Connor: Eleven Months Old

This is how our photo shoot started!

Dear Connor,

     How have you already turned 11 months old?  People say that your babies grow up so fast, and they really aren't joking. You look like such a handsome little boy and not so much like a little baby. You are starting to become more independent and are all over the place! Some of your favorite things to do are bang on the front door while you are looking outside, take baths/showers, and try to get into Kylie's food and water bowl. As you can see in the pictures from this month, you have started to really show us when you are not happy... you throw tantrums and they are not very fun! We hope this is just a phase, but know it's only the beginning of many, many more ;) We are very excited to celebrate your first birthday next month, but will also be happy if this last month before you turn one goes by slowly. We love you more than you can ever imagine!
             

 XOXO,

Mommy and Daddy

 We don't know why you were so mad with us.

 :(

 There's a smile!

*What you eat: You normally drink 4 bottles a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bedtime). Sometimes you wake up in the middle of the night and we give you an extra bottle. I no longer pump any more.... yay!!!!! I stopped just a couple days ago and couldn't be happier. Thank goodness you have started to drink frozen breast milk, because I have a lot in the freezer. You eat 3 meals a day. Usually oatmeal or pancakes for breakfast with bananas or applesauce. For lunch and dinner you eat a variety of things. You really like tofu, cantaloupe, steamed pot stickers, cookies, yogurt, sweet potato, and grilled cheese sandwiches. We usually let you feed yourself, but you can be pretty messy!

 2/25/2014: Eating spaghetti

*Size clothes: You wear mostly 18 month clothes, but still fit into a few 12 month. You wear size 5 1/2 wide shoes.

*Favorite toy:You really like playing with stuff that isn't meant to be a toy. Especially the laundry basket, our keys, Kylie's toys, and our phones whenever you can get your hands on them.

3/4/2014

*What makes you happy: Going to the park and playing in the grass. Taking a bath or shower. Whenever you hear the water, you always rush to the bathroom!

Taken this morning: You were watching daddy take a shower.

*Sleep: You wake up at about 7 and play until breakfast. You take a morning nap at about 9:30 and your afternoon nap at about 2. Your naps usually last an hour to an hour and a half. You are almost always ready for bed by 7... lucky us :) You wake up a couple time during the night. Sometimes you just want to be rocked, other times you want a bottle.  

*Cute things you do: You have started putting your face in the water and blowing bubbles. Sometimes you try and drink it with your cup. When I tell you "no," you jump and take the cup away from you face really quickly because you know you got caught. Then you smile and laugh. You have also started sharing your food and try to feed us. It's pretty sweet of you.

3/8/2014: You were feeding me cracker crumbs.

*New things you have done over the past month: You play peek-a-boo with us. You have become known as the "Paci Thief". You try and steal all your friends pacifiers, even if they are in their mouth.You also like to hold as many as you can, even though you can only use one at a time.

 2/19/2004

2/28/2014

You now have 6 teeth, and you sometimes bite us. It hurts! When we make a sound, you copy us and make it too. You are getting better at balancing and can stand on you own without holding on for a few seconds. You also like watching cartoons. Sometimes you even dance to the music. We catch ourselves watching them and singing along even when you aren't in the room. We laugh at ourselves every time!
*Speech: So far, you say "mom" "dad" "dada" and "da (dog)"

 Back to being mad!

 Daddy was trying to get your attention with Jingle.