Connor's first Vacation

California Trip

Connor and I flew down to California at the beginning of the month to stay with my sister Laura. Her husband is in law school and never home because he is a good student who studies ALL OF THE TIME so we decided to go keep her company while Michael was on a work trip. We had so much fun. The weather was perfect...As soon as they picked me up from the airport Addison, my 3 year old niece, kept telling me, "See Stephanie the weather here is great. I keep trying to tell you how wonderful our weather is and that you should live here. Wow it's so warm." and she went on and on about it the entire time. We went on walks, got Thrifty's ice cream, met up with my best friend when I was a little girl and had a play date with her 2 kids, ate at the best breakfast place in the world, made yummy dinner, played with the puppy and played with Tyler (Laura's brother in-law)...He would take Connor and hang out with him which was so nice of him! Connor loved him! Kourtney and Addison both adored Connor and couldn't get enough of him and I couldn't get enough of them!!


We had a great surprise our last day there. My sister Carinn drove down from Rosamond with her kids to surprise us and spent the day playing in the park with us and hanging out. Her kids were all so excited to see Connor and he got 4 more cousins adoring him and loving him that day! I love that all of the cousins love each other so much. I have the best sisters! I love being with them and had a perfect day with them and all of the babies. Thanks for driving all of the way to see us...it made our trip complete! We of course missed Emily and her babies.
After 3 days of fun we made our trip home. Connor did great on the plane both ways which was a relief because our flight there was at 7 in the morning and our flight home didn't get in until 1030 at night so i was worried about him not sleeping. Nursing on a small plane was not that great especially with 2 grown men next to me, but Connor was good so I can't complain. Here's a picture of him on his first plane ride (still in pajamas because I had to put him in the car at 6 am and I wasn't going to wake him up to dress him!)

Connor at 6 months

6 Months

Crazy that it has been 6 months since Connor was born! He is getting more fun every day and I love waking up to him every morning! He is a much happier baby and is getting a little personality that is so funny!

At 6 months Connor:

-Sits up and plays with his toys he started a few weeks ago
-Smiles at everyone
-Says Dadada all day long and baba. He gets a few mamas in there too.
-Eats solids at lunch and dinner and nurses every 2 hours
-Eats 2 times a night still
- Loves hanging upside down whenever I am holding him
-Grabs EVERYTHING
-Being outside...he always has loved this!
-Looking around-He will not sleep if there are other people around that he can look at
-Loves to spit and blow bubbles with his lips


Doesn't Like:
-When I leave the room
-Lotion (never has liked it but I make him get it every night after his bath)
-Laughing
-Peas
-Sleeping
-When his mom isn't holding him but is in the same room
-When you don't feed him fast enough
-When his dad hangs him upside down for too long!
-Rolling- he seriously never does it
-Being in his car seat when it is dark outside

Stats:
Height: 26.9 inches (62%tile)
Weight: 15.5 lbs (14.5%tile)
Head:17 inc (47%tile)

5 months

Connor is already 5 months! We got a sneak peak of a happy baby the week before Christmas. He wasn't sick and he was all smiles and soo happy...it was like we got a new baby! Then he got sick again the day after Christmas and it was sad fussy baby all over again. He is just starting to feel better and get back to the happy baby we met a couple of weeks ago!
At 5 months Connor

-You will almost always see Connor with his mouth wide open trying to get everything in it!
-Still loves to cuddle his mom
-Has been eating every 2 hours all night long...
-Eats everything! Peaches, pears, prunes, apples, bananas, peas, mashed potatoes, carrots, and his favorite is Avocado!
-No longer will eat rice cereal which he only ate for about a week (he started it the week before he turned 4 months)
-Still nurses the exact same amount even though he eats solids
-Goes to bed around 8:30 -9 :00 at night
-Naps...what are those? maybe 15-40 minutes 2 X a day
-Cries if I put him down...makes it hard to get anything done
-Loves playing with his dad when he gets home from work!
-Loves to watch us eat and begs for it
-Loves TV ... I have heard a lot of boy babies love technology!

4 month check up

We took Connor in for his 4 month check up today.

Stats:

Length: 25.5 (68%)
Weight:13.3 (15%)
Head: 16.2 (19%)

& No shots because...they found a double ear infection. So he is now on antibiotics and will go back next week for his shots!! Poor guy is just having a hard time with all of this. But the doctor did say go ahead and feed him...not only that but he said feed him anything we want besides peanut butter, shellfish & eggs. As long as it is a consistency he likes and take it slow introducing them. He also said he doesn't need to eat all night like he is so as soon as he gets better we MIGHT try to fix that. We will see how strong I am. He is so cute and it is so sad to see him so miserable. I hope he feels better soon.

Sick Baby

Sick babies are not fun.



Connor had a little cold for a week and I thought we got lucky that it never turned into a bad cold. Then 2 nights ago he started coughing a ton and it looked like he couldn't catch his breath when he would cough. So we took him to the doctors and sure enough he had Croup.

So the doctor gave him a steroid shot to help reduce the inflammation in his airway and we left. We have been doing lots of steamy showers and "sleeping" sitting up in a chair to help him sleep better. He gets up every 1-2 hours all night and will only go back to sleep if I feed him because he feels so bad. He is so sad and miserable when he wakes up coughing. I hope this ends sooner than later!! I feel so bad for sick babies!

Here he is watching a rudolph christmas movie I put on for him the other day...He loves TV and I really needed to get some cleaning done...bad me. I only left him there for about 10 minutes.

