Connor Oneal & Lilly Grace

Lilly's Almost 2 yrs old!

2010-03-05T00:43:00.002-05:00

Lilly's birthday is in 13 days and she will be 2! Where has the time gone? I can't even believe my baby is a toddler! She is talking a lot now and she's a tough little girl. She likes to push other kids when she doesn't get her way and she LOVES to take Connor's toys and run for her life when he comes after her.

Connor is such a good big brother (at times) though. He tries to take care of her and today he even changed her pull up! I found them in his room and he was doing a good job, but when it was time for her next change, I told him I'd do it. ha ha He said "Come on sissy, lets change your butt". She got mad when I told her that I was changing her and said "No, Bubbies". She loves her big brother and loves to copy everything he does. That is a good and bad thing. She can count and sing some of her ABC's by listening to him, but she also learns his bad habits. He screams "Help" when he can't get something he wants and today she started screaming for help as well.

We joined MOPs at Connections church in Canton and it's nice to get the kids playing with other kids while I get to meet up with other moms for a couple hrs. I have no problems with Connor because he will make friends wherever he goes. However, Lilly will cry for me everytime I leave her. She still does it at church also and has been going to the nursery since she was like 7 mos old!

We went to Connor's conference for pre-school a couple weeks ago and got lots of praises for how smart he is! I was very glad to hear it. I knew he was smart, but it was nice hearing it from his teachers. They said he's very good with numbers. He can recognize all the lower #'s so the are spending time with him on higher ones like #47. They gave me a few pointers on things to do at home with him too but it went really well. He's my big boy! He says the cutest things sometimes and it just cracks me up! He tells me "mommy I love you so reary reary reary much" (He's getting really and very confused I guess). It's so sweet and I just love to snuggle with him.

Lilly is very sweet and cuddly too (when she wants to be). She hss been going through a phase of wanting a binky and bottle and to be rocked and wrapped up like a baby in a blanket. Let me just say, she has NEVER taken a binky, so not sure what the deal is. I keep telling her she's a big girl, not a baby but of course my sister, nephew, niece and parents will snuggle her up and rock her like a baby and she just LOVES it. Then expects me to do it at home. ha ha

Ok that's all for now.

Happy 2010!!!

2010-01-04T01:35:00.004-05:00

I can't believe I haven't posted since August. The kids keep me really busy these days and I usually post my pictures on facebook now so I've been neglecting the blog.

Connor is almost 3.5yrs old and in a christian pre-school 2 days/wk for 2hrs. He seems to enjoy school even though he can't seem to sit stll most of the time. I can tell a lot of changes in him though since he started school. Some changes for the better (like with taking turns, sharing, etc) but he's very mouthy now and does things he would've never considered doing in the past. I am wondering if he is watching other kids in his class act this way OR if it's just his age. Not sure but he is handful. Yet he is the most polite little boy and so sweet and loving and telling me all the time how much he loves me. It melts my heart! He's been somewhat potty-trained since around Oct. He wears big boy underwear but still doesn't want to poop on the potty. He's done it a few times but will prefer waiting for his night-time pull up. He's not really napping these days so he's pooping less with only 1 pull up at night :)

Lilly is 21 mos old and is really coming into her own little person. She's not my baby girl anymore, but a toddler and the terrible two's have already hit her! She blessed us on Christmas with peeing on the potty, and has been going ever since. However, she is still in the learning process and pee's in her pull up if I don't take her to pee on the potty. She likes using the potty though because she feels like a big girl. She copies everything her big brother does and they LOVE to fight!!! Most of my days are breaking up fights or giving time outs! She likes to bite so we are trying to break her of that habit.

We had a great Christmas and New Year and are very blessed with what we have and our two wonderful "Miracles"!

Enjoy some pic's of the kids :)

My boy is almost 3!!!

2009-08-06T21:56:00.006-05:00

Connor is almost 3 now and I can't believe how much he's changing. He talks so much and he even talks back to me (not cool). He is very sensitive though if he thinks he's hurt your feelings or he made you cry and will hug you. He loves Lilly, but loves to hit her also and try to correct her...Arghhhhhhhhhh! He got a bike for his birthday from us a month early. I believe I posted a picture of it already but if not, I will add it later.

We took Connor fishing last weekend at our friends pond. It was his first time fishing and he caught a fish on the first try! He loved it but was afraid to touch it. Lilly, on the other hand, was all about touching it.

I have some pictures from fishing and a couple videos from fishing. I also have a video of the kids singing and dancing to Alan Jackson Gospel. They are so cute!!!

Today is our dog, Olivia's, birthday...Happy 6th Birthday Livvy!!!

Links to videos. Not sure why photobucket wasn't letting me post them directly to this post.

http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/sheshegirl72/?action=view¤t=MOV02569.flv

http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/sheshegirl72/?action=view¤t=MOV02573.flv

The 4th of July & Zoo

2009-07-22T11:29:00.013-05:00

We took the kids to the Toledo Zoo last Friday and they had a lot of fun. I was only 9 days post surgery so we had to walk slow, but it will still fun. We spent the 4th of July with our cousins and had a good time. I have some pictures and videos from both the zoo and 4th of July to post. Kids are doing good. Lilly went for her check up (16 mos) and she is 21 lbs and 4 oz and 30.75 inches long. She is on the "petite" side they said, which I already figured that out since her little cousin weighs more than she does. LOL

Cedar Point

2009-06-11T10:41:00.010-05:00

I went to Cedar Point on Monday (June 8) with Connor and took my friend's daughter Trinity for him to ride with. My sister went with me and we took my niece and her friends because their school was going to be there the same day. It was a fun day and I have cute pictures of Connor & Trin-Trin to post.

Lilly's doing good and growing every day. Her little hair is finally long enough for low pigtails and it's so cute that way (when she leaves them in).

Oh I also have a few cute videos to share! In this one, Connor is singing Gospel with Alan Jackson.

This video is of our dog, Belle's, Birthday.

This video is of Connor cheering on his little sissy.

This video Connor's jumping in with his friends Cooper & Abby.

This video is of Connor and Trin-Trin riding the bumper boats. Connor kept spinning in circles.

This video is Connor & Trin-Trin trying to ride the bumper cars...Again he keeps going in circles at first. Watch how slow they go. It's too funny!

I love the pic of Connor & Charlie Brown because since he was a baby I thought he looked like him with the same shaped head, ears and hardly any hair. LOL

Spring...Yipee!

2009-05-17T17:22:00.005-05:00

Well we finally got some spring weather in the last month but today it was colder than it has been. The kids and I have been outside a lot during the day to burn up some of their energy and they both LOVE playing in the dirt! Especially if it's still wet from rain the day before and has turned to mudd. I've just kinda learned to "deal with it" and let them get dirty. Lilly eats the dirt sometimes if I'm not watching and Connor loves throwing it all over her. ha ha

Lilly is walking and all over the place. She started fully walking right before she turned 13 mos old. She is into everything and loves to climb on top of everything.

Connor's new favorite show is "Imagination Movers". I guess the Thomas the Train phase is fizzling out. He still likes Thomas and Bob the Builder, but loves to dance and sing along with the Imagination Movers (on Disney channel). We have their CD in the car and always have to listen to it while watching a dvd. ha ha I've gotten to wear I find myself singing along to their songs as well. ha ha

Connor's growing into a little boy lately. He is starting to like "playing" with other kids instead of just playing "next" to others. He LOVES playing with his cousin Connor (who just turned 3) and it's so cute to watch the 2 of them together. Our Connor calls him "cousin Connor". lol He doesn't just say "Connor". Also he will go up to people and point to himself and say "I Connor". ha ha He likes playing with his sissy too and they used to go play in his room until they pulled all the clothes outta his dresser and took all the toys outta his toybox in there. So, for now, they are no longer allowed to play in there. ha ha

Lilly's been trying to talk more and more. She points to everything now and says "Dat" which means "that". She is very motherly to her dolls and stuffed animals. She loves to cuddle with them. She is completely bottle free now! Hooray for the big girl!!! Her little hair is getting so long while Connor's just keeps getting more curly! She's been cutting teeth for the last few months and now has so many teeth when she smiles. lol She enjoys dancing to the Imagination Movers too (she was just doing it, so it made me think of that).

Anyways, enjoy some pictures of the kids.

Where's the time gone?

2009-04-14T00:46:00.005-05:00

Ok I'm really getting bad at posting on here because I'm addicted to Facebook! I post all my pic's and news there but hubby was complaining about no recent posts...Not sure why, he sees the kids everyday and knows what's going on with them. lol

Lets see, Lilly turned 1yr old on March 18th. We had a birthday party for her at an indoor swimming pool. She loved it because she loves swimming and so did all the other kids.

She's somewhat walking now. She's getting more confident and taking more steps and can even stand from sitting without holding onto anything. She says mamma, dada, bubba(brother), ni-ni (nite nite), bye-bye, Hi (that's her favorite word), eyes (and touches her eyes when she says it, and EIEI trying to sing EIEIO with Connor. She tries to sing ABC when Connor sings it but it's just the sound not the actual words. She's definately a drama queen. If she doesn't get her way she gets REALLY mad and throws her little body to the floor in a tantrum and screams bloody murder! I'm not used to this because Connor never did that! She's also a climber. He wasn't like that either. She climbs up on his bed and then falls off sometimes. She climbed up onto the top of his bed (it's a fire truck bed) and was sitting by the little siren light (night light). We still haven't figured out how she got up there! She is just into everything.

Connor's such a big boy these days. He talks really well and sings all the time. But boy, he is in his terrible two's right now and they are really bad!!! We started a reward system to help him listen better but sometimes he just doesn't care about getting his "very special surprise" if he earns 3 coins (poker chips) in his rewards jar. Like today, he decided to spit chocolate milk all over me. Ughhhhhhh! I noticed he really does things he shouldn't do if I am on the phone or the computer. I know it's because he wants my attention but it drives me crazy! He is so funny though. Some of the things he says cracks me up. He tells Lilly "Yayyyyy Sissy, good boy" when she is trying to walk. Or he will say "Hmmm let's think" or his new favorite word is "I can't" when we ask him to do something. lol He figured out how to open our sliding glass door and let the dogs out, but he let sissy out too and she fell and bumped her head! We had to put a safety latch on it.

Both kids are so precious and I am so blessed to have them. We've been going to church on a regular basis for about 6 mos now and it's so cute to see him come home and talk about Jesus. Yesterday when we left church he said "Bye Jesus". lol He enjoys the singing so we usually bring him outta the nursery at the end of the service so he can sing and dance. lol

We dyed Easter Eggs on Fri and went to a birthday party on Saturday for my friend's daughter's 1st bday. He had a blast! Then he was full of sugar on Easter from the Easter basket and the Easter Egg Hunt and the desserts he was sneaking. He crashed big time at the end of the day and had some major meltdowns. It was to be expected though after a long day of sugar and no nap!
Well here are some picture for you from the last few months:)

Lilly getting into some kleenex

Connor upset because he wants more candy for breakfast!

The kids on Valentine's day!

Happy New Year

2009-01-17T12:41:00.005-05:00

I can't believe I haven't posted since the end of Nov. So we had a great holiday and Connor got a train table from Santa and a bunch of Thomas trains to go with it. Lilly got lots of toys, dolls, movies etc. Connor is talking in sentences now and for a while he would call things that end with "ele" "er". Ex: dieser, easer instead of diesel and easel but not he says them right. He is getting so big and loves to have daddy and I play with him and his trains. I make them talk like on Thomas & Friends and he just stares at me like I'm crazy. ha ha

Lilly will be 10mos old tomorrow. She is growing like a weed. Eating table food, drinking from her sippy cup, pushing the chair around the kitchen and sitting up on her knees and walking with the walking toy. I figure she will be walking in the next month or so because she moves all over the place as long as she's holding onto something. She loves to put EVERYTHING in her mouth so of course I have to keep one eye on her at all times. She is a little ham too. She loves big brother Connor and he loves her too. He gets her to squeal just by looking at her. However, he also likes to knock her down when she's going for his toys! lol So I got one eye on him always too.

We are going to have them dedicated at our church in Feb. My niece is being baptized the same day so I am super excited about that.

We are planning Lilly a big "splash" for her 1st birthday at an indoor pool! Connor and Lilly both are in swimclass and they love it. She is definately a water baby, but Connor is a little more skiddish. I figured why not do something fun for her bday since it's in blahhhhhhh winter and besides we had a big blow out party for Connor's 1st bday so I can't not have one for Lilly too. I know all the little kiddies will love swimming but sure their parents wont be too thrilled walk around in bathing suits. lol

Connor drew the number 6 on his doodle pro the other day. He said "six mommy six" and sure enough he did but he scribbled in it before I got a good picture.

Happy Holidays

2008-11-25T14:09:00.004-05:00

I am way behind in posting on here and posting pictures! We have been keeping busy and trying to care for a 2yr old and 8 mos old doesn't leave a lot of time for posting. lol

We went to the Pumkin Factory with the kids and went on a hayride. Also, Connor made the Belleville paper playing in the pumkins! He got his 15 minutes of fame.

We took the kids trick or treating on Halloween and it was great! Connor really got into the groove of things once he realized all he had to say was "trick or treat" to get some candy. Most kids don't even say that these days. They walk up to the door with their bag open. I made sure Connor said "trick or treat (tic-teet)" and "thank you (take yew)" He was Nemo and Lilly was a pink poodle. The weather was nice and all was well.

