January Fun Continued....

Will needed some January retail therapy and off we went to Toys R Us to play with the cars, trains, dinosaurs, and to bounce the balls down the aisles.
Will test driving a new red sports car...nice!

We rode TRAX into downtown Salt Lake City for a fun night with Uncle Ty and Aunt Carlee at the children's museum.

Will driving the helicopter on the rooftop of the Discovery Gateway.

He is soaking up his obsession with helicopters that fly to the

"hops" (Will's pronounciation of hospital).Loving my cross country ski time with Cody and the Snowbasin Nordic Track! A good work out, beautiful scenery, and a new sport!

Cody spent more time on the ground than I did....hehehe. We had a wonderful weekend together and are hoping to get more cross country ski time in!

Who says January is no fun?!!

This January I was determined to enjoy the month which sometimes is blue, makes it hard to get outside, and leaves one feeling bored and experiencing some serious cabin fever. I am happy to say, this January has been a blast and has cruised by for all of us. Here is Will taking a bath with his bling-bling...his Happy New Year necklace. Love the style, Will.
Each night Will gets to bring a new toy/item into the bath with him. We have had anything from the Happy New Year's necklace, kitchen utensils, contruction workers, dinosaurs, and
hotwheels.

Mike joined us for dinner during his Outdoor Retailer convention. Will right away gave Mike a hug and a kiss....and of course had to show Mike that he knows Oliver from their Christmas card. We miss you 3!

At approximately 15 months Will poop's in the potty for the first time. Go Will!!! Here he is enjoying a lollypop after his success!!

Our January play date with James and Amara. Will and Amara are flirting here..Will loves her beautiful curly hair. James and Will both seem to be into wanting the same toy and love helicopters.

Silly James!

Will in his apron coloring and fingerpainting the afternoon away!

The mad artist creating a masterpiece!

Sink time after painting...yes we got blue paint in his hair!

Who needs fancy toys?

Love that little body!

We baked a chocolate triple-sec cake for Uncle Tom and Aunt Angie's visit for dinner! The batter is always the best.

Will was a bit frustrated that he couldn't get enough batter and so Dad helped him out! Will is now saying "Yum, Yum."

We play with animals almost everyday. I must admit this small sample of a wonderful collection of plastic animals was found down the street for 10 bucks at a garage sale. Will says dillo for the armadilla, tall giraffe, tusks, horns, rhino, and hops for the rabbit.

Grandma and Will fingerpainting as we are getting ready for a weekend away!!! Yeah!! What a way to wrap up our January. Cody and I packed up, left Will with Grandma and Grandpa, and enjoyed a romantic night away up by Snowbasin (about an hour away). We rented cross country skis, dined out, watched movies, and enjoyed our jacuzzi tub with a fireplace next to it!! Ahhh.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for watching little Will!

Dad's January Post

This morning while the musician Jack Johnson was singning about "making banana pancakes and pretending it was the weekend," Will and I were making Mickey Mouse pancakes and were grateful it was still the weekend. Our little guy loves chips and salsa and guacamole before dinner, and never passes up hashbrowns in the morning...a chip off the daddy block.

Admiring his new basketball slippers...

Patience is a virtue...

Is there any more in here...that was really good!

Aren't I cool...

Yeah, you know it!

Ellie is learning how to read too.

Will is hugging just about everything these days, but really loves to hug his Ellie.

We bumped into Station 13 SLC fire department dudes and Will just had to see where they do their thing...they were great to give him a helmet, show him the engine, and let him check the place out.

Go go go! is what Will was saying.

An enthusiastic member of the team

We, with the help of some neighbor kids, built an igloo...almost all of it anyway.

Run away baby!!!

A recent sledding adventure...

