Victoria called me during lunch today to tell me that Connor took 7 steps by himself today.  She said after he did this she cried a little bit because she was so proud of him.

He walked more for me this evening and he went to bed early — probably from all the extra activity from today.

I’ll try to get video of the walking and post it online this weekend.

We love you Connor and congratulations!!!!!

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

Tonight, Daddy kept putting my feet on the ground and holding onto one hand of mine and walked me around the house several times. He was doing it with such urgency tonight. I can’t figure out why.

At one point I finally gave in to him and let go of his hand and took 3 steps forward and then fell on my rump. He got all excited and was yelling for Mommy to come watch. I took a couple of steps with Mommy watching but it was merely just to keep them anxious.

Then Daddy decided to get my “Indiana Jones rope” and let me hold onto one end of it as he stood behind me. It made me feel safe so I took 4 and then 5 steps while holding onto the rope. Daddy was so proud. All I know is that I felt safe holding on to the rope and that is why I was walking.

Then came the semi-big walk…Daddy let go of the rope and I held on to it with both hands and took 5 steps all by myself and then fell down. Daddy was so proud and was screaming for Mommy again.

I don’t know what the big deal is…I’ll walk when I want to.

Well, I am worn out now and need to head to bed…

good night and I love you guys!

Connor

Here is Connor posing for a photo session with Mommy.

Check out his gallery for the latest session.  Connor will autograph one of the pics for a small fee.

Victoria told me last week that Connor enjoys splashing around in the tub. She was able to capture a few moments on her camera phone today…so here is our boy enjoying his bath today…

Mommy made Connor some broccoli the other night and tried to feed it to him.  After a couple of spoonfuls, he decided he didn’t like it and promptly regurgitated it.  So we swapped it out for some turkey and carrots and he did fine.

So, no broccoli for the foreseeable future.

A few have asked what Connor would like for Christmas, so here is his list.

Here is a list of things he could use…

1. College fund gift.
2. Winter clothes (12 months)
3. Spring/summer clothes (18 months)
4. Pampers Baby Dry diapers size 3 (for now), size 4 (for later)

Here is a list of things he would like (at least we think so)…

1. Books for 12mo-2 yr old. (ie. Mickey Mouse, etc…)
2. Puzzles for 12mo+ old.
3. LeapFrog Telephonics
4. Mickey Mouse Playhouse DVD(s) (click more DVDs on right)
5. Anything Mickey Mouse (his favorite show right now). He already owns a Mickey Mouse stuffed animal.
6. Toy cell phone.
7. Elmo’s Farm Playset
8. Tunnel playset for kids
9. Crayola TaDOODLES Ta-DOODLER
10. Crayola Beginnings First Marks BUV
11. Alphabet Floor Puzzle/Mat
12. And a car for when he is 16 yrs old.
    

Send me an email if you plan to buy something and I will mark it off the list so there are no duplicates.

Connor says thank you!!!

I’ve been meaning to write about this for nearly 8 months now, but with the day to day activities and other amazing things Connor does I forget the most obvious things.

Around 3 months old, Grandma learned that Connor’s crying spell could be “lessened” if he was given his burb cloth.  Now this burb cloth is actually just a cloth diaper that we used as a burb cloth.  We bought probably about 15 of these burb cloths, so we would always have one during feedings and spit ups.

Once Grandma had mentioned that it was soothing to him, we started to use it to put him to sleep.  We usually drape it over our shoulder (like when you go to burb and infant) and Connor will lay his head against it and begin to relax.  You’ve heard of Linus’ blanket (Charlie Brown fame)…well we have Connor’s blankets.  He doesn’t carry it around with him or anything like that, but he does take naps and go to bed with it and loves to have it tucked between his shoulder and cheek.

We think it probably reminds him of his early breast feedings with Mommy and then Daddy burbing him.  Probably some of the most relaxing (and fulfilling) times of his life.

Thank goodness we have about 15 of them…that way Mommy can keep them clean without Connor getting upset and there is no chance that Connor (or us) can lose all 15!!!

I added quite a few photos, so check out Connor’s photo gallery..

Click here for Connor’s Photo Gallery

Love,
Donnie

As I have written a few times before, Sunday morning breakfast was a traditional for Victoria and I before we became Mommy and Daddy.

We have continued to have that enjoyable time as much as we can.   Over the the past 10 months, we have introduced Connor to our tradition.  Now on Sundays, we have it down to an enjoyable routine…

1. Mommy prepares Connor’s food.
2. Daddy feeds the cats.
3. Mommy feeds Connor.
4. Daddy cooks breakfast.
5. Mommy, Connor, and Daddy all sit at the breakfast table and eat together.
6. Connor now gets Cheerios on his tray table and enjoys feeding himself.
7. Then we all read the newspaper.  Connor gets a couple sale papers and enjoys playing with them and tearing them to pieces.  (He learned this trick in Florida when he visited Mommy’s Grandma.)

Cheerios have fast become Connor’s favorite snack/food. So much so that we have to make sure we hide the Cheerios container prior to feeding Connor. If he sees it, he will point to it in hopes that he will get some.

You’ll see from some of the photos with Santa, that “he” was trying to bribe Connor with Cheerios.