Lilly is crawling and pulling up to everything. She started crawling the end of 6mos or beginning of 7mos and the pulling up happened during her 7th mos. She's eating a little bit of table food now with her 2 little teeth and trying to learn to drink from a sippy cup. She is changing so much and it's cute to see her and Connor interacting with one another.

Connor finally got his first hair cut over the wknd. He is 2yrs old and didnt have enough hair til not to cut. lol I took pictures and he enjoyed playing while they cut his hair. I took him to a kids haircut place and it was definately worth the money (more expensive than an adult haircut place). He got to sit in a police car chair, got a sucker and spinned a wheel for a price.

In other news, Connor & Lilly welcomed their new baby cousin, Landon into the world on October 11, 2008! He is my cousin Kara's baby boy. He's very precious and I can't wait til he's big enough to play with both of his cousin Connor's and Lilly. She is almost 7 mos older than him but they will be in the same grade in school.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Lilly's New Outfit

2008-10-06T22:13:00.003-05:00

Here's a couple pic's of Lilly's new outfit. She wore it to church on Sun. I love how her little shoes and leggings match the shirt and the skirt has flowers on it too but don't think you can see them in the pics. They are blurry because they were from my cell phone.

I also wanted to add some recent pictures of her now that she can sit by herself. I still prop the boppy pillow behind her in the front room since it's hard wood floors with just a big area rug in case she does decide to fall over. She is learning to scoot backwards and has started getting up on her knees and rocking back and forth now. You will see in the last picture she ended up under our end table. I came into the room and was like "Ok how did you get under there?" ha ha She scooted and rolled her way there I guess. She's also the queen of silly faces as you will see in the pictures.

She was blowing bubbles in this picture. She loves to make that rasberry/spitting sound.

We took Connor & Lilly on a couple wagon rides and they both loved it. Here's a couple pictures of that too.

Cute Picture

2008-10-04T00:12:00.004-05:00

Here's a cute picture of Lilly. She loves to stick her tongue out. I took it from my cell phone so it's not real clear.

Family Pictures

2008-10-01T13:57:00.005-05:00

I wanted to post our most recent family portraits. They were taken the end of Aug but I didn't have a chance to post them until now. We've been keeping busy lately. Connor and Lilly are doing great and both growing like a weed. We celebrated my grandmother's 80th birthday last weekend then went to a friends house for a pig roast. Connor was in his glory when he found out they owned a GIANT "Tractor". So here's a cute picture of him and daddy on the tractor.

Here's a cute video of Lilly from the other day.

I'm not sure why the family portraits came out so small, but hopefully you can still see em.

Happy 2nd Birthday Connor!

2008-08-19T16:57:00.011-05:00

Connor's birthday was on Sunday. Me, Daddy, Sissy and Aunt Heather went to the waterpark and had a lot of fun. Then we came home and had cheesecake to celebrate the day. Cousins, Ashley, Jimmy and Aunt Ge-Ge came over and we let him open a few gifts, then went to the playground. Here's a video of us singing Happy Birthday. I love at the end when daddy asks "What is that" and he says " Ceek... Ceek" for cake.

Also pic's from the playground.

His party was Monday at Chuck E Cheese. We only invited a few of his little friends this time instead of having a big blow out like we did for his 1st birthday. It was a lot of fun. We had a cake made like one my friend had made for her son's 1st bday and it was WAY more cake than we needed. This thing was HUGE! See the pic's of it before and after we ate it. LOL

He got lots of new toys and luckily mommy had a yard sale last wknd to get rid of some of his old stuff to make room for the new! lol

I just can't believe my baby is 2 already! I got very emotional when Chuck E Cheese and everyone sang Happy Birthday to Connor. I just stood there (video taping) thinking about where we were 2 years ago. At the time of his party, we were almost to Tulsa, OK to go meet and hold him for the first time. He had been born the night before and we drove 17hrs to get there without any sleep and were pumped up on pure excitement and anticipation waiting to meet "our" new son! Connor is my miracle son because he's brought so much joy into my life and I was thinking again yesterday how Thankful I am that his biological mother chose to give him to us. She called today to see how things were going and to let us know she'd been thinking about Connor. I love that we keep in contact with her still after 2 years. I hope it continues on.

Ok on a lighter note...I have a cute and funny video to share of Connor feeding Lilly. You have to watch the whole thing. The end cracks me up!Below it are a couple pic's of him feeding her and the aftermath!

Here are the video's from Chuck E Cheese

Also want to add some cute pictures of Lilly in her bathing suit and at the water park about a month ago and some of Connor in his big boy undies that I bought him to start thinking about the potty training thing. I wanted to try them on him and he looked so cute in them. lol Also the Chuck E Cheese pic's.

These were taken this morning. He was enjoying left over cake after breakfast and playing with his new Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

Connor and Lilly Videos

2008-08-03T16:57:00.002-05:00

Here's a video of Connor playing his great great grandfather's guitar. He loves the "A-tah" and flips out everytime we see them in the store. We always have to walk by them for him to see them. He might just follow in Papaw Hicks and cousin Jimmy's footsteps afterall.

Here's a funny video of Lilly doing her business while eating. Ohhh she feels so good afterwards. ha ha She made room for more food in her tummy!

This summer is going by so fast. We've been to the waterpark a couple times and Lilly absolutely loves the water! Connor isn't as thrilled about it but is getting better. I will eventually post some pic's of them swimming when I download them from the camera. Lilly is 4.5mos old now and eating all kinds of fruits and veggies. She's up to the stage 2 meals now. She had her 4 mos immunizations a couple weeks ago and weighs 13lbs, 13.5oz and was 24.5 inches long. She is changing so much and loves to talk and can roll over already from her back to her belly. She loves to grab at toys and is constantly chewing on her fist and fingers.

Connor is talking more and more and now says the names of vehicles instead of just "ridin". He names animals that I didn't even know he knew what they were. He is always amazing me. He likes to climb in Lilly's exersaucer (which used to be his). Then he says he's "tuck" for stuck. He makes me laugh at the funny things he says and does.

Hope you enjoy the videos!

Lilly Look a like

2008-07-12T23:03:00.003-05:00

Here's a picture of my niece when she was a baby with my nephew. Don't you think Lilly resembles her? I put one of Lilly below it to compare. They have the same eyes, cheeks, dimple (you can't see in the pictures),same head shape, same forhead and the same ears.

Here's a picture of Lilly and her dad sleeping. Look how much they look alike too!

4th of July Pictures

2008-07-12T22:20:00.005-05:00

Here are the pictures from 4th of July. We went to my sisters and bbq'd.

He was happy to get to play in the police car that cousin Jimmy was riding in on July 4th. He got to play with the lights too. I added a video of Connor sniffing Uncle Terry's feet! He loves to sniff feet and then laughs because he thinks it's funny when you say "Shoooweeee". My poor boo boo is strange. ha ha

We also took Connor to the fireworks a few days later. My sister gave him a KitKat to keep him happy while watching the fireworks. Afterwards I looked at his face and it was covered in chocolate. (see pic below).

Here are some pictures of Lilly in her exersaucer and of Connor playing with it too. He is more excited about it now than when he was little and used to play in it. Also a cute video of Connor kissing sissy.

New York City

2008-07-06T19:10:00.007-05:00

I thought I would post some pictures of my "girls" trip to New York last week. It was so fun and we spent an entire day in Chinatown. We did a lot of shopping and hung out in Times Square and went to ground zero. I had goosebumps when we got there and can't even imagine how everyone must've felt on 9/11! We saw a firestation near ground zero and talked to a really nice fireman there. They had plaques on the wall of the 4 firemen they lost during 9/11 and it was very sad. They sell t-shirts and calendars and the proceeds go to the families of the firemen they lost.

We didn't get a chance to go to the Statue of Liberty but we did see it when we were flying in. I was excited about that because I didn't get to see it when I was in NYC before. I really wish we could've stayed longer and definately want to go back next year.

Here are some pic's from the trip! I will post 4th of July pictures when I download them.

Statue of Liberty

The View of NYC from the plane

Me & Nella on the plane

My sis on the plane

Barbie Dream House that you could walk inside

Me & The Rock...I love him!

Me, My sissy (Gerri) and Niece (Ash) posing on "Wall St" in the subway station!

Ashley & Kayla posing with a lady we thought was a statue, til she winked at us!

Ash posing with the Chinatown purchases ha ha!

Here's one cute pic of Connor and Lilly from yesterday:)

Happy Fathers Day

2008-06-15T14:35:00.009-05:00

Happy Father's Day to the best daddy and husband in the whole wide world! Connor, Lilly, Belle, Livvy and Mommy all love you very much!!! To all the other daddy's out there, we hope you have a great day!

We took Connor to Cedar Point last week and he had a blast "Ridin" all the kiddie rides. Our cousin Jesse went with us to ride with Connor but ended up riding the Gemini and a few other big rides with Ashley and her friends. It was soooooooooo hot the day we went, but Connor was a trooper. We got caught in a couple thunderstorms at the end of the day, which felt good after being in that terrible heat! I have a some pic's and a video of Connor from there.

The morning we went to Cedar Point, Connor decided to climb out of his crib. We decided it's time for his big boy bed and he has been doing great in it. I thought we would have to put him back to bed a million times, but I said "Lets go nite nite in your big boy bed and get your binky" and he went in there and went right to sleep. I think it helped that we took his binky away from him except only at nap time and night time. Daddy said he thinks he likes his bed because he's "ridin" when he's in it. Who knows, either way, he's been doing good for the past week in the big boy bed. Here are a couple pictures of the bed and him napping.

We went to Chuck E Cheese for Trinity's birthday party on June 5th and Connor was getting down dancing when Chuck E Cheese came out to sing Happy Birthday. I have a video of that also.

Lilly had her first taste of cereal from a spoon last week. It was so cute watching her eat it. I attached pictures and videos of her eating. I decided to hold off for a few more weeks before giving it to her again, because she kept rooting it out of her mouth the second time I fed it to her. So for now, she'll get it in her bottle.

I planted flowers (finally) in my flower pots and Connor decided to help me out. I have a cute video of him babbling in his own language and a couple pictures.

My friend Carrol came over with her kids to play yesterday and we got some cute pic's of the 4 kids together.

I've also attached some pic's of Connor & Lilly with Grandpa and Grandma White below. They came to visit today and Connor really enjoyed their motorcycles.

Here's one last cute video of Connor playing with the toilet. He kept flushing it and then saying "Ca-Ca" when he would flush it.

More pic's

2008-06-05T08:40:00.003-05:00

Lilly is 11 wks old now. She had her 2 mos immunizations a couple weeks ago. I took a pic of her in the dr office prior to getting the shots. She was happy as can be until the lady poked her. She held her breath for a few seconds before she cried. It broke my heart. Later in the week she got her ears pierced and cried for a minute but was ok afterwards. She is sleeping through the night a lot of the time and other nights she wakes up only once. I'm happy to be getting a little more sleep again. lol She hasn't been throwing up anymore so I think she outgrew that finally. We switched her back to Goodstart formula now and she's doing great on it so far. She eats about 5oz a feeding now.

Connor is getting so big and talking a lot more. He says "ming ming" and "kuk" for tuck on the Wonder Pets show. He loves that show and he loves Mickey Mouse. He watches it "On Demand" on Cable all the time. LOL He knows every character on the show and says "De-De" for Daisy and "Duck" for Donald when the show comes on. He has the toy figures of the characters and when you ask "where's goofy, where's mickey, etc" he will pick up each one. I didn't even know he knew who they were. LOL He loves to dance and really gets his groove on when he's dancing. It's adorable! He loves playing outside and going down the slide is his favorite thing outside. I took him to the school playground to let him go on their slide.

Well enjoy the pictures:)

Curly Q

2008-06-04T19:41:00.004-05:00

Here are a few new pictures of the kids. I love how Connor's hair is so curly now. There's one of him with cousin Connor eating and one of me with them. Notice how happy Connor looks in the pic and how happy Lilly looks in the one above it with Connor sitting on the bed. LOL I swear someone's always cryin. ha ha

Cute Videos & Bff's

2008-05-29T20:04:00.004-05:00

I wanted to post 2 cute videos. One is of Connor doing his "hot dog" dance from Mickey Mouse clubhouse. It's really blurry cause it was taken from a cell phone.

The other one is of Connor sniffing Lilly's foot. ha ha He is so silly! He loves to sniff people's feet. LOL

Also wanted to share some pictures of Lilly with her BFF, Keagan, and Keagan's big sis (Connor's woman), Trinity:)

Terrible Two's Already

2008-05-08T16:19:00.005-05:00

My boy is officially a toddler! He isn't even 2 yrs old yet, but boy is he getting into the terrible 2's! He loves to pull the toilet paper off the roll and stuff it into the toilet. He loves to grab my cell phone when I'm not looking, although I've told him "NO" numerous times. He loves to splash in the dogs water and put his toys in it, and he loves to get on our laptop and pretend he's typing. He also likes to climb now. Today I was in the bedroom doing something and came out to check on him. I thought he was in the playroom, but found him sitting on top of my kitchen table with his hand swishing around in my cup of pop and saying "Pop" and licking his fingers. It was too cute for me not to take a picture of it before telling him "no no".

