A Doctot's Appointment and A Present Thief

We finally had Connor's six month check-up, and our little guy is one big boy! he is in the 50th percentile of weight at 17.6 lbs and in the 95th percentile (WOW!) in height at 28 1/2 inches! we are pleased to say that he has been doing very well, and his doc seemed very impressed. and we did ask her about his little hives episode, and she said there's a possibility he may have some kind of a dairy intolerance, but it also could just be because his body wasn't ready to digest it. so, we're supposed to keep him away from the dairy til about 9 months, then try again and see if anything happens. and as far as his hives coming and going after nursing, she said its most likely because hives take a while to go away after they show-up. we're being much more careful of what we let him taste now. we're hopeful it really is nothing though! everyone cross your fingers for us!

Connor hit a big milestone this week! he has been trying to stand using things to pull himself up, and on Sunday he actually did it!!! he was SO proud of himself! he seems to be much more interested in it than crawling, but he has also made drastic improvements with his crawling. its pretty obvious he loves being more mobile and being a big boy! we love watching him play and babble to himself. :) sorry its such a blurry picture... i was worried he'd loose his balance and fall so i snapped one really quick without checking to see how it looked haha.



He still loves his baby food, and loves his fluffy blankies, and especially loves his two fingers for sucking on! he hates bottles unless they've got yummy juice, and we even got him a sippy cup he's been very enthusiastic about. can't believe how fast our little boy is growing up!!!


Because of Connor's new-found mobility, we had a little present thief incident yesterday. :) he decided that since mommy's back was turned it would be a good idea to scope out those cool looking things under that weird tree, and managed to get himself over there and look around. he was handling a couple DVD's at first, and when i peeked around the corner to see what he was up to i saw him pick up a little gift (that happened to be his) and he of course shook it. well, this toy was a rattle, and you should have seen the excitement in his eyes when he heard it make fun sounds instead of nothing! i had to grab the camera and take some pictures cuz it was the cutest thing ever!


He would NOT put it down and cried when i took it away. Of course later when i turned my back again he managed to get back over there and get it. and this time, he succedded in ripping it open. and man was he proud! Caleb had picked out that present for him, so when i told him Connor had got it open he said to just let him have it. It is now one of his favorite toys, and he gets upset when i try to make him put it down. so, here's the little cutie with his new toy. he wasn't in a smiley mood as you can tell, but in my opinion, he's still a cutie :). we're pretty excited for christmas to get here now that we know he does a pretty good job opening his own gifts!!!!