Happy Birthday Will!!

One year ago today, our lives changed forever . . . we had no idea what we were in for! This year has been the hardest (sleepless newborn nights) and the happiest of our lives!! Will is the happiest, sweetest baby and every night John and I talk about how he is the cutest, craziest kid ever!

Will is walking/running all over the place now. He loves to be chased and tickled. He always wants to do or see what mom and dad are doing. He even loves to help with the laundry. His favorite items to steal are cellphones. You should see how his face lights up if we happen to leave our cellphones within reach! Another of his favorite things to do, to my dismay, is to bang on my Macbook or grab my mouse when I am working, he is super fast! He hates getting his diaper changed and getting bogies sucked. Oh boy, and he has already started throwing temper tantrums. I have a feeling we are in trouble!! He loves all types of music (except Country, says John), we have many family groove sessions. The Glee soundtrack we got for Christmas is his current fav, but he also likes some old school New Found Glory and the Latin flavor of Ozomatli. He loves to go out and about and see new things and new people. The new things he does is walk around clapping his hands and shaking his head no, he thinks it's so funny!

This year has flown by and we have had a blast watching our little baby grow into a rascally toddler! We know this next year is going to be even more fun and just hope that we can remember to appreciate every minute!

Here are some pics from our day that we wanted to share:

Here are some pictures from last year's "Birth Day":

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hope everyone had a great holiday!

Walk Hard

Here is a short clip of Will doing a little walking. He has been taking one or two steps for the past couple weeks, but just this past Friday he started to take longer walks. The other clip is him having a little fun during breakfast. Sometimes he just gets the giggles for no reason...Oh and you can see his new teeth in the clip. He has a total of 5 right now, 3 on the top and 2 on the bottom. Hope you guys enjoy!!!

Need Advice

Will had his 9 month checkup a couple weeks ago and he was in the 65th percentile for height but only the 20th percentile for weight! The doctor said not to be worried about it, but I AM!!! He is so skinny, I want a fat chubby baby! I still nurse him about 4-5 times a day and then I feed him baby food / finger food 3 times a day and sometimes a snack in the afternoon. He eats good and I know that he is probably just burning off all those calories crawling all over the house, but still there has to be a way to fatten him up. So, what was your feeding schedule/menu like when you were feeding a 9-10 month old? Any advice would be helpful!

Here is a little video showing just how crazy this kid is. He was scooting along the fireplace and his little legs looked so funny I started laughing at him and he started tripping out, so I pulled out my phone to see if I could get it on tape. It's not quite as funny as the first time and starts off slow, but still pretty funny!

Almost Lost

The other night I dropped off John to get a hair cut and then baby boy and I went to Lowe's. When I came out, I put Will in the car and then realized I still had the shopping cart. I ran it up to the nearest return stall. Then, driving back to pick up John I realized I had left my purse in the cart, AHHHHHH!! I flipped a U-turn and headed back. I got to my cart and my purse was gone, NOOOOOOO! I went inside and asked customer service if anyone had turned it in and they said no, then I looked in the trash cans to see if someone had taken what they wanted and thrown the rest away . . . Nothing. I looked around to see if I saw anyone with it and then checked the shopping carts again . . . Nothing.

So, feeling dejected and my faith in society crushed, and I left again to pick up John. I started thinking about all the things I have to do, cancel my credit cards, call the cell phone company (oh my poor iPhone, John will probably never let me get another one!), get new medical cards . . . and I just felt sick to my stomach, ugh! When John got in the car he said "let's go back to Lowe's some lady just called me. She found your purse and is turning it into customer service." Woo Hoo, Hallelujah!!! A big THANK YOU to the nice lady that turned my purse into Lowe's customer service with all the contents still in it!!! I'm not sure how I missed seeing her, but oh well, THANKS SO MUCH!!

This experience got me thinking about other times in my life I had things stolen. Like in 3rd or 4th grade when I brought my Zelda game to school to trade with a friend and someone STOLE IT out of my backpack, heartbreaking, or when I was a freshman and someone stole my purse off the bleachers in PE, SO MEAN! I'm just glad that this time someone was nice and saved me a lot of trouble and stress!

9 Months

Will turned 9 months yesterday and boy has the time flown by!! I can't believe how big he has gotten! He is a little rascal that WEARS ME OUT!! He is SUPER active! He is crawling all over the place and will probably be walking soon. He has two teeth and has already chewed notches into his crib! He is such a happy baby. He smiles and laughs all day long. He does have my temper though, I see that when he gets frustrated with his toys. We have had the best time these past nine months!! Ok, the first couple of months were a nightmare, but overall this has been the happiest and funniest times of our lives!!

Older and Wiser . . . NOT!

Where does the time go? This year has flown by!! Here is a blast from my birthday past, can you pick out the differences . . .

(Looks like we have a "Woo Girl" in the making!)