Connor is Officially Sitting Up

Yay, Connor is officially sitting up. I took this video this morning. We have been working on sitting up all week. He usually needed help and would fall over right away. He finally sat up all by himself. Our next goal is for him to get himself in the sitting position.

Connor Checking Out His Hands

Lately Connor has been checking out his hands. He looks at them as if he is trying to decide what to do with them. It is so adorable. Every time I try to catch him doing it on video he gets camera shy. But this time I got him... lol

Our New Dining Room Table

Russell finally sanded and refinished our dining room table. So not really a new table, it just looks brand new!!! He did a fabulous job and worked really hard to get it to look this great.

Connor Five Months Old

Has started spitting to keep himself entertained, I think he learned it from his cousin... :)

Rolls around like crazy

No longer takes a pacifier

Teething has become more dramatic - more crying, less sleeping and eating

Likes to eat his feet

Tries to sit up when he is lying down and ends up rolling over instead

Rolls all over the place

Sucks on anything you put near his mouth

Likes bath time, he kicks like crazy and gets Mom all wet

Continues to jump all the time, even when you are holding him

He tries to use his legs to crawl, but he doesn't have the arms figured out yet (thank goodness)

Loves watching motion

Connor Four Months Old

This one is a little late, but August is always so busy with vacations. But better late than never... right.

Laughs at himself when he is playing.

Has become way more active.

Can sit up assisted.

Can stand up when holding him (and prefers it over sitting), but he is super wobbly.

Likes to jump/kick (we got him a johnny jumper)

Screams when he is happy and sad, it makes it hard to know what to do.

Drools and chews on everything, or rather puts everything in his mouth.

Starting to teethe.

Smiles when he is sleeping

Is becoming easier to read how he is feeling.

Rolls over a lot more now and is starting to scoot around the floor.

This is Connor with his girlfriend Annika.

Stay tuned for five months...

DC Trip

Wow, I know. I totally forgot to post pictures from our DC trip. Again, better late than never... :) We went to Washington DC at the end of June for Jeff's (Russ's oldest brother) wedding. We decided to go a little early and experience DC and celebrate our four year anniversary.

This is one of Washington's statutes inside the U.S. capitol. We were given a tour by one of Patty Murray's interns. We met in the Russell Senate office building (see below) and took an underground train to the capitol. On the train we ran into John Kerry.

This is Russell's building.

Connor did not like this photo. The snake may have scared him.Connor really liked watching the fish swim around. This was in one of the museums.

There was a great exhibit of photography. The pictures were amazing and it was fun to pose in front of them.

The Capitol Building

The White House, it was a lot more difficult to get to than I thought. It was a really hot and humid day and we got a little lost trying to find it.

This was a cool height measurement in the gift shop at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Russ measured 1,631,000 in 100$ notes, Connor only measured about $100,000.

Here is Connor next to the new hundred dollar bill that is coming out soon.

Russ and Connor in the space ship

These are the old desks and chamber where Congress met.

This is at Arlington National Cemetery. Connor and I in front of the Tomb of the Lost Soldiers.

Here is the changing of the guard, there were a ton of people there. I got in trouble because I was trying to see what was going on and kneeled down between some people and they told me that was disrespectful. So I got back up and felt bad.

Connor Rolls Over

Connor is rolling over. It is really funny, he hates being on his tummy and can't roll back over. So he wiggles around like a fish. Now we can not leave him anywhere by himself. I will put him in his crib while I change and then I hear him start whimpering and find that he had rolled over and can't get back. It's fairly amusing.