2 months old ~ my sweet boy!!!

WOW, you are two months old today Connor!! Today is your cousin Violet's 2nd birthday too!! We had your two month check up with Dr Rosser this morning as well! You weigh 11 lbs, 7 ounces and are 23.25 inches long! Your head is 41.5cm around! That puts you at 50% for weight, 70% for length and 80% for your head!! In two months, you have gained 2 lbs, 6 ounces and grown 2 inches!!! I would say you have been busy growing!! You had your first round of multiple shots today too! You screamed your little head off when the nurse put the shots in, but then you settle down pretty fast! Your sister had no issues when you screamed. You have been asleep since we left the doctor's office about 1.5 hrs ago!

You are such a sweet and happy boy!! You really are the sweetest boy I know!! You smile all the time... seem to smile most for your mama, good boy!! You love it when papa gets home and you hear his voice! You are cooing a lot too! That has all been happening for about 3 weeks. I have been giving you more tummy time which you are ok with (not your most favorite thing, but a little time is ok with you). You are holding your head up a lot too. You amaze me with your sleeping at night. Oh, you are in your crib now (since the night of 6/20). You are ready for bed around 8-9 (which is fine with me). Fairly consistently you are sleeping 6-7 hours before waking to eat then back to sleep for 3 hours. Then you are really awake a lot of the day with all that sleep! You will usually take one good 2 hour nap during the day, and then you cat nap 2-4 times a day for 30 minutes-1 hour. In all, you are getting the amount of sleep recommended at your age (14-18 hours/day). Some days it just seems like you do not sleep much at all, but I forget about the sleep you get at night. I am not complaining though!! You are still eating 8 times a day. Here and there, you will sneak in one more feeding, especially on hot days when we are out a lot. Most of the time, you are super easy to put to bed too. For night time, you want to be in your night gown, then swaddled and can be laid in bed while still awake (some nights it takes some holding from your papa). Either way, he sings to you. During the day, I will admit... the swing is the best thing to get you to sleep. Sometimes you will fall asleep after eating and when I lay you down you wake up. No matter what though, it doesn't seem to take much. There are three things that make you cry a lot... need to eat, need a new diaper and you have gas. Besides for that, you really are pretty happy and content!!

You have had a number of bottles now! You took to a bottle like a champ! It does not seem to matter where you get your boob juice, just as long as you get it! I gave you a bottle for the first time last night. Your papa has given you all the other ones. Your sister likes to help with this as well! You have come to love being in the car. You used to fuss more on car rides, where now you seem to love the motion (even if you are not asleep). You still love the swing and will often just swing in it for 30+ minutes looking around. You love to just lie on a blanket on the floor too. You seem to be looking at things further away too. Oh, you love to look at the polka dots on the bumper in your crib! I think the color dots with the light background contrast are striking to you! Your sister loves you to pieces! She always wants to know where you are at if she cannot see you. We have gotten her to kiss you on your head or toes most of time, which she does a ton! When you cry, she still likes to let us know if we do not respond right away. She seems to have gotten over being over protective of you... now she will let other people talk to you and such, lol.

Since you are sleeping now, I will take pics of you later today and get them posted soon. I love you Connor, my sweet boy! I love being your mama!! I have loved these past two months as you have grown and changed!!!!

Updated with pics on 7/15/08:



Connor had his shots that day, so he was not the happiest boy on the block. I did capture his way of sucking on his fingers though!!