Do these pictures really need me to elaborate? :-P
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
5 months!
The summer is nearly over and Connor is now 5 months old. Sometimes, it feels like the last few months have whizzed by. Other times, it feels like forever, because of the whole cliche "I can't imagine life without Connor" thing. Our family really does feel complete with this spunky little boy in our midst. :-)
5-months old and developing quite a personality. He's so ready to be independent and now that he's 5 months old, I need to seriously look into baby proofing everything! For example, I should probably move the DVDs off of ground level...
He's getting so big. The girls stayed smaller for so long I kind of took it for granted, but Connor's already outgrowing his infant seat. He's wearing jeans his sisters wore at 1 year old (yes, he's wearing girl jeans) and pajamas Megan wore until she was nearly 2. He's not abnormally large, it's just odd to me to have a kid fitting into clothes that are actually marked for his age. At 5 months, he's slipping right into 6/9 month clothes, but still fitting some 3/6 month clothes. So, I guess he's right on track. But everyone who sees him comments on how big he is! No updated stats until next month, though.
He's beginning to want to master skills, which is a milestone of sorts. He can sit up by himself for a few seconds, but if he get excited (which he does easily), he'll topple over. Slowly but surely mastering the tripod skill, though most of his sitting is him bent practically in half (the tripod skill is advanced so not expecting mastery for a few more months). He's attempting to fly to toys out of reach, by lifting his arms and legs while on his belly. He's perfected the form over the past month or so, but has yet to levitate. I suspect in the next month or two, he'll give up on trying to fly and attempt crawling instead.
He's pretty laidback, as I've said many times before, but as he grows more aware of the world around him, he's beginning to get frustrated with his lack of ability. He's wanting to be held more often so he can move around with a little more freedom and sit up easier. When I hold him, he wants to grab everything I have. Thankfully, he's able to sleep through just about anything, which means when I put him to sleep during senior primary, he'll sleep through their noisy singing time. He's a great sleeper, as good as Cadence was. At 5 months not only does he sleep through the night (8pm to 7am), but he puts himself to sleep at night, too! He has had a few rough nights, but most of the time I can put him down in his crib and if he hasn't slept recently, he'll roll over and put himself down. Just the other night, the girls woke him up about 40 minutes into bedtime, but he put himself down again. I was thrilled. And he wakes up in a good mood, too. He and Cadence will chat and play while I take my sweet time dragging my lazy butt out of bed.
5-months old and developing quite a personality. He's so ready to be independent and now that he's 5 months old, I need to seriously look into baby proofing everything! For example, I should probably move the DVDs off of ground level...
He's getting so big. The girls stayed smaller for so long I kind of took it for granted, but Connor's already outgrowing his infant seat. He's wearing jeans his sisters wore at 1 year old (yes, he's wearing girl jeans) and pajamas Megan wore until she was nearly 2. He's not abnormally large, it's just odd to me to have a kid fitting into clothes that are actually marked for his age. At 5 months, he's slipping right into 6/9 month clothes, but still fitting some 3/6 month clothes. So, I guess he's right on track. But everyone who sees him comments on how big he is! No updated stats until next month, though.
He's beginning to want to master skills, which is a milestone of sorts. He can sit up by himself for a few seconds, but if he get excited (which he does easily), he'll topple over. Slowly but surely mastering the tripod skill, though most of his sitting is him bent practically in half (the tripod skill is advanced so not expecting mastery for a few more months). He's attempting to fly to toys out of reach, by lifting his arms and legs while on his belly. He's perfected the form over the past month or so, but has yet to levitate. I suspect in the next month or two, he'll give up on trying to fly and attempt crawling instead.
