Just Hanging Out!

We put Will in the ottoman that stores his toys and he loved it! 

Will & Braden

Will and I went over to Angela's house today for some McDonalds lunch and some playtime.  The boys had fun playing together and Will loved Braden's toys.  This floor mat that is a piano was really cool!  The keys actually play music and songs.

Will did great standing up and playing with this musical toy with Braden.  It had handles that he could easily grip.  He looks like such a big boy standing there playing.  

Fun day!

Today

Today our day began by going to church as a family.

Today Will spent some time looking out the window which he loves to do.

Today we finally got a picture of his two bottom teeth. (Still not great)

Today Bryan grilled us some brats & onions which we love!

Today Will played in the floor and we think is getting very close to crawling.

Today I rocked my baby to sleep!

What a great day!

Trying Something New

Will has started eating some of these Gerber yogurt melts which he really likes.  I am practicing with him on trying to pick them up and put them into his mouth.  No luck yet but he loves to scoot them around and drop them on the floor!

8 months old

Will is 8 months old today.  Can you believe it?  Just tonight, Bryan and I were looking at him and we can't believe how long he is getting and how fast things are going by.  Will is still such a wonderful baby!  Bryan and I never complain because we are so fortunate.  He sleeps good, eats good, and is always so happy.  

Today two more teeth poked through his gums. That is three already!!! He can pull himself up with some help and is moving all over the place when he is on the floor.  We try to spend as much time as we can on the floor because he is close to crawling (we think).  His favorite toy is still his walker because he loves to scoot around the house.  Some of his favorite foods are chicken & apples, mac n cheese, and all fruits.  He still doesn't eat anything green. Overall, I think we are right on track!

 

Chin ups!!

At night, Bryan will hold Will up to the shower curtain and he grabs the rod.  It always looks like he is doing baby chin ups! 

We are working on baby muscles!

Girls Weekend 2012!

This weekend I went to the mountains with a wonderful group of girls!  All of us have been friends since high school and still keep in touch today.  We organized a little girls weekend away to spend some time catching up with each other and to say goodbye to our friend Leslie.  She is going over seas in a few months and will be gone for four years.  It doesn't matter how long we go without seeing each other as soon as we get together we pick right back up where we left off.  There was lots of talking, eating, and laughing.  It was so much fun and was a wonderful, much needed break for us girls.

Friday night we drove up to the mountains, ate dinner, bought groceries, and settled in for the evening.  We immediately put on pajamas and talked late into the evening.  Saturday morning we woke up, showered, and headed out for lunch and some shopping.  

The girls!

Whitney, Susie, Kendra, me, Leslie, Summer, & Kristen

(We stayed at Kristen's family's mountain house.)

After shopping, we headed back up the mountain for the night.  We put on pajamas and Summer and Leslie cooked us a spaghetti dinner.  We also watched the movie Crazy, Stupid, Love.  Loved the movie!!!

After dinner, we played cards, some of us did a little dancing, and we just talked the night away again.  

Being together again was just like it was 15 years ago.  We have very special friendships together and are very fortunate to still be in touch and spending time together.  We are all at different points in our lives and being able to share our stories with each other was great.

I had a wonderful weekend away and can't wait to do it again hopefully sooner than later!

Please keep my friend Leslie and her husband Thomas and son Judah in your prayers as they travel overseas on an amazing journey that God is leading them on!