Lilly is almost 2 mos now. She smiles and coo's and loves to look around at everything. She is such a sweet little girl but boy does she have a temper on her. She started sleeping in her crib a couple weeks ago, and I think me and her both are sleeping better now. She usually goes 5-8hrs at night before waking up for a bottle. One night last week she actually slept from 9pm til 8:30am! Of course she was extremely hungry when she finally woke up.

Enjoy the pictures:)

Spring is in the air

2008-04-07T13:34:00.003-05:00

The last couple days have been so nice outside. We took Connor and Lilly for a walk and then let Connor play outside in his new sandbox. He loved it and loved playing "ball". I have pictures to post of him outside but they are still on my camera at home so I will have to post them later.

In other news, we got a new member to our family besides Lilly. We got Gus, a tortoise. LOL He is Connor's pet and was given to us by a friend of Don's. He's 4 yrs old and Connor thinks he's really cool! He stays in Connor's room and every morning when he wakes up he points to Gus's cage and mumbles something. ha ha We have a cute picture of Connor and Gus but of course it's on my camera too. I'll post the picture of Gus that I do have for now.

Lilly is doing good and getting big. She's almost 3wks old already and up to 4oz on some feedings. She is a piggy girl and weighed 9lbs, 3.5 oz last wk at the dr office. She has been having issues with projectile vomiting because she's eating too much too fast. We changed her formula to a thicker kind (Enfamil A.R. Lipil) and it's helping her to keep it down. She hasn't projectile vomited in almost a week but did throw up yesterday when daddy took her for a walk. I think she was just full and didn't burp good and got motion sickness. lol She must've inherited that from me. ha ha

Anyways, enjoy some pic's. Lilly has a grumpy look on her face, but I love the outfit she's wearing! Also check out the video of Connor riding his 4-wheeler at my parents house today :)

Welcome Lilly Grace Evelyn

2008-03-29T13:54:00.003-05:00

Sorry I haven't updated but I haven't had a chance. Lilly was born on March 18, 2008. Now we're trying to adjust to life at home with 2 babies so hopefully I can get in a routine and find time to post more. She's doing great and big brother Connor is very gentle with her.

Enjoy a few pictures of Lilly and one of Connor opening his Easter basket:)

Almost There

2008-03-06T13:09:00.002-05:00

Well I only have 9 more days until my due date! I am so excited about that. I went to the Dr yesterday for my weekly appt and she told me I'm still only 50% effaced and 1cm dilated but was able to strip some of my membranes. I'm going back on Monday and they will try to strip them again if I'm a little more dilated. I pray I am. She did mention that she could bring me in on March 17th to induce because she will be on call at the hospital. The other 2 dr's I mentioned induction too over the last few weeks were like "you have to be 41wks and probably won't get induced til the wk after Easter". Of course the dr I'm seeing on Mon is the one who told me that, but I have news for him...I'm going to tell him my primary OB said she could induce the wk before because I will still be over my due date, and she will be on call and I want HER to deliver if at all possible!!! If I have to leave a msg for her directly I will. lol I do pray I go into labor on my own though and don't need to be induced. I've heard varying stories about it. March 17 is my little cousin Kara's bday. Her brother is Connor, so if Lilly is born on her bday, then my cousin Lisa and I will have our sons with the same name and our daughters with the same birthday. lol Lisa keeps pushing for Lilly to be born that day, so she might get her wish. ha ha

In other news, Connor is getting so big. He cracks me up with some of the things he does. He loves to plug his ears to hear how sounds are distorted. He used to scream when he plugged his ears, but now he just listens to the sounds around him. He also likes to say "Hi" really fast and get right up in your face when he does it. He's a total ham. He's been trying to eat with a spoon on his own. He does ok with it but boy does he make a mess! I don't have any new pictures uploaded to post. sorry :(

Connor's Animal Noises

2008-02-18T21:15:00.002-05:00

Connor has a new thing where he likes to scream and usually plugs his own ears when his does it. I took a video of him and I screaming and of him making animal noises.

Enjoy :)

Lilly's Room

2008-02-18T10:51:00.004-05:00

Here are some pic's of Lilly's room. We finally got it done, with the exception of the baskets that will go on the diaper changer to organize everything. This was originally our office and if you've been to our house, you know how messy and full of junk it was. The closet doors look crappy in the picture but they look good in real life. I think it's a reflection that makes them look so bad. The blinds are nice and straight now (since the pic was taken) cause Don cut them for me. I cut them down myself and they were all uneven originally. LOL

We have 3.5 more wks til my due date and I am counting down the days. I can't sleep at night because I keep getting cramps in my hip and leg and I can't walk good because of all the pressure "down there". lol I am so anxious to meet Lilly. I can't wait to see Connor's reaction to his little sister. I hope he loves her and isn't too jealous of her. I think he will be a great big brother!

Hello

2008-01-31T19:11:00.000-05:00

Sorry it's been a couple weeks since I posted last. Don't have any new pic's to add. I was in the hospital again this week with my kidney stone pain. It's still in there and causing me grief! Luckily the baby is fine though. I'll be 34 wks tomorrow...Woo Hoo! I feel such relief every Fri when we hit another week. I am thankful that she's still chillin out inside me and in 3 wks I will be considered full term. Anytime after that, she is more than welcome to make her arrival into the world. lol

Today my mother and I picked up the double stroller that she and my sister bought for me. They are giving me a little "mini" shower on Sat also. This stroller is the bomb, and rolls around smoothly and handles turns very easily, but boy is it heavy! It's the Graco Quatro Duo or something like that. I put Connor in it and was pushing him around my parents house. He loves to be "Ridin" as he always says.

Connor is definately growing and changing so much. I think I mentioned before that his favorite word is "Ridin". Anything that has wheels or moves is "ridin". He loves to watch a video of Uncle Terry snowmobiling and will sit still to watch it. He also LOVES LOVES LOVES Elmo! If I put in an Elmo video, he will sit still the entire 57minutes and watch it. It's nice for me if I need to run downstairs and change the laundry or empty the dishwasher so I know he is safe. LOL He is too funny with Elmo. He says "na na na na" when it comes on. That's his way of saying "la la la la" like in the song "Elmo's World". He doesn't really care for Sesame Street too much, just the Elmo video's. I just wonder what it is about Elmo that he likes so much. Can I just tell you how tired of Elmo I am? LOL I need to invest in a few more videos because I'm tired of watching the same ones over and over again.

The other day Connor came up to me and hugged me and said "momma". It was sweet. I knew that he knew I was "momma" but he hasn't actually ever pointed to me to say it but it was sweet when he did it. He's been saying "Dada" for a while when Don walks in the door. He also loves to touch my belly and say "baby". The other day, he said "baby" then kissed my belly. It was the cutest thing ever!!! I wish I could've gotten a video of it. He has definately been starting to throw more temper tantrums lately. I think he's hitting his terrible two's about 6 mos early. He has little melt downs and flings himself on the floor. It makes me laugh in a way, but it's frustrating when Im trying to get him to do something and he falls out.lol

Well I'll try to post some new pic's soon :)

Christmas Pic's and 3d Ultrasound video

2008-01-16T17:04:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures from Christmas Eve at my parents (prior to my stomach flu), and Connor opening his Christmas gifts from Santa the day after Christmas (since mommy was too sick on Christmas day).

Also, here is a video of baby Lilly yawning from the 3D ultrasound we had done on Jan 3rd.

Enjoy :)

Happy New Year...sorta!

2008-01-15T13:44:00.000-05:00

Sorry I haven't posted any Christmas pictures yet. I haven't downloaded them yet and honestly I haven't been feeling the greatest lately and don't have a lot of time to get online with Connor running around. He tends to get into things while I'm on the computer. Last week he carried the dogs water bowl all the way from the kitchen down the hall into the office. Lets just say water was EVERYWHERE!

Anyways, our holidays were good except on Dec 21st Connor got a stomach bug. He didn't have vomitting just a lot of diarrehia. We picked daddy up from the airport (he was in VA for work for 2wks prior) and ended up taking him to Urgent Care. If you remember, Connor gets dehydrated super easily and fast so we wanted to try to catch it before it go too bad. WE did not want him in the hospital for Christmas. They put an IV in him but sent him home for the night after running tests that did show he was getting dehydrated. They told us to try to keep him drinking fluids and bring him back the next day to take the IV out or if he wasn't feeling good they would give him fluids. So on Sat (Dec 22) we took him back in and the Dr agreed it was best to give him some fluids. We sat in the ER watching an Elmo video while he got the fluids pumped into him. He seemed to get better over the next couple days....

Christmas Eve was fine and we went to my parents house to celebrate with them and my sister's family. We got home and I wasn't feeling so well. I went to bed that night and ended up never falling asleep. I was up every few minutes to vomit or have diarrehia (sorry for the too much info). I was extremely sick with the darn stomach bug! Christmas morning I called my OB dr. She said I needed to go into the hospital to get some IV Fluids....So guess who spent Christmas day in the hospital. Yep, Mommy! After a few hours of liquids and some anti-nausea medicine, I felt much better. Don took me home to so I could rest and he took Connor to his moms house to celebrate Christmas. I got to spend Christmas evening home alone! I was pretty bummed about it. The day after Christmas, we took Don to the airport to go back to VA to work for another 5 days. I was so sore I could barely move because I was so sore from throwing up so much the day before. The next days I started to feel back to my old self then I woke up on Friday morning (Dec 28th) in pain on my left side. I thought I slept wrong or the baby was laying on a nerve or something. I took Connor to my parents because I was supposed to be going scrapbooking with a friend that day. On the way to my parents the pain got so bad I wanted to vomit. I got there and laid on a heating pad, I laid on an ice pack, I stood, I crouched, I tried everything but the pain kept getting worse and would not let up. Finally I called my sister to see if she would take me to the urgent care. She sent my cousin, Kara, instead because she was all ready to go and happened to be at my sister's when I called. We went straight to the labor & delivery this time (forgot to mention that 3 days earlier I was in the L&D dept too because ER sent me up there to be monitored). Come to find out I have a kidney stone. They gave me morphine and it didn't help the pain so they had to give me some other pain reliever through my IV. They kept me overnight to monitor me and the baby and to keep my pain under control. They sent me home with some pain killers. I tried a few different ones at the hospital but they gave me a "milder" one because the otheres knocked me for a loop or gave me a headache. We celebrated New Years Eve at my sisters and then went home around 10:30pm because my kidney was hurting again. Finally, I was pain free for about a week. Then, I woke up on Jan 7th hurting again. I took the pain killer and it helped. I didn't have any pain again all day. Then woke up on Jan 8th and it was hurting again. I took the pain pill and it didn't help. That freaked me out so I called my OB dr. The Dr said I could take 2 pain pills in 4hrs so I took another one. It still didn't get rid of the pain, only reduced it a little. Luckily Don's mom was over visiting Connor on her day off. We dropped Connor off to my sister and she took me back to urgent care. They had me stay overnight AGAIN and this time when they did an ultrasound it showed a 5mm stone in my kidney. (I forgot to mention the first time I was in there they couldn't find the stone but knew it was one cause of my symptoms and the blood in my urine). The next morning I did pass a tiny piece of stone, but I think that might be the one that was causing the pain the first time because there is no way I could've passed a pc of the 5mm stone that quickly after it being in my kidney the night before. (My sister is the kidney stone expert as she has a kidney disease that causes stones and gets them all the time). LOL So the Dr sent me home with some stronger pain pills and I have had to take them a few times since last Tuesday. I notice that the pain seems to be more of a dull, achy, constant pain now and is nothing like it was the first day. I just pray that this stone will pass and not get stuck. The Dr said there is nothing they can do while I'm pregnant to get rid of the stone besides manage my pain. I guess surgery is too risky while pregnant so I probably will end up in the dang hospital a few more times before the baby is born. I will be 32wks on Friday, so I have 8 more wks til her due date. My dr did mention that they have taken babies a little early before to deal with kidney stones, but I'm hoping I can manage the pain with medicine til after she's born. Although I am a bit stressed about taking pain pills while pregnant. The Dr's say it's fine though. I just hope they are right!

So as you can see, this has been a crazy holiday season for us and not really my "favorite" Christmas. LOL

We finally chose a name for the baby. I can't remember if I mentioned that before. It's Lilly Grace Evelyn (the Evelyn is after my grandmother and mother). We had a 3D ultrasound done on January 3rd and got to see her. She looks like a cross between Don & I. I think she has my eyes and forehead and his nose and mouth. I can't wait to meet her. I was thinking I will have to change the name of this blog to Connor & Lilly or something once she's here. I don't feel like having a seperate blog for each child as I can barely keep up with the one I have. LOL

I promise to post pictures of Connor at Christmas when I get a chance! This was more of a "mommy" post than a Connor post. Just wanted to catch everyone up on what's been going on here.

2007-12-07T10:33:00.000-05:00

I wanted to post a video of Connor playing with cousin Ashley. She keeps hiding from him and he chases after her and squeals when he finds her. He loves to play this game with her. The video is kinda dark because my digital camera takes crappy videos, but you can still see him running after her.

