In mommy's footsteps!

Connor!

This picture was taken about 2 weeks ago, when Connor couldn't yet sit unassisted.
Sitting, and very happy about it! Over the past week and a half, Connor has been much happier and makes me laugh every day!
Typical boy: He loves fart sounds!
Crazy Face Connor. He rarely puts that tongue away!
I didn't see anything in Marinda's "How to Care for a Baby" post about stepping on your children, so I figured it was fine. Connor didn't mind too much.

Man, I have been bad at updating this thing! Connor's been growing by leaps and bounds, and as of last Thursday, he can sit up! He's still not sure if he LIKES to, but he's coming to terms with it more and more every day.

We have entered the fun world of Cheerios, and it's Connor's favorite time of the day! He only eats about 4 out of 20, but it sure is cute to see him try to mash them up with his two little teeth. It's become an adventure to feed him, because he likes to throw things to the dogs from his highchair, and he discovered that blowing raspberries onto his spoon and making the purees go everywhere is really funny. He is absolutely smitten with Anthony and thinks that he is the best toy (I get a little jealous!). He's growing like a weed, is about 24 pounds now, and in size 4 diapers. I'm trying to tell him to take lessons from the crawling baby on the box, but he shows NO interest in going anywhere. :)

My pregnancy is going well, and is remarkably uneventful. I felt the first little flutters of baby #2 when I was 14weeks and 5 days along, and now at 17 weeks, they're turning into the first soft kicks. This is my favorite part of pregnancy...not too many aches and pains, and the kicks don't wake me up at night! We find out on the 7th if we're having a girl or boy. We're all hoping for pink, but according to all of the old wives' tales and lunar calendars, it's a boy! We're just praying for a healthy baby!

If you love something, let it BE!

After making three batches of caramel rolls for Christmas last year and everyone fighting over the "saucy" ones (sound familiar, anyone?), I tried to give them a new spin. Today I made a batch with DOUBLE THE SAUCE! Sound like blasphemy? Well, sadly, it was.

Because of the overabundance of sauce, the rolls on the bottom didn't cook thoroughly, so we were left with only about a 1/3 of the rolls even being edible. Granted, those few were still heavenly, but I'm glad I made a test batch before Christmas morning! Another drawback to my overzealousness: trying to flip over such a juicy batch resulted in quite a messy countertop.

My lesson is learned. Don't mess with a good thing!

P.S. Happy Anniversary to us! We've been married 3 years today! We're going out to dinner tonight to celebrate!

Oh, and I forgot to add... the new car has a 40 gb hard drive, and the first cd that was ripped to the car was, of course, the Osmond Christmas Album!

St. Nick's night

Getting in for the first time!
Still in shock!

This is what our new car looks like (but blue, obviously!)

Yesterday, all of the Dietrichs got together to celebrate St. Nick's Night, as the official start to the Christmas season. We were told that the night would be full of surprises, so we were all excited. When we got over to Ray and Angela's, Anthony and Ray Sr. went out to get groceries for dinner and to "run an errand". I knew that the errand had to do with Christmas, so I didn't press to hard.

Nearly three hours later, I was getting quite impatient (as hungry pregnant women do), so I was relieved when I heard all the dogs barking, signalling the boys' return. I was upstairs waking Connor from a nap, so everyone went outside before me. I walked out, and everyone turned to look at me. I didn't know what was going on, then Anthony said, "Merry Christmas, Carolyn!" and pointed to the brand new car sitting right in front of me! We'd been talking since last year about getting a bigger car, and we knew it would be a either a van or a suburban, but a suburban won't fit in our garage. Anthony said that this has been in the works for quite some time, and that all the fuss he'd been putting up about not wanting to be a mini-van owner was all for show!

10 weeks, 2 days!

We put up our Christmas tree last night, and Anthony's mom is taking Connor for the day so that I can clean the house and run some errands. Who would have ever thought that cleaning the house could be so exciting?


Week Ten
Baby is now called a fetus in "medical terms". You, however, may have chosen the name "peanut," "angel," "jumping bean" or simply "miracle."
The most critical part of your infant's development is complete. Now you are headed into a period of rapid growth.
While a bit strange to envision, your baby's head is now about half its length - Soon the rest of the body's growth will catch up but this area is prepared to keep up with the rapid brain development!
Eyelids fuse shut and irises begin to develop - Eye color is also determined by this point.
Placenta begins to function this week or next - The placenta is the organ responsible for both the provision of nutrients along with the removal of waste to keep your baby growing strong!
Your baby will be about 1.22 inch long (3.1cm) and weigh 0.14 ounce (4gm) at the end of this week [return to top]