Thanksgiving Roundup

My little Turkey's first Thanksgiving!
Hi Bennett! Isnt his sweater adorable!
Our Family, maybe next time we can have a picture without the pretty facial hair that has since departed the Wilson house, thank god.
We had a lovely first little Thanksgiving with William, I could not of asked for anything more! My heart bursts with all the things I am thankful for this year, our health, our amazing new baby boy, our jobs, my long maternity leave, our home, our families and friends.... well this list could go on forever. Really makes you realize you have a lot to be thankful for and try and just forget about the other things. There are two problems in my life that if they got fixed or went away my life would be perfect, well perfect to me. Just two that doesn't sound too bad when put like that!
We got to see SO many people over the holiday, it was a very humbling week spent with all {most} of my favorite people.
Luke's family doesn't do much for Turkey day so we got together with them last Sunday to catch up, his mom aka Gigi, loves Will so very much, he is so lucky to have a Gigi that loves to cuddle, and be with him all the time.
On thanksgiving we went to my grandma's she is getting older but still loves to make all the yummy food! I have to say this year all of the food was amazing for some reason it was like the best tasting Thanksgiving food EVER! Someday I will need to learn how to make these things so I can make a turkey dinner for my family.... not yet though.
After spending time over there we went over to see the other Wilson's, (Luke's good friend from high school married a Wilson), her family was in town from Louisiana and at her sisters house. Her sister is expecting in February and it was good to see and catch up with all of them, and Momma Wilson was excited to get new baby cuddles in with Will!

Friday I got up and tried to go get a tv on sale at Walmart, it was sold out, it was early, and I wish I would of stayed in bed, ohh well.
Then Will and I were off to Columbia for the day to visit with my friend Ashley, our friend Laura was also there and Ashley's sister. We all had a really fun lunch, Ashley's generous Mama also offered to watch Will so we had lunch just the girls. I haven't had that much fun in two hours in a long, long time. :)
Luke thinks I am a bad driver, I am not, just maybe not as cautious as him, but I think he was glad to see us Friday night.

Saturday I got 6 of my friends together to do lunch at a new brewery in Kirkwood. Jim and Leslie were in town from Arkansas so it was great for all of us to get to see and catch up with them! Then I hung out with my mom and Luke got to go out with his friends.

The BIG news!!!! Friday AND Saturday night Mr. Will decided he was a BIG boy and slept through the night!!!I don't know if it was the long days or what! But went down about 10:30-11 and woke up around 6:30 both days! Holy Moly, was I happy! Saturday morning I was in a fog (as usual) when I heard him in the monitor and couldn't remember if I had been up in the middle of the night or not, but then I felt and saw my massive mommy boobies and quickly realized what had happened!
I think he might be getting a bit of a cold so it hasn't happened again yet, but we are on the right track!
Sunday was spent as a lazy family of four lounging around the house, after I got in some more Christmas shopping of course!
I am almost done!!! I started early, online while I was still at work, and I am glad I did, I don't want to be hauling Will around in the cold and with the crowds. I have a few more people to go, and already have 3 returns to make but all in all I should be done in a week or two! Ya Hooo!

Ohh you funny mommy....

All the cries, screams, and dirty diapers just don't matter anymore when you have this precious smiling coo'ing baby looking back at you. Apparently I am one pretty funny mommy!

One month pictures

One month pictures

Getting mad.....

Mom, pick me UP!

Waaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! Happy One Month Will man!

Snuggle Bug

Will can be such a little snuggle bug and it is just the best time! He often has some fussy time in the evening (which is very common after all the activity of the day) one way to calm him down for a nap is to put him on your chest on his belly. He doesn't get a lot of time to sleep on his belly and I think he likes the heartbeat sound... However when trying this tactic on mommy we often get confused and think it is dinner time again ;)

So off to daddy we go, doesn't look like he minds too much does it!

We also have another favorite time that unfortunately we might have to break him of eventually. After he eats at about 5-6 am he does not want to go back to bed, in his bed... so we often spend some time looking around and hanging out in OUR bed then go back to sleep in there, either in mommy or daddy's arms or on his boppy.... just something about our bed.

I don't want him to revert to hating his bed so I am going to try to stop this everyday occurrence eventually but for now I think we are all enjoying it. Sometimes I am so tired that when I wake up with him in my arms or next to me it is a pleasant surprise because I forget that he came in :)

Happy Halloween!!!

We did not end up doing anything for Halloween this year, it was chilly outside and on a Sunday so we had a relaxing day at home the four of us.

One month updates

William is ONE MONTH old today!
We had our first parents as teachers visit last week. PAT is a programs where they come to your house to check certain milestones, answer questions, and give you some educational tools to help your little one thrive.
I love our teacher, she is very sweet and couldn't get enough of our little guy. She said he is right on track with head movement and muscles, eye movement and focusing and she answered all of my many questions. We are loving the black and white photos she made for us and use them during tummy time. She also suggested using the boppy for tummy time which has been extremely helpful!

Today we had the one month well visit and the pediatrician. William is doing great! She said I can use some hydrocortizone for his nasty recent outbreak of baby acne and some olive oil for a little cradle cap he has developed.

ONE MONTH OLD
9 pounds 12 ounces 58%
22 1/2" tall 83% (whoa!)

I have started pumping and trying to establish somewhat of a supply but sometimes I am only pumping about an ounce at a time. His pedi is not worried about that since I am feeding him AND trying to pump it is probably the reason for the small amount. Saturday night Luke gave him his first bottle in the middle of the night and I got a full night of sleep! Have I mentioned how awesome Luke is being? I know things are going to be difficult when I go back to work and I don't even want to think about trying to take care of everything here after working all day but I am confidant we can do it, teamwork is key! :)