Happy Birthday Austin!

It is hard to believe that our sweet baby boy is 1 already!  Austin is now 26 pounds and 31.5 inches long, well tall really, now that he is standing up most of the time.

 

 Our Little Monkey Excited For His Birthday Party

 Jungle Cupcakes Scott and I created for his Big Day!

 Yummy Tiger Cupcake!

 After his birthday outfit was covered in cupcake, he changed into his super cute new Lobo outfit from Aunt Allison.  Here he is loving his new couch from Grandma & Grandpa!

 Taking his new trike from Nani & Pops for a test drive

Brotherly Love

Happy Birthday Austin!  We Love You!!!

11 Month Monkey!

After uploading and looking at all the pictures we took this month I was inspired to add pictures to fit the words to a little board book that Austin has called My little Monkey.

My Little Monkey I love you for all that you are and all that you do.

Whether you're:

Glad

Sad

Silly

or Spunky

you'll always be my little Monkey!!!

Not that I'm biased...but man is our little guy cute! Maybe this is weird, but even the sad face picture makes me smile. Austin is such a good baby. Just a month to go until his big 1st Birthday.

Funny Notes about Austin this month:
* He discovered his tongue this month and is constantly sticking it out, making raspberries, and trying to grab it.
* He crawls very fast and is into Everything. Here he is taking out all the pots and pans. We now have added baby locks to all our cabinets :)
*He loves to stand and walk around furniture, toys, anything possible. Here he is pushing Dylan on the toy train. He is so strong. I was shocked when Dylan said, "look Mom." Sure enough, there was Austin pushing Dylan all the way down the hall and around the kitchen.
*He loves music and makes singing noises and does a cute butt drop dance when we listen to music. Here he is playing a maraca.
We are planning a jungle themed family birthday party for our little monkey at the end of March. Complete with Monkey, Lion & Tiger cupcakes. Stay tuned to see the mess :)

Gotcha!

I've been posting a lot of pictures of Austin to transfer to his baby book, but lately I've taken a few pictures of Dylan that I wanted to share. Normally he runs from the camera, looks away, or makes a funny face, but these turned out great. These last two pictures were taken tonight when I was taking a picture of Austin for turning 10 months today. Dylan looked at me and said, "You can't get a picture of me, I'm too fast!" The game began and I ended up with lots of blurry pictures some with no one in them, but in the end...

Success, Gotcha!

10 Months

This month Austin has become very vocal. He stared saying Dada in addition to Mama. He also says something that sounds like a mix between clap and quack. I think he is trying to say clap but it is hard to tell. He babbles constantly. His favorite thing to yell is still Mama, and I do mean yell. He is most definitely a Connors boy. Those of you who know them will most certainly agree. Good lungs run in the family! Needless to say, I definitely feel loved :)

Austin has also started eating more solid foods. He loves Puffs, Cheerios, Bananas, strawberries, yogurt, sweet potatoes, and graham crackers. He also eats nearly all baby foods.

He had been sleeping really well. Averaging 8-10 hours at night nursing and then going back to sleep for another 3-4 hrs until recently. He just got his third tooth last week and two more on top are just cutting through as well so we have not been sleeping as well lately. He still naps twice a day. Lately he has been taking an 1.5 - 2 hr nap in the morning and and a shorter 1 hr nap in the afternoon. In the picture above. Austin had just woke up from a long morning nap very happy. He looked so cute I quickly ran to get the camera.

Austin is a very busy baby. Crawling. pulling up and exploring everything. Here are some more pictures of him in action this month:

Austin loving the play saucer

Cute little Bear's fan in Daddy's hat at the park

Destroying Dylan's Puzzle

Learning to Drive :) Dylan is such a good big brother!

Tent playtime

Reading Go Dog Go...so advanced for 10 months!

We are so blessed to have such a Happy, Busy Baby!

Christmas Photofest

I connected our camera to the computer and we had 341 Pictures this month! It was taken me a while to sort through. We had such a fun December. Here are some of my favorites:

Dylan looking so handsome getting ready for his preschool's Christmas Performance.

Santa Picture

Family Xmas Photo 2011

Dylan loving his new game: UNO MOO

The Pickle Present
All the cousins search for the hidden pickle ornament on our tree at our annual Christmas Eve Brunch. This year Ryan won. The runners up won glasses (to help them see better next year :))

Wow, Santa came! Before Dylan would look to see his stocking and gifts he insisted that we check to see if Santa ate the cookies we left for him.

