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!)

Things that make me smile

Maybe it is my marketing side but I have always been intrigued by product packaging and labeling. Since these are the cold and cloudy days of winter I can't resist sharing.



This is an actual package of drinking straws - no photoshoping has taken place. Note that the label claims "waterproof".


I bought this new cereal because I am a sucker for cereal that is high in protein. I didn't notice until I got home that it claims "natural flavor with other natural flavor". I am not sure what that means but they do also reassure me that it is great tasting.


... and from the inside of our dryer. "Anything flammable" covers a lot of stuff, except maybe those special outfits firefighters wear. I also love that it says "death, explosion or fire". I love that they added the explosion or fire, as if the death part wouldn't stop you on its own.

Another Road Trip

William is such a wonderful little traveler that he took yet another road trip this past Friday. It was a 4 hour drive (each way) to Conway, SC to meet his Great Nana (Allison's grandmother). He took the entire trip without any complaint and some extra long napping. It helps that his Ooloo graciously entertained him in the backseat for a much of the ride home. Great Nana was able to comprehend who he is and who we were so we considered the trip a success. He smiled at her a lot and she absolutely loved him and was so distracted by him she wouldn't eat lunch. They played and laughed and she asked us to come back again.

Another road trip?


Drumming on a snowy day



Great Nana has been too weak to feed herself for over a year but one look at William and she wanted to hold him and did so for a while (with a spotter). Her comment was "Ooh, he is heavy"

Playing with Gyro the lamb

This Bumbo is made for scootin'

William had a little Bumbo time when mom was trying to whip up a quick lunch. After about 2 minutes and spotting his favorite canine, he decided that it was time to move. That one leg hanging out was pushing him little by little towards Mia. Not an efficient form of travel but it works.
After weeks of attempts William had his first real crawl this week. I have been trying to catch it on video and once I do it will be motivation for Daddy to figure out how to post it on for all to see.





Excited about taking Mia for a walk.