How cute are they?

With all the sounds of spring and summer, they love to stand together and watch everything going on. It's so sweet.

My Little Helper

Oh the fun we have. :) The three of us later had fun throwing laundry at each other, but I couldn't include those pictures. :)

He helps himself...

William loves to play in the refrigerator. Every time it opens, he makes a beeline for it and screams bloody murder if I don't let him play a while.

It's cute. To a point.

1 Year Checkup

Little sweetie had his one year checkup two days ago and it didn't go very well. He was a crying mess as soon as we entered the doctor's office. It was pretty pathetic... He didn't want to lay down on the table and get measured, he didn't want to sit on the scale and get weighed, and he definitely didn't want the nurse to touch him. So you can imagine how shots went. :(

Here are his one year stats. He is growing like a weed!!

Length: 30 7/8" (90th%)
Weight: 25 lbs 13 oz (above the 75th%)
HC: 19 1/8 (95th%)

He's a big boy! :)

The shots have given him a 102 degree fever and has made him extremely whiny. He's not sleeping well during the day and just must overall feel really crummy. It's very hard on a mother when your child obviously feels very badly and there's nothing you can do. Helplessness is an awful feeling. Aside from giving him tylenol every four hours, he doesn't even seem to want to be held. :(

William had some fun playing at the gate on Wednesday before the effects of the shots hit him.

And my Ella, trying out her baby's stroller.

It's been two days of suffering from the after effects of the shots. I'm praying he sleeps well tonight and wakes a new boy!

Then & Now

April 28, 2009

April 30, 2010

What a year it's been! My little boy has grown so much! He's cruising around furniture slowly but steadily and is a pro with crawling; both army crawling and the traditional way. He is such a joy and brings his daddy, sister and me so much happiness. I have to wonder how we ever got along without him.

Happy, happy birthday my sweet boy!

Can't believe William turns one today. The past year has completely flown by. It feels like just yesterday that we were sitting at home relaxing before heading to the hospital the next morning.

William got a nice new ride on car... That he was nice enough to let Ella try out. :)

Here he is telling Ella it's his turn!

He LOVED it!!!




It was so cute to see him so excited and happy. :)

Happy birthday my wonderful little William. I love you soooo much!!!

Birthday Party!

We celebrated William's first year today with a small party. He had so much fun. :)

Though he wasn't a big fan of his cake. In fact, he looked downright disgusted with it.

After a little encouragement, he dug right in.

He thoroughly enjoyed smashing the heck out of his little cake and taking out a little aggression. :)

Then he thought the mess he made was pretty darn funny! :) He tasted a small bit of the cake, but really didn't want any more after that. Silly boy.

William needed a quick hose down after that.

Another highlight for William was playing with a microphone. He suctioned his little lips around the mike and made all sorts of funny sounds. It was so cute and so much fun! We need to get one of these little toys!

And...William's dump truck dirt cake...

worms in dirt cupcakes and smash cake...

and the flowers in cups of worms in dirt.

My cute little girl playing with some ribbon.

Ella helping William open his present.

Thanks to Grandma & Grandpa for letting us have the party at their house, and for everyone who came and helped us celebrate an exciting first year. Can't wait to see what the next year has in store for us. :)