Dinner Etiquette

With Christmas just a few days away most of us will be spending time around the dinner table with family and friends. It's time to pull out the fine china and real napkins ... and, of course, your best manners. William has a few pointers on how to impress those who matter to you most during this festive time.

The best compliment to the chef is to hold your fork in your right hand and then shovel your food into your mouth with your left hand as quickly as you possibly can. This makes the statement, "The food is so good that I cannot let a fork slow me down." And thus fills the chef with a true feeling of fulfillment for all the hard work she or he has spent in the kitchen.


Zucchini is not only delicious and healthy, but it also makes a great sticker. So if the conversation slows a bit or gets awkward, feel free to pull of your shirt and stick a few on. Everyone will be amazed at your ingenuity. Note: Zucchini is better than traditional stickers because it is a "green" option considering that it is paperless, takes no chemicals to produce and is completely biodegradable.


Not sure your host knows how you feel about the meal after all that? Make sure he or she sees every morsel that you eat. Being certain that you actually ate it will reassure the host that the food was awesome and that you weren't slipping it to the family dog under the table.
Merry Christmas and bon appetit!

William's Thanksgiving

We got to go and visit family in Little Rock for Thanksgiving. Yes, I know that was weeks ago but as I stated in the last post I am very behind on posting photos. Here are some shots from the vacation.

Nana allowed William to clear off the coffee table so that he could have his own stage to perform on.

Uncle Ryan couldn't resist joining in.

Uncle Keith was very patient with the numerous trips up and down the stairs (it is special when you don't get to at home).


William got to stop in and visit with Great Memaw and Pawpaw.

William had a blast on the trip but seemed pretty excited about being home with all things he is familiar with (including Mia's stinky dog bed).
Note: To anyone who is charge of choosing the candidates for the Gap Casting Call ... you really missed out by not choosing the Woo. Look - he can even make a stinky dog bed look cute.

Finger Painting

Our first try at finger painting didn't go the way we expected. William has loved making lovely pictures on his high chair tray with food and beverages for quite a while. So the paint seemed like something else he would enjoy...
The first thing he did with the paint is put a huge glob into his mouth. Which, of course, elicited screams of "no" and "stop". Which upset/scared him and the rest of the time he was not pleased that his hands were turning colors.

Then he began rubbing his eyes which made us regret choosing blue and green paints.

Then it was off to the bath.
We will revisit finger painting later.

Just some cute photos

Here it is - your fix of wild hair and cute meal times. I have tons more photos to share but have gotten really behind. There is more to come soon!




What happens when William feeds himself yogurt.

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Into Everything

William has been into everything these days. He busted his lip three times in two days. The last one was quite a big deal and happened to occur on Daddy's birthday. Despite the large amount of blood (that almost gave mom a heart attack) and a fat lip in three places he is doing quite well and has not slowed down one bit in his non-stop activity.

Just a small peek at the last busted lip. He is pointing to it in a very cute, "more attention please" way.


Helping Daddy with some work around the house. He stood on the ladder holding the level for him the whole time.


Mommy once again tried to let William feed himself. Holding the cup of yogurt right next to his face and letting him work the spoon resulted in this. Yes he did get yogurt in his eye. I am sure that is totally normal and possibly a sign of genius.

More smiles and meals

It is what we do most of the day around here. There are many hours spent eating and being silly. So we must share.

"This one goes out to the cool cat on the carpet over there"


His new favorite thing to laugh incessantly about is his "surprised" expression. He loves to make this face at mealtime, on the changing table, in the car and especially in the mirror.


Sure, many of you have noticed that William's hair doesn't usually appear very tame. And it is true that mom doesn't brush it every time we leave the house or fuss about it too much. But just for the record this is what it looks like when he wakes up. So there is more going on behind the scenes that you would think.



Striking some poses (take note Baby Gap Casting Call). Sure, I can't be too objective being the mom but he sure makes me want to go out and buy cute kids clothes.