Connor Scooting

We think that Connor will be crawling soon! She gets up on her hands and feet, not knees yet, and will then go down to her belly and scoot. The scooting is so cute so we just had to capture it on video! She is so darn cute and makes us laughcnstantly!

Connor's Update

Last Sunday we took Connor to the ER for what looked like seizures. Her arms would go up straight into the air and she would shake while clenching her fists. It scared Justin and I so much. The spells happened about 10-12 times within an hour that night so we called the on-call nurse. She advised us to go to the ER just in case.

We went to the ER and the doctor deemed them as tonic episodes which are basically unexplained seizures. A couple of things that concerned her were the frequency of the seizures and also the fact that she had an episode while she was sleeping. I would assume she was concerned about that because if Connor was sleeping and did it then it would be an involuntary movement and not caused by frustration or anger. Dr. Mills referred us to Pediatric neurologists of Atlanta. The practice is through Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta and they are great.

We went to get her EEG (electroencephalogram) yesterday and Connor had another "seizure". It was a little reassuring for the nurse to see it and be alarmed because it helped us not feel that we were going crazy and blowing this whole thing out of proportion. Of course she was not yet fully hooked up to the test so we didn't get an actual reading. Justin did ask the tech if she saw anything and we were pleased that she said that she didn't really notice anything abnormal. YEAH! So, we go next Thursday to meet with the actual neurologist to review her EEG and for him to look into it further. I am SOOO looking forward to getting clearance from him next week. This has been a terrifying week and we would like to see it end.

I will keep you all posted! Keep praying for us!

Oh! My camera has been dead so I will post new pictures soon. Connor is working on her fourth tooth!

Connor's New Game

This might be so silly for some people but I know that my family that does not get to see Connor too often will appreciate it. She started playing this game about a month ago and is getting better and better at it. It is cute but we might need to stop playing with her because she is going to wind up doing this with food in her mouth.

So many babies!

I am so excited because I have four friends that are pregnant. It is so neat to watch someone else go through this special and amazing experience. What is so much fun is that two of my friends are due any day! Renee will be induced Monday if little Baby Cupcake doesn't come before then. I have to get that spaghetti casserole ready for them! I can 't wait to meet him and learn his name. I hate secrets!

My other friend, Jen, is due any day and is also having a boy. I saw her today in the grocery store and flashed back to how I felt when I was 39 weeks pregnant. WHHEW! I loved being pregnant but am glad that I am not right now! She is having a water birth and going natural so she is going to wait out the whole pregnancy. She must not have a problem with pain; I can't even think about it! I think I just threw up in my mouth thinking about the amount of agony she will be going through.

Kate is going to have a little baby girl n March which I am so excited about because she and Will currently have Lawrence, a rambunctious two year old so adding a little girl to the mix will be so fun! She doesn't have to worry about little girl clothes for the first 9 months!

Elizabeth and Jay are having a baby in May and this will be their first. They will be finding out the sex soon. So fun and so many babies!

Halloween

We went up to Justin and Kristin's house and guess what... I forgot Connor's costume. One of the main reasons of going up there was to take the girls around the neighborhood. Geez! Anyway, it worked out because Kaitlyn had Halloween pajamas so I just kept Connor in her Halloween onesie and tights. It was a nasty night anyway so taking them out would have been a difficult thing to do. We gave the girls the candy bowl and it was so cute to see them play with it. Enjoy!

Fall Festival at Smynra UMC

We went to get our pumpkins from Smyrna UMC this year. While there, the checkout lady told us about the fall festival that the church puts on. You come and eat dinner, they have a cake walk, they sell raffle tickets and the night ends with a trunk or treat. I had never heard of a trunk or treat before and was eager to dress Connor up and see what it was all about! I can honestly say that having a child helps you to enjoy things that you otherwise would not. It is almost as if you can act as a kid again but do so in an adult's body. Anyway, my mom and dad came with us and we wound up having a blast. Connor didn't realize what was going on but we sure did and we enjoyed ourselves. Take a look!


You would think that she had done this before. Her hand would go right into the candy basket. It was quite funny.

There were leftover pumpkins and we took advantage of the props!


Today, we are packing up and heading to the Hills' house to enjoy football, food and watching the girls play together. I will definitely post pictures because you have to see how cute Kaitlyn is in her ladybug costume. Happy Halloween!