What we do all day

We sit in boxes

And we pick our noses

Sometimes we are a little more productive

But mostly we run around with things on our heads

We steal our brother's snacks

And take the cushions off the couch 

And we really like to line things up...

Sometimes we fall asleep on the couch

And sometimes we play together

But mostly we're just cute.

Road Trip

We moved to Texas. Never thought I would live in Texas. But we're really excited to be here! I've never lived this far away from family though, that's been a bummer, but we love it here so far!

The drive down here was long and exhausting, but still fun. Owen and Conner do pretty well in the car, but after two days in their car seats...we were all ready to be done. 

  

We ate a lot of snacks, read books, saw a lot of trucks and did a lot of whatever this is...

This was my view for 20 hours....exciting I know...

Thankfully, we were able to make it in two days. We stayed in a hotel once we got here and then we got the keys to our new place the next day. {Our place isn't exactly what we thought it was going to be, we were only able to see pictures before we signed the lease, but it could have been worse..}

We made a lot of memories and learned that Owen and Conner think hotel rooms are the coolest thing ever.

My not so Baby Boy

(I think he's finally starting to grow into his head...)

    

Cannot believe Conner is 1! It's been a pretty intense year. It's crazy to think about everything this little man has gone through. It still amazes me when I think about how sick he was and how far he has come. You would never be able to tell by looking at him (other than his gnarly scar) that he had heart surgery. He is such a tough little guy!

He absolutely loves to play with his brother and will try to do whatever he is doing. 

He is so smart and loves figuring things out. He is constantly amazing me with how much he knows.

He loves music. LOVES it. Every time he hears any type of music he dances. It's this awesome squat/shake combo that only he can pull off. He's also starting to master this pretty cool sideways head bob. He's pretty much an amazing dancer. 

It's amazing how different he is from Owen. Owen gets really quiet around new people and doesn't really know what to do with other kids his age, but Conner loves to be around people. He will just go up to anyone like he's known them forever. 

We are so blessed to have this little man in our family!

The 2 year old...

 

 

Has it really been 2 years? My baby is growing up way too fast! I hardly have any pictures of him. Every time I try he either runs closer to me so he can see through the camera, or he just runs away.

He is such a good big brother. He, for the most part, is really good with Conner. I think he has a lot more fun now that Conner interacts with him.

He isn't really talking all that well yet, he kind of has his own language. It sounds like a mix of Russian and Klingon.
There are quite a few words he can say in English though.
He is also starting to put words together like "oh no Mommy" and "I stuck".

He loves books. We usually spend most of the day looking through them. He points at everything and will keep pointing at it till I say what it is.

He LOVES trucks. Everytime he hears one or sees one he says "truck bye" (truck outside) and he will keep screaming it at you until you say it too.

I am so excited to watch him open his Christmas presents this year, he literally squaled with excitement when we put up the tree.

He is such a fun little guy. I love hanging out with him! 

 

Conner's 9 month check up!

 

 

This little man is catching up! He weighed in at 20.5 pounds and is 29 inches, he's so close to doubling his birth weight!

 

He has mastered the army crawl and is getting so close to crawling on his knees. He has a very strong obsession with cords. He loves them. And I'm pretty sure that it's his main motivation for crawling. That and food.

 

He is still such a happy little boy and will smile at pretty much anything. The only time he gets upset is when he's hungry. Or when his brother picks on him. But he's starting to fgure out ways to seek his revenge. It's so fun to watch them interact.

 

 

He is also very entertaining. He is constantly making me laugh. I love his little personality.

He is super ticklish and it doesn't take much to make him laugh.

 

The whole teething thing didn't really seem to bother him too much. The bottom four came through pretty good, but he struggle a little bit more with the top four.

 

He loves to eat pretty much anything and everything. When Owen was his age we had fun giving him new foods and watching the funny faces he makes, but I havent found anything that will phase Conner. Even a lime. He just wanted more.

My grandma passed away last week. It's definitely bittersweet. She and my grandpa had been married for over 60 years and they've been apart for over 7. I couldn't imagine being away from Tome that long. I can only imagine how sweet that reunion was.

My grandma was an amazing woman. I was fortunate enough to live only about 20 minutes away from her while I was growing up so I got to spend a lot of time with her. And I definitely have a lot of fun memories with her.

 

 

Conner's 6 month check up

I feel like it must have been our 100th time taking Conner to the doctor, but it was nice that it was just a regular check up.

 

He weighed in at almost 16 pounds and he is about 27 inches tall. Luckily he needs to wait a few weeks before getting any vaccines so he can get a little bit of a break from needles.

 

He is doing so much better! He's eating a lot better and sleeping for longer periods. He is such a happy baby and smiles all the time! He's finally starting to lay on his belly more and he's getting pretty good at rolling over.

 

Owen is loving that he is more interactive and Conner loves to watch Owen play!

 

 

They've been drawing his blood once a week through his picc line and I guess he was coming up anemic, so we had to take him to a hematologist just to make sure everything was okay. The doctor said it's not anything to be too worried about, they just want to keep an eye on it, so we get to back in a few weeks to get it checked again.