We has a great Thanksgiving and hopefully everyone else did. I'll post a picture of the Connors sitting on my mom's lap. You can tell that Connor is very disturbed that he has to share his "Mamaw" with his cousin Connor (my mom is his great-aunt). He's very spoiled when it comes to my parents. He can say "Mamaw" & "Papa" now. He stayed with them the other night and wouldn't let them out of his sight. When they would try to leave the room to do anything he would do a fake cry and then they would fall over over him saying "Oh, it's ok". Good grief, grandparents. LOL

His vocabulary seems to be expanding daily. He makes more animal sounds and tries to repeat anything we tell him to say. Sometimes you can understand him, but sometimes you can't. My sister taught him to say "no no no" when you ask "what does mommy say". He tries to sing songs when we are singing. He changes the tone of his little voice into this soft tone, but just mumbles his own words. His favorite thing to do lately is look at books. He will sit by himself in his playroom and take out all his books and look at them. He likes to bring them to me (or whoever's there) to read them to him. I think Santa will be bringing him more books too. He also likes to sit in the family room by the Christmas Tree at my parents and listen to Christmas music. He's so funny. He will sit there forever with my mom staring at the tree and listening to music.

He's been teething lately. He has 5 teeth coming in at once now. I think I mentioned in the last post he was getting his other front tooth and 2 eye teeth on top. Now he's getting 2 molars on the bottom also. They've all broken the skin but you can't really see them yet. I feel bad for him but he seems to be handling it like a trooper. He did wake up last night crying and was restless when he slept. I'm sure it was from his mouth. I think his "binky" helps him with the teething but I need to think about weaning him from it. He's weaned from his bottle (except at my parents or sister's house) but I just can't bare to take the binky from him yet.

We went to the Dr for his 15 mos immunizations earlier in the week. He weighs 24lbs and is 32.25 inches long. She said he was in the 25-50th percentile for his weight I think but his poor head is in the 90th percentile. LOL That didn't surprise me because he has a pretty big noggin. LOL He did great with the shots. He was ticked off about it as usual but only cried for a second til she was done.

Well I'm going to leave you with some pictures. I think I forgot to mention he loves playing in the dogs cage. There's one of him sitting with Livvy and he shut the door on them. LOL Also notice the one where he's sitting ON TOP of his table instead of in the chair.

Happy Thanksgiving

2007-11-21T14:13:00.000-05:00

I wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone before I forget.

Connor now says "Nahhhhhhhhh" when you ask "what does a cow say". LOL That's how he "mooooooooos". It's the funniest thing! He's been diving off the couch onto the dog's bed, and last week took a dive, head first, out the door and onto the cement porch. I felt sooooooooo terrible, but he didn't even cry! He's been bumping his head a lot lately. I hope it doesn't do any permanent damage. He's into EVERYTHING lately. I keep all the doors shut, cabinets locked and he still manages to find stuff he isn't supposed to be playing with. He likes to stand up in his high chair when he thinks he's all done. I have to figure out where I put the straps to it so I can strap him in again. The other day he was touching the TV and I told him "NO" and he smiled at me. Then he walked back towards the TV and I pointed my finger at him as if to say "Don't even think about it" and he looked at me and pointed his little finger at me! I had to turn my head because I started laughing and didn't want him to see me smiling. It was the funniest thing ever to see that little finger point at me. Oh he's sooooooooo defiant lately. He's totally developing his little personality and he does not like to be fed because he has to feed himself. He's obsessed with Tractors. We were looking at the Toy ad's and he started saying "Tac-ta" (tractor). I had to go back to the previous page and see if there was a tractor on it. Sure enough, there was a toy John Deere. I said "Connor, show mommy where the tractor is" and he pointed right to it! I was shocked that he realized what it was and what I was saying. He's a smart little booger, if I do say so myself. LOL Yes a mom has the right to brag about her child.

Here are a few pic's of Connor and his big cousin Connor playing together. They haven't quite figured out how to "take turns" yet. LOL

Halloween Pic's

2007-11-06T14:24:00.000-05:00

Has it really been a month since I posted last? Goodness time flies. I have a bunch of pictures I wanted to post from Halloween, Pumpkin Carving, and from a Fall Party that Nana's work put on. Connor went on a wild hayride, bounced in the Moonwalk, and played on the swing and slide. It was a lot of fun.

Connor was Elmo for Halloween since he loves Elmo so much. He would look at himself in the mirror and just laugh. It was very cute. We took him trick or treating for a little bit and he did pretty good with it.

Ok time for updates. Connor can say "1...2...3..." although it sounds more like "unnnn, ewwwwwww, eeeeeeeeeeee" when he says it. It cracks me up to hear him count but I'm so proud of him. He also says "wanna go outside and ride the tractor" although it's really a jumbled mess of words but we know that's what he's trying to say. ha ha He learned that one day at my parents house. He was watching cousin Jimmy cut the grass and my mom and dad asked if he "wanted to go outside and ride the tractor". He repeated it and keeps saying it. Now he says "Wanna go outside" a lot but again, it's more of a jumble of words but we can tell that's what he is saying. I think a stranger would think we were crazy. lol He also roars like a monster when you ask him "What's a monster say". We've been working on what a cow says. He usually roars like a monster, but we keep trying to get him to moo. He will moo if we do, but not when you ask "what's a cow say".

It's very cute to see him trying to repeat the things we say. I was hoping he would not be a climber, but I'm thinking he will be. He just started climbing on the couch and trying to scale the back of it now. He also climbs on the coffee table at my parents house. His cousin Connor has been perfecting his climbing skills for a long time now and is only 3 mos older than Connor, so I was thinking maybe Connor just wouldn't be interested in climbing. Huh, I was wrong. I think it just took him longer to discover he could reach places by climbing. So now I have to keep an eye on him so he doesn't go falling off the back of the couch onto our wood floor.

Connor seems to be changing so fast. He's learning something new all the time. I just look at him in amazement some days and think about how much I love him. He is truly a miracle and I'm so thankful to have him.

I've been working with Connor to help me do little things like folding laundry. He likes to hand me the clothes to fold and when I say "thank you" he smiles and beams with pride, thinking he's a big boy and helping mamma. It's the cutest thing ever! I figured if I start having him be my little helper now, he will want to help me when the baby comes and not feel as jealous. I figured he could do things like get me a diaper, or bring me a bib or little things like that, to make him feel involved. Oh, I almost forgot,we found out that he's going to have a little sister. We're so excited to have one of each!

Ok here are some pictures.

What a Cute Ringbearer

2007-10-01T11:21:00.000-05:00

Connor was the ringbearer in his grandma's wedding yesterday. Don was also in the wedding and gave his mother away (and was a groomsmen). They looked so handsome in their tuxes!

Connor started walking last week! Yippee! He is sooo cute toddling around with his little arms out like Frankenstein. Here is a video of him at the wedding walking around.

The Milkshake

2007-09-21T20:45:00.000-05:00

I wanted to share some cute photos of Connor stealing his dad's strawberry milkshake. Daddy left it unattended so Connor helped himself to it. Then he get's ticked off when daddy takes it away. In the end, they decide to share the milkshake.

The Best of Friends

2007-09-12T14:23:00.000-05:00

I just had to share these pictures I took today. I found my one year old and his dog, enjoying some "together" time in the dog bed, with a whole bag of Goldfish crackers that they swiped! Notice how Belle doesn't want to take her eyes off the "goods". ha ha

Happy Birthday Boo Boo Bear!

2007-08-21T15:41:00.000-05:00

Connor's 1st b-day bash was last Saturday. Our baby boy is 1 year old now!!! His actual birthday was Friday, but we spent most of the day getting prepared for his party on Sat. We also had our first ultrasound done on Friday. The Dr said that everything looks great and the heartbeat was strong. We got to see our baby moving around while the Dr was trying to get a good picture for us. Friday evening we let Connor eat his birthday cake that came with the big cake we ordered. Aunt Heather made him a cake to destroy at his bday party on Sat.

The weather was great on Saturday and the rain didn't start until the party ended. Connor got soooooo many toys that we had no clue what to do with them all. We ended up taking a couch out of our back family room and making it a play room.

Connor's favorite toy is the police car that Auntie Gerri got him. He plays in it all the time now. He's figured out how to get in it all by himself too. Cousin Connor wanted to ride in it with Connor so he pushed him to the side and scooted his butt in there too. In the end, he decided he'd rather push the car and give little Connor a ride...It was too cute!

Connor liked having people sing "Happy Birthday" to him. He likes the attention (must get that from daddy ha ha). The cake was so awesome! The barn was 3D and was edible! The farm animals and tractor are now in Connor's toy room. ha ha His personal cake was blue with a baseball cap on it. It tasted yummy too (that was the one Aunt Heather made). He didn't really destroy the cake that much. He was more interested in the attention he was getting from everyone.

The kids had a good time at the party too. They swam and bounced on the Moonwalk. We also had a baby Moonwalk & baby pool for the smaller kids. Some of the big kids were having a good time in the Moonwalk as well and I captured them on film (Jimmy & Mike)! It was a fun time had by all. However, I was glad when it was over because mommy was sooo TIRED by the end of the day!

The Flu

2007-07-31T20:56:00.000-05:00

Connor was sick all last with with the stomach flu! I tried my best to make sure he drank fluids and didn't get dehydrated but it was too much for his little body. He ended up in the ER on Wed night. They hooked him up to an IV and did blood work. It came back borderline for hospitalization but they were full in the ped's dept. So, they told me to follow up with the Dr on Thurs or bring him back to ER if he wasn't improving. They kept his IV hep blocker, in case he needed more IV fluids. We took him to his Dr on Thurs and he ended up going back to ER. They did more bloodwork and decided he needed to be admitted. His potassium level was critically low and they wanted him to be on IV and extra potassium overnight. Fri they did more bloodwork and his potassium was normal (thank goodness). However, they kept him overnight again to make sure he did ok without the IV fluids.

Can I just tell you how fun it was to keep an 11 mos old in his crib and to not pull out his IV? Argggghh! He ended up getting daddy sick, Nana White, Mamaw Hicks and cousin Jimmy. Just when I thought everyone was done with the flu, my sister called to say that Uncle Terry came home today sick with Connor's stomach flu! (he really caught it from cousin Jimmy). Luckily I managed not to get it!

I went to my first prenatal appt today. It was just to meet with the nurse to discuss everything and give me info. Aug 17th (Connor's bday) is my first visit with the Dr and my first ultrasound! I'm looking forward to it and hoping everything goes smoothly.

I can't believe my baby boy is going to be one in 2.5 wks! I went to check out the cake today. I'm going to order it next week probably. I wanted to see how it was going to look and they had a display of the one I wanted in their store. It was near my Dr office, so I went after the appt. I gotta finish getting Connor's bday decorations for his party. I tried to get them last week, but Connor puked in the store so we had to drop everything and leave. LOL

I was hoping he would be walking by his first b-day...but I guess he is not ready yet. He pulls up to everything and cruises the furniture, but when you try to walk with him, he looks like a drunk old man. ha ha I guess he'll walk when he's ready.

Tennesee Trip

2007-07-21T09:38:00.000-05:00

So here's the story of our TN trip from July 18-July 22nd. I have relatives that live in TN. As a child, we went there every summer to visit my great uncle. He passed away a few years ago but his daughter renovated his house and barn. (It was a farm). I was really excited to see what it looked like. It's been 14yrs since I've been to TN to visit and boy did it look different there.

Me, Connor, my sister, my niece, my cousin,Melissa and her daughter, Madi all piled in my van for this trip. My grandma and grandpa followed us in their truck. We stayed at my great-aunt's (my grandma's sister) and had a good ole time swimming and eating southern food. I think I had enough "cracklin cornbread" to last a lifetime while I was there. ha ha It was a nice vacation, however poor Connor got sick while we were there. He had a fever and then ended up with a head cold. I took him to the Dr while we were there. After we got home, poor Madi & Melissa caught his "bug".

Here are a few more pictures of us having a good time in TN.

Pictures as Promised

2007-07-17T20:34:00.000-05:00

Tennesee Pictures:

Chicago Pictures (some are with my friends & their kids from my infertility board)

Fourth Of July (He's matching daddy):

Camping Pictures:

Busy Boy...

2007-07-14T19:45:00.001-05:00

Sorry it's been so long since I posted. The month of June was very busy. My nephew graduated high school the beginning of June and we had his graduation party at our house. Then we celebrated daddy's 1st Father's Day the following wknd, and left for Tennesee to visit relatives. The following wknd after getting back from TN, we went to Chicago to meet the moms and babies from my infertility online support group. We've become such good friends over the years and finally decided to meet in Chicago. My sister, niece, cousins and friend also went with me and Connor so it was a lot of fun! The following wknd we went camping for a week and we're FINALLY home and done traveling for a while!

I have some very exciting news to share. I know it's extremely early and anything can happen, but I'm too excited to keep it in. Connor is going to be a big brother! I just found out I'm pregnant!!! Hubby and I are both in complete shock as we had no clue this could even happen for us. We were not really trying to get pg and had planned on adopting again next year. I guess God has other plans for us. This is a TRUE Miracle from God and I am so happy about it. I have never been pg before, so I will be a 2nd time mommy with a first time pregnancy. ha ha

I will post more in depth about each vacation later. I just wanted to give an update so people didn't think we fell off the planet or something. I will also post pictures later from all the vacations we've been on in the last month :)

Camping Connor

2007-05-30T21:38:00.000-05:00

Hello,

We took Connor on his first camping trip over the wknd. He enjoyed himself, but didn't want anything to do with the lake water. LOL He screamed the minute his toes touched it. He wasn't too thrilled about the sand either. He enjoyed eating all the camping food though. (Hotdogs, pasta salad, potatoes, brownies, cupcakes etc). I swear he chews like he has a mouthful of teeth but not one tooth has popped through yet! There's some pic's of him enjoying his cupcake. LOL

We went for his 9mos immunizations last week and he weighed 19lbs,9oz and was 29 inches long. I was confused about his length because they measured him in ER back in March and claimed he was 30 inches back then. Apparently they couldn't measure. LOL The nurse measured him twice last week to be sure she had the right length. He was fine with his shots though. He cried for a second cause he was mad but then was fine and playing again. He's a tough boy. LOL

My nephew is graduating this wknd, so hopefully Connor behaves during the Commencements! He has no interest in sitting still these days. He's constantly on the move and now he's pulling up on everything he can. When I went in his room this morning he was standing up in his crib (first time he's done that). I posted some pic's of it below.

