Other Milestones

Dear Connor,

When you're raising kids, a lot of attention is given to big milestones like the first smile, the first word, the first steps. I still remember many of your big firsts as if they happened just yesterday because they were so amazing, but there are a lot of other firsts that don't get their own shout-outs or pages in baby books that are equally incredible. For instance, you have accomplished several awesome firsts in the past few weeks:

-being able to open jars on your own (you especially love to open the peanut butter jar and smell it)

-completing puzzles by yourself (Whenever we did puzzles when you were a few months younger, you worked on them for maybe all of two minutes and then had me or Daddy complete the puzzle for you. Now, you are smart enough to put your firetruck and Sesame Street puzzles together on your own! And it really is amazing to watch you study the pieces and figure out where they go.)

-putting your sandals on and taking them off without any help (once you learned how to take your sandals off, you were all too eager to take them off everywhere, even while we were out at restaurants!)

-washing your hands by yourself (You are so proud that you can do this on your own that you won't let me help you if I try to. You can carry the step stool over to the sink, turn on the faucet, pump the soap out on your hand--though you do always pump out way too much!--rub the soap on your hands, rinse it off and dry your hands all without any assistance from me.)

Very impressive, little guy!

Love,
Mom