15 month update

Will's 15 month check up was actually quite fun...minus the shots of course. We were placed in the "Jungle" room at the peditrician's office. Will instantly was growling at the lion, sticking his tongue out at the gecko, saying banana and making monkey sounds. Ohhhh what a little character I have on my hands. Thank God for a healthy, happy, and busy baby. After his shots I kept saying, "I know, I know it hurts." For the last two days he has been saying "I know, I know," over and over again.
Over the last several months Will has been fascinated by dinosaurs, cooking in his apron, vacuuming with mom, searching for helicopters in the sky, blowing out candles, running, walking backwards, jumping, and pretending to shhh his stuffed animals to sleep. He even does some yoga by posing in the downward dog. He is a momma's boy, which has been so good for me, and cries when I go. He kisses, hugs, blows kisses, waves bye-bye, and will even close his eyes on command. His favorite body part right now his his elbow and his back. He continues to be intrigued by the stars and the moon and looks for them almost every night.
He is actually a huge helper and loves to take items out of the fridge for me and put them on the table. To keep him busy the other night we had everything from mustard, vinegar, and salsa on the table and we were eating soup! He helps me load the dryer and recently discovered he can crawl in and sit for a while. When given a paper towel he helps clean up the floor and says "uhoh" everytime he sees a yogurt because I dropped one on the floor the other day and it spilled. He loves the vacuum and loves to dust!! As you all know, he must take after his father.
He is a big eater and loves fruit. He eats pretty much everything we do and says "moremoremore". He loves salsa and will say "spicy." Watching the toaster pop his bread out is one of his favorite morning activities. I would say blueberries top his list of favorite foods right now. Yesterday was the first time he actually used cold and hot for appropriate temperatures.He still will not wear a bib and so we do a little more laundry.
Everynight Will takes a bath with dad. Bubbles, splashing, and watching the water go down the drain are the highlights. He recently started swimming the front crawl in the tub and loves to float on his back. He puts all of his toys on the edge and then whispers shhh to put them to bed.

Will, because of you, I have experienced emotions I never thought possible. I love the way your head feels when you snuggle into my neck. I cherish the moments when you snuggle into your blanket and drink your bottle, knowing those days will soon be gone. I love they way your little hand reaches out for mine when you are excited to show me something. I love how your little mouth forms big words like elephant, library, medicine, gorilla, and alligator. Your excitablility and passion for helicopters and dinosaurs makes me so happy and seeing the light in your eyes makes me so fortunate to share my days with you!!

Will's numbers:
Height: 31 inches..50th percentile
Weight: 22.5 pounds..20th percentile
Head circumference: 18 3/4..6oth percentile

Christmas 2009

It's so true...Christmas with little kids is sooooo fun! Grandma and Grandpa gave him a tool set which included these awesome googles. Will occasionally wears them when working and loves to say goggles and work.This year we packed up the car and headed to Logan and spent Christmas with my parents, and Tom and Angie. Thanks for all of the good times!!

We again are all bundled up and outside...determined to enjoy fresh air, sunshine, and lots of snowtime! Will's sled from Grandma Meg has been a major hit. We have shoveled all of the snow from our driveway into a sledding hill in our backyard and we have even have built an igloo!!

This is one of the only times Will loves to be strapped into anything. His little sled is perfect and he sits in it and says "Go, go, go!"

We have been getting good exercise this winter.

Notice our matching aprons. Before playing with candles we were doing the dishes at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Will is an expert (thanks to my mom) at blowing at candles. When you ask him how old he is, he holds up his pointer finger and then blows it out like a candle. Other words include candle, smoke, and hot. When he burns down the house we will call Grandma.

My little pyromaniac pretending to light the advent wreath.

As many of you know, Will won't wear a bib, but loves his apron?! I guess it is a bonus because his pants don't get any food on them and we may possibly have a chef in training! I love his little quirks and "isms"!!

Spoiled!!!

We are all spoiled by Uncle John and Aunt Shann, our neighbors across the street. They are like family to us and we are so fortunate to be able to share our lives with them. It looked like Santa Claus was coming across the street with all of our gifts. Will loves his new dump truck and the lollipop was amazing!
I think he likes it, don't you? Will's sad face after he was all done with the lollipop!

Ok, I had to end on a happy note!!!