The Penny Family

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Happy 13 months Will

Will is 13 months old today. He weighs about 17 and a half pounds. He is very active and such a fun boy! He still takes his bottle and it has been a pain to find the right cup for him to transition too. Ive bought almost every cup that has been made and we still haven't found one he likes. Table food is going well somewhat ok. He mostly gags on it, eats two bites and then is done. He is exploring everything now. He found the dishwasher tonight. He absolutely loves to play and crawl all over the house. I was vacuuming the other day and Will kept chasing me and the vacuum cleaner around. It was so funny. He loves to play with Maddie's toys as well as his toys. Maddie will take her toys and go hide them so Will won't get them. So funny!

Overall Will is a fast moving miracle.

He is taking therapy one day a week. We are improving in the areas of going from sitting to crawling, from crawling to sitting, and from pulling up to standing up. Guess he will be cruising soon.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day to my favorite Valentines, Will and Doug! God has blessed me with more than I could have ever imagined. This time last year we were spending Valentines day with Will in the NICU and this year we are spending it with him at home. Wow I would have never imagined that but God is good and he has been good to us! Will is such a blessing to Doug and I that we are so blessed to have been called to be his parents. Today has been a special Valentines Day!

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Our little explorer

Now that Will is fully mobile in terms of crawling, we have a little explorer on our hands. We have a play pen area set up in our den for him to play in with all his toys. Now he hardly wants to be in it. I let him loose the other day and he had a ball exploring the entire house. He went from the den to his bedroom back to the den and then crawled after me as I went from place to place. He loves to go under furniture. He is so much fun at this stage. Since the weather has been pretty and mid 60s this week we have been able to get out and enjoy some fresh air. Will loves getting out too and seeing something different to look at other than the inside of our house. We are on the countdown to the first of April and then we are free from being home bound. Come on April hurry up!!!!

Will has 3 beautiful pearly whites now, two on the bottom and one on the top. He can clap his hands and he is doing his best to pull up on everything. We start therapy next week so hopefully we can see some graceful improvements here soon. He also makes every effort to get his socks and shoes off everytime they are on his feet. It drives me crazy because I'm constantly putting them on and he is constantly taking them off. So much fun this sweet boy is!

In my play pen with all my toys

Playing with my dadda

Clapping

Just exploring

Trying my sippy cup out

Hanging out in my chair

No Maddie, you can't have my toy

This was a sign we needed to lower the bed

Trying to figure out how to get up on Nana's couch

Found a hiding place in Nana's house

We got Will's one year pictures made a few weekends ago. This was the proof the photographer sent me! I'm dying to see more! Thumbs up guys!

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Will's 1 year check up

Will had a great 1 year check up today. He weighs 17lbs 11oz and is in the 4% percentile of a 12 month old. He is 28 inches long and is in the 2% percentile of a 12 month old. Both are good knowing how small we were when we began. His head is way off the charts of where it needs to be. Therefore we have been sent for an X-ray of the head called a craniosynostosis which will determine if he needs to wear a helmet or not. If he does need to wear a helmet then we would be referred to a neurosurgeon in Memphis to do that. The helmet will help fix the shape of his head.

We have been given the go ahead to start introducing table foods. So moms please give me your advise on what to introduce. We were told soft veggies and crackers, wafers and Cheerios. I can't wait for this to begin!!!!!!! We have also been told that now is a good time to start slowly getting him off the bottle. We are going back to search for that perfect sippy cup or cup. Suggestions needed as well!

Overall Dr Stone was impressed with Will and his growth. Yeah for a good report.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Look WHOOO Turned ONE

Will had his first birthday party yesterday on his actual birthday. It was a fabulous day celebrating with family. We had an owl birthday party for Will at our house. It was all owl themed from the invitations to the decorations to the food and to the party favors. It was a PERFECT day! Will had a blast entertaining everyone, eating his smash cake, to opening presents. He finally crashed in Sissy's arms after the party was over. He was a tired little boy! I can't believe my baby boy is ONE year old. Time flies! We have been so blessed over the past year for God's great miracle he has given us. Will has given us so much love and we are so blessed to be HIS parents!

Will's new word is "dadadada." He says it all the time and started saying it yesterday. His dadda is THRILLED and smiles everytime he says it. He did crawl yesterday for the first time. He took two crawls and decided to scoot the rest of the time. He is growing up so much!

Enjoy the birthday party pictures!

Good Morning birthday boy

The birthday set up

Will's first birthday poster my FABULOUS and TALENTED friend, Leah Sheffield, made for him. I found the idea on pinterest and she agreed to do the poster without hesitation! Did she just do a WONDERFUL job? I was thrilled!

Momma and the birthday boy

Will and Momma again

Ready for guests and presents

Ready for food and cake

I loved my balloon strings

Will's cakes and the food table

Birthday cake

With aunt Alecia and aunt Mary

Play with cousin Ross

Lots of presents

Will crawled two crawls and then quit

Ready for my cake

Oops I got it! He touched it before I could put it down on the table, light the candle and sing Happy Birthday! Oh well! He went to town like crazy on that cake!