TWCGHST

Here at home, this week has been termed “TWCGHST” which stands for “The Week Connor Got His Shit Together”. Read on.

Last weekend, before the camera battery ran out, we went to the petting farm at the zoo. This trip proved very enlightening for Ed and me. Now that Connor is talking, we’ve been curious to know what language he was speaking. We know it involves a lot of “da da da”, and this morning it started to also involve a lot of “ma ma ma” (sign one of TWCGHST), but other words are more difficult to pick out. After our visit with the goat, I think it’s possible he’s talking some sort of goat language. Seen here in this photo, Connor is saluting the goat, after what we can only presume were some words assuring the goat he would follow his instruction to put everything in sight in his mouth. Mr. Goat, let me assure you Connor took your orders very seriously.



Since the visit to the zoo, some amazing things have been happening. First, my little guy took what I consider his first official crawl on Tuesday night. The little man knows hot to wait for an audience because he tried mightily in front of me, but waited until Ed got home to actually get forward motion going. He crawls with his own special finesse that involves sort of a cross between a bear walk and a more pedestrian crawl on the knees. The bear walk is good because feet slip less than knees with clothes. My sister told me I should say good-bye to all of my nice things because they were about to be destroyed. What she doesn’t know is that Ed has been preparing for this moment since the day we moved in together by slowly breaking anything that can be broken, so there’s not much left for Connor. This feat was step two in TWCGHST.

Connor also tasted and did not reject a new food for the very first time (two nights ago) and ate peas for dinner last night with one caveat. When Ed served them, Connor gagged. When I served them, he ate them just fine. In any case, these are steps three and four in TWCGHST.


Finally, Connor spent the whole night in his own bed – only waking once last night. We’re hoping this builds on itself. That will be the last step in TWCGHST. Connor, we know it's hard, but we're really rooting for you!

Elaine