Dylan teaching Austin how to use his new toy from Santa

Photo Op Success!
Alyssa, Dylan, & Austin all looking in the same direction

9 Months!

This month was a busy one! Austin hit many baby milestones. He started clapping, saying "Mama", pulling up, crawling, climbing the stairs, and drinking from a cup. Whew! Austin also got his second tooth. He took all these changes in stride smiling while running around town to Christmas parties, preschool concerts, and flying to WA to be with Family.

Our handsome boy looks so big in this picture. He is becoming more of a pre-toddler than a baby. He is always ready to be on the move. It is so amazing to watch him take everything in and explore, learn, and grow.

Austin's hair has started to grow. He woke up from a nap with his hairs sticking straight up. We had to take a picture of this lesser know milestone: His First Bed Head!

Here are a couple pictures of playtime at the park all bundled up. Austin went down the slide with help and loved it. Doesn't he look so cute in his new hat & coat he got from Aunt Chris & Uncle Todd for Christmas!

Happy 3/4 Birthday Austin. We Love you!

8 Month Mr. Trouble

Celebrating 8 months was tough today because Austin got his first tooth. I've been thinking it has been coming for some time now and today the bottom left tooth poked through. It is a milestone that is good, but it was painful as well.

Austin's new nickname is "Trouble." Now that he is crawling (still army style) he is into everything! In this picture he is super happy to be taking apart Dylan's puzzle. He can be surrounded by fun baby toys and manage to scoot past it all to find an outlet, or a dinosaur with pointy horns. Baby proofing the house takes on new meaning for kid #2 when the house is full of toys for kids 3+. His favorite toys are the maracas, the little people animals, and an electronic toy that sings the ABC's and counts to 10.

I took this picture at the park last week. It was cold so we got all bundled up. Our happy little guy wasn't bothered one bit by the cold. One problem I'm having since the weather is cold is keeping Austin's feet covered. The second I put socks on him he pulls them off and puts them in his mouth. It is 30 degrees outside and here I am with a baby in bare feet. I need to find something he can't pull off.

Just this week Austin was able to stand behind this train supporting himself with the handle in the back without Scott or I holding him. Before he would dive for the floor to crawl, but now he doesn't seem to mind standing up as much.

One thing is for sure our handsome boy looks a lot like his Daddy!

Halloween 2011

7 Months

Our expressive little Austin is 7 months old already. He is such a smiler. Everywhere we go people comment about what a happy baby he is. He has mastered the army crawl. He is surprisingly fast for not being in the a true crawl position yet. He reaches for everything and puts anything he can get his hands on in his mouth. I've been thinking for months that a tooth is on the way, but still no teeth. Austin likes a variety of baby foods. His favorites so far are sweet potatoes, squash, mangos, and rice cereal. He also just started eating puffs and is getting good and picking them up to eat.







Doesn't Austin look like such good sleeper? He is if he is being snuggled. In this picture he is in his favorite spot: Daddy's arms. Otherwise he would prefer to be awake and explore the world and laugh while watching Dylan play.

Pictures

I've been trying to capture a picture of both my boys smiling and looking at the camera and have had no success so I decided to go to portrait innovations and see how they could do. I was only planning on getting the one of Dylan and Austin together, but their individual shots turned out so good I bought those too. They include a CD with the pictures for reprinting so posting these is legal.

Happy 1/2 Birthday Austin!

Our sweet baby boy is 6 months old today. He is so alert and busy already. At his check-up this week he was so curious he kept trying to get the doctor's stethoscope and watch. The doctor said that he is a very healthy baby and that we would have our hands full keeping up with our busy boys very soon. He weighs 20.9 lbs (95%) and is 27.5 inches long (90%).

No teeth yet, but he sticks anything he can get his hands on in his mouth. I am having to watch him closer now and set up the playpen for times when I can't be right with him because he is such a mover. He rolls and scoots across the floor to get what he wants. He is starting pre-crawl motions, but has not put it all together yet.

Austin is a very good eater. He enjoys all the baby foods we have tried. Sleeping is a different story. He is currently not sleeping well. He fights most naps as hard as possible and wakes up every 4-5 hours at night.

Austin's favorite things are swinging, playing peak-a-boo with Dylan, teething on his dog rattle, and scooting around the floor during his tummy time.

Mmmm...Gumming a green bean

Loving Swing time with Dylan

So happy that Pops came to visit this weekend for Austin's 1/2 Birthday!


Happy 1/2 Birthday Austin! We love you!