Connor,
Most mornings you prefer to get up early.. around the time Dad leaves for work (5:30 am) if I am lucky, I can either play with you for a few minutes, or nurse you and you'll go back to sleep for a few hours, some mornings we just start our day early :-) Often I find you standing at the edge of your crib waiting to be picked up. When I do pick you up you immediately point and lean towards the door, ready to start exploring! Usually we cuddle for a few minutes to get adjusted to being awake, then you play with your toys while mom gets breakfast and coffee ready. Your favorite breakfast foods are eggs, toast, pancakes, any kind of meat, oatmeal, and occasionally fruit (lately you've enjoyed watermelon). You have always excelled with eating, both your fine motor skills of being able to feed yourself, as wells as the ability to "chew" about any type of food. You also know how to put the food down! You've been known to eat as much as me some mornings :-) After breakfast, we spend a few hours playing together. You're favorite thing is cars, trucks, tractors... anything with wheels. You also enjoy music, piano, metal bowls and spoons and your train whichs you either walk with or take the blocks out of and move back and forth to another container. We also let Duke and Daisy out to play for a little while (you also love dogs).
By around 8:30am (10:00 on days you sleep in) you're ready for a morning nap. When you are napping I either get the house cleaned (especially vacuuming, sweeping because you still like to put everything in your mouth, and because you still primarily crawl, you are often at the floor level. You did take 4 steps the day before your 1st birthday, so we anticipate that very soon you will switch to walking. If I am not cleaning while you are napping I often shower and get ready for the day. When you wake up we have lunch (your favorites are tunafish, chicken, hamburger and occasionally you'll eat things like vegetables, fruit etc. :-) you LOVE meats!. Anytime you are sitting at the dinner table you point up at the fan and say "dat" .. you will even rotate your hand in a circular motion, its your way of asking to spin the fan, this is also usually an indicator that youare finished eating. After we eat, I get you dressed and ready and we usually go to town to run errands (or on days I work, we go to the store for the day). You are usually pretty happy to run errands, especially now that you are facing forward in your carseat and can see out the window, you often say "vvrrooomm" as we pass or follow cars.. you say vrooomm for just about anything with wheels, which is ADORABLE :-) In town we often hear comments like "he's adorable", "hoow old is he?" "he looks like a workout for you" "he's a big boy" "wow.. look at his eyes!" "I love his cheeks... I just want to squeeze them".... You get plenty of attention :-)
We try to be home by the time you are ready for your afternoon nap.. around 3:00 I either clean, shower, pay bills, or start dinner while you are napping (your naps are usually 1 hr-2 hrs long). Another of your favorite things to do is help me unload the dishwasher. You hand me on utensil at a time, I say "thank you" and you respond with "den du"... you're version of thank you, which you now say often.
Dad gets home at 6:30 (on nights he doesn't go to the gym), we eat together, Dad is always amazed at how much you've changed since the day before.. He says things like "he's such a good eater" "Connor, you're such a cool dude!" "you're pretty cool.. I love coming home to you and mom, it's the best part of my day". Your daddy loves you very much and loves spending time with you. One thing, among many, that you are getting good at is recognizing specific things and pointing them out. The words you point to when we ask: "where is the ..... fan, deer, window, door, fire, clock, Duke and Daisy, Dad, Mom, tractor" sometimes you only get a few, others you get them all.
By about 7:30 we take your clothes and diaper off in the living room and let you crawl naked to the bathroom for your bath... you love being naked and crawl with extra speed.. which makes your cheeks giggle as you crawl down the hallway :-). During your bath you enjoy playing with your basketball hoop, foam numbers, and ducks. You are also enjoying practicing with cups: pouring and drinking from them. You also like to dip a washcloth in cold water and suck on it :-) You've learned what "bbrrrr" is.. and usually say "bbbb" and shake like you're shivering when you put your hand in cold water, or go outside where it's cold. After your bath we get your room ready (turn on the white noise, turn your baseboard heater to 68', and put your favorite blankie in the dryer to get warm). We read a few stories together (your favorites are DOG, First 100 trucks, The Tickle Monsters, 8 Silly Monkeys, Peek A Boo Baby-Bedtime etc).
Between 8:30-9:30 it's time for bed. You usually nurse one more time, if you don't fall asleep nursing, you usually can just be given your warm blankie (which you bury your face into with a big grin) and laid down and you'll go to sleep on your own. Dad and I catch up on the day, a lot of the conversation being about you.. clean the kitchen, spend about 30 min. sitting down relaxing then head to bed around 9:30-10:00. I feel so lucky to get to be home with you and am so thankful that Dad works so hard so I can. You are such a cool little guy and we are so thankful to have you in our life! Happy first Birthday
Love,
Mom
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