I slacked, big time!

I really wanted to be a good blogger, but I did not get off to the best start. Connor is now 15 weeks and two days! I can not believe how fast the time haas gone by. He changes so much every day and has become so much more fun the past month. Here are some milestones:

About 9 weeks he started smiling at things other than gas. About 10 weeks he started to bat at toys About 11 weeks he started to sleep for 4-6 hours at night About 13 weeks he started to "talk" and really laugh!

I get to witness all these changes since I stay home with him everyday. I am still loving every minute, but am now able to leave him for longer periods without being so stressed. June 2nd, my parents gave up their anniversary night and watched him for about 4 hours so Sean and I could do dinner and celebrate my 28th birthday. On June 9th, Sean watched him from 4pm until after midnight while I went to the Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney concert with my friend Cara. They both did fine, but Sean decided he wanted to keep his day job. We both joined koko fit club and I work out for an hour 3 days a week.

The past 2 weeks Connor has been much fussier than normal. I read that this tends to happen around Connor's age, I feel better knowing he is "normal", but I'm ready for him to be the happy baby again. Today was much better, and I am hoping tomorrow goes well too. We have had trouble getting routine naps down, so I am thinking that also has something to do with it. I am just very thankful Connor goes down well at night. He loves his bedtime routine, which is a walk around the pond in our neighborhood in the Baby Bjorn, a bath, and a bottle from Daddy. It is funny, his bedtime keeps getting earlier - he just gets exhausted by the end of the day. We start his routine anywhere from 7:30-7:50 depending on his mood and he falls asleep anywhere from 8:15-8:40. He has only been getting up once, sometimes twice a night - something I really appreciate. I am ready for a full night without an interruption and I am sure we are on track for that.

Our day starts between 7:30-8, we get dressed and eat breakfast and sing our favorite songs. These are chicka chicka boom boom, if you are happy and you know it, the wheels on the bus, and Blake Shelton songs. He will also play on his mat while I get ready for the day. I try and get him to take a morning nap, but that has been unsuccessful lately. I usually run errands around 10:30/11 and that's when he decides to sleep. When we get home we both eat lunch and do tummy and bumbo time. I usually try and read to him at this time. I try and put him down for an afternoon nap, he will fall asleep anywhere except his crib. Sometimes it's a 45 minute nap, sometimes it's close to two hours. When he gets up we do some jumperoo and play mat time, as well as some more tummy time. We start getting dinner ready and then daddy comes home and spends time with us. Then our night time routine starts.

I promise to be better about blogging, hopefully this one makes up for the 2 month hiatus!