Big Boy Dinner

I took a picture of Connor's plate of food tonight.  Years from now this will be a crazy thing to do, but tonight it was very momentous.  He has never had a plate of food before!  Usually I have 4 or 5 little containers of pureed veggies, applesauce, cottage cheese, etc.  His meals haven't resembled "normal" until this week, and tonight was the first night he had exactly what we had: sloppy joe meat, homemade macaroni and cheese, and fresh steamed broccoli and cauliflower.

I have no idea if I'm giving him too much or too little, or if this is even ok for an almost 10-month-old to eat (it's all these first-time-mom jitters).  I figure he'll let me know if it's a bad idea.  Well, I think he liked it!  He didn't eat all the food on his plate (nor did he actually eat it off of his plate), but we're well on our way to regular big boy food!

Milestone Week

This week two big things happened.  Connor cut his first tooth and he became mobile.  We've been waiting on these things for quite some time.  His pedi told us at his 4 month appointment that he was teething, so of course any fussiness for the past 6 months has been due to teething.  Well, apparently not!  His tooth finally arrived a few days before turning 10 months old.  And mobility--ahhh sweet mobility.  I say that now, because for the past 3 months or so I've been slightly anxious about why he seems so content to stay put when babies his age and younger are crawling all around him.  Now he army crawls all over the house, and I can take a deep breath and relax.

Lesson learned: Connor is an individual and he does not go by a book.  He has his own time for doing things.  He's perfectly normal and healthy and just right.  I can simply enjoy each day and each milestone, because time really does go by so quickly.  Pretty soon I'll be running all over the house, chasing a little boy who was once content to sit and take toys out of a bucket one by one.  For now I get to watch him explore everything he can for the first time.  Fun!

Big boy!

Fall Fun

I'm not exactly sure when fall officially starts, but temps have been in the 60's and I've had my pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks, so I'll just say it's here.  We had a fun few days, so I thought I'd post some pictures of our little adventures.

Connor and I had our first experience at a pumpkin patch! (Yes, I'm 28 and this is the first time I've been to one).   

He wasn't really interested in the pumpkins, but he thought the dirt and twigs were delicious :) (Please excuse the gross pumpkin remains in the background).

Connor with his friends, Danielle and Noemi.  "Say cheese" doesn't quite work yet. 

Nothing says Fall like the beach! We headed to Laguna and enjoyed the chilly day.  (Although Connor looks like he's ready to go fly fishing). 

We love the beach!

Our trip ended with Mommy getting a mocha from Starbucks.  The perfect end to a great October day at the beach.

Next was a family birthday party.  Connor got to meet Auntie Cousin Hanna for the first time.  He's helping her play a family favorite card game, 31.  Next year he'll have his own hand. :)

He loves his Auntie Cousin Hanna!