6 month pics are up!

Connor got his 6 month pictures taken over the weekend. He will hate us for it some day, but there are even a few nude shots.

Connor's 6 month pics

Baby food is delicious!!!

Connor passed his 6 month checkup and our doctor gave us the green light for baby food! I'm certain Connor's sick of eating formula mixed with cereal, and now he's finally got variety. We've started him on green beans and bananas so far and he gobbles it up. He'll open his mouth wide and kick his feet as the spoon comes towards him. A big difference from the first few feedings when he's scowl at us and we had to push the disgusting cereal between his pursed lips.




Yummy!

His measurements are pretty average... Ok, actually they're perfectly average. I think he's an above average baby, but our doctor thinks otherwise.

Length: 26 1/2" - 50th percentile
Weight: 17 pounds 6 1/2 ounces - 50th percentile
Head diameter: 17 1/4" - 50th percentile

Maybe this just means we're perfect parents and we've got him perfectly on track. I like the sound of that better...

Connor is six months old!

Connor's somehow survived our parenting now for six whole months. Pretty impressive for all of us, it's been a tough six months for everyone, but we are doing great and Connor is growing up fast.

He's been learning to sit up, and has been doing pretty well with it. He can't pull himself into the sitting position, but if you put him there he's able to stay up really well. The only time he has problems is if something gets his attention behind him and then he tries to turn to look. I think his noggin's pretty heavy like his dad's and once it's off balance, he's doomed.



He's also been doing great with eating his cereal. He hated it at first, absolutely hated it, but he's been eating it regularly and is doing well at taking food from a spoon. He eats cereal once in the morning and once at night. He's very cooperative now and he sits in his high chair while he eats. He looks so little in it.



Last thing, Connor wanted to thank Grammy Genie and gang for having an impromptu 6-month birthday party while his mommy and daddy were away. Shawn and Andrea were taking a short vacation in Springfield this last weekend, and the grandparents decided to have a little party while they babysat. So much more fun to party with the grandparents, mommy and daddy are so lame!

Connor's first visit to the pool!

Connor has always liked water, and he loved the pool today. Even when he was a cranky baby, a bath would always calm him down. Although it was a little cool today, the neighborhood pool closes soon and we wanted him to swim this summer while we had a chance.

He really seemed to enjoy it and smacked the water like crazy every chance he got. I was worried he was doing it because he was uncomfortable or upset, but I think he just really liked watching the water splash everywhere. We didn't stay too long, but it wore Connor out with all the activity and he took a 2 1/2 hour nap afterwards! Holy cow, that's a new world record (for quarter asian babies living in Kansas City)!

Here's some pics and a video of some of the pool fun:

Connor is almost ready to help out with chores

Connor's been doing well lately, but in the last week there's not a whole lot new going on. We got him some new toys, which he has been enjoying quite a bit. As we said earlier, he's almost crawling now. He's gotten to where he can make his way across the floor, but it's mostly with rolling, scooting, and squirming. Not a full fledged crawl yet. Obviously we want him to learn to crawl, but it's going to be a lot more interesting once he can get around and get into things.

Not long before he's crawling, then walking, then helping daddy mow the lawn. How old do they have to be for that? I'm pretty sure it's one or two years old as long as you have a self propelled lawn mower, which we bought recently. See how daddy plans ahead? Smart...

Connor has 50% of crawling figured out!

So, Connor's been working on crawling and he's got about half of it figured out. He knows you're supposed to get those legs moving and you need to be on your stomach. Unfortunately he doesn't know you're supposed to push yourself up with your arms. It's pretty funny to watch him try to crawl because he works so hard at it but just doesn't get anywhere. He gets on his stomach, puts his face right into the ground, his arms out sideways, and just starts kicking his legs. Every once in a while he'll stop, push himself up with his arms, and you know he's got to be surprised that he hasn't gotten anywhere after all that effort.

We have a short video of him giving it a go. I feel bad that we laughed at his valiant efforts, but it's because he's just so cute and he's working so hard...

Connor is five months old!!

Yesterday, Connor turned 5 months old!

We still don't have the video up where Connor is laughing, but I did upload a pretty fun video last night. As I mentioned before, Connor loves scary stuff, and there's nothing scarier than your daddy talking in a high pitched voice and tickling you.



Scary indeed!