One Lousy Week

this week has felt soooo long and horrible! as soon as one thing starts getting better, something else happens to make my poor little guy miserable! he was just getting better from his ear infection, and then we had another episode of the hives to worry about. it was not fun, and it was the worst thing ever to see him crying and trying to scratch :(. then two days ago i noticed that connor was getting sooooo fussy again, and he wasn't sleeping well. then he started sneezing a ton. then yesterday the sneezing turned into one majorly snotty nose! :( he slept barely a wink last night, and i had to walk the floor with him. his nose is so stuffy his breathing sounded horrible and it made me so tense and worried that i slept even less than him! and now i've woken up with a sore throat and my sinuses are hurting and i'm coughing. we're really really hoping Caleb doesn't catch this! my poor little guy looks so miserable and his eyes are all glassy and drippy and he is so clammy feeling. i hate when he doesn't feel well! i'm still a bit hopeful its just allergies, but connor's snot isn't clear, its green. so don't know. grrrr. we're hoping all illnesses will leave this house soon! the only fun thing we've done this week is our usual walk to the library, and we played at the park for a bit.

i've started packing the house up, and every time i do Connor gets very distraught. i'm curious to see how he will handle the new apartment! i got to take a look at it today after we signed our lease and was sooo excited because its not smokey smelling at all, and the carpet looks brand new! i can't wait to get into it and have more space! we can get our keys on the 6th, but we're not going to do much moving until the 18th. its pretty much impossible to move until caleb has spare time, which isn't very much. even though he still works on the weekends, he doesn't have school, which leaves a bit of spare time, so that's the only opportunity we have. and the weekend of the 11th is a drill weekend, so no moving will be done. but i'm still soooooooo excited!!! i'm pretty sure its gonna sneak up on us fast! i'm grateful we have one exciting thing to look forward to to keep me thinking positive!

A Busy Week

i took Connor to the doctor's on tuesday morning because he had been soooo fussy (well, more fussy than he usually is) and he kept pulling on his ear and covering it, and he wasn't wanting to eat, and was hardly sleeping. i suspected another ear infection, and i was unfortunately right. he has an infection in his left ear again. his doc put him on a stronger antibiotic this time, so we're hoping it heals for good this time. and on a sidenote, he weighs 19.5 lbs now!

Connor has now proved himself big enough for some big boy toys, so i decided to let him try out his cute little bicyle toy that came from his grandma anderson's boyfriend, and he was thrilled! he kept standing and balancing over it with a big smile on his face!

also this week Connor began to climb! he shocked me by climbing into the open dishwasher and playing. he was sooooo proud of himself! he has been trying to do it more, but i've been closing the dishwasher all the way after i'm done with it so he can't, cuz i don't want him to fall. he doesn't like that so much though lol. here's a little peek at him having fun!

then for fun i also have a couple cute videos! Connor is obsessed with crawling under things lately, so i took one of his old toys and transformed it into a tunnel, and he is loving crawling through it! i take a bunch of spontanious videos of connor throughout the week, so hopefully you're not tired of seeing our cute little guy. :) there will probably be less posts the closer we get to our moving time, so i guess i'm trying to get it all out of my system now. enjoy!

Getting Up To Speed On Life

we've had a pretty busy week so far. connor and i had a horrible time missing Caleb while he was at school and at work. but we are glad that caleb has the oppourtunity to go to college and get an education, and we're very glad that he is enjoying it so far. he is taking 16 credits this semester, classes including history, math, english, some computer class, and a Japanese class. he doesn't have any classes on fridays, so we get to spend a bit of time together each week. this last friday Caleb took me apartment hunting like he promised, and we found the perfect place! and its even in our ward boundaries, just down the street from our current apartment. we're very excited. :) we can start moving in just a few weeks!

during our spare time this week, i decided to open Connor's lego set that his west grandparents sent him for christmas, and he was sooooo thilled. its zoo themed and has several little animals and he has been carrying them around the house all weekend! it was too darn cute to not take some pictures of!
 

of course our apartment is trashed, and the floor is littered with toys, but we're just glad to see smiled on our little guy's face. there's still no sign of a tooth, and he has begun to chew on his thumb to help relieve the pain. and he also insists on having his mommy hold him. he cried when i tried to leave him home with daddy to go grocery shopping, and i ended up taking him with me and he was perfectly well behaved the whole time. and at church yesterday Connor crawled all around the primary room during singing and sharing time and distracted nearly the whole room! he was pretty darn proud of himself. and i was very impressed because he usually doesn't want to play on the floor at church and cries til you pick him up. and another thing that is very impressive is that in the last couple days, sometimes when Connor is standing up he lets go of everything and holds himself up all by himself for a few seconds! i keep trying to tell him mommy's not quite ready for that yet, but obviously he is, so i have no choice in the matter. we can't believe how quickly our little man is growing! we're so grateful to have him in our family!

