Christmas is coming!

Double Digits

Here's a quick update for you ... and Christina promises to post again soon!

Conner had a great check up yesterday -- he's 10 pounds 5 ounces and 21.5 inches long. He's officially out of all "newborn" apparel and is now in his 0-3 month clothes. And we also said good-bye to the "newborn" diapers as well. Now it's on to size 1.

A Sleepy Little Man

One month and counting

Yes, Conner is one month old today! It's almost hard to believe how quick it has been and how much he's grown and changed in such a short time. Conner's first Thanksgiving went well, which included his first accident. We're all A-OK, but we got rear-ended on the way to Bedford. Conner slept through it all and big brother Duke didn't even move in his crate.

Conner is close to outgrowing most of his "newborn" size clothes, and now his 0-3 month outfits finally fit reasonable well. He loves the Christmas tree lights -- if he's fussy, we hold him near the tree and he quickly quiets down. We're looking forward to his first Christmas and seeing all his changes over the next few weeks.

Happy holidays!

Time flies

It's hard to believe it's been more than a week since I posted, but time flies with even less sleep. The little man is pretty regular with his feedings, so we have yet to have what I would call a "sleepless" night. I'll leave the details for Christina to explain if she wants to. Conner is growing each day -- he's getting close to 8 pounds and his newborn clothes finally fit ... and will probably be too small in another week or so.

Conner will be making his first road trip this week as we head to Bedford for the holiday. It'll be a nice break for us too to get out of the house for more than a quick trip to Target.

You may have noticed that at the bottom of this post we've become a little more blogger savvy by allowing me to post through my gmail account ("posted by David H."). So in future posts if you can't tell who is actually posting, just look at the end of the post! Christina will be back to posting again soon, but most free time is still being used to get some much needed rest.

Have a happy Thanksgiving!!

Hangin' in there

I just wanted to give a quick update that everybody is hanging in there, some better than others. Christina is a bit sleepy as expected, but any frustrations are quickly erased when the coos start coming out and the funny faces are made. Duke is being a good big brother. He watches every little move Conner makes, although he still keeps his distance just a bit. For those of you who have met our dog, you know that he likes to roll around on people's feet, but we haven't had any worries about that. He's actually been much more attentive to us than usual, which is a good thing.

I, however, have an upper respiratory infection. Go figure that we're worrying about the little guy and then one of us gets sick. I'm on some good meds though and haven't had a fever, but I'm having to keep my distance just a little bit. It's a little difficult because I want to help out as much as I can, but I also don't want to get Christina or Conner sick.

Conner has a weight check tomorrow, and I think he'll be on the right road. After going to work the past couple of days and then coming home after being gone for about 9 hours, I can really see his cheeks filling out and his little legs getting bigger.

~ David ~

Sleeping his way through life

Hey everybody -- it's still your guest blogger here. I'm making sure Christina is getting plenty of rest, but she insists on putting a load of laundry in right now. If only she could learn from the dogs!! [See photo below for a perfect example of how to get some rest.] Anyway, I wanted to give a quick update on things. Conner is doing well. He had his first doctor's visit yesterday. Without going into too many details, his weight was a bit down, but we managed to shoot him up with 4 ounces overnight. The doctor was impressed today.

Christina's family left around mid-day today. It was great having them here to help out with meals, laundry and dishes ... despite our political differences. At least one of us got to vote for the president-to-be this week!

We're discussing moving Conner's life details over to a new blog and save this one for the next baby. It was created for the purpose of detailing the pregnancy, so some change may be on the way. We'll let you know what happens. And I'm sure that Christina will want to blog soon to give her thoughts on everything that's happened this week.

Thanks again to everyone who has called, e-mailed, sent messages or offered their help. We greatly appreciate it, and we're always open for someone to cook dinner. Won't you miss me when I'm done posting?!? :-)

~ David ~