He's pretty laidback, as I've said many times before, but as he grows more aware of the world around him, he's beginning to get frustrated with his lack of ability. He's wanting to be held more often so he can move around with a little more freedom and sit up easier. When I hold him, he wants to grab everything I have. Thankfully, he's able to sleep through just about anything, which means when I put him to sleep during senior primary, he'll sleep through their noisy singing time. He's a great sleeper, as good as Cadence was. At 5 months not only does he sleep through the night (8pm to 7am), but he puts himself to sleep at night, too! He has had a few rough nights, but most of the time I can put him down in his crib and if he hasn't slept recently, he'll roll over and put himself down. Just the other night, the girls woke him up about 40 minutes into bedtime, but he put himself down again. I was thrilled. And he wakes up in a good mood, too. He and Cadence will chat and play while I take my sweet time dragging my lazy butt out of bed.
He looks way too old in this picture. He almost looks like a kid!
Also, while he loved the orange vegetables, like carrots, squash and sweet potatoes. When I attempted to trick him and move toward the greens with a peas & carrots purree, he very clearly disliked it. Poor boy was gagging on every bite. We gave up after only a few, lol.
Also, while he loved the orange vegetables, like carrots, squash and sweet potatoes. When I attempted to trick him and move toward the greens with a peas & carrots purree, he very clearly disliked it. Poor boy was gagging on every bite. We gave up after only a few, lol.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
So, what've you been up to?
All remains quiet in the Smith household. There are pros and cons to that. The biggest pro is there's pretty much nothing to stress about. The con is there's pretty much nothing to talk about. In a few weeks we start our "preschool", which I'm looking forward to. It's only a few hours 3x a week, but add in story time at the library once a week and trips to the museum or park every other week and we'll be pleasantly busy, though still with very little to blog about.
Connor is only a week shy of being 5 months old and getting quite a personality on him. As social as Megan was, Connor is twice that and gets fussy if left on his own for too long. He's so ready to be sitting and standing and gets mad when it doesn't work the way he wants. He hates how much his carseat reclines and it's not uncommon to peek back and see him holding his head up so its perpendicular to the car floor. His favorite toy is a slightly-squished water bottle, so we have a few laying around the house to be handed to him whenever we see one. I used to roll my eyes at people who tell me "boys are more difficult" and wonder if they'd even met my girls (and those that do know my darling girls well enough have backed me up on this, so I never second-guessed my eye-rolling tendencies). Now, however, I'm beginning to fear this may be very true. Only time will tell. And my only saving grace may be that there is only one of him to handle when he gets to that really difficult age, since he'll be 2 1/2 when Megan starts kindergarten.
Cadence and Megan... I almost can't even think of them as a separate entity some days. Love them individually, but they're paired together in my head more often than not, which is most unfortunate for Megan who is 3 1/2 and often chastised for not acting 4 1/2. Though I have recognized that many of Megan's current behavior issues are ones we just outgrew with Cadence, so I do see the age difference, even if I don't automatically acknowledge it.
Anyway, their days are spent with books, princess dolls, and crayons (though they've lost access to crayons recently due to pictures appearing on my walls again). Ever since mastering the computer, they want to play "the game on the computer", aka Starfall.com, every chance they get. I need to get some more games for them to play. I've already decided to incorporate "screen time" into our preschool week. Only once a week, but in this day and age, being able to manipulate technology is going to be an important skill, so... I'm even hoping to pick up a tablet for my birthday, with the secondary intention of having a slew of learning apps for them to play as well as the laptop, so they don't have to share.
I'm realizing that Cadence is probably mentally ready to start school, if not quite emotionally ready to be away from me. She's begun asking questions, becoming very aware that there is more to the world than she immediately knows. I keep wanting to tell her "slow down! we're going to start learning that in just a few weeks!" We're either going to butt heads as I attempt to get her to sit down and really learn her letters, or she's going to love it and we're going to have a great time. Or, more than likely, both depending on hers or my mood. Megan, of course, will be happy to do whatever we're doing, which is good. I feel like she's so behind where her sister was at the same age, mostly because I didn't encourage it with her than way I did with Cadence (who I would quiz about her letters as soon as I realized she was learning them). She's smart, though, so she should pick up on it. And if she doesn't get it right away, she'll get a 2nd helping of it next year when we repeat in anticipation of her kindergarten year.
