Christmas Celebrations

Well, Connor is now nearly 8 weeks old! I can hardly imagine it myself. Time is escaping from me with lightning speed. He is growing and healthy. We saw our midwife for Connor's 6 week appointment, which was also our last with her:(, and he was a whopping 13 lbs 4 oz. He is hearty! I will no longer be concerned with his finicky eating habits.
We have been going and going as most of you have with the Christmas Season in full swing. I am so sad that it is nearly January and the holidays will be over. This is most certainly my favorite time of year and with the added bonus of a new baby this year, it has been wonderful! Connor is such a joy and brings it with him whereever he goes. As I said, we saw Christy, our midwife for Connor's final follow up and it just happened to fall on the same day as our good friends, The Spivey's annual Chirstmas party. So, we stayed in Hurst on Friday the 19th and were able to see all of our friends which was just great. We came back Saturday to do laundry, go to church and have a quick visit from my parents before leaving Wednesday. On Wednesday we drove to Wimberley to celebrate Christmas with Matt's family, many of whom had not yet met Connor. From there we drove to San Antonio and made it just in time for the Christmas Eve service in the church where I grew up and we were married. We got to see lots of old friends there and it gave my mom a chance to show off her grandbaby. It was really special for me to be there because for different reasons we hadn't been able to attend the service for the past few years.
Christmas morning we woke up and had Christmas with my immediate family, which Connor slept right through. We then drove to my grandparents house for a late lunch and gift exchange.
I think part of why I love this time of year is because of the traditions we have. My family is very still detemined to meet together and enjoy time together while many others choose not to make the drive or effort, we continue. I love that we spend hours on end playing games, eating junk and catching up. It is so special to me.
Anyhow, finally on Friday we went to lunch with Matt's mom and aunt and then had our own small Christmas there. We exchanged gifts and it was so nice to have a quiet afternoon together.
Saturday we made our way back home loaded down with gifts and full bellies. Praise the Lord for another blessed year.

Connor Weeks 5 & 6

Over the last two weeks I think Connor has doubled in size! The boy is growing like a weed! He is awake and alert more and more everyday. He is getting stronger and holding his head up on his own a lot. Here are some pictures of his latest activities: Church staff Christmas party, Sunday School Christmas party, a visit from Grandma Julie and Honey, lots of cuddling with Mommy & Daddy (and sometimes Avery). Connor also attended his first two MOPS meetings and leadership meeting at church! He's very active. Hope you enjoy!

Bulldawgs

Congratulations to the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs on a great season. On Saturday night a buddy and I went to Waco to watch the Dawgs play the Wylie Pirates in the State 5A Division II semifinal game. (There's nothing like high school football in the state of Texas) They battled all game long but ended up losing the game 23-7. It was a remarkable season for the Disctrict and Regional champion Bulldawgs (13-2) who were moved up to 5A this season. They advanced into the 5th round of the playoffs despite loosing their starting quarterback in the last game of the season. We're proud of our Dawgs and look forward to another great season next year.

Milestones

I can't believe my baby boy is already one month old! Saturday night at 7:37 I took pictures to document Connor's one month birthday.

Strike a pose!

Another monumentous event: we drove to Roundrock & Connor was introduced to Chuy's. He will grow to love it, I'm have no doubts.

So Thankful

Last week was a great week for the Moore's. Connor celebrated his 3rd week, I celebrated my 27th birthday and we all celebrated Thanksgiving! Connor also attended church for the first time & did great. He slept through it and only made some of his happy grunts.
On Monday Jake came through Cove and picked Connor & me up to take us to San Antonio for the week. Matt followed Tuesday after work. Once we arrived my mom called the neighborhood over to come see "her baby." We had a lot of visitors and again, Connor performed quite well. He let everyone hold him with no complaints. Tuesday night was pretty much a repeat of the same with some repeat visitors and many new ones. I hated being away from Matt Monday night & it was not easy for him to be away from his boy, but we survived. Connor also made a quick visit to my mom's office before we went shopping that afternoon. Shopping was slightly more difficult than I had hoped, but not awful. I stayed in the dressing room and nursed him and changed diapers while mom ran around picking things for me to try on. Then on Wednesday we had our Thanksgiving meal at my grandparents house. Connor got to meet his great grandparents for the first time! And he went to his first movie too - big day for the boy! And on Thursday Connor turned three weeks old! (I did not cry this week. :)
We spent the rest of the week taking it slower. We saw Matt's mom a few times, a few old friends and went out to eat for my birthday! We went to one of my favorite places, Benihana and Connor got to try taking a bottle for the first time. He took right to it with ease and Matt enjoyed getting to feed Connor for the first time too. It did create a few problems though. I think the bottle allowed him to get a lot more milk, a lot more quickly than he's used to, so there we some explosions. It all came back out-of both ends. A wardrobe change was required (luckily only for him) and I had to attempt nursing while standing in a bathroom stall. Not ideal, but we'll get the kinks worked out so that bottles will be a possibility in the future.
As you can tell, it was quite an eventful week for us and we came home quite tired but truly thankful for family, friends and all our many blessings.

immeasurably moore