4 months

4 months old:

Connor is already 4 months old! He has his 4 month doctor apt. on Friday so we will see how round 2 of shots goes!!!
-Goes to bed around 9, was sleeping until 2 but has been getting up at 11-12 lately, then 2 or 3 then 5 or 6 then 7ish...anyway...What is sleep?
-Loves talking in the middle of the night when he wakes up before he starts screaming...then he just sits there and smiles at me when he sees me...he knows that is the only way to redeem himself at those hours
-Hates tummy time...he may never roll over
-Loves talking and sometimes likes to smile...does not like to laugh...He is usually very serious
-Grabs everything you put in front of him and puts it right in his mouth
-Still drools like crazy...his clothes are always soaked
-Eats every 2 hours during the day...I am ready to start solids to see if I can stop nursing him so much
-He hates getting dressed
-He loves when people sing to him
- He does not like the dark
-Still is swaddled every night...we put him down not swaddled tonight so we will see how that goes!
-He loves toys with big eyes especially his baby Einstein playmat because it has a whale with big eyes and an octopus with big eyes

Sleep?

Last night I was up with Connor every 2 hours. During my 2 hour stretches of sleep I was having crazy dreams. One was about this free give away everyone was getting. It was a free trip to Disneyland and all you had to do to get it was get 8 hours of sleep in a row. I was like there's no way I could ever fool them about getting 8 hours of sleep! Haha. It was so random but so true! My poor baby just doesn't like to sleep and I might die from not sleeping or just always be grumpy...maybe one day he will decide to sleep. At least he redeems himself when I hear him laying there talking to himself in the middle of the night..it is really cute. And at least Michael takes the shifts starting at 630 after I feed him for the 4th time!! How do people do this without a husband?

3 Months Old

Connor is already 3 months old!
-He is such a good baby.
-He goes to bed at 10:30 and sleeps anywhere from 4-6 hours...last night 7.
-He talks non stop. We took family pictures today and he talked the entire 45 minutes
-He loves to suck on his hands. His index finger is always bright red
-He started laughing and it is the cutest sound ever
-He loves to stand up
-He loves to take a nap cuddling me every day around 3 or 4 (Favorite part of my day)
-He loves to talk to a certain pillow we have and his octopus toy
-He loves to skype his cousins
-He is always trying to sit up especially when he is in his car seat
-He loves to be put down every now and then and just look around and talk
-He sleeps in his car seat as long as the car is moving but must be taken out as soon as the car stops
-He still has to be swaddled or he won't stay asleep
-He blows bubbles all day...so he is always drooling
-He LOVES to be outside...I am so sad winter is here
-His legs are so skinny... pants always look like ganster pants on him

2 months

Here are some pictures of Connor at 2 months old.

Connor

2 month stats:

weight: 10.96 pounds
height: 23 inches
head: 15.25

Time is going by so fast. I can't believe how big Connor is getting. A couple of weeks ago he had his 2 month appointment and got his shots. After his nap he screamed for almost 2 hours...it was sad. He goes to bed around 1045 and sleeps for 4-5 hours usually then 3 hours then 1 or 2 hours after that. I will take it! It is much better than before. He talks SO much now and giggles. It is so cute. He likes his mom and knows when I am not holding him. He is so cute!!

Playdate

Chelsea and Scarlett came and saw baby Connor for a few hours on Sunday!! It was so fun. Thanks for taking the time to come and see us!!! We had so much fun playing! And Connor got to play with his Aunt Lauren and visit his Grandma and Grandpa Farrell too!

Connor and Scarlett

Playing together

Chelsea and Me with each others Babies

Aunt Lauren and Connor

Things Connor loves/hates

Things Connor Loves...

His Dad

His Cousins

His Nanny...she saves him from his mom and spoils him rotten

His bath time...he falls asleep in the bath and the shower!

His play mat

The Hot Tub...he falls asleep in there too...His swimsuit is HUGE on him

Things Connor Hates...Being wrapped! He always gets his arms out!

Fun with cousins

Connor had so much fun when Emily came to visit with Aimee and Jack. Nanny took them all to the Dinosaur Museum and Connor slept the entire time in his seat. Aimee loved to try to calm him down by saying "don't freak out, i'm here, it's ok." It was really funny and cute. We had so much fun with them and were sad that they had to leave us.

Connor at 2 weeks old

My sister in law Emily took some cute pictures of Connor when he was 2 weeks old. They turned out so cute! Thanks Emily.

1 day old pictures

Connor would not stop screaming during these pictures so we didn't get very many good ones. I can not believe how different he looked that first day of life!! These were actually taken minutes before we found out he was sick and they took him away from us.

Baby Connor

He's finally home! After 11 days and 10 nights in the hospital baby Connor is home. Labor was great and was the easiest part of this whole process for me. I guess you can't have everything easy, right?! We were so lucky that we were able to stay in the hospital with him the entire time he was there! We got a room right across from the nursery which made it nice for his night time feedings. I am so glad we delivered at a small hospital so we could stay there and he got SO much attention from all of the nurses. I think he misses them all. He is a really good baby except when it is time to eat then he thinks it is time to scream at the top of his lungs. He likes to sleep in his swing the best so that is where we let him sleep so we can get some sleep too. We love having him home and we are so happy that he is feeling better! Here is a picture of him after his second bath in the hospital. He had a ziplock bag over his arm to cover his PICC line.

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The baby blessing in Nor Cal.

Is it really over?

I'm officially done with Nursing school FOREVER! I never want to think about school again and I am so happy!! Here are the girls and boys that I survived the last 2 years with at our pinning ceremony! I will miss seeing them all at 530 for clinicals and at school all of the time! But I am happy to be done! Other than that Baby is making me fat...or I am making me fat and we are happy we only have 2 months left until he comes!! I can't believe it, it still seems unreal.. until I see pictures of myself or I see my reflection!