First Christmas and Sitting Up

This last week or two Connor has progressed like crazy. Before Christmas he wasn't able to sit up on his own and now he can not only sit up on his own he can also get into a sitting position from his back or his stomach. We've gone into his room many times to find him sitting up in his crib. At first he couldn't figure out how to get back down to his stomach but now he can do that to. There is a video below of him getting to a seated position. Now he sits like this for over an hour at a time if you let him. Hard to believe this has all happened in a week.

We had a real nice Christmas. Bob, Connor and I decorated the tree together, made a gingerbread house, and even made some fudge, Bob is quite the cook. My parents came over and my grandma even flew in from Portland for the occasion. Connor was definitely overwhelmed at the end of the day from all of the presents and new toys. We've been trying to slowly introduce them back to him.

Bob has gone crazy on Facebook lately and is only posting updates there anymore so if you want to get the latest and greatest pictures from him friend him on Facebook. The other day Bob decided to see how far he could run and he made it all the way around the lake here which is 5 miles. The next day his foot started to hurt and now he thinks he has a stress fracture as a week later his foot is still hurting him. Hopefully he will be better soon.

Connor is no longer sleeping through the night. We think it might be all of the advances he is making and keeps practicing at night. Either that or else I just don't have enough milk for him anymore before he goes to bed so he has to keep waking up to eat more. We are excited to start feeding Connor solids and we've decided to try Baby Led Weaning instead of purees for his food. You can read more about that and what is means at Wikipedia.

Today we lowered Connors crib down just in case he decides to stand up one day. Now the bars are at the height of his head so he cant fall out.

We started a college fund for Connor before the end of the year. The college calculators predict it will cost $467,000 by the time Connor is ready for college (we are not saving that much for you Connor, sorry). Not sure how anyone could afford that. I think college inflation will need to start slowing down or no one out there will be able to afford it.


Decorating the Christmas tree with Connor



Grandma and Grandpa Black with Connor on Christmas Day


The beautiful gingerbread house Bob and I made. This has me rolling on the ground laughing as Bob was trying to cut gumdrops to make windows.


Opening up Christmas presents with Connor



Champ steals the monkey toy from Connor. Hes getting very protective of Connor and Connor is trying to pet/pull Champs fur now its very cute.


Connor sitting up and plays with his stackable cups (a new Christmas present)



Connor demonstrates getting into a sitting position from his stomach


Connor trying to crawl (this is about a week or 2 ago, before he could sit up).



Opening Christmas presents (we figured out why the book wasnt working quite right, its all good now)