Here's a funny video of Connor and his Nana White at the campground.

A Happy Mother's Day!

2007-05-14T23:46:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was my first Mother's Day and it was wonderful! We took Connor to the zoo to celebrate our little family. Mother's day was a big deal for me, because our struggles with infertility and the years I waited to become a mother. I remember being depressed on Mother's Day in years past. We had already been contacted by Connor's biological mom last Mother's Day, and I can remember hoping and praying that this year I would really be a mom and thinking how different it would be. It's such an awesome feeling. I love that little boy so much and he amazes me every day with all the new little things he learns. I feel the pain of those who are still waiting to be a mother. I've been where you are and I hope you can find some comfort in knowing that someday all your heartache and suffering will be worth it when you celebrate your first Mother's Day.

Connor's been busy doing lots of new things these days. He pulled up at my grandma's house over the wknd for the first time. My grandma has an old wooden stool that looks like a chair and he army crawled over to it and started to pull up to it. We moved it onto the carpet so it wouldn't slide away from him. He grabbed it, then pulled his knees closer to it, then pulled up. Of course he fell down almost right away, but hey, it's a start. ha ha He did it a couple more times and then was pooped from all the hard work. LOL It was a great Mother's Day gift for me though. Daddy took a video of him doing it again today and will post it at the bottom.

He also got his first "bump & bruise" on his head yesterday. I feel terrible because it was my fault. He fell off our bed because I wasn't watching him close enough. No more laying on the bed for him. We have hardwood floors and our bed is pretty high up, so I was paranoid he had a concussion. He screamed like I had never heard him scream before, but luckily I gave him his bottle and he calmed right down. Usually he doesn't drag out a cry forever if he's injured. I felt like a total dirtbag and "unworthy" of my Mother's Day gift. After talking to a few friends, I felt better hearing that their kids also fell off the bed at one point and it's a part of life. LOL He's a trooper though and never made another fuss about it. He was his usually smiley self after his bottle.

Our trip to the zoo was fun, but Connor was more interested in seeing his reflection through the glass near the animal exibits than actually looking at the animals. ha ha I knew he was too young to really enjoy it, but he had fun and it was a nice family outing. Connor managed to lose one of his shoes at the zoo. I guess he wanted to leave it behind for the animals. ha ha We bought him a cute hat at the zoo, and he tossed it out of the stroller at a store on the way home. Luckily we found it before we left there. I bought him another pair of the shoes today, and kept the "single" one in case we lose one of the new ones.

We're going to PA next wk to see Connor's great-grandma. She hasn't seen him since Jan, so she will be amazed at the changes in him. We're also going camping in a few weeks, so I'm excited to see how that goes. Luckily we're staying in a camper.

Cousin Connor's B-day

2007-05-12T00:03:00.000-05:00

Hello,

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Connor has been keeping me very busy these days. . He's getting really quick with his army crawl now and I have to keep my eyes on him. Now if he wants you to hold him, he will follow you around and cry and grab your ankles so you will pick him up. It's so cute. ha ha He still doesn't have any teeth but he's been waking up in the night lately, crying and crying and once I give him tylenol and hold him for a few minutes he's fine. I'm not sure what's going on, so I assume he's teething. He's had a runny nose for a couple weeks and no other cold symptoms, which is another reason I think he's teething.

Last weekend, his big cousin Connor turned 1 year old and we went to his bday party. There was also another Connor there that turned 1 in March. It was so cute because the 2 older Connor's were standing by the door looking outside and then her comes our Connor scooting up to them. It was so cute to see the 3 of them together. They were all infatuated with the shoes by the door. ha ha (the pic's of the 3 babies are the 3 Connor's). The other pic of Connor and the other baby with the book is "Cousin Connor".

He hasn't started pulling up to anything yet, but I think it's gonna happen soon. He grabs onto things, and now he's starting to put everything in his mouth. For the longest time he wouldn't put things in his mouth. He still makes me hold his bottle and wants me to feed him, but I keep trying to encourage him to hold his own bottle (would make my life easier when we're out and about ha ha) and to feed himself fruit puffs.

Here's a video of Connor when he first started learning to crawl. He's much quicker now. LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Gl4FMIbdQ

Ready...Set...Crawl

2007-04-30T22:49:00.000-05:00

Connor is officially crawling now. Well, actually it's more of an army crawl/dragging manuver, but it's getting him where he needs to go. He discovered he could move around on Saturday at my parents house. He does like an army crawl thing with his arms and keeps his belly on the ground, then pushes off with his left foot, and kinda just drags the right foot like it's useless. It's funny. Now mommy has to keep an eye on him at all times, because this morning I put him on the floor to play with his toys while I went into the office and downloaded some pic's from our camera. I heard our blinds moving and thought "hmm, what is that cause he's no where near them". I went to check on him and found him almost behind the couch and playing with my car keys that had fallen onto the ground. He had scooted/crawled all the way over there and under the end table to get where he was. When he saw me he started squealing. He thought he was big stuff. ha ha I thanked him for getting my keys and pulled him out. ha ha

Saturday was the Walk America for March of Dimes. I walk for in honor of my friend's little girl/Connor's future wife (Trinity). She's almost 3, but was born 11wks premature. This year Connor walked with mommy. Cousin Ashley and her friend also came with us. I was so darn sore the next day but it was for a wonderful cause. I recommend everyone go check out this blog: http://www.micropreemietwins.blogspot.com/ It's the website for a girl I know who's twins were born a couple months after Trinity but 16wks premature. It's a true miracle that both little girls are with her today, and March of Dimes is one of the reasons why!

After the walk, we had a birthday party to go too for my cousin, Jesse. It was at a park, and Connor went down the slide with Ashley, and got to swing for the first time. He seemed kinda scared at first, but then decided he loved it! He liked going high on it. We're getting him a little swing and slide set from my friend in the next few days. Trinity outgrew it, so Connor will enjoy playing on it.

I'm officially a "minivan mama" now. We traded in our Cadillac tonight and got the cool stow-n-go minivan from Dodge. I love it! I'm so excited about it and can't wait to drive it tomorrow. It will be so much easier to get Connor in and out of than the truck or car. It's just what we needed with having him and hopefully having a sibling for him in the next year or 2. We were at the dealer forever though. Connor was so good while we were there and finally conked out when he got into his car seat. He woke up for a few minutes when we got home but I put him to bed and he went back to sleep.

He's been waking up around 6am the last few days. He usually will go back to sleep after I change his diaper, but I am not sure why he's waking up. I'm wondering if he's going to get a tooth sometime soon because he's starting to chew on everything now.

There's a picture of Trinity and Connor in a cart together, and some from last wknd when we went to a bbq at my aunt's new house too. Also threw in a couple of him eating a fudge cicle.

Happy Late Easter

2007-04-15T20:19:00.000-05:00

Hello and Happy Belated Easter!

Connor had a nice Easter and got some goodies from the Easter Bunny and from his Aunts and Grandparents. Easter Bunny brought him a Diego play tent that's shaped like a rescue vehicle. He loved playing in it and I took some cute pic's of it.

We went to the outlet mall in Birch Run a couple days before Easter, and I got a ton of clothes for Connor to wear this summer. He will look so cute in them. I just love Baby Gap and The Children's Place! They have the cutest clothes and they fit him really well.

Connor had his Frenulotomy (I think that's what it's called) on April 5th. It's where they snipped the little piece of skin on his tongue that was making him "tongue-tied". The procedure went really well and we were in and out of the hospital within an hour. When he woke up in recovery, he wanted a his bottle. He was able to drink it without any problems and he never had a problem eating that day either. I've been noticing that he drools a lot more now. I think it's because he's not used to having his tongue free to move around instead of just sitting there and stopping the drool. ha ha Or maybe, he's cutting a tooth now but so far nothing has popped through.

Connor can now say "ba" for when he wants a "bite" of food. He said "Mama Ba" to me and I was thinking it was just a coincidence, but he said it again later. His new favorite word is "ba" though. He says it all the time but it's so cute when he sees me eating and then says "ba....ba" and then gets upset if I don't give him one. He's eating a lot of "adult" food now. He eats green beans, mac-n-cheese, fruit, mashed potatoes, pasta (lasagna, mosticholli, stuffed shells, etc). He really enjoys eating and isn't too picky right now. I am still giving him baby food, but usually he'll eat adult food too. For breakfast I make him oatmeal with maple and brown sugar. He loves that and so do I. ha ha I've also given him mini pancakes.

He doesn't like to feed himself yet. He likes to hold it in his hand but wants me to feed him. He's not crawling yet either, but getting so close. He pulls himself into the "crawling" position from sitting now. He hasn't figured out how to get back in the sitting position from the crawling position though. He will rock back and forth in the crawling position but just hasn't figured out how to make himself move.

His other new thing as of yesterday is to make this horrible screeching sound with his voice. He did it at dinner tonight and we were in a little hole in the wall place where it wan't very loud. I was trying to "shush" him but he figured out pretty quick that if he made that noise, I would give him a bite faster. He had some mexican rice and beans at dinner and a couple bites of my enchilda. ha ha He also ate some baby food for dinner. He has definately gotten his appetite back from being sick!

Talk to you soon :)

Getting Back to Good

2007-03-30T21:41:00.000-05:00

Connor's feeling much better now and daddy is over the "bug" as well. ( He caught it on Tuesday). Since it's been nice this week, we've gone on a couple walks and also went outside to play in the grass. Nothing beats some good ole fashioned "sunshine".

We've been trying to "un-do" what Connor got used to while he was sick. We held him all the time while he was sick, so now he screams bloody murder if we put him down. Before he was sick, he would lay in his crib for his nap and cry for a couple minutes and then go to sleep. Now, he's not having it! We let him "cry it out" for a while the other day and finally caved in and and picked him up & gave him a bottle to help him go to sleep. He fell asleep in daddy's arms but the minute he put him in bed, Connor started crying again. Arrghhh. Yesterday, was an even bigger battle to get him to take his nap. He woke up when I put him down and then screamed like he was being tortured. I'm sure my neighbors must've thought he was. lol It's very frustrating to hear him cry so much, especially when he was so good about naps & bedtime before. I was so proud of myself thinking that I had managed to beat the bedtime battle by starting him out early sleeping in his crib, going down for naps and bedtime while still awake, etc and then he gets sick and every darn thing we knew went out the window! LOL So now we are trying to get him back into his old routine. Luckily tonight he didn't wake up when daddy put him to bed. It doesn't help either when we go to mamaw & papaw's and great-mamaw's and they hold him and give him whatever he wants. We've been to see them a couple times this week, so he's still getting "spoiled". ha ha I guess we'll try to get our normal routine back on track next week. Another thing I noticed about his naps this week are that they're very short. He usually sleeps 1-2hrs in the morning and about 40-60min in the afternoon. Now he's sleeping about 20min or so instead. Which of course leads to him being overtired and the meltdowns at naptime. Lord help me! LOL

We're taking him to a wedding tomorrow so his sleep will be all messed up then too. Hopefully I can get him to nap a little while we're shopping in the morning. (I have to find something to wear to the wedding).

Sick Baby

2007-03-26T09:21:00.000-05:00

Thursday night we took Connor to the ER because he threw up again in the evening. The dumb ER doc said he wasn't bad enough for an IV but never did any bloodwork on him. They had us giving him 5ml of formula every 5 min for about an hour or so in the ER and then sent us home. He said if he wasn't getting better the next day to bring him back or take him to his Dr.

On Friday, Connor seemed like he was a little better when he first woke up. However, after his nap, he woke up with a completely dry mouth (a sign of dehyrdation). Then he threw up all of his formula from breakfast and was just miserable! He kept throwing up when I gave him pedialyte, so my sister, niece and I took him to the ER again. This time we saw another Dr who said he was definately sick and needed an IV. She also gave us medicine for his severe diaper rash (butt paste, it's AWESOME) and Nystatin or something like that because he had a yeast infection from the diaper rash. She also did bloodwork on him. When the results came in, she said "The good news is his white blood cell count looked good," (my heart totally sunk because I new there was bad news and all kinds of things went running through my head), "but the bad news is, his electrolyte count was very low and he's severely dehydrated, so he will have to be admitted!" So they got him hooked on a IV and they admitted him into the hospital. They were going to let us go home on Sat evening, but I decided to keep him overnight and leave Sun morning to make sure he was getting better and not gonna have a relapse.

He is home now and yesterday he was very whiny and you could tell he still didn't feel too great but the diarrehea was less frequent. He went to bed at 7:30pm (actually so did daddy and I) and he slept til 7:30am this morning. He is much much better today and had some substance in his poop this morning instead of diarrhea!

The nurses at St Joe were so nice but one was my favorite. Her name was "nurse Brenda". She was his nurse for 2 days and I liked her way better because she came to check in on him often.