An Update

We have been extremely busy here. Caleb starts school again tomorrow and is super excited! he's been working his butt off at both jobs as well as he had a three day drill this weekend. even though he's really excited to start school i'm kind of dreading it since we won't ever see him on the week days, and he'll still be busy working on the weekends. Connor missed him a ton this weekend. he kept wandering around the apartment saying "aah-Da!" he says that alot around Caleb so we're thinking thats how his says dad. he was pretty grumpy for me all weekend though. and he dialed my phone by himself for the first time. luckily it was his daddy he called and not some stranger or 911! i was brushing my teeth and i kept hearing a voice and i had no clue where it was coming from until i remembered Connor had my phone. just as i suspected, i saw a phone call in progress, and quickly hung up. but as soon as i realized it was Caleb i called him right back, but he said nope he didn't call us, it was Connor who called him. definitely made me laugh!

while Caleb has been busy preparing for school, i've been busy apartment searching. our lease is up again, and its time for us to get a two bedroom. we wanted to upgrade to one before, but the last opportunity we had was while Caleb was still in training, and i did not want to deal with a move without him. i've decided we are NOT staying in these apartments so we're on the hunt for a new one. we're hoping to stay in this area, but i'm also considering moving more towards his school. Caleb is going to go with me to check a few places out this week in what little spare time he has. the search has been keeping me busy during Connor's naptime. other than that, Connor and i don't do much besides clean the apartment, play with toys, watch movies, or walk to the library or the park. Connor is usually very  well behaved, but this last week he has been incredibly clingy and won't let me put him down at all! so we've definitely been doing alot of movie watching. i dont mind too much though :) i think hes working on his teething some more. we're hoping to see a tooth soon!!!

An Energetic Boy

So lately Connor has been VERY mobile. he crawls faster than ever and he goes all over the apartment, and under and behind everything he can find. and he's also been standing really really fast. he's been making me laugh with his up and down and up and down and up and down. but he destroys everything he can get his hands on, and since he can stand now there's a bunch more space than there used to be. he's kinda leaving a path of destruction through the apartment! lol. the other day i was figuring out the video mode on my camera and he kept trying to climb up on the couch to get me. so i decided to take this video for you to see. since we live so far away from all our family and friends i know that no one can see Connor go through these fun stages unless i blog about it. so enjoy!

 

and i caught a quick video of how much he's improved with his crawling! its on my phone though so its definently not as good of quality. but he is getting sooo fast. he loves crawling through the whole apartment. and sometimes i'll chase ofter him and he tries to run away and squeals and laughs and its soooo cute. we sure love this little guy!

Favorite Habits

Connor has recently started doing the cutest things! he's got such a personality now, and i'm enjoying every second of it! i know i talk about the cute things he does all the time, so i figured maybe it would be nice if i showed a few of the fun things :) i only have two pictures today, but its a work in progress to document his cute little habits. i'll have to keep updating as i get them!

connor loves his pacifier all the sudden! but he just wants to hold it in his mouth and chew on it, he doesn't want to suck on it AT ALL. he hasn't taken a pacifier since he was really tiny, he just didn't really like them. he prefers his fingers. for the last few weeks he was obsessively sucking his fingers  and they got all red and chafed. i kept trying to convince him to take a pacifier to give the poor things a break, but he just wants it to be a chew toy. i guess it works as long as it distracts him from his poor fingers! now whenever he sees a pacifier laying around he crawls over to it, grabs it, and shoves it in his mouth and starts chomping. he even tried to stick one in MY mouth haha.


He also does one of the most unique things i've ever seen for a kid his age. he rolls his tongue... but he rolls it to the side. then he chews on it. its kinda hilarious to watch. i've been trying to get a good picture of it to share. i can't roll my tongue at all, so i'm not sure how he got such a talent! i know Caleb can roll his tongue but i have no clue if he can roll it to the side like that. silly little guy!

New Year's Resolutions

i usually don't even bother to do resolutions, because i know i won't remember to do them, but this year i decided it was worth a try. i'm hoing i'll be able to stick to them, and to help with that i decided to tell everyone about them so maybe i'll feel like i actually have to follow up with them. so here they are:

• Make My House A Home - i want to make our apartment cute and homey and i want it to be the kind of place that people can walk into and know its a good place to be. i love nicely decorated homes, but i don't have the skills for it. so i'm going to do my best to learn. i hate that our apartment looks like a bunch of junk just thrown together. i want to learn how to decorate our house in the style i like. but just fyi i'm probably not going to start this goal until after we move. i think theres no sense in redoing everything when i've got to start packing it up soon anyways.
• Cultivate My Talents - i want to spend more time doing things i used to love doing, but always find myself saying i don't have time for anymore. i used to love photography, but quit doing it. i used to love playing the piano, but don't ever practice. i want to improve the talents i already have this year, as well as discover some new ones.
• Learn To Love Exercise - i'm hoping that this year i can learn to make exercising  a consistent part of my life. i hate that i feel like even doing 20 minutes is a horrible chore. tons of people LOVE working out, and do it every single day. i am hoping that i can become one of those people eventually and not have it be a torture for me. i'm sensible enough to know that it won't come automatically, so the goal i'm going to try is to do some sort of activity atleast 5 times a week, even if its short. its hard to do workouts with Connor, so my "exercising" usually isn't much of a workout, its often only 20 minutes or just a long walk. but i'm not pushing my self to loose a certain amount of weight or anything like that, i just want to have healthy habits. thats why i think even small efforts will accomplish the job.
• Catch Up on Scrapbooking - by the end of this year i hope to be caught up on the last two years. i haven't done anything since i scrapped our wedding and i've barely started Connor's book. but i know its just going to keep adding up if i don't start soon. i don't particularly like scrapbooking, but i feel like documenting our lives is something important to do, so i'm hoping if i set the goal it will encourage me to do it.

they may not be the best goals you've ever heard of, but they're the right kind for me. i've got all year to do them, so i'm not going to be beating myself up about not doing them fast enough. i didn't want any goals that would make me feel discouraged. i think all of these goals are ones that i can easily restart if i slack off and still be able to complete the main point without having to feel like a failure. i'm hoping that each goal will help enrich my life and be a good experience for me.