A Quick Recovery

This week marked William's first bout with sickness, a little head cold. And though it didn't seem to bother him as much as I had expected he has recovered and decided to live life to the fullest. That means shortened naps and an unbelievable fervor for activity. He spent almost all day today practicing pulling up onto objects and letting go, trying really hard to walk. And when that didn't work as planned he wore his knees red crawling on the carpet. Sure, it wore his mom out but the animals were the ones who suffered the most...

Oh, and if you are thinking "not more William stuff" scroll to the last photo. It can be enjoyed by everyone (except maybe people in our local government).

Noisy musical toys always have the reputation for making parents crazy. I haven't found that to be the case yet but Telecia is a different story. Observe her look of complete annoyance as she tries to nap just a few feet away from the book that plays hey diddle diddle, the crab who counts and a hand drum.


Neifi has become accustomed to flopping down close to William without having to worry. He is oblivious to William's new lease on life.


Neifi isn't sure how he is supposed to react but patiently waits until he can't bear it anymore.


And he's off with William close behind.


Mia decided to crawl under a table to see if she could find some stray bits of food. Her brilliant plan hit a hitch when she got stuck.


The other evening we just randomly happened to stumble on this. It was the notables in our local government talking about the great educational institutions in our area, etc. You have to love the typo - the irony is amazing.

Baseball season has started

So William is getting ready (Neifi decided to join in too).



A sign that it is baseball season in our house - the boys watching intently together.


I decided to do a test with dairy since William is at the age when some kids grow out of their sensitivity. It failed and Mia happened to be running around my feet at the time and got nailed. She got most of the spitup off but didn't realize that her ear had been hit too. All three of us needed baths after that incident.

How can you tell if your cat is a secret spy?

It helps if he forgets to completely wash off one of his disguises

William is now no longer interested in the mechanics of crawling and wants to stand places with something to hold on to so that he can practice letting go and standing on his own. This can go on for an hour if you have the patience. He is also begging to go for "walks" (which means we lend him two fingers to use for balance and he walks where he wants to). Last Monday on three different occasions he looked right at Brad and said "dada". We then decided to practice momma and on Wednesday he said that too. But now he only says momma so we have to go back to working on dada again.

Standing with his Ooloo as a spotter


The sofa has become quite a popular location


The sheer excitement of being temporarily independent



A big fat tear from a fall while trying to stand on his own for a while. Good news... he still needs mom and dad around, for at least another week.


I went to make lunch the other day and found this sticker on my tomato. It does disturb me a little, especially considering that the tomato costs the same as it always had. I would be upset at the company for not passing a little price reduction onto the consumer but it occurred to me that I have no idea who that company is or where my tomato came from (so shame on me!). I do have to say that I think politicians are missing a great advertising opportunity with produce since they aren't really getting much media coverage about the next election. I can already imagine hearing pundits ramble on about the zucchini demographic...

What do you say?

Since the last post much has gone on. William no longer has an ear infection and has tried his first real food, carrots. An approaching sixth tooth has kept his shirts soaked and his momma busy. His first friend, Jonas, has up and moved away to Missouri. We got some good photos of them playing together over the weekend. We miss you already Ryan & Gloria.
If you like to check the picasa page for more photos there is a new folder posted now with extra shots (the carrots aren't just on the face). All these photos and the last post are from the new folder - so just click on them to get there.


The first meal of carrots (probably doesn't need a caption since the entree is pretty obvious).


William wants to make sure Jonas doesn't forget him. With friends like this who needs dentists?


The boys think it is funny when Gloria has the pacifier in her mouth.




After a bath I always slick William's hair down (in hopes of it being straighter and not too fuzzy). He decided he wanted something a little cooler and pulled this curl up.


Mia has seen William's interest in toys and seen how many he has (and how he doesn't have to share with her). So the other day while William played with his toys on his blanket she pulled her llama over to her bed and did this. We are all relieved that she doesn't want to share.

A Weekend at the Beach

William had his first trip to the beach last weekend. He had a great time meeting new friends and hanging out with his Ooloo and Poppy.


He absolutely loves the piano and spent quite a bit of time playing with his Ooloo.


Pretending that Poppy's head is a drum.


A windy day on the dock.

BONUS SHOTS:


William loves playing with the baby that lives in the mirror in our den.


We got snow on Wednesday night!

And then there were four!

It has been quite a week for little William. The fourth tooth arrived on Monday morning. After his .5 year checkup on Tuesday he had his first taste of solid food... mmmm... rice cereal. Then his first sickness arrived on Thursday afternoon in the form of a mild ear infection. And, of course, photos are below.

Celebrating #4 - you can barely see it peeking out of his gum


A "quick knit in 14 months" sweater


The joy of rice cereal




That is one big noggin


Gotta have a Daddy shot in there

Happy .5 Birthday William

Today is William's .5 birthday.
{That's right, not ½ because decimals are superior to fractions in our house.} [UPDATE: After this was posted, it was discovered that there is division in the house on this issue. We will work through it.]
And he has much to celebrate since he awoke (many times) this morning with a new tooth. I was able to get a shot of it. It is his top left tooth that just looks like white stripe in the photo below. It may be hard to notice because it is being upstaged by a crazy booger.
Note by the puffy gum that the right one is close behind.


He is pretty happy about his new addition.


Some fun time tossing hungry bear around.


Loving daddy time with his new favorite toy worm.


Looking debonair (and keeping his shoes on!)