Oh we had a massacre incident while we were in the hospital. Connor's IV came apart (not out of his hand, just unplugged). I looked down and there was blood everywhere! I rand the nurse button 3 times and nobody responded so I ran into the hall with blood all over my hands and saw a tech or cleaning person and said "I need a nurse, his IV came out!!!" I realized this man was standing outside the door from the room right next too us and his eyes got huge when he noticed all the blood on my hands! LOL What a sight I must've been! ha ha I probably scared the crap out of him. ha ha

Oh, did I mention that Friday was daddy's 30th birthday? He got to spend it in the hospital with his son. LOL We were going to have a family dinner originally with just the 3 of us and then get together with our familes on Sun. We did end up having the Sun dinner yesterday afternoon though because we got released around 10am or so.

The "Bug"

2007-03-22T00:00:00.000-05:00

Connor woke up at 2am on Monday night (Tues morning actually) throwing up. I first thought he just spit up his formula and dinner from sinus drainage from the darn sickness & bad cough he's had for a week. No such luck! He threw up again within a few minutes and then the diarrehia (sp?) kicked in. He barfed 7 times from 2-6:30am and I hadn't gone to bed yet when he got up at 2am sick. Finally at 7am I fell asleep for 2hrs and then woke up again to him crying. He didn't barf after 6:30am but he had the runs, so Don came home from work to help me and let me take a nap. He got some pedialyte for Connor and we gave it to him all day instead of formula. Last night he seemed better and ate bananas for dinner and kept them down. I slept on an air mattress in his room to make sure he was ok and so I would hear him if he did get sick. He slept all night without getting sick, except when I woke him up changing his diaper from the diarrehia. He got up around 8:30am and I gave him a bottle. About an hour later I fed him 1/2 a jar of bananas. When he went down for his nap he spit up a little (or so I thought). About an hour later, he was in his excersaucer while I was getting ready( so we could run out to the store). He was whining and mumbling "maaa maaa", so I looked down and he had puked all over the exersaucer! I was like "oh no not again". So I called the DR again and they said to keep giving him a few sips of the pedialyte every 5 min for 4hrs, so it can absorb in his belly and he could hopefully keep it down. He didn't puke anymore after that. About 6hrs of later, I gave him a watered down bottle of formula, then gave him cereal (just a little bit) around 7pm. Lets hope it stays down. The whole "runs" thing is really doing a number on his his poor little bottom, because it is raw! I've been putting desitin and/or A&D Ointment on it but he screams when I change his diaper now. He has been whiny and cranky and wanting to be held all day. It's so pitiful to see him so sick. It sucks that he got this after being sick with the bronchiolits and having the breathing treatments. We finally finished the breathing treatments a few days ago, so he had a little break before getting sick again. I hated to see him dry heaving. That was the worst because he was so helpless and so weak. I wanted to cry for him and at one point I started too. My sister brought him some pedialyte popsicles today and he really likes them. I just hope he's better tomorrow. I am also hoping that Don and I do not catch this mess!

Six Month Pictures

2007-03-12T21:48:00.000-05:00

Germs & Balls...

2007-03-10T01:10:00.000-05:00

It seems we've brought back more than just our final adoption papers from Oklahoma. I've been sick with an upper respitory infection and Connor's been really sick too. I went to the Dr on Monday and Connor went Tuesday and today!!! He has Bronchiolitis or something like that. He's wheezing and coughing a lot. I didn't hear him wheezing on Tuesday but the Dr did through her stethaschope. Yesterday and today I could actually hear the wheezing and a rattling sound in his chest. We are giving him breathing treatments of abuterol every 4-6hrs but I haven't seen much improvement since they started on Tuesday. I am praying it goes away soon. I hate to see him sick. The dr said "well he's a happy wheezer" when she was looking him over today. ha ha He was just sitting there and smiling. He is such a happy baby.

Today we were at Babies R Us and a lady from the portrait studio came up and was talking to him. He was smiling at her and she asked if we wanted to come to the studio and let him model for her so she could practice taking pic's. I said "sure" and we ended up getting a free 8x10 and a free collage type picture just for letting him pose. He was so good and smiled in every pic. She took the cutest easter pose so I am gonna have to get copies of it. I might order some wallets for everyone because it is just the cutest picture I've ever seen of him! We are going back on Monday to get his 6mos pic's taken. I told the lady that I had called My Photographer earlier in the week to set up an appt but nobody ever called me back so guess they "snooze and lose". This place takes really good pic's . I'm wishing I would've taken him here for his baby pic's when he was a month old...Oh well. I will get a discount too because they have some deal for him being 6mos or something.

I set up Connor's Diego ball pit he got from Santa Claus and he LOVES it!!! He was having a good ole time playing in it yesterday. My niece Ashley got in it with him and the next thing we knew, Olivia (our dog) jumped in it. I need to buy more balls for it. I saw some at Walmart so will have to go there and get more. My sister said to him "Connor wanna play with your balls" and I said "umm that didn't sound right". ha ha

Oh did I mention that it's a drama to give Connor the breathing treatments? He HATES them and fights and cries when I give them to him. I've discovered if I sing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" he will be quiet and just watch me sing. I was running out of animals that live on a farm so I decided to ad-lib and put our dogs in there for fun. ha ha He just watches me while I'm singing and it keeps his attention. When I sing other songs he starts to cry, so he must like that one.

Well hope you enjoyed the pic's :)

It's Official...He's Ours!!!

2007-03-08T22:43:00.000-05:00

We are home from our trip to Oklahoma and our adoption is finalized! Woo Hoo!!!! We got our picture taken with the judge (as you can see). She was really sweet and of course I cried. I didn't realize I was going to be so emotional, but when we were standing there asking her to grant us the final adoption, (actually the attorney did all the talking), I got teary-eyed thinking about my precious baby boy and how much I love him and how grateful I am to his bio mom that she chose us to raise him. The judge smiled at me and said something about us creating a bond between mother & son and between father & son. That's when I really about lost it. Don was also teary-eyed. It was sweet. Our visit to the courthouse was all of about 5 minutes before the judge. LOL I was really shocked at how fast it went. Our awesome attorney wanted to get us in and out of there so we wouldn't miss our flight home which was supposed to be at 5pm, and our court appt was at 2pm. Actually we got in there early though. Anyways, we get to the airport and our flight was delayed an hour. So we doinked around, and I got a massage from this little lady sitting in the middle of the airport with a sign that said "minute massage". It was $20 for a 14min massage. What's up with that? I thought you pay $1 per minute, and if you spend more money you get a few extra minutes free. Well not at the good ole Tulsa Airport! You get jipped out of money. ha ha The massage felt good though and I was looking foward to relaxing on the plane ride home. So we go eat dinner at TGI Fridays in the airport(there's a picture of Connor at Fridays in his infant seat), then Don leaves us there to go check on our flight and he comes back saying it was cancelled! I was like "say what?"...We never did find out why it got cancelled, but they put us up in a run down hotel and gave us free food vouchers and booked us on a 6am flight for Sat morning! Can I just tell you how fun it is to get up at 3:30am and get a 6mos old up who's used to sleeping in til 8-9am and drag him out in the windy weather to catch a VERY small plane? We got to the airport later than we should have on Sat morning so after standing in line at the ticket counter, security and then to get some food to take on the plane, we were running late to board the plane. We should've been the first ones on the plane because we have a baby with us, but instead we're the last ones to board. We had to frick'n board the plane outside and climb up some portable stairs (with Connor in arms). By the time I got on the plane I was so darn hot from running around trying to get outside and I took my jacket off and only had on a tank top but did not even care! ha ha The plane ride home sucked majorly! I had 2 major anxiety attacks on the plane and was freaking out. Connor was good though. He fell asleep after take off and slept about an hour. He was awake the other 1.5hrs of the ride home. He was playing and wanting to kick the back of the seat of the poor lady sitting in front of me. I kept putting his legs out into the aisle but he would turn back the other way. Once we landed, I had several people comment on how good he was on the plane. Thank the lord cause we were very worried about him on a plane. (check out his plane pic's)

The flight to Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon went really smooth. The flight was on time and Connor fell asleep right before take off because it was his nap time. We arrived at the airport early so we had time to feed him lunch in the airport and make a bottle to give him on the plane. He slept for about 2hrs on the plane and woke up about a 1/2 hr before we landed in Tulsa. We stayed in the same hotel that we stayed at when we went to pick Connor up after he was born. We rented a Grand Caravan and can I just tell you how much I LOVED it! It was sooooooo much easier to put him in it and all the junk we travel with, than my F-150. I want a mini-van so badly! ha ha I posted a pic of me and Connor at Metro airport waiting to board the plane and a pic of Connor and daddy at Hooters in Tulsa. ha ha We took Connor there when he was 5 days old and bought him a bib, so we had to take him back again. This time we got him a t-shirt and daddy a matching one. LOL

For some reason this new blogger is a drama. When I post my pictures, it posts the last pic's that I add at the top. I was posting the pic's as I was going along talking about them but you need to view them from the bottom to the top to follow along in my post.

Videos of Connor

2007-02-27T12:04:00.000-05:00

Here's Connor saying Mama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05-DU2zhEJs

Here's Connor sitting up on his own and dancing with his spider man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLOI5y9iRZo

I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane...

2007-02-25T23:34:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure if I told everyone yet, but we're going to OK on Thursday for our hearing to get Connor's adoption finalized! Woo Hoo! I know he is ours already, but after the hearing, he will be ours "legally". I am so happy about that! I'm very anxious about flying with a 6mos old, but we will see how it goes. I feel for the passengers though. LOL

Connor has been so crabby the last few days. He had his 6mos immunizations on Thursday, and he's been kinda crabby ever since. He usually doesn't get crabby afterwards, but he's been sick with a cold too, so it's not helping. I'm wondering if he's cutting a tooth. All day today he wanted me to hold him. When I would put him down in his exersaucer or jumperoo, he just cried and cried. Then I would pick him up and he was fine for a while. I had him on my lap and he would start to fuss again. I fed him, changed him and then finally put him to bed for a couple naps and he would wake up and fuss all over again. I ended up cooking dinner (yes that's a miracle I know) with him on my hip.

At his Dr appt, they said he's 18lb, 9.5 oz and 28 inches long! He's in the 95th percentile for height and the 75-90th for weight they said. He was so good in the Dr's office though. He was happy and talking to the Dr and saying "mommm-maaa" and she was laughing at him. He was his usual smiley self and then the nurse gave him his shots. He looked stunned at the first one like "how dare you hurt me", then he cried for the other 3 shots. When it was over I picked him up and he GLARED at the nurse with a mean look and it was so cute! She was saying sorry to him but he wasn't having it. LOL I got him dressed, gave him a toy and he was smiling again within a minute. I'm glad that his crying doesn't last very long (except these last few days LOL). I just pray he gets over it before our plane ride on Thurs. Ughhh!

Over the wknd we met up with a friend of mine who hadn't met Connor yet. She has a 15mos son and they were so cute together. We went to Olga's and they sat next to one another in high chairs and Connor was just laughing away at Alex. Then he would squeal and then Alex would squeal back at him. Then Alex tried to give Connor a drink of his sippy cup. It was the cutest thing! This was the first time I've actually seen Connor interact with another baby. He loves Trinity (his future wife who's 2.5yrs old and in the pic with him a few posts down where they're staring at one another) . But she's a little older, so seeing him with a younger baby was cute. He was afraid of his cousin Connor the last time we were over cousin Le-Le's house. I think he was having flashbacks of Connor trying to bite his head. ha ha I wish I had a pic of him & Alex together but I left my camera at home. Argghhh!

We have been practicing sitting up with Connor for the past 2 weeks and Connor can now sit up for about 10 min before falling over. We usually sit him in the middle of his boppy pillow or between my legs for some softness if he falls over, since we have hard wood floors and there isn't much cushion under the area rug. We learned the trick is to put a toy in front of him to keep him entertained. He had no interest in sitting up before, and then I read on babycenter.com that someone said they put a toy the heigh of their child in front of him and it helped. Well it defintately did the trick for Connor. He can't get to a sitting position on his own yet, but hopefully he will figure that out soon enough.

If I don't post again before our trip, I will definately post when we get back so you can hear all about it.

My Boys

2007-02-15T23:18:00.000-05:00

I Had to post this pic of the 3 guys in my life! I love how Boomer decided to take over the beagles dog bed. His big butt doesn't fit in it, but he sure tried. LOL

Happy Valentines Day!

2007-02-15T22:55:00.000-05:00

Here are some pic's of Connor on Valentine's Day. Notice his shirt says "Mommy's Little Valentine"...

BOUNCY BOUNCY BOUNCY...

2007-02-12T17:13:00.000-05:00

Connor's new favorite thing is his jumperoo. He loves to jump and bounce in it for a long time and bounces himself to sleep in it. I have a video of him bouncing until he fell asleep and then he'd wake up and bounce again and then doze back off. It was so cute but I haven't figured out how to add videos to my blog yet. If anyone knows how, please let me know.

