Crawling!

The eagle has landed. A light went on in Connor's head and he realized he could get from Point A to Point B, and even tho his little limbs aren't quite in tune with his brain yet, he manages to do it! You can almost see the wheels churning as he gets his mind set on something and reaches and hurls himself across the room. It's kind of like a combo Army-crawl/fish-out-of-water thing happening, and it's awesome! He's pretty proud of himself!
I realized this blog uses flash for all videos, so anyone viewing on a mobile or tablet is not going to be able to watch them, and it will just show a blank square which is annoying. So I am going to chill out on the video posts. I may still need to include one of crawling though!
So besides that milestone, we've had some other recent activity in our household like: Travel! Connor has now been on THREE trips in a airplane already. 1st trip: To Alabama with me & Madison (solo mama!) to go to my niece Jamie's wedding. Age 4 months. Flew on a tiny plane and I brought waaay too much stuff but that was by far the easiest trip so far because all he did was sleep on my lap and nurse. 2nd trip: To Indiana (all of us) to visit Todd's family and friends. Age 6 months. Got to visit most of the midwest relatives and friends in Todd's stomping ground. We rented a car and that was a fun trip. 3rd trip: To Virginia over Thanksgiving! This was the most recent trip, and definitely the most challenging as far as baby-on-board. He wasn't as content to be held in one spot (plus it was a longer flight) and was no longer just breast-milking-it, but eating real foods too, which are messy/sticky/not so fun on an airplane. So while we had a blast in VA once we were there, I can see why people don't travel so much with babies! I am glad we took those first couple trips in the beginning for the experience!
Here are some fun pics for your blog-viewing pleasure.
And stay tuned for a very special guest blogger on here... TBA!