Other than that, we're looking into moving soon, but not too soon. We're thinking around Feb/March and hoping to find something in a specific neighborhood. Unfortunately, in our preferred neighborhood, their cheaper rentals are at the top of our price range and barely at that. Our fingers and toes are crossed that something turns up in the Feb-May range, or we'll have to consider other options. We're also hoping to get a second vehicle. Those two things are, of course, made more difficult as we attempt to also save for our trip to California in November.
Also, I received a new calling in church a couple weeks ago. My first "real calling" as I've jokingly been calling it. After being a primary teacher for most of the past decade, I've moved on to primary secretary. And in my second week in the position, I had to spend all day walking the halls and asking kids questions to put the primary program together, which is only a month away. Yikes!
Connor is only a week shy of being 5 months old and getting quite a personality on him. As social as Megan was, Connor is twice that and gets fussy if left on his own for too long. He's so ready to be sitting and standing and gets mad when it doesn't work the way he wants. He hates how much his carseat reclines and it's not uncommon to peek back and see him holding his head up so its perpendicular to the car floor. His favorite toy is a slightly-squished water bottle, so we have a few laying around the house to be handed to him whenever we see one. I used to roll my eyes at people who tell me "boys are more difficult" and wonder if they'd even met my girls (and those that do know my darling girls well enough have backed me up on this, so I never second-guessed my eye-rolling tendencies). Now, however, I'm beginning to fear this may be very true. Only time will tell. And my only saving grace may be that there is only one of him to handle when he gets to that really difficult age, since he'll be 2 1/2 when Megan starts kindergarten.
Cadence and Megan... I almost can't even think of them as a separate entity some days. Love them individually, but they're paired together in my head more often than not, which is most unfortunate for Megan who is 3 1/2 and often chastised for not acting 4 1/2. Though I have recognized that many of Megan's current behavior issues are ones we just outgrew with Cadence, so I do see the age difference, even if I don't automatically acknowledge it.
Anyway, their days are spent with books, princess dolls, and crayons (though they've lost access to crayons recently due to pictures appearing on my walls again). Ever since mastering the computer, they want to play "the game on the computer", aka Starfall.com, every chance they get. I need to get some more games for them to play. I've already decided to incorporate "screen time" into our preschool week. Only once a week, but in this day and age, being able to manipulate technology is going to be an important skill, so... I'm even hoping to pick up a tablet for my birthday, with the secondary intention of having a slew of learning apps for them to play as well as the laptop, so they don't have to share.
I'm realizing that Cadence is probably mentally ready to start school, if not quite emotionally ready to be away from me. She's begun asking questions, becoming very aware that there is more to the world than she immediately knows. I keep wanting to tell her "slow down! we're going to start learning that in just a few weeks!" We're either going to butt heads as I attempt to get her to sit down and really learn her letters, or she's going to love it and we're going to have a great time. Or, more than likely, both depending on hers or my mood. Megan, of course, will be happy to do whatever we're doing, which is good. I feel like she's so behind where her sister was at the same age, mostly because I didn't encourage it with her than way I did with Cadence (who I would quiz about her letters as soon as I realized she was learning them). She's smart, though, so she should pick up on it. And if she doesn't get it right away, she'll get a 2nd helping of it next year when we repeat in anticipation of her kindergarten year.
Other than that, we're looking into moving soon, but not too soon. We're thinking around Feb/March and hoping to find something in a specific neighborhood. Unfortunately, in our preferred neighborhood, their cheaper rentals are at the top of our price range and barely at that. Our fingers and toes are crossed that something turns up in the Feb-May range, or we'll have to consider other options. We're also hoping to get a second vehicle. Those two things are, of course, made more difficult as we attempt to also save for our trip to California in November.
Also, I received a new calling in church a couple weeks ago. My first "real calling" as I've jokingly been calling it. After being a primary teacher for most of the past decade, I've moved on to primary secretary. And in my second week in the position, I had to spend all day walking the halls and asking kids questions to put the primary program together, which is only a month away. Yikes!
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