Gymboree

Will and I signed up for Gymboree classes this past week. Now that Will is crawling I figured it was a perfect thing for him to do...lots of space to crawl around and play with other kids. Today, Eric got to come along with us to open gym which is just open play time for anyone that wants to go. It was a bit crazy because there were kids of all ages there but Will had fun. I think he did more sitting and staring at the other little kids that actually playing. He is mesmorized by older kids..little boys in particular. We had fun and Will got to see his friends Olivia and Sydney.

Daddy's Boy

Will loves his daddy so much. When Eric is home, Will is almost inseperable from him. He lights up the second he sees him walk through the door from work and if Eric doesn't immediatly come over and say hi, Will starts crying. It is too cute. It makes me so happy to see Will with his dad because you can tell that Will loves him so much (and same goes for Eric). Will is a lucky guy to have such a wonderful father who would do anything and everything for him.





Will is daddy's little helper. Eric was fixing a table today and Will was right there alongside watching everything he was doing. He even tried to help out with the screwdriver.

Now I Know My ABC's

We had playgroup today at Jodi, Olivia and Sydney's house. It is getting a bit crazy now that all of the babies are mobile. And now that everyone is eating solid food, we just take turns rotating the babies in and out of the highchairs for feeding time. Of course we got our group picture in before leaving..each baby got their first or last initial. Will was trying to decide between the D and the W...but apparently both tasted yummy to him.








Up to this point, Will had been able to stay virus free despite almost everyone in playgroup coming down with the dreaded stomach bug. Well..we weren't so lucky anymore. That night after playgroup, Eric, Will and I went out for dinner and discovered that Will had the bug. Yes..we were lucky enough to figure this out at the restuarant when Will proceeded to projectile vomit all over the place. It was on the highchair..the floor..me..Will...EVERYWHERE! We tried to make as quick an exit as possible. Eric burrito wrapped his jacket around Will and carried him out of the restuarant while I stayed behind to clean things up. Needless to say, I think we are going to take a little break from that restaurant for a little while. Fortunately, the bug lasted less than 24 hours and Will was able to make a quick recovery.

Holiday Party

After having to reschedule the first playgroup holiday party due to the dreaded stomach bug, we were finally able to get together and celebrate the holidays (even though a little late). It was so nice to see everyone and share some holiday cheer again.

Emma had crocheted hats for each of the babies in the group. It was such a sweet thing for her to do. She picked different colors for each baby and she picked our favorite colors for Will..navy blue and green! Of course we had to take advantage of the photo opp with the hats...however, trying to get 9 mobile babies to sit still long enough for a picture is near impossible. Especially when you try and throw hats in the mix.


Will modeling his hat.









I wish I could tell you what was going on here...but I have no idea.









Thanks to Casey for taking all these great pictures!

10 Months

Will turned 10 months old today! I feel like I say the same thing each month...it's hard to believe another month down...only 2 more to go until the big birthday...he's changed so much...so'll I'll stop here and just give you a run down of all the fun things that went on this month with Will.

1. He finally learned to crawl! Just a few days shy of turning 10 months he did it. Now that he realizes how easy it is to crawl, he is EVERYWHERE! Now someone remind me why I was eager for him to crawl?

2. Not only is he crawling everywhere but he is "cruising" everywhere too. Since he figured out how to pull himself up, he is constantly pulling himself up on the couch, coffee table, chairs...anything he can use to walk himself around the room.

3. He has 6 teeth....4 on top and 2 on the bottom.

4. He is so smart and picks things up very quickly. He has a sports toy with a basketball net. Eric showed him how to put the basketball through the hoop and after watching a few times, Will started doing it on his own. Now he crawls over to the toy and just sits there putting the ball through the hoop.

5. He knows who we are...especially his daddy. I put together a photo album for Will with pictures of all the people in his life. The other day I was doing something in the living room and Will was playing around with his toys. All of a sudden it got really quite and I looked over and he was laying on his back holding the photo album above his head looking at the pictures. He was looking at a picture of Eric and I and started saying "da-da". It is so cute.

6. He is starting to eat more and more "grown up" food. He loves cut up bananas, peaches, blueberries and pancakes. He also eats chicken nuggets, macaroni & cheese, ravioli and meatballs. He is like a bottomless pit..he keeps eating and eating and eating.

7. He talks like crazy. And he loves to laugh. It is so much fun getting him to giggle when we make a funny face, or sing a silly song. He is our best audience.

On the Move

After weeks of doing the worm, Will finally figured out how to crawl. We were sitting in the living room playing with his toys when all of a sudden, he got up on his knees and crawled across the room! He has been doing a mix of crawling/dragging since then but I'm sure within a week, he is going to be flying all over the place. Check Will out!

Christmas Day

We continued the christmas excitement by spending the day at nana and papi's house. It is always nice to get together with the entire family and relax, eat, drink and enjoy each others company. I was also excited to show Will nana and papi's christmas tree. When I tell you this is the largest Christmas tree I have ever seen, I am not exaggerating. I remember the first time I was going to spend Christmas with Eric's family and he was telling me about their Christmas tree and how big it was. I kind of brushed if off thinking...oh yeah, I'm sure it's not that big. When I saw the tree, my jaw dropped open. It was enormous! I think this year's tree was around 16 feet tall. Here is a picture which I'm not even sure does justice on how big the tree really is.



I think Will was in awe of the tree too. He just stood there and stared at it for a little while.



hmm..did Santa come here too??

What are you all staring at?

I'm ready to open some gifts!


Not only was it exciting to celebrate Will's first Christmas but we also got to celebrate Jakob's first Christmas.





At the end of the day, we were all pooped but sad that Christmas was over. But this was definitely one of the best Christmas' ever. We can't wait for next year!!

Santa was here!!

Santa was here!! We were definitely more excited than Will come Christmas morning. He really had no idea what was going on as we were throwing gift after gift at him to open. But he happily obliged and opened the gifts (with the assistance of me, Eric, grandma and Judu). After we opened each gift, he inspected and touched it to see what it was. We moved from gift to gift until he was completly overwhelmed sitting in the middle of a big pile of toys and wrapping paper.












As soon as all the gifts were open, Eric was immediately put on assembly duty. Once he put everything together he quickly turned to me and said this would be the last Christmas morning that toys would be put together AFTER they were opened. Luckily for us, Will didn't know enough of what was going on to realize that he now had to wait to play with his toys. Once he gets a little older, he would probably be bouncing off the ceiling if we made him wait until we set them up!



THANKS SANTA!!