Hello, World!

Todd & I recently discovered that this blog still exists! And amazingly, the links still work! We had a lot of fun going back and looking through it. It's like a little time capsule of our lives, of Madison, of my mom, of the move.... Wow - a lot has happened and it's hard to even sum up in words. Considering Todd and I will be the only ones ever reading this, I don't think I need to fill in a lot of details. Maybe I'll post first and see who responds..
Anyway I eventually dropped the blog. It's hard to write about hard times. It's hard to be without my mom. I think about her every day, all the time.

As we were reading the old posts, we tried to compare what Madison was doing with what Connor is doing now... Yes, we now have a new little person around, named Connor! We surprised all our friends and family (and us!) by having another baby. We had hoped for another and you just never know... So we feel extra blessed! And I have to say more power to the people who have a toddler followed by a newborn... Because even with a big kid and a newborn, it's still hard! I guess that's going to be the focus of this blog and I think he will be lots of fun to write about. Now that I'm not on social media I have to have somewhere to brag, right?? I'm going to start with his 4 month stats since I have a "Four month stats" post for Madison (Four Month Stats)

Connor! 4 months stats
Height: 25 3/4" (47th %)
Weight: 16 lbs 6 oz (50th %)
Head: 17 1/2" (95th %)

Connor 4 mos!

Being typical 2nd time around parents I guess, we are not as good about keeping track of everything... I love reading that 4 month stats post about Madison and seeing that I wrote in her baby book *the day she rolled over* and thought I was bad writing about it 2 weeks later! Hahahaha. We are not exactly sure when Connor first rolled over, or when he started doing it regularly, but he sure as heck is doing it now! It's hard to get a diaper on this kid sometimes, he's like a roly poly all over the place. Although I do have to say, in reading Madison's blog, she was definitely doing things earlier than he is (shh! don't tell her that)! Chalk it up to being a girl, I guess, the experts are right, I think they develop earlier! Connor is doing great though, and I think part of it is that he's a little chunker, so he's happy just sort of hanging out. He's in no great hurry to move around or try to crawl yet. He's content to just observe the world around him and laugh a whole lot at his big sister. We *love* seeing him light up and laugh the minute he sees her. He seriously worships this girl and I think she knows it and also knows she has the ability to crush his soul. Sigh. Here is a vid from a couple months ago where he's just cracking up. :)

And I have to post this other video of the first time he was "talking," at about 3 months. Just too darn cute! See, I have all this catching up to do since I haven't had any outlet for all this stuff, other than my dad who doesn't understand it!

Connor is now 6 months old but I don't have his stats yet because he hasn't yet had his checkup. But he is doing lots of big kid things... Sitting up, grabbing, eating! So stay tuned!

This video seemed fitting!

One day old

4 months old

~Buds~

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