Thursday, May 30, 2013

Memorial Day FUN

We had a great Memorial Day weekend. Will had his last "water babies" class at the Wellness Center and he went under the water and did great!

Do you see his head under the water?
 
We ate alot of yummy food
 
 
We learned to cover our face and play peek-a-boo
 
 
 
 
We swam in the pool in our new boat float
 
 
We even played with our cousins, Anna Grace and Peyton, along with Aunt Alecia and Aunt Mary.
 
 
 
Hung out with mommy and daddy
 

 
"Big" William and "Little" William bonded a little bit
 
 
Played on our new toy
 
 
And just looked so darn cute celebrating a fun memorial day weekend
 


Thursday, May 23, 2013

Mother's Day (just a little late)

Mother's Day weekend was just a few weeks ago and yes I am now blogging about it. 

Will was sick Mother's Day weekend so it didn't turn as I had planned. My plans were to go to church, eat at the club with my parents, go to the Gum Tree Festival, and then eat again with Doug's parents. Well we didn't make it to church and we didn't make it to the Gum Tree Festival but we did go out to eat. 

Will ran a low grade fever Saturday morning and was still coughing and had a really low grade fever Sunday so we decided not to take him to church. We instead went to lunch because he was feeling a little better and fever had gone. He did take about a 2 hour nap that afternoon and began feeling his normal self again so we decided to go out again with Doug's parents. 

Even though I had plans to do alot that day I enjoyed my day as a mother and helped Will feel better which is better than any Mothers Day present I could have been given. 

I'm so proud to have been chosen to be Will's momma. He brings me the greatest joy in my life and sure has taught me a lot about myself. He keeps me on my toes and loves me unconditionally. Whenever I'm down or in a bad mood he always cracks a smile at the right time. I absolutely love being his momma. 


Sunday, May 19, 2013

Happy 16 months Will

Will is 16 months old today. He weighs about 19lbs and is 30 inches long. He loves to pull up on me, his daddy, furniture, cabinets, drawers, and anything else he can grab onto and boost himself up. He is cruising like crazy but still won't walk. He will walk if we are holding his hands but once you let go, down he goes. He's just scared and insecure about the whole walking thing. 

He has had an ear infection but other than that he has been good and well. He loves going to Mother's Day out, church, out to eat, grocery store and riding in a buggy. The boys face lights up when we put him in a buggy and go inside a store. It's so funny! 

So far Will has eaten all kinds of foods. He loves fish, French fries, peas, mixed veggies, hamburger meat, pancakes, yogurt, bananas, animal crackers, gold fish, applesauce, mandarine oranges, lunch meat, cheese, and chocolate chewy cookies. He would rather eat sweets than healthy food. His daddy says he is just like his momma and that is so true! He's not fond of Mac and cheese and grilled chicken. Whenever you try to help him eat he doesn't want you too and wants to do it all by himself. Mr Independent! He loves to feed himself and take the food out if his mouth, inspect it, and put it right back in. 

He can say bye, big, mama and daddy. He just now figured out how to move his fingers in a bye motion. It's way to cute. My dad is teaching him "touchdown Ole Miss" and it's precious. He throws his hands up when you say it. I LOVE it! Also we say to him "so big" and he throws his hands as wide as they go. He loves to clap his hands and laugh too. 

My baby is growing up so fast. So happy 16 months old sweet boy! God has big plans for you!!!!!


Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Water Babies

I signed Will up for Water Babies at the Wellness Center for the month of May to get him used to the water. We meet every Saturday for about 45 minutes and learn different things to help us get ready to swim. Will is a fish and LOVES the swimming pool. The first Saturday we met, all the babies cried and didn't want to get in the water, but not Will. He loved it and still does. So far he is learning to kick his feet and splash his hands. We have gone under the water just a little bit but mostly he drinks the water and gets choked on it. I've been told that this Saturday he is going completely under and I'm not liking that. Just hope someone is there and trained in CPR if he needs it.

I'm happy he likes the water and the swimming pool because we will be enjoying the pool all summer long. Here are a few pictures of our first Water Babies class.


Up and down we go
 
Posing for a picture

Always a toy in our mouth while swimming