The first couple months of his life were hard. He had jaundice pretty badly. Before we were allowed to go home, he had to stay bili light for 24 hours. Then, once we got him home, we had to go to the doctor every other day to get his blood checked until his jaundice went down. Then, at 8 weeks old, he had emergency surgery for pyloric stenosis which required a 48 hour stay in the hospital after surgery and started with 2 back to back emergency room trips.
After the healing from the surgery, his life went pretty normally. Connor has grown into a little boy with a HUGE personality. He tries his best to make the people around him laugh. If he is mad at you, he will not talk to or look at you. If he does not know you he will try his best to ignore you or stare at you stone cold.
He loves his big brother and wants to do whatever big brother is doing. He loves his "baby" and making it go "night nights". His speech is getting clearer everyday and he is now putting together 2-3 word sentences. He loves being outside. He also loves football and race cars.
Here are some pictures of his journey:
After bathtime
Surgery scar
Meeting uncle Ash.... we miss you uncle Ash!
protrait by Betsy Booten about 9 months old
First birthday
Christmas 2010
Spring 2011
learning to feed himself
feeding the ducks
First day of school (daycare)
Pumpkin Festival 2011
the night before his 2nd birthday.... I thought I had a few more hours before he started acting like a 2 year old!
Happy Happy Birthday to Connor! I love you with all of my heart and I am so blessed that you came into my life! You are amazing and wonderful and smart and I am one lucky mama!
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