Connor said his first word last week. Guess what it was? Yep, he says "mama" now! I was so excited to hear him say it. However, I'm not so sure that he knows what it means. He used to say "umm-mumm" but now he says "mummmmmmmm-ma". It' so cute to here him say it. Earlier he had spit up and I said "uh-oh" and I SWEAR it sounded like he said "uh-oh"! I was like "did I just hear that"? He's too little to say that, so I'm sure I just imagined it, but I swear that's what it sounded like. LOL

I had to have some bloodwork done this morning (just normal stuff like thyroid, cholestorol, sugar) and on my way to the dr I passed a lady getting in her car with her high heels on all dressed up for work. I looked at her and then thought about how lucky I am that I can stay home with Connor. I know that very few people get to do that in this day and age. I can't imagine having to drag Connor out in the cold every morning. He doesn't even get up til 8-9am so I'd have to wake him up early too. When I drove past that lady, I thanked the lord for letting me stay home with Connor! It does feel weird not working sometimes because I've worked since I was 16 years old. However, I do not miss it and am loving being with Connor and getting to see all the new things he's learning to do. I just think about when we first started the adoption process. I was planning on working full-time. So much has changed since then and things fell into place for us and I'm so thankful! Even if I do have to go back to work in the future, I am thankful for the opportunity I've had to watch Connor grow for the first 6mos of his life.

In other news, we are going to Oklahoma to finalize the adoption in March! I'm so excited to get it finalized and be able to get Connor's amended birth certificate! He will be "Officially" ours forever and ever once the adoption is final. I know he is already ours, but I want the "offical" papers to prove it, instead of the "temperary custody order" that we have right now.

Well take care and stay warm :)

Connor & his Doggies

2007-01-25T10:40:00.000-05:00

Connor is really into his doggies now. Whenever he sees them, he gets this big smile on his face! When they come up and lick him, he cracks up laughing. He loves to reach out and touch their noses and they usually give him a kiss on the hand. He loves his doggies and you can see in the pic's how he loves to stare at them. They are all very good with him too.

Winter Blahhhhs

2007-01-17T21:40:00.000-05:00

Connor has been sick with a cold since Friday. This is his first really "bad" cold. His poor nose has just been so snotted up and I suction it out with the "booger hooker" but it jus gets plugged up again right away. I keep kleenex around at all times. He'll be playing and I look over and see snot dripping from his nose or he blows bubbles of snot. LOL Gross!

Connor has mastered "rolling over" now. Everytime you lay him down on his back he will flip right over. It's cute to watch, however very annoying when I'm trying to sleep early in the morning and he rolls over in his sleep and then wakes up crying cause he's on his belly. I flip him back over and then a few minutes later he's crying again. I'm not sure why he just doesn't roll back over to his back. I guess it would use too much energy while he's still half asleep. ha ha

It's been really cold the last couple days. I've been bundling Connor up like a little eskimo when I take him out in the cold. He's very warm blooded so he gets hot really fast and gets ticked off when he's all bundled up in the car. I have to strip off his hat and blanket once we get into the car. I wish I would've thought to take a picture of it. I will try to take one tomorrow so I can post it.

I'm going to post a picture of Connor and daddy watching tv. Notice how they are both in a "zone"? It cracked me up when I looked over and saw them both enthralled in something on tv. I can't remember what they were watching, but I'm sure it wasn't baby approved. LOL

Roll Over Beethoven

2007-01-09T21:29:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year! We went to PA to visit Connor's great-grandma the wknd after Christmas and came back on New Years Eve. We took the beagles with us and they enjoyed the trip too. Boomer stayed with Aunt Heather because there wasn't enough room for him to go and he's too big for Grandma's house.

Connor rolled over from his back to his stomach for the first time yesterday. I was so excited! He's been trying to do it for the last few days, but he finally did it yesterday (on Elvis Presley's birthday & cousin Le-Le's birthday too). I put him on his back and then went into the other room for something, when I came back he was on his belly looking around. I was like "hey, I didn't put you like that" and then realized he rolled over. I put him on his back again and this time he rolled over for me to see. It's funny because he HATED tummy time, but for the last week I've been forcing him to be on his stomach a few times a day and now that he can lift his upper body off the ground he looks around and doesn't mind it much. Now, if we can just work on getting him to sit on his own, that will be great.

Last night I went to check on Connor before I went to bed and he was laying in the top corner of the crib on his side, with his face near the bumper pad. It stressed me out, so I moved him and a few minutes later, I went back in there and he was in that position again! Don said he checked on him this morning before he left for work and he was in that position again. Luckily I have a "breathable" bumper pad in the crib right now. It's not the normal one that came with the bedding. It's mesh so it won't suffocate him, but it still makes me nervous. We also have that baby monitor that comes with the sensor pad that you put under the mattress. It detects the slightest movements, so if baby stops breathing for 20 sec or more the alarm will go off. The last couple nights in a row it went off in the middle of the night. I jumped up and ran in there. The first night Connor had wiggled his way down to the bottom of the crib so the pad couldn't pick of his movements. The 2nd night though he was laying where the pad should be, but he was breathing when I went in there. I am wondering if he stopped breathing but started up when the alarm went off. I know it's normal for babies to stop breathing for a few seconds or have shallow breathing and then they have more deep breaths but good grief it stresses me out! I'm just glad we have the monitor because I feel a bit safer with it.

Connor's gonna be 5 mos on Jan 17th! I can't believe how fast time goes by. Every day I see more and more changes in him. Now he likes to put everything up to his mouth. He's playing with his exersaucer toys more too. He grasps his toys but he still is working on perfecting his coordination and he kinda just flails his arm around til he touches something and then grasps it. He also tries to hold his bottle and it's a battle to feed him. He pushes it out of his mouth and then I gotta struggle with him to get it back in his mouth because he gets mad after he pushes it out of his mouth. Another thing he's been doing lately is stiffening out and trying to wiggle off my lap when I'm holding him. I have no clue where he thinks he's going since he can't sit up, crawl or walk yet. ha ha He's just so much more independent already. I love the newborn stage, but this age is so much more fun because he interacts with me when I talk to him.

Yesterday, cousin Connor came to visit and they were so funny to watch together. This was the first time that Connor really noticed cousin Connor. He kept staring and staring at cousin Connor. I took several pic's and Connor was looking up at cousin Connor in every one. ha ha Then cousin Connor decided he wanted to take a bite of Connor's head. I got a picture of it before we pulled him away and he did any damage.

Happy Holidays!!!

2006-12-27T12:30:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! I know we sure did. Connor got spoiled by his family and santa. On Christmas Eve we went to my parents to exchange gifts and then to Don's cousin's for a family dinner. Connor got to see his cousin Harry, who's 3 mos older than he is and Connor weighs more than him!!!

Connor had his 4mos immunizations on Friday, Dec 22 and the Dr told me he's off the charts in his weight and height for his age! I said "so does that mean he's fat?" She said "no, he's in proportion, but he's just bigger than most 4mos olds". lol He weighs 15lbs, 8.5oz, and is 26 inches long! His head was in the 97th percentile which made me laugh cause I figured that would be off the charts! He's got a big ole round charlie brown head. ha ha

So back to the Christmas Eve dinner. Don's family hasn't seen Connor in a few months and Connor was soooooooo cranky from not having a nap. He was too excited at my parents house when he opened gifts and was playing with his Aunt and cousins to take a nap. So when we got to Don's family's house, he was crying and throwing a fit. His cousin Harry was all smiles and giggling and having a good ole time and here was Connor, being a cranky butt! He finally went to sleep and slept the entire time we were there. I was bummed because I wanted his family to see him happy and playing and laughing out loud. Oh well... On Christmas morning we opened gifts and then went to see Nana White (Don's mom). Connor took a few catnaps, but by the time he got to my parents house again for our family's Christmas dinner, he was cranky and not ready to deal with a big crowd of people again. His cousin Connor was there (whose also 3mos older) and was all smiling and giggling and crawling around, and Connor was fussy. We did get a pic of Connor with Harry and some with Connor and Connor that I will post. I think Connor is almost as long as his big cousin Connor. He's not as heavy yet, but definately almost the same length.

I really enjoyed Christmas this year with my little family. It was so awesome to have "Santa" bring Connor gifts, even if he had no clue what was going on. I look forward to the future Christmas's with Connor (and of course Don too)! Our living room is full of toys and I have so many clothes for him that I don't know where to put them all.

I got a great gift from hubby for Christmas. It's a charm that's shaped like a little boy and has Connor's birthstone in it. I also got a necklace for it. I LOVE it!!! Of course, my biggest Christmas blessing is Connor. I explained to Connor what Christmas was about (the true meaning of Christmas) and that without God, Connor wouldn't be with us! I just hope that he understands what I'm saying one day.

Well I hope everyone has a very Happy and Safe New Year!!!

Harry's on the left and Connor's on the right

Cousin Connor's on the left, our Connor's on the right

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!

2006-12-14T01:00:00.000-05:00

Hello,

So by now most of you probably got our Christmas card. It was not easy getting Connor to be happy. He was happy in the first couple pic's I took but he does NOT like wearing hats and when I put the santa hat on him, he was ticked off!!! I have to post a couple of the pic's for you so you can see what I'm talking about.

Well things are going good here. Connor is almost 4 mos old. He'll be 17wks tomorrow (yes I still count the weeks). He's officially eating fruits and veggies and loves them! I started him a little early on them, but he was so hungry all the time. He seems to handle them fine and his favorites are Sweet Potatoes and Banana's. At first he only ate 1/2 a jar of stage 1, but now he eats the whole jar so he might be moving on to stage 2 soon.

He's pretty much in a routine and I'm soooooooo thankful to have such an easy-going baby. He does get fussy when he is hungry or tired or wet or poopy, but I get that way myself. ha ha He sleeps through the night and I'm sooo happy. His schedule is like this: He gets up around 7:30-8am, drinks a bottle, takes another nap for about an hr then gets up and has his cereal/fruit followed by his bath. Then he gets another bottle about an hr after his cereal/fruit. He usually takes a long nap (while mommy watches her soaps lol) and then gets up and plays for a while. He usually naps again before the evening's up and then he eats dinner around 6:30pm or so and plays a little more then takes a cereal bottle around 8-8:30pm and goes to bed. I'm glad we have a routine down, but I noticed if I mess up the routine, he's not a happy camper. My sister and mom came by the other day and it was time for his nap and he was trying to take his bottle while my sister talked to him and he got soooooooooo ticked off! He needs total quiet and concentration while drinking that bottle. It just cracks me up!

I'm pretty much done with Connor's Christmas shopping. I might get a few misc things but really I need to chill out. I know he has no clue what's going on, but I can't help but buy stuff for him. I bought him a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer that sings and it's nose lights up, yesterday. He likes to watch things that sing and make noise. He loves his Itsy Bitsy Spiderman that sings and moves his little arms. LOL

Well I better run but here are the Christmas Card rejects:

Things I'm Thankful For...

2006-12-01T22:00:00.000-05:00

Before Thanksgiving, I was thinking about what I'm thankful for. I realize that I have soooooo much to be thankful for this year. Of course, the obvious, is that I'm very thankful for being blessed with Connor. I'm thankful that he's healthy and that his bio mother stuck with her adoption plan, and I'm thankful for all of the support from my family and friends throughout our adoption process!

My father hasn't been in good health for a while and was recently diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure. He's also got A-fib (irregular heartbeat) and has been in the hospital twice since we brought Connor home. The whole reason he found out about his heart problem, was because he went into the ER for having these weird unexplained spells where he would forget things. It freaked him out and the Dr's think he might've been having some kind of seizure. Because of his ER visit, they found the heart problem...So for that, I am thankful for the "seizure" or whatever it was that caused him to go to the ER. I am thankful that he's still with us and that he's doing ok. He's being monitored carefully by Dr's now and hopefully they will be able to stay on top of his condition.

So you see, I have very many things to be thankful for!

I was reading another lady's blog, who adopted her son this year also. She was saying how different Thanksgiving was for her this year, and I have to say that I totally agreed with her post 100%! Last year was depressing for me because of my failed attempts with fertility treatments. It was depressing to hear about other people around me getting pregnant,or listening to parents complain about their kids when I wanted to have one soooooooo badly. Unless you've gone through infertility, you can't understand how it can make you feel. It consumes you and that's all you can think about..You feel like a failure and like you're missing out on something. A year ago at this time, we decided to adopt. I knew in my heart it was the right thing to do and that it was what our path was supposed to be. Now, I'm healing from the infertility, but I have not forgotten how terrible I felt from it! We plan on adopting again in a few years so that Connor can have a baby brother or sister. I don't even think about us trying to get pg again, because I'm at complete peace with adoption. I know that this is what God wanted for us and I have no intention of ever trying infertility treatments again....Ok, I got off the subject of how this year was different. This year, I just felt complete. It was so nice to have my baby boy and my husband with me on Thanksgiving and to spend it with family. We enjoyed the morning at Don's mom's and the rest of the day at my parents house. Connor was exhausted because he didn't sleep much from all the excitement with everyone holding him and kissing on him. He was a bit cranky actually and finally and only took cat naps through out the day. LOL He's too nosey to sleep when there's a bunch of people around. LOL

Today is my birthday, and this is the first year that I couldn't think of anything I wanted when people would ask "what do you want for your birthday?". I'm so used to thinking about what I want to get for Connor, that it was weird to think about what I wanted for me. Of course, I did manage to come up with a list. ha ha But, it took me a while to think about it.

I just want say one more thing before I sign off. If you are still waiting for your baby and reading this, just know that it is soooooooooooooooooooooo worth the wait, even though you can't believe it at the time when you are waiting. Once you get your child, you will have so much joy to fill you up and you won't have room for any pain! Also know that you are not alone, even though it feels like it at the time!

