Here's a little clip of the Will man. His favorite word of the moment is cookie. He loves cookie monster and all of his snacks are "cookies".
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Big Move
It's official...Will is now fully transitioned into his big boy bed. After procrastinating over buying a mattress which delayed the move, Will finally got to sleep in his new bed this past weekend. I still can't believe my baby is out of his crib and is now sleeping and napping in his bed. We wanted to make sure we had moved him into his bed before the baby came so we could give him time to adjust. Well, he has adjusted better than I thought he would. There really wasn't even much of a transition period (knock on wood). He happily went right into the bed and hasn't looked back since.
The first night I was putting him to sleep I got butterflies in in my stomach because I couldn't believe that he was old enough to be sleeping in a bed. It seems like just yesterday we were putting him into his crib for the first time and here we are making room to put another baby in the crib!
Here's Will right before going to sleep. He looks so little in this big bed!
After reading a couple books, and kissing him goodnight...he was asleep in a matter of minutes. Success!!!!
Last night we caught him in a very interesting position. Thank goodness for bed rails!!
The first night I was putting him to sleep I got butterflies in in my stomach because I couldn't believe that he was old enough to be sleeping in a bed. It seems like just yesterday we were putting him into his crib for the first time and here we are making room to put another baby in the crib!
Here's Will right before going to sleep. He looks so little in this big bed!
After reading a couple books, and kissing him goodnight...he was asleep in a matter of minutes. Success!!!!
Last night we caught him in a very interesting position. Thank goodness for bed rails!!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Fall Fun
It's hard to believe it is already the middle of October. And it is harder to believe that it actually snowed today and accumlated on the ground. What?! I'm not quite ready for the snow but it does get me excited for the holidays to arrive. Luckily we got the chance to take Will pumpkin picking last weekend before this cold weather set in. As parents, I think we were more excited to take Will for pumpkins than he actually was being there. We took a hayride out to the pumpkin patch which Will enjoyed, grabbed a few pumpkins (and of course lots of pictures) and headed back to the farm for some lunch. Here are some pictures from the day.
Hayride out to the pumpkin patch
Will wasn't too impressed with the pumpkins but he did seem to find the gourds rather interesting.
I kept trying to get him to stand with the pumpkins but he wanted nothing to do with them. Last year was a lot easier to snap pictures because we could prop him next to the pumpkin and he couldn't move anywhere.
Now we can't wait to carve the pumpkins!
Hayride out to the pumpkin patch
Will wasn't too impressed with the pumpkins but he did seem to find the gourds rather interesting.
I kept trying to get him to stand with the pumpkins but he wanted nothing to do with them. Last year was a lot easier to snap pictures because we could prop him next to the pumpkin and he couldn't move anywhere.
Now we can't wait to carve the pumpkins!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
18 Months
I can't believe that Will is already 18 months....1 1/2 years old!! Gosh..where did the time go? It amazes me everyday how much he knows and understands. He is able to communicate to us in his own way even though he is still limited on his vocabulary. He takes Eric's or my hand and brings us to what it is that he wants. He can do so much now that it is hard to even track everything that he is learning because daily it is something new.
We are having so much fun with him now especially as his little personality is developing more and more each day. Here are a few things about Will that we love so much....
1. Will LOVES to give hugs. He hugs everyone he can, even complete strangers at times. It is the best when I pick him up at daycare and he comes running over to me with open arms and a huge smile and gives me the biggest hug. It melts my heart every time he does it. When it comes to other little kids though, he sometimes goes a little overboard with the hugs and doesn't know when to stop (i.e. he has no concept of personal space). At daycare he was hugging one of the little girls a few too many times and in an attempt to tell him to back off, she bit him on the shoulder. I believe that was the same day that his daily report card listed his mood as "huggy".
2. Will is Mr. Social Butterfly. He loves being around other people and always manages to make sure he is in the middle of what is going on. Last week at daycare, it was snack time for his class and all the kids were coming in from playing outside. By the time Will got into the room, the first table was already full so he would have had to sit at the second table which at that current moment was empty. Will decided he did not want to sit by himself so he walked over to the second table, grabbed a chair, dragged it over to the other table and squeezed his way in because he wanted to sit with everyone else. It made me laugh at the fact that he knew enough to drag the chair over himself so he wouldn't be alone.
3. He always wants to help out when he can whether it is helping me by putting his dirty diaper in the trash, or helping one of his friends put on his shoe when it falls off. Will is always aware of what is happening with others. We were at the playground and him and another little boy were playing with one of the toys. Both boys had their sippy cups and were chatting away with each other. The other little boy finished playing and went to the other side of the playground but left his sippy cup next to Will. Will noticed it and stopped playing immediatly because he wanted to bring the sippy cup to the little boy. He walked across the playground, handed it to the little boy, turned around, walked all the way back and continued playing.
4. Will is so caring of other people. His teacher told me that he will not go down for his nap until he has helped his teachers put all the other little kids to bed. He sits with them and sometimes rubs the other childs back in an attempt to help them go to sleep. Once everyone is asleep, then he will go and lay down on his own mat.
Here are a few pictures from the month.....
Giving hugs to Ali...
And more hugs for Jack
Getting himself in trouble in the woods trying to keep up with Jack.
Hanging out with his friend Avery.
Playing like a big boy
We are having so much fun with him now especially as his little personality is developing more and more each day. Here are a few things about Will that we love so much....
1. Will LOVES to give hugs. He hugs everyone he can, even complete strangers at times. It is the best when I pick him up at daycare and he comes running over to me with open arms and a huge smile and gives me the biggest hug. It melts my heart every time he does it. When it comes to other little kids though, he sometimes goes a little overboard with the hugs and doesn't know when to stop (i.e. he has no concept of personal space). At daycare he was hugging one of the little girls a few too many times and in an attempt to tell him to back off, she bit him on the shoulder. I believe that was the same day that his daily report card listed his mood as "huggy".
2. Will is Mr. Social Butterfly. He loves being around other people and always manages to make sure he is in the middle of what is going on. Last week at daycare, it was snack time for his class and all the kids were coming in from playing outside. By the time Will got into the room, the first table was already full so he would have had to sit at the second table which at that current moment was empty. Will decided he did not want to sit by himself so he walked over to the second table, grabbed a chair, dragged it over to the other table and squeezed his way in because he wanted to sit with everyone else. It made me laugh at the fact that he knew enough to drag the chair over himself so he wouldn't be alone.
3. He always wants to help out when he can whether it is helping me by putting his dirty diaper in the trash, or helping one of his friends put on his shoe when it falls off. Will is always aware of what is happening with others. We were at the playground and him and another little boy were playing with one of the toys. Both boys had their sippy cups and were chatting away with each other. The other little boy finished playing and went to the other side of the playground but left his sippy cup next to Will. Will noticed it and stopped playing immediatly because he wanted to bring the sippy cup to the little boy. He walked across the playground, handed it to the little boy, turned around, walked all the way back and continued playing.
4. Will is so caring of other people. His teacher told me that he will not go down for his nap until he has helped his teachers put all the other little kids to bed. He sits with them and sometimes rubs the other childs back in an attempt to help them go to sleep. Once everyone is asleep, then he will go and lay down on his own mat.
Here are a few pictures from the month.....
Giving hugs to Ali...
And more hugs for Jack
Getting himself in trouble in the woods trying to keep up with Jack.
Hanging out with his friend Avery.
Playing like a big boy
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