Easter Egg Hunt

To get in the Easter spirit, we hosted an Easter egg hunt at our house with all of our new neighborhood friends we've met over the past few months. There were 10 families that came and a total of 17 kids most of who are the same general age as Will. Fortunately the weather held out for us and despite it being a little chilly, it was otherwise a beautiful day. I think the hunt lasted all of three minutes before all 115 eggs were found which was just long enough before the little kids attention span wore out. In true Will style, he was very focused on the search and there was no messing around with him while he was looking for eggs. While most of the other kids quickly abandoned their easter basket, Will would not let his go and carried it around the entire time. He even somehow ended up with two baskets full of eggs when everything was over. Here are a few pictures from the hunt...

Will was a man on a mission. He was searching through all the trees and we finally had to tell him there were no more eggs in there!





We could only get about half of the kids into the group picture. The other half were too busy playing on the swing set. Will and his friends Griffin and Jack held hands the entire time. Everyone else was running around and there was the three of them standing holding hands.



Everyone enjoyed Will's new swing set which had just been put together by Eric and Papi for Will's birthday (birthday blog post coming soon)

First day of "School"

Last week was a big week for us. I went back to work on Monday after having 4 months off and Jack went to daycare for the first time. I really had been ignoring the fact that I was going back and then all of a sudden it was here. I had such mixed emotions about going back..should I go back to work...should I stay home? It was a really hard decision when I made it with Will and it was just as hard of a decision when I made it this time around. However, despite all my concerns, the first week went fairly well. The actual drop off on the first day was emotional and I had a hard time holding back the tears when I handed Jack over to his teachers (Kristen and Betsy above). However, it was made a little easier just by knowing how much Will loves going to daycare and how well he has done there since he started. Fortunately, Jack is so young that I don't even know if he realizes that Eric and I are not there.

On the first day, the teachers told me that they brought Will down to see Jack during the day. Since Will is all over Jack when we are at home, I thought for sure he would do the same thing at daycare. However, his teachers said that Will completely ignored Jack! He walked into the room and when he first saw Jack he had a big smile on his face. After that he wanted nothing to do with him and wanted to play with all the other babies. I'm thinking it was just so out of context to see Jack at daycare that he was a little confused and didn't know quite what to do. Hopefully next time he will give his brother a little more love!

Here are a few pictures from Jack's first week. He is already doing art projects!! His teacher said that while Jack was painting they were saying "Go Jack Go" and he was getting all excited and waving his hands all around.

Look what I can do

4 Months!!

I feel like I blinked and another month went by. It was just the other day that I was writing Jack's 3 month entry and here we are at 4 months. Jack is no longer a baby, he is a little person now. I feel like he should still be a newborn not at the point where he is working on sitting up, almost rolling over and was given the okay by the doctor to start solid food!

At 4 months, Jack weighs 14 lbs 8 ozs. He is in the 54th percentile and is a lightweight compared to his brother who was in the 90th percentile by this time. His height came in at 27 1/4 inches which is in the 99th percentile for his age! Maybe he got some of those tall Dugas genes. His head is also at the top of the range in the 91st percentile just like his brother. As I always said with Will, big head = big brains. :-) Jack is still such a happy baby and all we have to do is talk to him to get big smiles and giggles. He is a good sleeper and is sleeping through the night most nights. We are still working on nap times during the day because he is a cat napper. He sleeps for 20 minutes here and there and is taking about 3-4 naps a day. Jack discovered his feet and loves trying to reach his toes all the way into his mouth. He is very close to rolling over but hasn't yet figured out that final push to get him to the other side. He loves to suck on his hand and is starting to grab at anything that is in front of him, especially his brothers face (which is always at arms reach). Will purposely puts his face close to Jack so Jack will grab him and then Will grabs his face and pretends like Jack hurt him...he already practicing how to get his brother in trouble! Here are some pictures from the month....

Happy 2nd Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Will! We can't believe you are 2 years old already! You fill every day with wonder and excitement, and daddy and I are are so proud of you. You mean the world to us and we love you so much!

Almost Two

It's hard to believe that Will is going to be two in just a few days. When did he get so old?? I haven't said this in a long time but I really think this is the best age ever. Aside from the occasional "terrible two's" moments which usually consists of his brother getting hit, his entire dinner ending up on the floor or a tantrum because he doesn't want to get dressed, he really is such a good boy and so fun to be around. He is always laughing and smiling and is overall just a happy little guy. He surprises me everyday with the things he has learned. The other day we were getting ready to go out and I was busy getting Jack into his car seat. When I turned around, Will had his coat and hat already on. I had no idea he knew how to put his coat on and I still don't know how he did it!

Will still doesn't have the biggest vocabulary yet but we are working on trying to get him to say more by always asking him to repeat what we say. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't but hopefully soon we'll be able to understand what he says. He isn't at a loss for words though and is always talking up a storm just not necessarily in a language we understand. However, he is able to communicate with us and he does have a few choice words/phrases that he likes to use. His favorite is "more cookie" which he says whenever he wants more snacks. He also tells us to "sit" and then pats the ground or chair next to him when he wants us to sit down and play with him. The other day he told Eric he would "be right back" and then left the room and came back a minute or so later. I am always saying that to him when I run off to take care of Jack so it is funny that he picked up on it.

Another funny thing he does which cracks me up is that he claps his hands when he wants someone to come with him. He learned this from my parents who always clap their hands when they are calling to the dog to come. Will started out by copying them when he wanted the dog to follow him but now he does it when he wants people to follow him. The other day in daycare he clapped for his friend Asher to come with him into the other room.

I've accumulated lots of pictures of Will over the past few months. Here are a few of my favorites.....

Dinner with my high school friends and their kids.




New Years eve with our friends



Umm..do you know where my pants are?

Our playgroup friends.

Getting some lessons from dad.


Swimming lessons at the YMCA



Sporting mommy's Uggs