Friday, February 26, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
My how time flies - one year gone by...so quickly!
Well we are officially now out of the first year...a few bumps and bruises along the way (and our fair share of burp rags for those early reflux days!) but we crossed the finish line of being, as Chris called it, "in the months" and I would have to say for certain we did so with more smiles and giggles than we ever could have imagined! In the days leading up to this monumental event we had some fun filled evenings - Will now terrorizes the house before bath time each night (since the stairs are officially gated). Here's a few shots from a few of these play sessions -
He loves having Chris stack up the blocks only to knock them down - that one shot caught them mid-fall!
Superman
Will has also become very interested in all his books - no longer are they just chew toys and things that Mom and Dad play with - he will sit down at his bookshelf, pull a few off and turn the pages all the while "talking" to himself...as if he's making up his own stories - it's so cute! He has his favorites of course...the one book we got for Christmas time when you turn the last page and Santa goes "HO! HO! HO!" - he loves - he has radar for finding this book and immediately flips it to the last page to hear it!
One of Will's favorite things in the entire house is Piper. Of course, I'm not 100% sure that the feeling is mutual but Piper seems to follow Will around and put himself in "harms way". When Piper bats at Will, he just gets a giggle in response and most of the time Piper just gets up and runs away. Will has tried (and in most cases is successful) to pull Piper's tail, grab his paws and kiss his back (this one resulting in a mouthful of fur) and for some reason Piper seems to follow Will around. One of Will's birthday gifts (red lego wagon) Piper seemed very interested in and with its nice big wheels...it's just one more thing that Will can use to run over poor Piper.
So...leading up to the big event....here's a shot of our baby on the last night of his "under 1" days...sleeping so peacefully as he does every night...
On his birthday Chris and I brought his class sweet potato biscuits for their afternoon snack - they all sang (well the teachers did) happy birthday to him and then devoured the biscuits within minutes of them being placed on the table - it was hilarious! After the kids eat the teachers take one kid out their chair at a time to get them cleaned up...we waited for him to get cleaned before taking him home for the day...needless to say he got quite impatient sitting in the chair waiting to be wiped down...once he got into Chris' arms, one of his teachers snapped a few pictures of us - the first one he got a hold of my hair and was pulling, the second he decided to slobber me as if to say "sorry for pulling your hair Mom" and the third he just decided to hold onto my chin.
His actual birthday party we saved for the weekend. While it was exhausting it was loads of fun! We weren't sure how he was going to do with all his buddies playing with his stuff - we've had friends over but never a large group. At his age they don't "share" too well....they all just kinda take and leave what they want - when they want. We were very pleased when all the kids arrived and they all seemed to play together very well. One of the little girls was pushing two of the boys around in Will's wagon - she was so cute - smiling and so proud of herself! She had to have crash later in the day - those boys were BIG!
After the kids ran around for about an hour, we finally got Will into his highchair for some cake. He was amazed at the candles and once we gave him a small taste of his cake - he proceeded to cram every crumb into his mouth...along with some ice cream and then some strawberries! He loved every minute of it!
Friends...
We tried to get all the kids together for a group picture...trying to put them on the floor didn't work - within seconds they were all crawling in different directions - so we put the smallest ones up on the couch...it worked fairly well...enough to document the smiles and fun choas of the day!
As you can tell from a lot of these shots I was not behind the camera...we were blessed to have some of our newest friends with us to celebrate Will's big day - Jeremy, Sabrina and Graydon White. Sabrina was the wonderful soul who took those great pictures of us back in November (the ones we used on our Christmas card - see below). I was going to try and keep her away from the camera because that was the last thing I wanted her to do on "family time" but she grabbed it and started clicking away! The pictures she got of all his buddies I just love - not to mention the frame by frame documentation of him scarfing down his cake! She really does some amazing work...
The first-birthday-party-day for Will ended with him playing with all his great gifts with Daddy and Uncle Josh - new blocks, cars and legos and OH!, a singing farm magnet toy for the fridge, quite entertaining I must say! Thankfully it has volume control!
So that in a nutshell was his first birthday....its so exciting to think the he is ONE...and yet so sad that one year has gone by so quickly. Chris and I were just talking the other day and remembering his reflux days...it's amazing, even with how overwhelming all that was...four or more burp rags per feeding...6-8 feedings a day...UHHH-the laundry we went through....what's funny, we don't even remember the day the spit-up stopped. You would think that date would be marked on the calendar (or written into verse like "...the day the music died...bye, bye Miss American pie..") but it isn't - I guess no matter how many milestones you reach and record, there are always going to be those phases that you slide into and out of that never make the 'record books'....
...so here's to a more than amazing first year....CHEERS to you Will!!!
He loves having Chris stack up the blocks only to knock them down - that one shot caught them mid-fall!
Superman
Will has also become very interested in all his books - no longer are they just chew toys and things that Mom and Dad play with - he will sit down at his bookshelf, pull a few off and turn the pages all the while "talking" to himself...as if he's making up his own stories - it's so cute! He has his favorites of course...the one book we got for Christmas time when you turn the last page and Santa goes "HO! HO! HO!" - he loves - he has radar for finding this book and immediately flips it to the last page to hear it!
