Highlands Teething Tablets

Connor is actually cutting two teeth ( I think). She won't let me open her mouth long enough to see. But, I know there is at least one in that little mouth of hers. I tried oragel and you know that outcome. It didn't seem to work. I was desperate and asked for help on Facebook. Most everyone suggested Hyland's teething tablets. They are a homeopathic solution to irritability due to teething. I asked Kerri and she said that they did not work for Kendall but worked miraculously for Juliette so I thought I would give them a try.



THEY WORK! THEY WORK! They actually helped to calm her. Love them!

Not only am I Seven months old today...

I am also getting a tooth! I have been squealing and whining pretty much all day. It hurts! My mommy gives me tylenol and motrin for the gum pain. It helps a lot so I hope she keeps giving it to me. Right now, my tooth looks like a clear line in my gum. When I drink out of my mommy's water glass you can see it really well! She said she was going to try and take a picture but I don't stay still so we will see if that happens!


Can you believe that I am seven months old already?!?! I can't believe it either. I say words like "ba" and "da" and "ga". I am working on saying mommy. She helps me practice so hopefully that will be my first official word. Oh! I can get on my hands and knees now and I rock back and forth. I think it will only be a couple of more weeks before I am crawling. I keep telling mommy and daddy to baby-proof the house but they keep putting it off. I'll show them.

I went to see my Aunt Emily and Uncle Will this weekend. She loves to bake and I wanted to help! So she let me stir the rice krispy treats she was making for her Sunday school class. I think I am going to love being in the kitchen!

Gotta go! Mommy and Daddy are about sing happy birthday to me!

Love, Connor

Happy (Late) Birthday, MeMe!

I forgot my mother's birthday. Wait. Let me re-phrase: Kristin let me forget MeMe's birthday. Truth be told, I am horrible at remembering birthdays, so this one is squarely on me. Anyway, once we realized, we decided that we would make amends with a new Connor video for MeMe. Without further ado...

Pumpkins, Pumpkins and MORE Pumpkins!

I was looking to see what pumpkin farm we could take Connor to. Of course there aren't any in Atlanta so we were going to truck it all the way to Canton. We finally decided that we would get our pumpkins locally this year and wait until next year to take her to an actual pumpkin farm with hayrides and such. It worked just fine too! We went to Smryna United Methodist church because they had hundreds of pumpkins to choose from. I think Connor enjoyed herself. Her eyes kept scanning all the pumpkins wondering what they were all doing there. We were able to get some good pictures of her first "pumpkin patch".

Hello from Connor!

Just an update... Connor still has her double ear infections although you would never know it. Justin took her to the doctor last week and Dr. Loventhal put her on a third antibiotic to try get rid of it. If they aren't gone by next week, when Justin takes her back to the doctor, then we have to go to the ear nose and throat doctor. When I tell people that, the first thing that comes out of everyone's mouth is oh... tubes. So we will see! She is still tugging at her ears so we are still giving her motrin or tylenol.


Connor now sits in a highchair and it is soooo cute! This picture is not the best but I tried. We bring her high chair cover with us when we eat out and she sits with us and eats her puffs! She loves her puffs! She also cannot get enough of her biscuits. She would eat biscuits all day if we let her.

Having fun trying new things...

Connor has tried a couple of new things the past two weeks. I am so sad because it seems as if she is doing so many new things lately. It used to be something new every two weeks. She is doing so much that it seems as if it is every other day something new comes along.

She can sit up while there is a close eye on her. As soon as you look the other way, she will fall to her little face. The first time I felt so bad and now we make sure that we are right behind her. She used to bend over so far to the floor that it wasn't even a tripod, it looked more like taco.



Now that she is sitting up, she can sit in the bath ring while taking a bath. She loves this because she gets to reach for her bath toys in the water. It is really funny watching her do this because her little hands move so slow that most of the time we wind up catching whatever toy she wants and giving it to her. She is getting better and it is helping her back and stomach muscles get stronger because the seat is really just there to stabilize her. It doesn't support her the whole time in the tub.


We have transfered her to her high chair. She loves it because she can now sit at the table with us and be a part of our conversation instead of having to look down on us while we eat. We are contemplating getting an actual high chair (which we didn't want to do because it takes up so much room). After looking at the picture below, you will know why. Oscar was there to make sure Connor got everything off of her hands. He is such a good big brother.





Today was her 6 month well check up and Dr. Loventhal gave us a few new things to do with her. First off, she can now have MOTRIN! Between her teeth and shots, I heard that Motrin was the best at taking away the pain. We will see! Anyway, Dr. Loventhal said that we can start giving her "puffs". This is to get her ready for table food ( another thing that I am NOT ready for). He said that they are basically a puff of air. And they are! There are 25 calories per serving and a serving is 90 puffs! We thought that was funny.

Thanks for checking in with us! We will continue to keep you all up to date with all the new things that are happening in our lives!