Ok I've rambled on enough for one night.

Cereal and Exersaucer Pic's

2006-12-01T21:53:00.000-05:00

What a big boy!

2006-11-15T11:51:00.000-05:00

Connor has been sitting in his walker/exersaucer like a big boy! We got him the Baby Einstein exersaucer and took the walker to Mamaw's, since she has level floors for him to roll around on when he's older. I love the exersaucer and it's cute to watch Connor look at the toys. I don't have a pic downloaded of the exersaucer yet, but have a couple from the walker.

He's been eating his cereal from a spoon in the mornings now. I have pic's but again haven't downloaded them yet. I'll save them for the next post. Connor's changing so much every week. Aunt Gerri and cousin Ashley play "1,2,3" with him where they grab his arms and say "1..2..3.." and then pull him up. He's learned that when you say "3" he starts trying to pull up. The little game seems to be strengthening his back and neck because he can hold his neck straight with his body now when he raises up and it seems more steady when you're holding him.

Connor's newest discovery is "kicking his legs". When he gets excited, he kicks those little legs all over the place. When I chekced on him in his crib the other morning, all I saw from the doorway were little legs kicking in the air. It was so cute. When he's on his stomach, he kicks with his legs like he's trying to crawl. Of course he's way too young for that yet, but it's funny to watch him moving them like a little frog.

Well enjoy the pictures and I'll post the cereal and exersaucer pic's later :) I put one in there of him after his bath. He feels so good after his bath and always babbles to me when he's clean. LOL

Happy Halloween!

2006-11-03T20:29:00.000-05:00

So I'm a little late posting, but wanted to list some pic's of Connor from Halloween. He didn't go trick or treating, just helped me pass out candy. I dressed him in his pumpkin costume that he wore a month ago for his pictures, and it was totally too small on him! LOL He looked like he was wearing capris or something. ha ha I dressed the dogs up too and you can check out their pic's on their blog site.

Connor's been changing so much every day. He is filling out and starting to look like a baby instead of a newborn. It just amazes me how fast he's growing. He's starting to kick and bat at his toys when laying under his activity mat. He likes to be held "upright" so he can look around or he likes to lay on the floor and look around.

Well enjoy the pictures :)

Happy 2 mos Birthday!!!

2006-10-17T10:54:00.000-05:00

Connor is 2 mos old today. He had his vaccinations last week and weighed in at 12lb,6 oz. He's also reached a couple milestones in the last week. He smiled his first "real" smile at his Aunt Gerri on Friday. He also rolled over from his belly to his back for daddy last week and then again for Aunt Gerri twice yesterday!

We went to the pumkin factory yesterday and let Mamaw Hicks keep Connor since it was cold and rainy. She gave us money to get him a pumkin, and I took pic's of him with the pumkin.I picked a little one for him, since he's little. We also got cider and donuts and when we got back, Aunt Gerri gave Connor a taste of cider and donut from her finger. It was so cute to watch him enjoying his first tastes of food. Actually, his first taste of food was a lemon that cousin Le-Le gave him a sample of a few weeks ago. I guess she's getting me back for letting her daughter sample a chocolate brownie when she was only 6wks old. LOL

In other news, daddy started his new job yesterday. I pray he likes it, since he's been trying to get into this company for a very long time! The good thing about him working here is the benefits are FREE and I will be able to stay home with Connor. I was getting worried that we might have to put him in daycare. I didn't want to do that because I don't like the idea of someone I don't know watching him. Not that I'm against daycare, I understand some people have no other choice, but I don't even like the thought of leaving Connor with people that I do know, so I can't imagine leaving him with someone I don't know. LOL When he's a little older, I'm sure I'll feel differently, but for now, I want to enjoy bonding with him and watch him grow & learn new things. When we first started the adoption process, we thought my sister and mom were going to babysit. Then my dad's health went downhill, and my sister says she has to get a job to help pay for my nephew's graduation expenses this year and college tuition. Luckily, things started falling into place for us. I lost my job in June, which sucked at the time, but I realize it was a blessing in disguise. Then, while we were in OK, Don's company ended up giving him insurance coverage, that took effect the day Connor was born (we originally had crappy private coverage that would only pay at 50%). Then, the new company called him for an interview while we were there! It's truly amazing to see how God works in my life. I know some people don't believe that, and they're free to believe what they want. However, I know God looks after me and takes care of me because I put my trust & faith in him!

Enjoy the pic's of Connor :)

Halloween Preview

2006-10-07T10:42:00.000-05:00

My cousin, Lisa, and I took our Connors to get their pictures taken for Halloween this week. Her Connor is 5 mos old. The photographer was referring to the boys as big Connor and little Connor. It was funny because we refer to the "Kara's in our family as big Kara and little Kara (or baby Kara). Anyways, we were there forever and cracking up laughing, watching this poor lady try to get both babies to look at her. Big Connor was crying and then she'd finally get him calmed down and then little Connor would start fussing. He wasn't too comfortable in the wagon that she had him in. I am going to post the pic's so you can see them. You can see how uncomfortable he looks. LOL We only got one pic of both of them looking towards the camera. I got a few pic's of little Connor alone too. I love the matching outfits Connor and Connor had on for the pic's. I am going to have him wear it for Halloween this year. I was going to buy a costume for him, but he won't even be able to wear it because he's too little to take out trick or treating and it'd be too warm to wear it indoors while we pass out candy. Plus, with the wacky weather, I don't want him outside for an extended period of time. I've already been battling a cold with him, and it's not very fun. He does have a "First Halloween" bib that my dear friends (Janie, Kimmy, Tracy and Shelley) got for him, so he can wear that with the outfit.

Here are the pictures for your viewing pleasure:)

Shower Pictures

2006-10-03T11:21:00.000-05:00

Blogger wouldn't let me post the pic's before. Here they are from the shower:) The pic with the stuffed animals is from after Connor's long day. Cousin Ashley, settled him in with all his new stuffed animals. LOL

A Shower of Thanks

2006-09-27T13:20:00.000-05:00

Connor's "Welcome" Shower turned out really wonderful over the weekend! He got soooooooooooooo many presents that I couldn't even believe it! He has so many clothes that I don't even know when he'll wear them all! LOL We got a lot of really cool things and I just wanted to say "Thank You" again to all of our friends and family for the wonderful gifts, support and love! Connor is so blessed to know so many wonderful people and we are sooo blessed to have him in our lives!

Here are a few pic's of Connor at his shower and of his cake :)

Officially One Month...

2006-09-18T21:48:00.000-05:00

Connor is 1 month old as of yesterday! He is changing so much. He's starting to stay awake for longer periods of time and he is very nosey and likes to look around at everyone. On Sat, I took him to my parents to for the day and we went shopping with my mom, sister, and niece. He was awake almost the ENTIRE day. He was too nosey to sleep I guess. It was really cute!

Connor's baby shower is on Sat. I have a cute outfit picked out for him to wear. LOL He's gonna be "style'n and profile'n" and looking like a little man. Hopefully he doesn't spit up on it or pee through it before the shower begins. LOL

Well here are a few new pic's I took recently that I like.

Pics

2006-09-07T20:45:00.000-05:00

Here are the pic's, the other post wasn't letting me post them.

It's Been 3 weeks Already...

2006-09-07T19:49:00.000-05:00

My baby boy is 3 weeks old today! I can't even believe how fast time flies by. He's been doing very good and we haven't had anymore issues with the projectile vomiting or formula coming out the nose (knock on wood). Actually he did the "formula coming out the nose" thing for me twice when I was alone (couldn't remember if I mentioned them in my last post), and he just cried for a couple seconds while I suctioned him and he was fine. It wasn't anything like the very first time it happened when Don and I went into "Panick Mode". LOL

The last week has been really hectic for me because my father's been in the hospital (he's coming home today..finally!) and I was trying to go see him every day and leaving Connor with his daddy. I finally took him to visit his Papaw in the hospital a couple times. (Dont worry, he was on the Cardiac ward, so the "sick" people weren't contagious). Connor's had a lot of visitors and he's been to a lot of places in his short life. Let's see, he 's been to Olive Garden, Carraba's, Hooters (yes Hooters), Chili's, Target, Walmart, Sams Club, went for a ride in an ambulance, and the list goes on. LOL He's quite the "social butterfly" I must say.

I'm going to attach some new pic's of Connor. There's one of him with his cousin Connor, who's 3 mos older than him (and cousin Kara). It's so cute to see the Connor's together because our COnnor's so much smaller right now. I'm sure he will catch up soon though because he is eating 5oz already! He doesn't always take 6oz, but takes at least 4oz every 3-4hrs. At this rate, his initials "C.O.W" will be fitting. ha ha

Scary Experiences of Being a New Mom

2006-08-27T20:57:00.000-05:00

I have to tell you about our trip to the ER in OK the day before we got home. Connor was laying there and spit up and fomula came out his nose! He started acting weird and arching his head back and turned really red. He wouldn't really cry and it looked like he couldn't breathe. I called 911 while Don suctioned his mouth and nose with the booger hooker and by the time the ambulance came he was crying and they said he seemed ok. They checked him out and said his oxygen level was good and his heart rate was good too. They decided to take him to the ER anyway just to make sure he didnt get any formula in his lungs. So they strapped Don to a stretcher while he held Connor. The funny part was my baby boy fell asleep in the ambulance! I followed them in the truck since we wouldn't have had a way back to our hotel if I didnt bring the truck. When we get to the hospital, Don realized he didnt have any shoes on! I was cracking up laughing about it! Once the DR came in and checked him out they set him up for an xray and I went back to the hotel to get Don's shoes and to get the infant seat I had forgotten in my panic mode! Don was gonna go get the stuff and let me stay with Connor in the ER, but I told him I didn't want him walking through the hospital without shoes on. ha ha Anyways, our baby was fine, and we got to come home with him but we didnt sleep well that night. We worried all night he would spit up again and have that happen to him.

Has anyone else ever experienced the fomula coming out of their baby's nose? If so, how did they react? Last night we had family over and they were bouncing Connor and all of a sudden, he projectile vomited all over Don's aunt! Then he started that whole face turing red thing and acting like he wasn't gonna breathe. Luckily Don's cousin was there and he's an EMT and he watched over him and said that as long as he is crying and making noises, he is getting air through his nose, and that it was probably just burning his nose or something so that's why he tilts his head back. Ohhhhhhhhhhh my god, I am having total anxiety over it because Don is going back to work tomorrow and I will be with Connor alone! I dont want him doing that with just me because I will surely panic! We have a DR appt in the morning so I am going to talk to her about this. Another thing he does to stress me out is fall asleep while eating and then starts choking cause he's too lazy to swallow the formula and then gets choked on it. Any advice moms? I am even more paranoid than I figured I would be! LOL

We're Baaaaaaaaaacccckkk!

2006-08-25T08:07:00.000-05:00

We got the call on Wednesday afternoon that we were approved by MI to come home with Connor. So we packed up our stuff and headed out Wed evening. We drove straight through because we were too wired to stop and sleep. Connor slept just fine the whole way home. 18hrs after leaving OK, we arrived home! We did make a pit stop at my parents house so that Connor could meet his Mamaw and Papaw Hicks! My dad cried and of course made me cry! Once we got home, we took a nap and then my sister (Aunt Gerri) and niece (Ashley) came bearing gifts for Connor. Cousin Jimmy (my nephew) showed up a little while later and brought the cutest little outfits. I will take a pic of him in one of them today and post next time. It was a busy day with relatives in and out and I know this wknd will be more of the same.

Oooh I better run, I hear someone is up and grunting...Here are a few pic's of Connor with his Papaw Hicks, Aunt Gerri and cousins yesterday. Also a couple cute ones I had to throw in there for your viewing pleasure!

Waiting to Come Home...

2006-08-22T23:02:00.000-05:00

We took bmom to the courthouse yesterday and she signed the paperwork terminating her rights. We took her to dinner afterwards and gave her a few little gifts. One was the birthmother bracelet I found on adoptionshop.com It was called "Three Hearts" bracelet. One heart for bmom, one for adoptive mom, and one for baby. It was really nice.

The paperwork was being sent to MI's Interstate Compact Agreement Agency in Lansing today (overnighted) and attorney said we should hear from MI tomorrow or Thurs and then once they give the verbal approval we can FINALLY come home! I don't know why I'm complaining because we haven't even been here a week yet, but I miss my family soooooooooooo much and CANNOT wait for them to see their new little grandson, nephew, cousin...

We might meet with the birthfather's mom tomorrow but not sure yet. We just told him to have her call if she wants to see the baby. She was invited to bmom's over the wknd and didn't want to come, so I am not sure why she wants to see the baby now...but whatever. Anyways, it's late, and I need to get to bed.

Love,
She-She

Connor's Birth Family

2006-08-20T21:42:00.000-05:00

We had a nice visit with Connor's birthmother, birth grandparents and great grandma today. We are going to take his birthmother to the courthouse tomorrow to sign the paperwork and then he will be "ours"! We are beside ourselves with joy here. Don is such a great daddy and he loves his little boy! I am adding a few of my favorite pic's of Connor.

Love everyone :)

Welcome, Connor Oneal!!!

2006-08-18T20:31:00.000-05:00

Here are some pic's of our sweet little son, Connor! He was born 8/17/06. His birthmother called us on 8/16/06 and said her water broke and about an hour later, her mom called to say that he was born already! Enjoy the pic's of our new precious baby boy...