girl there with her grandma. She asked me how old Connor was and I said 15.5 months and she was like OH WOW! He is going to be a big boy! Connor was JUST as big as the little 2 year old girl. Amazing.
He's really talking pretty good. He is supposed to have a vocabulary of about 10 words right now. He can say duck (his first word), more, all done, (he also signs those two words), mama, dada, bye bye, hi, and book. Those are the ones he says most often (and of course, he tries to say Buddy and Chloe a little bit) and every once in a while he throws another word in there. Today he learned the word pacy (for his pacifier) but he called it "pass". Close enough for me! If you ask him where things are, he can point to them - mickey mouse (on a chair in his play room), fish, big truck, ball, light, fan, high chair, shoes, nose, ears, hair, bus - things like that. He's moving right along doing all the things he should be at this age.
We did, though, have to make a couple of changes. First, we took away his bedtime milk. He was getting a bottle or sippy cup of milk at bedtime and really, he gets enough ounces during the day at school, so we took the night time feeding away. He barely noticed. The first night he looked at me like where is it, but didn't put up any fuss at all. The second night, he didn't even give me the look! The second change we had to make was making him put himself to bed. I let him sit in my lap watching Nick Jr every night before bed and that's where he fell asleep (and I admit it, I fell asleep with or before him quite a bit!). Then he would get moved to his bed. So , we decided no more of that (though I really, really miss it - I mean one day he won't want to sit on my lap at all! Shouldn't you hold on to these things as long as you can??!). First night, he was so tired he fell asleep in the car on the way home from my grandma's house. He didn't stir when I took him out of the car seat, into the house (where the dogs were barking) and I put him straight to bed. I believe that is the ONLY night he has not had a bath before bed time. I hated not to give it to him, but I hated worse to wake him. Second night, he cried 20 minutes. Third night, maybe 6 or 7. Third night, maybe 2-3. Now no more tears! I bathe him, get him ready for bed and then Kevin and I take turns holding him and getting our hugs and kisses good night and then one of us (because it is VERY important that Kevin do this sometimes too in case I am not here for one reason or another) puts him down in his crib, tell him we love him, we're right outside if he needs us and night night. Not one fuss in days! He also does really well with nap time too - same thing. Goes right down. He doesn't nap as long as I'd like but that's another story.
The next change we're working on is backing up his bed time. He was going to bed around 8:45 or so, but he gets up between 6 and 6:30 most days. That is NOT good on weekend mornings! So, the doc suggested backing up his bed time. Sounds crazy, but she says he is not getting into the really deep sleep but that if he were he'd probably sleep longer. So, we backed it up to 8:30 and then 8:15 and now tonight 8am for the first time. We'll do this slowly until he is at a 7:30 bedtime. Wow - I won't know what to do with myself! Maybe catch up the ironing or the blog since those are the things I find it hardest to get to. :) Hopefully he'll begin sleeping in until 7am.
After all that is done (and hopefully works), we'll move him to a big boy bed in the next few months, start potty training (maybe 18 months?) and self feeding. He does really well with spoon feeding himself now, for the most part, but he needs to get used to that a little more. He's starting to become very independant. There were some items he still let us spoon feed to him, but not anymore. He wants the spoon AND the cup and he wants to do it himself! He does best with applesauce and yogurt (we found a kind he actually likes!). Although one night he was still eating and Kevin had gone upstairs for something and I was working on the dishes and I turn around he has taken the cup of applesauce, thrown it over the side of the high chair and it landed ALL OVER BUDDY! Poor dog. Speaking of, we had company last night for dinner (Aunt Jenn, Uncle John & Aunt Sarah) and I was in the kitchen making a salad. As usual, Connor decides he needs Mommy to pick him up. I've gotten REALLY GOOD at doing things one handedly! So, I had just cut some cucumber and of course, he wanted some. So I am feeding him some and throwing some more into the bowl. I then took some trash to the trash can, start walking back to the cutting board and pass the nice big yellow salad bowl on the way. You can guess what happens next. Connor grabs the bowl, pulls it off the counter and WHAM! Breaks all over the floor, salad flying everywhere. And poor Connor - it startled him so bad he was in tears. I just kept telling him, its OK, it was just an accident, Mommy's not mad - but dang it, I really wanted some salad! LOL Oh well. Never a dull moment around here.
I can't think of much else that is going on since we last wrote. He is completely out of the helmet, of course. His head looks GREAT! We are so pleased with it. He has 3 bottom teeth and 4 top teeth. He also has molars coming in. He is getting all kinds of scrapes and bruises from falling and just being a boy. He hardly ever cries anymore when he falls. He hates having his toenails cut, but does not mind the fingernails. He likes being tickled and riding on Daddy's shoulders.
We have enrolled Connor in The Little Gym, so we start that in another month or so. We'll go on Saturday mornings and he'll play in the gym for an hour or so. Should be lots of fun. My friend Annie is going to teach both Connor and I how to swim, which I am really excited about it. I sort of know how, I just don't know how to tread water. So, we'll get to spend a lot of time at the pool this summer. :)
Other than that, not much else going on. Next weekend is my second real Mother's Day, which I am very excited about. Saturday will also mark the 2 year anniversary of when I found out we were having Connor. I don't think I'll forget that moment for as long as I live. Kev and I have our six year wedding anniversary in a couple of weeks too. Busy month for us. Not sure what we'll do yet, but I am sure we'll take it easy and just enjoy being a family. We really do love to spend all of our free time with each other. When we're not with Connor, our conversation somehow always steers back to what do you think he's doing now or I really miss the little fella. We just can't get enough of our son. We love you sweet guy!!PS - You know you are a parent when you can't get kids TV songs out of your head. The title of this post goes with the "We just got a letter" song from Blues Clues. These things really get stuck in your head! PSS - Uncle Tim I am still working on trying to get a video on here. I can't seem to figure out how to get the camcorder to upload a video, though I have tried several times! Will take one on my camera so we can get one on here soon.