One of Will's favorite things in the entire house is Piper. Of course, I'm not 100% sure that the feeling is mutual but Piper seems to follow Will around and put himself in "harms way". When Piper bats at Will, he just gets a giggle in response and most of the time Piper just gets up and runs away. Will has tried (and in most cases is successful) to pull Piper's tail, grab his paws and kiss his back (this one resulting in a mouthful of fur) and for some reason Piper seems to follow Will around. One of Will's birthday gifts (red lego wagon) Piper seemed very interested in and with its nice big wheels...it's just one more thing that Will can use to run over poor Piper.
So...leading up to the big event....here's a shot of our baby on the last night of his "under 1" days...sleeping so peacefully as he does every night...
On his birthday Chris and I brought his class sweet potato biscuits for their afternoon snack - they all sang (well the teachers did) happy birthday to him and then devoured the biscuits within minutes of them being placed on the table - it was hilarious! After the kids eat the teachers take one kid out their chair at a time to get them cleaned up...we waited for him to get cleaned before taking him home for the day...needless to say he got quite impatient sitting in the chair waiting to be wiped down...once he got into Chris' arms, one of his teachers snapped a few pictures of us - the first one he got a hold of my hair and was pulling, the second he decided to slobber me as if to say "sorry for pulling your hair Mom" and the third he just decided to hold onto my chin.
His actual birthday party we saved for the weekend. While it was exhausting it was loads of fun! We weren't sure how he was going to do with all his buddies playing with his stuff - we've had friends over but never a large group. At his age they don't "share" too well....they all just kinda take and leave what they want - when they want. We were very pleased when all the kids arrived and they all seemed to play together very well. One of the little girls was pushing two of the boys around in Will's wagon - she was so cute - smiling and so proud of herself! She had to have crash later in the day - those boys were BIG!
After the kids ran around for about an hour, we finally got Will into his highchair for some cake. He was amazed at the candles and once we gave him a small taste of his cake - he proceeded to cram every crumb into his mouth...along with some ice cream and then some strawberries! He loved every minute of it!
Friends...
We tried to get all the kids together for a group picture...trying to put them on the floor didn't work - within seconds they were all crawling in different directions - so we put the smallest ones up on the couch...it worked fairly well...enough to document the smiles and fun choas of the day!
As you can tell from a lot of these shots I was not behind the camera...we were blessed to have some of our newest friends with us to celebrate Will's big day - Jeremy, Sabrina and Graydon White. Sabrina was the wonderful soul who took those great pictures of us back in November (the ones we used on our Christmas card - see below). I was going to try and keep her away from the camera because that was the last thing I wanted her to do on "family time" but she grabbed it and started clicking away! The pictures she got of all his buddies I just love - not to mention the frame by frame documentation of him scarfing down his cake! She really does some amazing work...
The first-birthday-party-day for Will ended with him playing with all his great gifts with Daddy and Uncle Josh - new blocks, cars and legos and OH!, a singing farm magnet toy for the fridge, quite entertaining I must say! Thankfully it has volume control!
So that in a nutshell was his first birthday....its so exciting to think the he is ONE...and yet so sad that one year has gone by so quickly. Chris and I were just talking the other day and remembering his reflux days...it's amazing, even with how overwhelming all that was...four or more burp rags per feeding...6-8 feedings a day...UHHH-the laundry we went through....what's funny, we don't even remember the day the spit-up stopped. You would think that date would be marked on the calendar (or written into verse like "...the day the music died...bye, bye Miss American pie..") but it isn't - I guess no matter how many milestones you reach and record, there are always going to be those phases that you slide into and out of that never make the 'record books'....
...so here's to a more than amazing first year....CHEERS to you Will!!!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Sexy legs!
Check out the nice socks!! HA!!! Will made such a mess of himself at dinner it was just easier to loose his overalls...here's what we were left with!
Notice the red chair in the background blocking the stairs - why it took us so long to figure this out we'll never know...with no access to the stairs and the office & bathroom doors closed - Will is free to roam the entire first floor. It's great - we can do dishes, watch TV, eat dinner...all while he just plays WHEREVER he wants. He loves...we love it....however, the 'gate' we finally broke down and ordered is on the UPS truck right now "out for delivery"....it will be a heck of a lot easier than moving the chair every night!
Notice the red chair in the background blocking the stairs - why it took us so long to figure this out we'll never know...with no access to the stairs and the office & bathroom doors closed - Will is free to roam the entire first floor. It's great - we can do dishes, watch TV, eat dinner...all while he just plays WHEREVER he wants. He loves...we love it....however, the 'gate' we finally broke down and ordered is on the UPS truck right now "out for delivery"....it will be a heck of a lot easier than moving the chair every night!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Super Bowl 2010
This will be one of those things we tell him about years from now..."Carrie Underwood sang the anthem at the first Super Bowl you watched"...as he's not likely to have any recollection - he MAY however remember the broccoli and squash he devoured!
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