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We are SO SO SO looking forward to Santa’s first visit to our house! We know Christmas eve we’ll be busy preparing for his arrival and we can’t wait! (I got warning this past weekend that he was putting in a special request for Oatmeal Raisin cookies – who knew Santa was so demanding! - I guess I need to get cooking!)
Doing a quick recap of this past year….here we go – the highlights from each month….if you are just tuning into our blog – feel free to revisit some of our fun times – all our entries are archived…along with some comical pictures!
January – we were busy preparing for Will’s arrival – with two baby showers this month and lots of baby kicks!
February – Will arrived ON his due date – he was perfect in everyway!
March – Will began showing us his strength lifting his head up and propping himself up on his arms. A great sleeper he adjusted to life on the outside quite nicely and loved the warm spring days when he got put in the stroller for long walks.
April – the doctor officially diagnose Will with reflux – which for those of you that have had a reflux baby (Emily thank you so much for the words of encouragement!) you know that we gave our washing machine a daily workout! He and I traveled to CT and experienced his first plane ride – he did great – slept the entire time both up and back! Will began ‘talking’ this month…and found his hands by the month end.
May – He rolled over from his belly to his back at the beginning of the month and by the end of the month was going from his back to his belly. We took our first trip “family of three” vacation to the beach – Bald Head Island! He loved the pool and the ocean and participated in his first race – a 1 mile fun run.
June – Mommy went back to work and Will started at All Starz – he loves his school – all his little buddies and the teachers. Mastered blowing bubbles and giggling – he would crack himself up!
July – celebrated July 4th with fireworks on Linville Ridge – didn’t cry at all and seemed to love them! Started moving – doing the inchworm and figured out how to wave and say “bye-bye”.
August – had a birthday party for Daddy, started eating solid food and getting teeth! Thankfully our first experience with teeth was a gentle one – he didn’t seem to mind at all!
September – we really got him on a good schedule, he started crawling and we had his Christening – he also played toss and catch with daddy! Practicing pulling up and moving – he loved getting up in a push-up position and playing with his books and toys (or rather putting his books and toys in his mouth and trying to eat them but hey - it's progress!).
October – mastered pulling-up and standing on his own (while holding onto things), was a spider for his first Halloween and practiced pulling/climbing into things like the laundry basket.
November – He is completely on the move – into everything and very, very curious. Free standing occasionally and with this new movement comes a big appetite! Loved his first Thanksgiving and sadly has outgrown his first pair of shoes already….
December – Getting ready for Santa…our little man has six teeth – seven and eight are visible and nine and ten keep shifting into sight and then out of sight….is cruising everywhere and does what we call the ‘spiderman’ – can go along a wall or cabinet with out grasping anything, just using it for stability. Trying more table food…hopefully for Christmas morning breakfast we’ll be able to try pancakes (hold the maple syrup - that's a sugar high we'll wait to experience!)
We’ll end with this….
The Christmas season fills our hearts with joy;
Bright, happy days bring special kinds of pleasure.
We're wrapped in the excitement of it all,
the sights, the sounds, the smells, the tastes we treasure.
Yet when we have some quiet time to think
about our finest blessings all year through,
We focus on our family and our friends,
and appreciate the gift of knowing you!
Merry Christmas!!!
Wishing you and your family a safe and happy holiday season!
Lots of Love –
Chris, Abbie and Will
(Can’t forget our “fur-baby” Piper)
A few pictures from this past weekend, Will's first visit with Santa...
...waiting patiently with his godmother Mary Beth for Santa to arrive....
...checking out the big guy...
