Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

For Thanksgiving this year, we went to Jordan's parents house in Midlothian, TX. Conall loved seeing his Texas family: Dorie, Poppy, Aunt Sarah, Aunt Christy, Uncle Cliff, and more! He was also able to spend dinner with my family. He's grown quite a bit since most of his family have seen him. Here are some pictures.

Kimberly getting to see/hold her nephew for the first time.

Conall getting to meet his mommy's Grandmom

Conall with his Grandfather

Conall and his Mimi (with Grandfather in the background)

Me and my baby sister

Conall meeting his Daddy's cousin Shelly and her family

Conall, Shelly, and family friends: Carrie, Hannah, and Hailey

Sweet little turkey butt

The Kidd family

Conall with his Aunt Linda

Aunt Linda and Cousin Shelly loving on Conall

Gobble, gobble

Conall with Poppy and Dorie

Getting some Dorie love

Sitting with Aunt Sarah

Completely asleep with Daddy

At dinner with Aunt Christy and Uncle Cliff

Super cute picture with Christy

3 months!

 

My sweet baby turned 3 months old November 5th! Time is just flying by! I'm starting to miss him being an itty bitty baby, but am more so enjoying seeing his little personality come out. I LOVE all the smiles and giggles.  He is also sleeping longer, which is always appreciated!

At 3 months:

Look out ladies! He's a looker!

-Wearing size 3 month clothes, some sleepers are 3-6 months
-Wearing size 2 diapers, although they are starting to fit smaller
-Bedtime around 8:30-9:30, wake up around 2/3 and then again around 5 (I think because he hears that Daddy is up), and then again at 7ish and up for the day then.
-Likes to nap in his swing. I know I should phase that out and just do the crib, but I haven't yet.
-Only cries when either very tired or very hungry... or if he thinks he's hurt (nose sucker)

-LOVES to suck his thumb. He's not always the best at it, sometimes it's the whole fist

-Also LOVES his play mat, he likes to stare at himself in the mirror and kick the toys
-He started rolling on his sides. He hasn't turned completely over, and I doubt he'll like it when he can. He does not like tummy time.
-Because he likes to turn on his side, he has been able to scoot himself 180 degrees in his crib and a full circle on his play mat. I'll put him to bed facing one way and find him facing the opposite way at our 2/3 am feeding.
-The dogs love him. Piper will give him tons of kisses. While he may not enjoy the kisses so much (because they are strong kisses), he does smile afterwards and like to stare at her. Ellie is more of a protector and likes to greet him with a kiss when we come home
-The ladies at the gym nursery LOVE him. And he's had a few explosive diapers on them. They want me to keep going to that gym until he's 5 so that they can watch him grow :)
- He's drooling on everything, all the time. I guess this is the beginning of teething.

 I am finally starting to get told he looks a little like me. What do you think? Me, Conall, and Jordan all at 3 months.

Mid-October

Some highlights of this month so far:

Conall got to meet two sets of his great-grandparents. We had dinner with my Popo and GrandBarb as they were driving through Baton Rouge to go to South Carolina. And the next day we got to see my Mimi and Granddaddy when they stayed with us for the night before flying back to Tulsa the next day. It made my mom heart happy to see my Mimi love on my baby boy.

This month held another first for Conall: a cold (or allergies, not quite sure which). Poor little baby had the hardest time sleeping with his congestion, I spent a whole week having to sleep with him on me inclined for us to get some sleep. After about a week and a half I was able to get a 5 hour stretch of sleep!!! Of course, he decided to stay awake for almost 2 hours after, but that's okay. I still love him (and that long stretch of sleep). :)

Our first infamous explosive poo diaper happened earlier this week. Fortunately for me, and unfortunately for the nursery workers, it happened while I was working out and Conall was in the gym's nursery. I am lucky that those ladies love my baby and weren't annoyed at having to clean up that mess and bathe an angry baby.

This past weekend Conall and I went to support Jordan in the Warrior Dash race. For those of you who may not know, this race is a crazy, obstacle, mud-filled 5k. Jordan did awesome and we are very proud of him. The weather turned from lovely cool fall weather back to humid and warm. Poor Conall needed to be stripped down to the diaper and nursed often.

Our first mini-vacation with Conall

This month we went to Natchez, MS for their annual Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. It was our first time away from home with Conall. Jordan and I had gone last year, and so we invited his parents, since it wasn't too far away for them. I think everyone had a good time! Conall did pretty well, I must say. Rarely was he fussy! Honestly, he's never that fussy, but I'm glad that didn't change with a change of scenery and schedule. He didn't have any bowel movements though; not for the entire weekend. I was just waiting for a diaper explosion all over his car seat, but fortunately that did not happen.

We got some great pictures of the morning hot air balloon race and the festival/concert. It was much colder than what we were used to, so he had to be nice and bundled up. His Dorie and Poppy didn't mind at all cuddling him and keeping him warm.  Over all it was a lovely time!

Here are some pics!

September

One of the main reasons I created this blog was to keep track of all the little milestones and memories, and to enable my long distance family and friends to keep up to date. So, sorry it's been so long for a real update!

September flew by so quickly! It started out with a visit from my older sister, Kathleen. She had a chance to come visit Conall earlier than Christmas, so she took it! We would have loved for my nieces to come too, but maybe another time. We went to the outlet mall and made some name art for Conall's nursery. Overall it was a really good time!

I had my last check up from my OB for a while and everything has healed up well, which is comforting to know. I really liked my OB, and was glad that she had the chance to see Conall grown up a bit (6 weeks old).  Throughout my pregnancy I gained a whopping 40 pounds- UGH! Fortunately I have lost a little more than half, but cannot wait to get at least to pre-baby weight. Ideally, now that I am able to workout during the day more I'd like to get below that and be in good shape. I'm dealing with accepting that this won't happen overnight and I'll have to accept myself where I am. To help with this, Jordan got me a year membership at the fitness club associated with the hospital where I gave birth. I trust the ladies in the nursery with Conall, and they just love him (I mean, who doesn't?). Included in my membership is four sessions with a personal trainer and a personalized workout plan. Since I've started in mid-September I've gone at least 3 times a week and feel pretty good!

My baby boy has grown so much! He's a little chunk, and I just love his chubby little baby cheeks. He loves to eat, which is good cause I've never really had to worry about if I'm producing enough milk. He does have some reflux and gas pains, so I've quit consuming most dairy and this helps some. It's so hard not eating yogurt, some cheese (I still will have cheese on some things), ice cream, and milk. Some times I'll eat ice cream, but I try not to. When he's working on a poo or has gas he's a huge grunter. He's very vocal! We haven't had the problem of him throwing a crying fit in public, it's more like a grunting fit, lol.

 

Starting at around 6 weeks Conall started real smiling, not just gas. While he's sleeping he'll break out laughing which is the. cutest. thing. ever.   Only once (at 7 weeks) did he laugh while awake. 

Conall never lost any of his hair, and it's barely lightened up. In the light it has a golden hue, so I think it will lighten up as he gets older. His eyes are a dark grey blue color. I think they will probably stay that color, but they could change to a a brown hazel like mine.  So far 99% of people say that he is a mini-Jordan, and I agree. As he gets chubbier cheeks I feel like I can see myself in him. But I'm glad to have a mini-Jordan. He definitely knows me and my voice, and I love seeing that recognition.